Conquer circle was lifted off the floor, effectively making it a platform. This meant that instead of just managing to force a part of the Gladiator’s body outside of the circle, in order to win the event the contender had to physically move the Gladiator off of the elevated circle and have their feet touch the floor. For safety, a blue padded mat was placed on the floor surrounding the circle. While the men played the event without consequence, the women’s competition did not fare as well. Gladiator Sunny suffered a severe knee injury when contender Tracy Phillips caused her to land awkwardly after pulling her off of the elevated circle from the front. The Conquer circle was lowered back down for contender Joanna Needham’s turn, but she suffered a serious shoulder injury during her attempt at Breakthrough and was forced to drop out of the event and the Eliminator that followed. Earthquake Years active: 2008 In Earthquake, a contender and Gladiator attempted to throw each other off of a moving twelve-foot circular platform above the arena floor and either onto crash mats (season one) or into water. In order to win the event, one had to be completely removed from the platform and not be hanging onto anything supporting it. The contender received ten points for throwing the Gladiator off the platform and five for lasting the entire thirty seconds. Gauntlet Years active: 1993–96, 2008 In this event, the contenders had to run through a half-pipe chute while avoiding five Gladiators, all holding blocking pads to impede the contender's progress. 25 seconds were given to start. If the contender made it out in time or without being forced out of the chute, they earned 5 points. If they made it out in under 20 seconds, 10 points were awarded. In the final season of the original series, the event was played with four Gladiators, and the time limits were reduced to 15 seconds for 10 points, and 20 seconds for 5. For the 2008 series, the contenders were given thirty seconds to negotiate the Gauntlet, which was redesigned to take away the Gladiators' ability to push the contenders out of the chute. For the first season and the preliminary rounds of the competition, contenders received two points for passing each Gladiator for a total of eight, and then two more for breaking through a wall at the end after