Preliminary Round 1 - Lance Sellers / Darryl Moore vs Cliff Miller; Betsy Erickson vs Jeannine Micheletti

In the first preliminary round of the first half of the 1992-93 American Gladiators season, Cliff Miller took on Lance Sellers (who became injured and was replaced with Darryl Moore), while Betsy Erickson took on Jeannine Micheletti.

Event 1 - Powerball

Gladiators: Laser, Turbo, Tower (men); Diamond, Storm, Sky (women)

Event 2 - Breakthrough & Conquer

Gladiators: Women - Storm (Breakthrough), Diamond (Conquer); Men - Viper (Breakthrough), Sabre (Conquer)

Event 3 - Sky Track

Gladiators: Viper (men); Storm (women)

Event 4 - Hang Tough

Gladiators: Elektra (women); Tower (men)

Event 5 - Atlasphere

Gladiators: Lace, Elektra (women); Turbo, Sabre (men)

Event 6 - Assault

Gladiators: Sky (women); Tower (men)

Crunch Time - Super Powerball

Gladiators: Viper, Laser (men); Sky, Storm (women) Men's total: Cliff - 64, Darryl - 16 (Cliff earns 24-sec head start in The Eliminator)

Women's total: Betsy - 21, Jeannine - 19 (Betsy earns 1-sec head start in The Eliminator)

Men's winner: Cliff

Women's winner: Betsy