Battleaxe
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Battleaxe gladiator
Tag line: A weapon of war; domineering, aggressive and indomitable - a warrior queen.
Real name: Shirley Webb
Age: 26
Height: 5ft 9in
Weight: 13st 12lb
Occupation: Business manager of a sports management and business development company
Hometown: Edinburgh
She says: "I\'m a strong and powerful Gladiator who\'s fierce and tough. Battleaxe is the warrior queen of the Gladiators.
handbag.com\'s first impressions: "She scares me."
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Enigma
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Enigma gladiators
Tag line: Mysterious and beautiful, contradictory and unpredictable, impossible to capture.
Real name: Jenny Pacey
Age: 25
Height: 5ft 11in
Weight: 10st 4lb
Occupation: Personal trainer/sports model
Hometown: Borehamwood
She says: "I\'ll be the best Gladiator they\'ve ever seen. I\'m going to be quite mysterious and dark, a woman of few words. I am an Enigma."
handbag.com\'s first impressions: "She\'s definitely the new Jet and destined to be a favourite of dads everywhere."
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Ice
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Ice gladiators
Tag line: Cold, steely, frosty and beautiful.
Real name: Caroline Pearce
Age: 27
Height: 5ft 8in
Weight: 9st 3lb
Occupation: Power plate and fitness consultant
Hometown: Cambridge
She says: "I\'m cold and steely, focused and driven. You\'d better watch out because I will freeze you in your steps."
handbag.com\'s first impressions: "You could bounce concrete off that stomach."
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Inferno
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Inferno gladiators
Tag line: Hot, fiery, dangerous and destructive.
Real name: Jemma Palmer
Age: 24
Height: 5ft 6in
Weight: 9st 10lb
Occupation: Model/wrestler
Hometown: Tamworth
She says: "I\'m not going to go easy on the Contenders, I\'m going to enjoy taking them out and I\'m going to take them out in style. Whatever they do to prepare, it won\'t be enough."
handbag.com\'s first impressions: "I want her bosoms."
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Panther
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Panther gladiators
Tag line: Beautiful, sleek and prowling, fierce and aggressive - the most powerful of them all.
Real name: Kara Nwidobie
Age: 26
Height: 5ft 8in
Weight: 12st 6lb
Occupation: Children\'s day nursery manager
Hometown: Morecambe
She says: "I want to be the undefeated Gladiator. Bring it."
handbag.com\'s first impressions: "Reow! She looks feisty. Love her already."
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Tempest
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Tempest gladiators
Tag line: Naturally beautiful, a force of nature bringing furious agitation and commotion.
Real name: Lucy Boggis
Age: 19
Height: 5ft 9in
Weight: 9st 9lb
Occupation: Athlete/model
Hometown: Quintin, Wiltshire
She says: "I\'m the woman who brings storms. I don\'t like to be beaten, so I\'ll be putting up a good fight."
handbag.com\'s first impressions: "She looks like an extra from Flashdance."
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Atlas
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Atlas gladiators
Tag line: As strong as He-Man, fights hard but with dignity.
Real name: Sam Bond
Age: 24
Height: 5ft 11in
Weight: 16st 11lb
Occupation: Charity fundraiser
Hometown: Bournemouth
He says: "I love pizza. If they bring some junk food into the arena I\'m screwed; slap me round the face with a burger and I\'ll be on my knees."
handbag.com\'s first impressions: "With that hair - he either wishes he was Hunter or David Coverdale."
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Destroyer
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Destroyer gladiators
Tag line: Determined and strong, angry and unstoppable - nothing gets in his way.
Real name: Damar Martin
Age: 38
Height: 5ft 11in
Weight: 17st
Occupation: Personal trainer
Hometown: Croydon
He says: "The contenders are talking about not being scared of us, but if they\'re going to talk about fear then they must have some fear."
handbag.com\'s first impressions: "Unconvincing."
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Oblivion
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Oblivion gladiators
Tag line: Leaves nothing in his path - extinguishes the opposition.
Real name: Nick Aldis
Age: 21
Height: 6ft 3in
Weight: 16st
Occupation: Wrestler/Event promoter/Actor
Hometown: Norwich
He says: "If these weekend warriors think they\'re going to come into our arena and bring it to us, then they\'re dead wrong."
handbag.com\'s first impressions: "His shonky nipple gives me the heebie-jeebies."
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Predator
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Predator gladiators
Tag line: Volatile, quick and poisonous, hunts down prey and takes no prisoners.
Real name: Du\'aine Ladejo
Age: 36
Height: 6ft 2in
Weight: 13st 5lb
Occupation: Athlete
Hometown: Newark
He says: "I will be ruthless towards the Contenders and although I\'m the smallest of the male Gladiators they won\'t want to come up against me."
handbag.com\'s first impressions: "When did Du\'aine Ladejo\'s arms get so veiny?"
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Spartan
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Spartan gladiators
Tag line: Handsome, disciplined and brave. Will take on any army - the perfect warrior.
Real name: Roderick Bradley
Age: 24
Height: 6ft 3in
Weight: 15st
Occupation: Freelance artist
Hometown: Grantham
He says: "The contenders need to get practising their swimming because if they come up against me, they\'ll be spending a lot of time in the water."
handbag.com\'s first impressions: "He can Spart me any time."
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Tornado
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Tornado gladiators
Tag line: Violently destructive windstorm full of unstoppable energy - leaves you in a spin.
Real name: David McIntosh
Age: 22
Weight: 15st
Height: 6ft
Occupation: Royal Marines Commando
Hometown: Altrincham
He says: "Be prepared to lose, because you\'re going to get a serious whooping."
handbag.com\'s first impressions: "How you doin\'?"
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