Luckily for Marvel fans, both Black Panther and Thor: Ragnarok feature scenes in which the hero is stripped of his defining power and thrust into combat for a crowd of cheering onlookers.
Black Panther’s gladiator fight is played considerably straighter than Ragnarok’s more comedic scene, but they’re both arena-based melees nonetheless.
In Black Panther, this happens (multiple times) at the waterfall when T’Challa has his herb-induced powers removed prior to a battle to reassert his status as king.
In the world of superhero-themed action movies, there are few better ways to show how badass your hero is than to have him or her engage in a gladiator fight.