Gladiators viewers declare 'show is ruined' after fan favourite is forced to quit the competition after suffering painful injury
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Gladiators viewers declared the rebooted BBC show was ruined after it was announced a fan favourite had been forced to quit the competition. During Saturday's show hosts Bradley and Barney Walsh revealed Nitro, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, had been left injured during training.
![[During Saturday's show hosts Bradley (L) and Barney (R) Walsh revealed Nitro, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, had been left injured during training.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/18/18/94245789-14300197-During_Saturday_s_show_hosts_Bradley_L_and_Barney_R_Walsh_reveal-a-6_1737226158506.jpg)
The studio audience went wild as the muscle bound Gladiator and GB sprinter, 36, was introduced and quipped he was simply 'too powerful'. 'Sometimes I'm too powerful. And I ended up hurting myself. I've got a little bit of a dodgy knee'. He continued: 'But these things happen in sport, you know, when you're pushing yourself as hard as you do.
![[The studio audience went wild as the muscle bound Gladiator and GB sprinter, 36, was introduced and quipped he was simply 'too powerful']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/18/18/94245835-14300197-image-a-16_1737226326735.jpg)
'The pecs aren't going anywhere - they're right here. They're staying here. Gladiators viewers declared the rebooted BBC show was ruined after it was announced fan favourite Nitro was forced to quit the competition. During Saturday's show hosts Bradley (L) and Barney (R) Walsh revealed Nitro, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, had been left injured during training.
'I need all those Nitro fans out there to give me some energy because I need to recharge.'. Gutted fans took to X saying: 'Nitro injured... series ruined. He's the best of the best': 'Aww no Nitro': 'So disappointing that Nitro is out of the whole season. He is the absolute boss of the wall. He will be missed': 'No Nitro this season is low key heartbreaking'.
Earlier in the episode slammed the show's 'cheesy' locker room scenes and 'cringe worthy acting'. Following the challenges cameras captured the resident bodybuilders and gymnasts returning to their dressing room, with viewers begging for the segment to be scrapped.
