"Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the first gladiatorial munera since Ancient rome. Every person here has been sentenced to death, but why should we pay to keep them alive, all they are is mooching until the death penalty they deserve is finally served in 80 years when they die of old age. So now today you will witness 8 prisoners Fight! We have brought them here each in there own separate containment units and after the fights will store them in a low quality, and low costly prison. So! Before we begin our program this evening a little about the events that are about to transpire. We are recreating the 'Gladitorial Munera' which went on in ancient roman times, movies and television series have been made about those events but now this television series is created to display the actual events. Now you can witness murderous criminals kill each other and serve each others death sentences. These games are going to work a lot like how they used to. The editor will make the ultimate decision as to whether or not the loser dies, but he must also listen to the crowd. Also the losers may beg for mercy which is also in the hands of the editor, and in turn the crowd. Should someone kill an opponent who's fate has not yet been decided, or has been said otherwise, he will be executed in the center of the arena. So the contestants must show self control and wait for the signal. Now a little bit about who will be fighting this evening! We have 8 prisoners who all have either a death sentence... or a life sentence. 

Our first gladiator's name is Kyler Mikal. He is 35 years old and is a little smaller, only standing about 5'4" weighing in at 140 pounds. And why is he here? Well from what we know his family was abusive to him, and one day he finally snapped. Murdered his entire family. After that he found a girl from high school and raped her. And to top it all of he pulled off two bank heists, it was the second one in which he was caught. 

Next we have Jarred Walston. 38 years old 6'8" weighing approximately 270, he could be a dangerous opponent, just like any one of them could be. Now this one is actually interesting there's been a lot of controversy as to whether or not he is guilty for his crime. He claims that the day before the murder took place he had lost his helmet, and when they found the helmet only his prints were on it. As much as they tried they couldn't find any other evidence leading to anyone besides him. But we're not the justice system, we're not the people who sent him here to die BUT you can be the person to decide his fate when he is in the Colosseum tonight!

Moving on, Ken Hall. He is only 19 years old, is 6'1" and weighs in at 153 pounds. Now this is one messed up dude, possibly the sickest in the head here tonight. He would knock people out put them in wholes then fill those holes up with the blood of other victims. Then after a few hours he would chop off their arms and allow them to bleed out. 

Here's an interesting one. Sofia LeBlanc, she's only 16 years old, stands 4'8" and weighs 103 pounds. Apparently what happened was that the girl saw her father murder her mother, so she went for the knives threw one into his eye socket, then jumped on him and stabbed him multiple times. This was definitely personal. The neighbors saw a blood smeared window and notified the police, and this is when she was arrested for murder. 

Next up we have Grace Tully, who is a lot like Sofia in terms of body type. She's 5' even, and 95 pounds and 20 years old. The detectives found a trail of evidence leading back to her to one murder particularly, although it is unknown whether or not that has been her only murder. If not she had done a very well job at covering the others up. 

This next guy is pretty muscular, he's going to be good with his hands I can tell. His name is Aleksey Litovchenko. He is 35 years old, stand's 6' tall and weighs 188 pounds. He was the light heavyweight champion until he had to take a drug test and failed. Some say it could have been the drugs, some say it was just life dishing out more than he could handle. After he was stripped of his title and kicked from UFC, him and his supportive wife moved down to Miami Florida. Aleksey opened where he trained anyone who wanted to learn with unbeatable prices, he would even negotiate with you. Well everything's going great, when one evening him and his wife are crossing the street when two cars come flying by. He was lucky enough to only suffer a few broken bones and bruises because of his endurance. Unfortunately his wife wasn't so lucky, she was in a coma. The people who had hit him and his wife were eventually tracked down, one died resisting arrest and the other got away with it because of some friends in high places. This wasn't good enough for Aleksey, oh no. He took matters into his own hands. He tracked the man down, kidnapped him, tortured him, then burned him alive. But he wasn't caught for this one until later. Then one day he's walking down the street when a hooker approaches him and he loses it, he beats the hooker to death and kills what were expected to be protection for the hooker. In court he confessed to the three murders AND the murder of the man who put his wife in a coma. With video evidence no less! And now while he's locked up being prepared to be released into the arena, his wife is somewhere out there awake now. And maybe she'll even watch tonight, we allow all families of the prisoners to watch on HBO for free. 

Next up is Wilson Wredrun. He is 39 years old, 5'9" and 260 pounds. Funny story here, Wilson was charged with hit and run, and first degree murder... While driving Jennifer Lynne, one of the senators who helped this show become reality. Apparently what had happened was that an accident had occurred ahead of him, and when he went to swerve out of the way he hit a 14 year old boy who had been waiting to cross the street. Instead of waiting for police and explaining he fled the scene and the Senator home. There was a lot of chaos happening in the car I'm sure and something happened because police got report of a man beating a woman, and when they arrived at the scene he had beaten her face in. It was like a watermelon was smashed by a hammer. 

And last, but not least, we have Aiden Kaiser. Standing at 6'1" and weighing in at 175 pounds. This kid was remarkable when it game down to business. He was an orphan and nobody adopted him so he had to live out his entire life in the orphanage. Well when they released him on his 18th birthday he went straight to work. He knew what he wanted and how to achieve it. Pretty smart kid, in a matter of 3 years he started out with simply another desk job to CEO of G.O.M. Resources. Sounds like a pretty good guy, what could go wrong? why is he here? You're asking all of the wrong questions. 'How did he become the CEO?' is the question you need to ask. Well one day the CEO invited Aiden over to his penthouse to congratulate him for progressing through the company so quick. Well apparently Aiden got a little jealous because he threw his boss off of the balcony, from a penthouse on the 32nd floor. Needless to say it was a mess. At first Aiden played innocent and called 911 telling them his boss had just leaped from the balcony, committing suicide. After that he went on to become CEO. He then traveled the world a little and lived a fun life. Unfortunately the widowed wife of the former CEO didn't believe the stories. So she used only a small amount of the money she inherited and received for his life insurance, to hire a detective. It wasn't long before they were able to find video footage from surrounding buildings, and Aiden was tried for murder. The judges said Aiden had tried to bribe them but they wouldn't back down. Aiden may have done well but his fortune was no match for hers." The announcer said, his voice echoing throughout the entirety of the Colosseum. 

While the announcer spoke, and the crowds cheered, beneath the stands the prisoners were being wheeled into their cells as if they were luggage. They were in small, singular confinement units which would be opened once they were in their cell. Four were taken to each side so they could be released to fight on opposite ends. In the northern cells they unloaded Aiden, Sophia, Aleksey, and Jarred. On the south side the unloaded the rest which included; Wilson, Grace, Kyler, and Ken. Each of the prisoners were in an individual cell and each one had a guard watching them to make sure they didn't rough each other up through the bars. 

"Prisoners listen up. When you walk out of your cell on your way to the arena there will be an area full of weapons and armor. after you leave your cell the door will be closed behind you, and from that point on there will be no guards, only walls keeping you confined to one path. Everything there is trash, this is what you will start with. As you win fights you'll be rewarded, and with that money you can purchase better equipment that we will store for you. When you return to your side of the arena there will be a hole in which you can place your items. IF your opponent is dead you have the right to loot anything you can carry, but only one trip there's no going back. These events do not always end in death. When you have your opponent to a point where you can kill him or her, you will look up to the editor. He will decide the fate of your fallen foe. Should any of you sorry bastards have bad eye site there will be a big screen above the north entrance which will be below the editor himself. Should you act otherwise you will be executed on the spot by snipers we have set up in the back rows of the seats. There will be an introductory ceremony before the first fight is decided. It will be a few minutes so take some time to get to know your future opponents, or use that time to prepare yourself. What you do in this time is the only freedom you have left. " A guard said as he paced in front of the cells, one guard on each side. Now all they could do was wait a few minutes until it was announced whose fight would be first.