Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators

About Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators

In the '90s, TV's stunt-filled "American Gladiators" thrilled fans. This docuseries explores the show's success — and how it almost ended before it began.

Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators is a documentary series that ran on Netflix. Its themes are behind the scenes, reality TV, female athlete, and sport competition.

It reached one season of 5 episodes from June 2023.

Produced by Campfire Studios.

It streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads in the United States. Black Bird, Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez, and UnREAL make useful companions to Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators, all filed under 1990s, miniseries, and muscleman. It carries a TV-MA rating.