First of all gladiator can beat thor but he cannot beat the writers,Thor has a hammer that he better not put down on the ground and fight any gladiator level characters,Those fights in the comics are determined by the writers who will always LET the hero win,Thats the reason in the cartoon gladiator threw juggernaut away but tussled with rogue,Gladiator is not a writers hero like thor,superman,FF,spiderman etc... but when hulk and thor fought a HERO named superman who gladiator outclasses in speed,skill and strength they both got KOED, the reason supes and glads have weaknesses is because they are really too strong to be dealt with by the likes of hulk,thor and any other strong slow fighter..thor has never and will never be shown to beat supes or glads with his fists but they both have KOED thor with their fists, without his hammer hes no match for a lot of slow fighters,hulk even told thor that without the hammer you are nothing....thor threw the hammer away and hulk beat his ass, wonderman beat his ass until he used the hammer..i know thors hammer is his weapon but thats how he wins fights.if you dont believe my try a thors VS in where he has no hammer and let him fight all the fighters on this thread and see how many he can win. but no writers to let him win because hes the hero. and for the record...the superman that koed both hulk and thor was the one who could not move the moon on his own.