Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators on Netflix is a docu-series that more than lives up to its title in every possible way. This is due to the fact that it uses archival footage and exclusive interviews with major figures to fully illuminate the birth and collapse of the venerable ‘American Gladiators’ game show. Elden Kidd, a former contender, was one of those included here to further the story; If you’re just interested in finding out more about him, we’ve got the information for you.
Who is Elden Kidd?
Elden, a native of Riverside, California, used to present himself as a well-groomed Mormon family man in the 1980s and 1990s, but his reality was supposedly very different. The reality is that by participating in the renowned series of competitions as the oldest but baddest opponent, he inadvertently gave the public a taste, but he attributed it all to adrenaline. Another thing was that the 36-year-old adventure travel guide, married and father of five, had only requested this proto-reality original at the request of his own father when he was strapped for money.
Elden acknowledged in the documentary that “[The Gladiators] they were big, strong weightlifters.” I didn’t really go to the gym or have that kind of experience. However, if you take a closer look, you will see that I won almost every competition. In order to gain an advantage over his opponents and advance to the finals, it is true that he occasionally cheated by throwing his forearm, but he was unable to emerge victorious. He argues that production engineering was involved in The Eliminator’s penalty regulations because he was exhausted and had refused to face last season’s victor if he won.
Elden, however, didn’t seem overly concerned about this choice because he already had his own problems to deal with, such as his operation to smuggle people into the US through the Texas or Arizona borders. He had initially started this in 1989, but soon began charging Mexican immigrants $1,800 a head and Chinese immigrants $5,000 a head. He continued to keep the children free because he just wanted them to have a better life. But in a cruel twist of fate, he was finally caught in the fall of 1994 by Mexican police for smuggling marijuana, for which he was sentenced to 18 months in a local jail.
Where is Elden Kidd now?
Elden was reportedly transferred to the low-security federal prison of La Tuna in Texas in February 1996 as a result of a US agreement with Mexico that allowed convicts to serve their sentences at home. Thus, he was finally allowed to receive calls or visits from relatives, at least until he was released just eight months later on the condition that he serve three years of probation, only for him to quickly revert to his previous behavior. He was later arrested for human smuggling with his accomplice Tim Burras Tonne in February 2001 and, as a result, both received three years’ probation in exchange for information about his operation.
By Elden’s own account, the Department of Homeland Security began contacting him for specific information about the large-scale smuggling organization of which he was a member. Authorities last contacted him directly for help in 2008, indicating that he has now moved to Cupertino, California, but sadly, his contacts quickly dried up. In fact, despite having a podcast called “American Coyote,” the now 69-year-old seems to prefer to keep a low profile with his second wife, their blended families and his grandchildren.
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