New Cast American Gladiators

HULK HOGAN

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Hulk Hogan, is an American actor and semi-retired professional wrestler. He currently stars on the VH1 reality show 'Hogan Knows Best' and is the new host of American Gladiators in 2008 on NBC.

He gained mainstream popularity in the 1980s as the all-American hero in the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment), and in the 1990s World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Hulk Hogan entered the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005, and is officially a twelve-time world champion: a six-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion and a six-time WWE Champion.

His movie roles have included: Rocky III, No Holds Barred, Suburban Commando, Mr. Nanny, Santa with Muscles and 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain. He made two appearances on The A-Team and starred in his own television series, Thunder in Paradise, in 1994.

LAILA ALI

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Laila Ali is the daughter of American boxer Muhammad Ali. Laila has a degree in business from Santa Monica College and previously owned a nail salon in California before becoming a boxer like her father.

She made her boxing debut on October 8, 1999, with a knock out in the first round. She went on to have eight wins in a row. Her fight with Jackie Frazier-Lyde in 2001 was the first time a women's boxing fight was the main event of a Pay Per View fight card, and was part of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame induction weekend. Laila won by a majority judges' decision in eight rounds.

She won the IBA title and added the WIBA and IWBF belts by unifying the crown with an eight-round knockout win over her division's other world champion, Valerie Mahfood. In 2004 she won the IWBF Light Heavyweight title and in 2005 she won the World Boxing Council title in addition to defending her WIBA crown. She was the second woman to win a WBC title. Laila headlined the first women's professional boxing match in South Africa in 2007.

She came third in the fourth season of the American version of the television show Dancing with the Stars in 2007.