{"id":54623,"date":"2023-05-23T21:09:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T01:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=54623"},"modified":"2023-05-24T21:00:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T01:00:13","slug":"netflix-announces-muscles-mayhem-an-unauthorized-story-of-american-gladiators-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/23\/netflix-announces-muscles-mayhem-an-unauthorized-story-of-american-gladiators-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Announces &#8220;Muscles &#038; Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators&#8221; [GALLERY]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Muscles &amp; Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54624\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Muscles-and-Mayhem-20230523a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Muscles-and-Mayhem-20230523a.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Muscles-and-Mayhem-20230523a-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><strong><em>Muscles &amp; Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators<\/em> <\/strong>chronicles the meteoric rise, dramatic fall, and gripping behind-the-scenes stories of one of the biggest spectacles on television during the height of the &#8217;90s. 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