At some point in his life, every red-blooded American male has argued with his buddy about who would win in a fight: a pirate or a knight? Viking or Samurai? Ninja or Spartan? Superman or The Incredible Hulk? Although Spike TV’s newest show, Deadliest Warrior, doesn’t answer the latter, it does its best to shed light on the rest, and a lot more. Each week, the hour-long, testosterone-filled series pits two of history’s most feared warrior civilization against each other using science and world-class fighters to determine a winner.
The premiere episode (Gladiator vs. Apache), debuting tonight at 10 PM ET, features UFC fighter Chuck Liddell, who tests out ancient Rome’s deadliest fighting tools. After watching Liddell's bone-crushing clip above, our money's on the gladiators.