Unofficial Finale PartyA bunch of the competitors got together last night at Son Nguyen's house outside Los Angeles for a "wrap" party. I'm not clear on why they weren't at the big "American Gladiators" wrap party (shown on YouTube here and here), but I'm digging in to it. (Click the photo for a larger version.)

I have another picture showing the ladies at right, a bunch of the male competitors and also Belinda Gavin, who's not in the photo at right. I'll add the link to that photo after I have a chance to resize it - it's too big to post right now and I'm using a laptop that doesn't have photo editing software.

Seriously - don't you wish you were there? Just look at those gorgeous girl jocks!

Update: Here's the second pic, as promised!

There were two great bits from last night's "American Gladiators":

1. Gina "Crush" Carano using her foot to push Jennifer Blum off the platform in "Earthquake".
2. Valerie "Siren" Waugaman going airborne after her target was hit by Jennifer Blum.

Blum's loss in Earthquake was subsequently overturned, because of illegal foot use by Crush. Blum claimed that Crush had "kicked" her, while Crush claimed the move was actually a mere "step". Either way, Blum is lucky that Crush used her foot to push Blum's head down, instead of using it to "crush" the fingers Blum was using to cling to the platform. After Crush dislodged Blum, she walked around the platform giggling like a schoolgirl - so Blum was probably lucky to get out of there alive.

Siren's flight into the pool during "Assault" was very cool. Blum managed to tag the target using the cannon, and Siren went sky-high. During Blum's interview, Hulk Hogan observed that Siren "needed to take a shower anyway," which doesn't seem like a very nice thing to say.

Make sure to tune in tonight as Jennifer Blum and Christine Kim compete against one another in "American Gladiators".

Christine Kim is a mortgage broker from Redondo Beach, California and Jennifer Blum is an attorney from Franklin Park, New Jersey.