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The seventh season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on NBC on May 25 2015 This season s grand prize was increased from 500000 to 1000000 Qualifying and finals courses were held in Venice Beach Kansas City Houston Orlando Pittsburgh as well as a special military only course in San Pedro Stage 1 had a total of 38 finishers including Brent Steffensen and Dustin McKinney In Stage 2 30 of the 38 competitors failed Only eight were remaining in Stage 3 including Drew Dreschel Abel Gonzalez Isaac Caldiero Ian Dory Jeremiah Morgan Kevin Bull Joe Moravsky and Geoff Britten Only two competitors finished the course Isaac Caldiero and Geoff Britten It was the first time that any American had finished Stage 3 The season concluded with a victory Geoff Britten was the first to complete Stage 4 with a second remaining however Isaac Caldiero achieved the Stage 4 rope climb in a faster time and was awarded the grand prize of 1000000 and the title of American Ninja Warrior Geoff Britten was the first Ninja to complete all six courses in a single season |
Season 8 of American Ninja Warrior began on June 1 2016 on NBC with encore episodes airing the following day on Esquire Network Regional competitions were held in Los Angeles Atlanta Indianapolis Oklahoma City and Philadelphia with 28 new obstacles Over 40 percent more women registered for season 8 compared to the previous season Additionally prize money for possible Stage 4 winners would now be split equally among competitors who complete the rope climb in under 30 seconds |
In Philadelphia s city finals no competitors completed the finals course a first in American Ninja Warrior history In Stage 1 of the National Finals many veterans of the show such as Geoff Britten and Brent Steffensen were eliminated early while Jessie Graff became the first woman to complete Stage 1 placing fifth Tyler Yamauchi became the shortest person ever to complete the Jumping Spider obstacle at 51 Only 17 competitors successfully completed Stage 1 the lowest in ANW history On Stage 2 all athletes were eliminated except Drew Drechsel and Daniel Gil During Stage 3 both Drechsel and Gil could not complete the course Gil fell on the Ultimate Cliffhanger while Drechsel went the farthest but fell on the Hang Climb Contrary to season 7 s multiple winners no season 8 competitor was even able to complete Stage 3 |
Season 9 of American Ninja Warrior began on June 12 2017 on NBC The premiere was preceded by a special episode Celebrity Ninja Warrior on May 25 2017 the US Red Nose Day which was followed by a USA vs the World special on June 4 New for season 9 the top 5 women in each city qualifying course qualified for the city finals course and the top two women in each city finals qualify for national finals regardless of their placement overall Also this season fans are given the opportunity to design their own obstacles through ANW Obstacle Design Challenge and 7 fan submitted obstacles has been featured in the show |
During the season 5 finale of American Ninja Warrior NBC announced that a special USA vs Japan matchup would take place the first ever team competition in American Ninja Warrior s history The two hour special premiered on January 13 2014 at 8 pm EST on NBC and matched five Japanese Sasuke All Stars and New Stars heroes of the original Ninja Warrior against five American stars representing American Ninja Warrior at the American reconstruction of the Mount Midoriyama course in Las Vegas At stake was the United States vs Japan championship also branded as the first world championship for Sasuke American Ninja Warrior and a trophy to match The special featured American Ninja Warrior s regular broadcasting crew analysts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja Biamila along with sideline reporter Jenn Brown |
The teams faced off on each stage in turn with each stage hosting its own round of five one on one matches and no competitor allowed to run the same stage twice The first national team to win three matches out of five earned the point s for that stage Stage One was worth one point while Stage Two was worth two points and Stage Three was worth three In the event of a 3 3 tie after the first three stages the tiebreaker would be a one off showdown where each country would pick one team member for a race to the top of the Final Stage |
The winners of the special were the Americans over Japan |
Final Score Americans 6 Japan 0 |
Rosters |
During the Season 6 finale NBC announced that another special entitled USA vs the World matchup would take place in Las Vegas under a new format On September 15 Team USA competed against a returning Team Japan and a new team Team Europe This was the Second Annual International Competition that pitted top competitors from the United States American Ninja Warrior Japan Ninja Warrior Sasuke and also European All Stars The three hour special aired on September 15 2014 on NBC with an encore airing September 16 2014 on Esquire The special once again was hosted by hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja Biamila as well as sideline reporter Jenn Brown |
The winners of the special were the Europeans winning over America and Japan |
Rosters |
Team rosters were revealed late summer 2014 |
Final Score Europe 10 USA 9 Japan 0 |
Highlights |
Joe Moravsky beat Brent Steffenson s record from ANW 4 for the fastest time in Stage 1 beating Steffenson s time of 1 1453 with a time of 1 1272 However Tim Shieff beat Moravsky s time in a subsequent heat by finishing in 1 0270 the fastest time ever on Stage 1 in ANW history |
Travis Rosen achieved the fastest time by an American on Stage 2 with 1 4800 but Sean McColl finished with a time of 1 4651 the fastest of the season All three Americans Travis Rosen Elet Hall and Brian Arnold completed Stage 2 with Sean McColl also completing it for Team Europe |
Yusuke Morimoto made ANW history by becoming the first athlete to ever finish Stage 3 with a time of 5 3891 Stefano Ghisolfi also completed Stage 3 in the same heat beating Morimoto s time finishing in 4 4689 Ryo Matachi followed by becoming the third athlete to complete Stage 3 with a time of 5 0467 In the last run of Stage 3 Brian Arnold became the second American athlete to complete the stage after Kane Kosugi did it in Sasuke 8 with a time of 4 3990 the fastest time of the four finishers Arnold s finish moved USA into a tie with Team Europe forcing a deciding tie break on Stage 4 |
For the first time in ANW history the athletes competed on Stage 4 Travis Rosen was selected as the first competitor on ANW to attempt the final stage and he made it all the way up Midoriyama s 90 foot tower with a 77 foot rope with a time of 0 3577 However Sean McColl beat Rosen s time by 3 10th of a second 0 0031 winning the competition for Team Europe as they became the World Champions of ANW Rosen missed on his first attempt at hitting the buzzer at the end of the rope climb |
NBC announced that another USA vs the World matchup would again take place in Las Vegas It was the second such worldwide special to unite ANW alumni Sasuke all stars and European competitors for the season 7 finale The 3 hour special aired on January 31 2016 on NBC It was hosted by the current American Ninja Warrior hosts Matt Iseman Akbar Gbaja Biamila and cohost Kristine Leahy |
The winners of the special were the Americans winning over Europe and Japan |
Rosters |
Team rosters were revealed in December 2015 |
Note Britten was unable to compete due to flu like symptoms with a fever of 103 and was replaced by alternate Joe Moravsky who was standing by |
Highlights |
On Stage 1 Drew Drechsel gets the fastest time of the season with a time of 1 1861 beating Tim Shieff s time of 1 2533 |
On Stage 2 Sean McColl edged out both Drew Drechsel s time of 1 3446 and Joe Moravsky s time of 1 2369 beating them with a speedy time of 1 1986 the fastest of the ANW season |
On Stage 3 in the last heat Yusuke Morimoto was the only member of Team Japan to finish this stage with a time of 6 2938 However Sean McColl got a faster time with 5 4225 putting Team Europe in the lead Isaac Caldiero was the last to compete and needed the 3 point win in order to put Team USA on top Caldiero brought his team to victory with an impressive time of 4 2884 the fastest of the season |
Final Score USA 10 Europe 9 Japan 0 |
The 3 hour special episode aired on June 4 2017 it was unofficially the first episode of season 9 Once again it was hosted by the current American Ninja Warrior hosts Matt Iseman Akbar Gbaja Biamila and cohost Kristine Leahy This year Team USA and Team Europe faced a new challenger Team Latin America |
Highlights |
Jessie Graff became the first woman in ANW history and to compete and successfully finish Stage 2 in Las Vegas This was the POM Wonderful Run of the Night She was also the first woman representing the United States in the USA vs The World competition Josh Levin and Drew Drechsel both completed Stage 3 putting them on a list of only a handful of athletes to do so |
Final Score Team USA 10 Team Europe 7 Team Latin America 1 |
On May 29 2016 prior to the premiere of season eight NBC aired a two hour all star special in which hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja Biamila chose their own all star teams composed of three veterans one rookie and one woman Teams competed on stages two three and four of the regular season finals course Mt Midoriyama as well as competitions on a supersized course by testing their skills in competitions on the giant peg board 40 foot Salmon Ladder Flying Shelf Grab Jump Hang and concluded with a race to the top of the Mega Warped Wall |
The all star winners were Team Akbar who won the team competition beating Team Matt 5 3 Additionally competitor Joe Moravsky completed Stage 2 in a record time of 1 08 52 |
On February 20 2017 NBC aired a second two hour all star special Like the previous year s competition ANW hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja Biamila chose their own all star teams this year composed of one veteran one breakout star and one woman Team Matt featured Chris Wilczewski Najee Richardson and Jesse Flex Lebreck Team Akbar featured Grant McCartney Neil Crazy Craver and Meagan Martin Also sideline interviewer Kristine Leahy got to pick her own team which consisted of Jessie Graff Flip Rodriguez and Nicholas Coolridge Teams competed as a relay race to finish sections of stages one two and three of the regular season finals course Mt Midoriyama Next was the skills competition on a supersized course where individual contestants tested their skills in competition on the 75 feet tall Endless Invisible Ladder the 4 story high Super Salmon Ladder Supersonic Shelf Grab Striding Steps and the Mega Wall which is now 20 feet high |
The all star winners were Team Kristine who won the team relay race competition beating Team Matt and last year s champions Team Akbar Their highlight of the night was completing Stage 3 in a record time of 5 30 62 making this the POM Wonderful Run of the Night |
NBC announced a special entitled Celebrity Ninja Warrior for Red Nose Day which aired on May 25 2017 Celebrity Ninja Warrior featured celebrities competing on the American Ninja Warrior course while being coached by ANW favorites The course featured modified obstacles Floating Steps Cannonball Drop Fly Wheels Block Run Battering Ram and the Warped Wall After completing the course Stephen Amell also completed the Salmon Ladder which he performed in a scene on Arrow and unsuccessfully attempted a new obstacle the Swinging Pegboard Amell s run was named the MM s Run of the Night |
For every obstacle the celebrities completed MM s and The Rockefeller Foundation pledged to donate 5000 to Red Nose Day |
On October 9 2015 Esquire Network announced a spin off of American Ninja Warrior which would feature 24 three person teams two men and one woman of popular ANW alumni The teams compete head to head against each other running the course simultaneously thus creating a new live duel dynamic The two teams with the fastest times advance to the finale where one team will be crowned the winners and receive a cash prize Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja Biamila host alongside actor and journalist Alex Curry The series is Esquire Network s most watched program in the channel s history |
On May 31 2016 Esquire Network ordered a sixteen episode second season that also included a five episode special college edition that had college aged competitors go head to head against rival schools On March 6 2017 it was announced that Team Ninja Warrior will be moving to sibling cable channel USA Network as Esquire Network winds down its linear channel operations and relaunches as an online only service The show s second season premiered proper on April 18 |
In Australia and New Zealand the show is broadcast on SBS 2 TV3 and Four On April 25 2016 it was announced Canadian broadcaster CTV picked up American Ninja Warrior for its 2016 summer broadcast schedule In the United Kingdom and Ireland the show is broadcast on Challenge In Israel the show is broadcast on Yes Action In 2016 Croatian RTL started broadcasting the show The show is also shown in Finland on SubTV In the Netherlands the show was first broadcast in 2017 on SBS 6 where their own Ninja Warrior NL has been broadcast |
El Derbi Madrileo English The Madrid Derby is the name given to football matches between Atltico Madrid and Real Madrid both from Madrid Spain Originally it referred only to those competitions held in the Spanish championship but nowadays the term has been generalized and tends to include every single match between the two clubs UEFA Champions League and Copa del Rey etc The two clubs met in Lisbon for the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final making it the first time two clubs from the same city played in the final They also met for the 2018 UEFA Super Cup making it also the first time two clubs from the same city played this final |
The rivalry between the two clubs started at the very beginning of the twentieth century The then known as Madrid Foot Ball Club founded 1902 the most powerful club in the Spanish capital kept on making mergers and acquisitions of the best clubs of Madrid which subsequently disappeared At the same time Madrid Foot Ball Club also signed the best players from the clubs it did not acquired which also made those clubs disappear unable to compete against the white club The then known as Athletic Club Madrid founded 1903 was able to keep most of their best players thanks to the financial aid of their parent Athletic Club Bilbao and so became the last stand against the Madrid Foot Ball Club supremacy in the capital Many supporters of the clubs that had vanished due to the Real since 1920 a recognition given by the King of Spain to his favorite clubs Madrid strategies became therefore red striped supporters harboring bias towards the meringue club and triggering the rivalry However regarding competitive honours won Real Madrid was way above Athletic until the start of the Spanish Civil War |
After the war during the early Francoist period Atltico was associated with the military air force although the alleged preference of the regime for the red striped club is subject to discussion nonetheless after winning their very first League title in 1939 Atltico coach Ricardo Zamora was put into jail accused of being communist Anyway during this time period Atltico became the most successful club in Spain reducing the historical gap between the two clubs until the regime preference shifted towards Real Madrid in the 1950s Franco sought to make political capital out of Real Madrid s European Cup titles at a time when Spain was internationally isolated one minister said Real Madrid are the best ambassadors we ve ever had Thus Atltico fans regularly chanted that Real was el equipo del gobierno la vergenza del pas the team of the government the shame of the country and allegedly adopted a more left wing slant tempered by the rise of ultras culture and Rayo Vallecano s presence as the true leftist club in Madrid In the 1970s Atltico took again the lead as the most successful Spanish club of the decade which prompted Real Madrid fanbase to look down on Atltico calling them and their supporters indios indians a reference to the Latin American players signed by the red striped club It is worthy to note that by then Real Madrid was not very keen on signing noncaucasian players president Santiago Bernabu even stated when he decided not to sign Portuguese star Eusebio at the end of the 1960s that as long as he lived no black will play for Real Madrid Atltico fanbase accepted the new indian nickname joyfully and has been using it until today |
The Santiago Bernabu Real Madrid s stadium is alongside banks and businesses on the upper class Paseo de la Castellana street while the Vicente Caldern the stadium that Atltico Madrid had been using until the 2016 17 season could be found near a brewery along the Manzanares River Real draw greater support in all the city because of their historically greater resources and success while Atltico have a relatively working class fan base from the south of the city although it is only part of the Atletico fans who are also scattered throughout the city In fact Atltico crest includes the Coat of arms of Madrid whereas Real crest has not such a reference to the city instead it includes a reference to the broader Castile historical region |
In the modern era the Madrid Derby is the second biggest derby in Spanish football behind El Clsico and although Real Madrid have the larger worldwide fanbase Atltico Madrid have also amassed a significant worldwide fanbase due to their level of success in the UEFA Champions League Real Madrid is the most successful club in the UEFA Champions League having won it thirteen times Atltico Madrid have never won the Champions League though they have reached the final on three occasions losing twice against Real Madrid and they have also won the UEFA Europa League three times versus two times for Real Madrid and the UEFA Super Cup three times one of them against Real Madrid |
In domestic cups the two have been finalists on five occasions in the Copa del Rey in 1960 1961 1992 2013 all Atltico wins and 1975 Real Madrid win In 1985 they met in the two legged final of the Copa de la Liga with each winning their home leg although Real Madrid winning on aggregate In 2014 they met in the two legged final of the Supercopa de Espaa the first leg at the Santiago Bernabu finished in a 1 1 draw while the second leg at the Vicente Caldern ended in a 1 0 Atltico victory With a 2 1 aggregate score the rojiblancos won the title |
The two clubs met in the semifinals of the 1958 59 European Cup Atltico had qualified as La Liga runners up as Spanish Champions Madrid had already qualified as European Cup holders The tie finished 2 2 on aggregate and Real Madrid winning the play off game held in Zaragoza Real then went on to win the trophy outright |
The two clubs met in Lisbon for the 2014 Champions League Final making it the first time two clubs from the same city played in the final Real Madrid won 4 1 after extra time earning their tenth European Cup after having last won in 2002 They met again in the quarter finals of the 2014 15 UEFA Champions League The score was 0 0 at the Vicente Caldern and 1 0 in favour of Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabu |
The two rivals met again in Milan for the 2016 Champions League Final After a 1 1 draw Real Madrid won 5 3 on penalties They met each other again in the semifinals of the 2016 2017 UEFA Champions League Atltico were beaten 3 0 in the first leg at the Santiago Bernabu with all three goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo The second leg took place at the Vincente Calderon which was the last European fixture at the iconic stadium The home side was victorious winning 2 1 however they were eliminated once again by their fierce rivals with the final aggregate score ending 4 2 to Real who went on to beat Juventus FC at the 2017 UEFA Champions League Final |
The two clubs faced each other in the 2018 UEFA Super Cup with Real having won the 2017 18 UEFA Champions League and Atltico having won the 2017 18 UEFA Europa League Atltico came from behind to win the match 4 2 after extra time for their third UEFA Super Cup title This was the first ever meeting of two teams from the same city in the UEFA Super Cup |
As of 29 September 2018 the top scorer of all time in the Madrid Derby is Cristiano Ronaldo with 22 goals scored The top scorer for Atltico in the derby matches is Paco Campos with 12 goals Players in bold are still active |
The players with the most appearances in the Madrid Derby are Francisco Gento and Manolo Sanchs of Real Madrid with 42 appearances The record of most appearances in the derby matches as an Atltico player is held by Adelardo with 35 matches in all competitions and eight goals scored |