GLADIATOR NAME Fury
ROAD TO DESTRUCTION Cornell University alum Jamie Reed, 30, earned Ivy League Championships in softball and pole-vaulting. The 5'8,'' 150-lb. NPC Figure competitor now works as a structural engineer in New York City, but was voted ''Most Likely to Be on American Gladiators'' at Newport High School in Oregon.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MEET HER IN... Hang Tough. ''The new one is over water, which actually lets you do some things that are unsafe doing over pits,'' she says. ''You're not concerned about how you're gonna fall.'' Tune in to see her ''signature removal process.''
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT Fury is the perfect name for her — she always says she's ''furious,'' never ''angry'' or ''mad'' — even if her husband didn't originally think so. ''He said, 'Just pick a new name because I don't want to tell people I'm married to Fury.' You'll tell them that you're married to Fury, and you'll like it!''