The documentary series “Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators,” which was released by Netflix this month, has reminded me of the television reality show American Gladiators that debuted in 1989. The television show featured amateur athletes who participated in various strength and agility challenges in competition against each other and the show’s so-called “gladiators.” The gladiators used stage names on the show such as Nitro, Laser, Lace, Blaze, Ice, and Turbo.
What is the connection to operations research? There isn’t one, at least not exactly. Bear with me.
I haven’t thought about American Gladiators in the last 30 years. Now when I reminisce over the show, I notice the “OR” at the end of “gladiatOR.” As a result, I find myself thinking about operations research inspired gladiatOR names that have one or two syllables in the style of the names used on the television show (only a couple of gladiators had three syllable names, such as Malibu and Gemini).
A gladiatOR name has one or two syllables and has a connection to operations research. Here are a few possibilities:
- Arc
- Random
- Simplex
- Cutter
- Bound
- Fathom
- Edge
- Cone
- Robust
- Convex
What is your gladiatOR name?
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