A Pa. union annual picnic sport inspired 'American Gladiators.' In times of writers' strikes, Hollywood scabs love it.

The Pennsylvania Iron Workers Local in Erie Pa. inspired the show that was first commissioned for TV during a 1988 writers’ strike. It was revived in 1998 during another strike.

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