Spartacus: Gods of the Arena

We finally see how Doktore lost his wife, would've been out of character if he'd had anything to do with her death. And yeah John Hannah was a juggernaut in this series, he'll be missed in season 2.

Originally posted by Allankles
We finally see how Doktore lost his wife

She was the hottest chick on there. 🙁

I was partial to Gaia.... Until I found out she was bald. 😘

Manu Bennett talks...

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Spartacus-Finale-Bennett-1029790.aspx

Wow, didn't see that one coming, Gannicus actually won his freedom.

IF there ends up being a second season, I would really like to see what role he'll play in it...

Just thought of something...

During Blood and Sand, Crixus was known as "the undefeated Gaul"... Yet he very clearly lost the final battle in Gods of the Arena, as he was pushed outside the circle.

wtf?

Well, he was never really defeated, he was just out of the match.

A TKO is still a defeat.

It wasn't even a tko.

It could maybe a DQ, which people don't really consider a loss many times.

ah, yes. DQ is the abbreviation i was thinking of. 👆

regardless, it should still be considered a loss, imo. the rules of the contest were clear: the combatants had to stay within the 'circle of fire' or else they were out of the match (much like sumo wrestling.) crixus was knocked outside of the circle during the match, therefore he lost.

he ain't undefeated. sly

Your face isn't undefeated!

bloigenisnotamused

vin

😄 Either way, he didn't remain "undefeated" thanks to Shadow of Death. All in all Ganacus' victory was a better finale than if Crixus had won.

absolutely.

Technically it was a team/house match. So in a fashion, Crixus did win; a member of the house he fights for took it.

his house may have won the battle, but crixus himself was pushed outside of the circle, therefore was DQ'd/unable to continue the match, therefore he lost.

i don't usually argue semantics, but in this case i think referring to him as "the undefeated gaul", as they did during the first half of blood and sand, was... technically wrong.

I don't really agree, if a pro wrestler gets eliminated in a battle royale he/she does not get a defeat on their record books.

wrestling is fake, thus making its rules fake by proxy. uhuh

Originally posted by Galan007
wrestling is fake, thus making its rules fake by proxy. uhuh

True, I'm just saying that there is a precedent for this type of thing. Also, a lot of the battles were staged in those days due to the politics.