American Ninja Warrior (season 6)

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American Ninja Warrior
Season 6
Hosted byMatt Iseman
Akbar Gbaja-Biamila
Jenn Brown
No. of contestants600[1]
Finals venueLas Vegas, NV
No. of episodes14
Release
Original networkNBC
Esquire Network
Original releaseMay 26 (2014-05-26) –
September 8, 2014 (2014-09-08)
Season chronology
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The sixth season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on NBC on May 26, 2014. Matt Iseman returned for his sixth season as host, while Akbar Gbaja-Biamila and Jenn Brown each returned for their second season. Similar to previous seasons, the winner receives $500,000 and the coveted title, "American Ninja Warrior".

Cities[]

Regional competitions were held in the following five locations to determine the 90 competitors to participate in the other stages: Venice Beach, CA, a return to Dallas, TX; and new locations St. Louis, MO, Miami, FL and Denver, CO.

Notable competitors[]

Notable achievements[]

Truss builder Stephen France made ANW history when he became the first amputee ever to compete with a prosthetic limb in the qualifying round in Miami. Also ANW Trainer Drew Drechsel sets the second fastest time in any qualifier with 0:44.24 run, only seconds behind Michael "Frosti" Zernow who had the fastest time on season three in the Venice qualifiers. At 52 years old, Jon Stewart became the oldest person to complete a Finals Course. Chris and Brian Wilczewski, "The Wilczewski Brothers", became the first brothers ever to make it to Mount Midoriyama together.

Women's success[]

This season, the women who attempted the Warped Wall (obstacle #6) from last season competed. Three women out of 100 have completed the course. Former NCAA gymnast Kacy Catanzaro made ANW history when she became the first woman to complete the qualifying course, making it up the Warped Wall on her second try at 5:26.18 at the Dallas qualifiers, ranking her 21 out of 30; this also makes her the first woman to make it up the Warped Wall. Catanzaro became the second woman to attempt the finals course and the first to complete it, which she did with a time of 8:59.53, ranking her 7th out of 15. This made her the first woman to advance to Mount Midoriyama in Las Vegas. She failed to complete the 1st round of the finals, in Las Vegas while attempting the Jumping Spider.

Event coordinator Michelle Warnky became the second woman to finish the qualifying course, making it up the Warped Wall on her first try in a faster time (3:08.94) than Catanzaro at the St. Louis qualifiers, ranking her 19th out of 30. She also became the second woman ever to attempt the Salmon Ladder in the finals, coming up just inches short. She did receive a wild-card spot in Las Vegas, but she overshot on her dismount to the landing pad on the Silk Slider.

Rock climbing instructor Meagan Martin became the third woman to finish the course, making it up the Warped Wall on her third and final try at 4:46.29 at the Denver qualifiers, ranking her 22nd out of 30; she also became the first woman in ANW to complete the Devil Steps.[2] However, in the Denver Finals, she came up short and fell at the Spikes into Cargo. She received a wild-card spot in Las Vegas, and became the first American woman to complete the Jumping Spider, but ran out of time on the Warped Wall.[3]

In addition, Melanie Hunt and Courtney Venuti both made it to the Warped Wall in Miami Qualifying, but both of them couldn't get up it and advance. Hunt competed the last 2 seasons, going out on the 2nd obstacle both times and Venuti competed in Season 5. Amy Pajcic also made it to the Warped Wall in the St. Louis Qualifying, but couldn't make it up.

Before Catanzaro, Warnky, and Martin, the only woman to have beaten an American Ninja Warrior or Sasuke stage, trial, or qualifier was former Super Sentai stuntwoman Chie Nishimura (who beat Sasuke Stage 1 in 1998). Not even Kunoichi champions Rie Komiya or Ayako Miyake had managed it.

Mount Midoriyama[]

Stage 1 Clears[]

Competitors in Bold finished the City Finals.

  • Piston Road
  • Giant Cycle
  • Silk Slider
  • Jumping Spider
  • Half Pipe Attack
  • Warped Wall
  • Spinning Bridge
  • Final Climb
1 Elet Hall Cleared 00:46.60
2 Lorin Ball (Wild Card) Cleared 00:35.29
3 Paul Kasemir Cleared 00:31.04
4 Joe Moravsky Cleared 00:29.79
5 Ian Dory Cleared 00:23.81
6 Joshua Cook (Wild Card) Cleared 00:23.71
7 Chris Wilczewski Cleared 00:22.26
8 Abel Gonzalez Cleared 00:19.08
9 Jo Jo Bynum Cleared 00:17.85
10 Travis Rosen Cleared 00:17.73
11 Isaac Caldiero Cleared 00:16.58
12 Andrew Lowes Cleared 00:12.26
13 Dan Galiczynski Cleared 00:09.65
14 Ryan Stratis Cleared 00:08.66
15 Dr. Noah Kaufman Cleared 00:07.98
16 Yen Chen Cleared 00:03.60
17 Brian Arnold Cleared 00:01.57
18 J.J. Woods Cleared 00:00.27

Stage 2[]

  • Rope Jungle
  • Double Salmon Ladder
  • Unstable Bridge
  • Butterfly Wall
  • Metal Spin
  • Wall Lift
Order # Finalist Result Notes
1 J.J. Woods 2. Double Salmon Ladder Second level.
2 Brian Arnold 3. Unstable Bridge Transition to second plank.
3 Yen Chen 4. Butterfly Wall
4 Dr. Noah Kaufman 3. Unstable Bridge Transition to second plank.
5 Dan Galiczynski 3. Unstable Bridge First plank.
6 Ryan Stratis 5. Metal Spin Slid Down chain just before dismount.
7 Andrew Lowes 5. Metal Spin Missed landing platform.
8 Isaac Caldiero 2. Double Salmon Ladder Third level.
9 Travis Rosen 5. Metal Spin Accidentally let go of platform and got stuck.
10 Joseph "Jo Jo" Bynum 3. Unstable Bridge Transition to first plank.
11 Abel Gonzalez 2. Double Salmon Ladder Transition to second side.
12 Chris Wilczewski 5. Metal Spin Missed landing platform.
13 Joshua Cook (Wild Card) 4. Butterfly Wall
14 Ian Dory 5. Metal Spin Failed dismount.
15 Joe Moravsky Completed (00:01.29 left)
16 Paul Kasemir 3. Unstable Bridge Transition to second plank.
17 Lorin Ball (Wild Card) 2. Double Salmon Ladder Fifth level.
18 Elet Hall Completed (00:13.34 left)

Stage 3[]

Order # Finalist Result Notes
1 Elet Hall 3. Floating Boards Transition to fourth board.
2 Joe Moravsky 6. Hang Climb Fell about halfway up.

Note: Moravsky was only the third American Ninja Warrior competitor to complete the Ultimate Cliffhanger.

Ratings[]

Episode Air date Timeslot Rating/Share
(18–49) 		Viewers
(millions) 		Ref.
1 "Venice Beach Qualifying" May 26, 2014 Monday 9:00 p.m. 1.6 5 4.65 [4]
2 "Dallas Qualifying" June 2, 2014 1.9 6 5.30
3 "St. Louis Qualifying" June 9, 2014 1.7 5 4.93
4 "Miami Qualifying" June 16, 2014 1.6 5 4.66
5 "Denver Qualifying" June 23, 2014 1.7 5 5.15
6 "Venice Beach Finals" July 7, 2014 1.7 5 5.29
7 "Dallas Finals" July 14, 2014 1.7 5 5.44
8 "St. Louis Finals" July 21, 2014 1.9 6 5.82
9 "Miami Finals" July 28, 2014 2.0 6 5.73
10 "Denver Finals" August 4, 2014 2.0 6 5.59
11 "Best Runs of the Season" August 11, 2014 1.4 4 4.32 [5]
12 "National Finals Night 1" August 18, 2014 1.8 6 5.74 [4]
13 "National Finals Night 2" September 1, 2014 1.9 6 5.83
14 "National Finals Night 3" September 8, 2014 1.8 5 5.29

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/sep/23/american-ninja-warrior-geoff-britten/
  2. ^ Meagan Martin at the 2014 Denver Qualifiers - American Ninja Warrior. YouTube. 23 June 2014.
  3. ^ Spencer Hall. "'American Ninja Warrior' recap: A lady slays the jumping spider". SBNation.com. Vox Media.
  4. ^ a b "SpotVault - American Ninja Warrior (NBC) - Summer 2014 Ratings". Spotted Ratings. May 30, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  5. ^ "Monday Final Ratings: 'MasterChef' & 'Bachelor in Paradise' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. August 12, 2014. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
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