Rich and Bijan announce and review the nominees for the Stage 5 Ninja awards! Which ninjas/onstacles were new and amazing this year? Which ones got skipped too many times? Which obstacles stood out for being new and cool, or extremely difficult?

Next week they will be joined by Taran and Lita from Reality TV RHAP-Ups and Travis from ANW Fantasy. They will present the following awards, with the winners decided by the Ninja Academy, composed of a variety of ANW superfans that are regularly adding new content online.

Breakout Performance (Male):
Mathis Owhadi
Eric Middleton
Austin Gray
RJ Roman
Zach Day

Breakout Performance (Female):
Karen Wiltin
Quest O’Neal
Casey Rothschild
Abby Clark
Anna Shumaker

Best New Obstacle:
Doorknob Drop
Spin Hopper
Cane Lane
Deja Vu
Water Walls

Ninja Killer of the Year:
Cane Lane
Iron Maiden
Double Dipper
Deja Vu
Wingnut Alley

Best Comeback Story:
Chris Wilczewski
Danny Bergstrom
Enedina Stanger
Jake Murray
Jeremiah Morgan

Shocking Fall of the Year:
Isaac Caldiero
Allyssa Beird
Travis Rosen
Joe Moravsky
Daniel Gil

Stealthiest Ninja Award:
Mike Meyers
Hunter Guerard
Josh Levin
Jonathan Stevens
Brian Burkhardt

Female Ninja of the Year:
Barclay Stockett
Jesse Labreck
Meagan Martin
Rachael Goldstein
Abby Clark

Male Ninja of the Year:
Drew Drechsel
Sean Bryan
Jamie Rahn
Najee Richardson
Mathis Owhadi

People’s Choice (Male Ninja of the Year)
People’s Choice (Female Ninja of the Year)
People’s Choice (Obstacle of the Year)
People’s Choice (Athletically Profound Run of the Year)

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Rich and Bijan recap the final episode of ANW10, a season with a lot of changes and some memorable moments. Some more shocking falls and epic runs to finish off stages 2 and 3, along with a $100,000 prize for the Last Ninja Standing. Does it change the show for the better, or bring us back to an infamous moment of the past?

Athletically Profound Run of the Night – Najee Richardson

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Rich and Bijan are once again blown away by ANW10! Lots of exciting runs, including some surprises both good and bad. Richard does some serious shaming of another podcast and Bijan talks for way too long about eating bugs and other creepy crawlers.

Athletically Profound Run of the Night – Nicholas FRICKING Coolridge

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Rich and Bijan are reminded of how amazing American Ninja Warrior can be. An EPIC episode with history making runs by a barefoot Jamie Rahn and phenomenal rookie Mathis “The Kid” Owhadi, as well as shocking falls by some of the ninja greats like Joe “the Weatherman” Moravsky, Allyssa Beird, and Travis Rosen. This episode delivered on all levels.

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Rich and Bijan talk American Ninja Warrior Minneapolis City Finals with fan favorites like Lance Pekus, Jake Murray, Joe Moravsky, Meagan Martin, and Jon Alexis Jr.

Also find out about Rich’s first trip bouldering, for those interested in those sorts of things.

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In this episode, Rich and Bijan review the always entertaining American Ninja Warrior Philadelphia Finals. With amazing performances by fan favorite ninjas like Jamie Rahn, Chris Wilczewski, and Najee Richardson, there is a lot to cover!

Plus we take a look at Rockford Ninja Warrior, which had some top ninjas competing as well, along with a very shocking last place finish!

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In this episode, Rich and Bijan review the Indy Finals of American Ninja Warrior with some of the most amazing runs and shocking falls of the season!

Banging drums, Team Hair, and flapping like a swan… what more could you want in an episode?

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In this episode, Bijan returns from Japan and joins Rich to cover the American Ninja Warrior Miami Finals. They talk about some surprising falls from the top ninjas, and of course, the “left right double double” of Eddy Stewart.

UNAA Results
http://www.ultimateninjascore.org/

UNAA National Finals – 1st Place Mens Amateur
https://youtu.be/8QV6_oP3RzE

NNL Qualifier at NinjaForce in Albuquerque – 4th place Mens Pro
https://youtu.be/DuWTSyb3bAc

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In this episode, Rich and Bijan marvel at the fact that the ninjas have learned to control gravity in the #AmericanNinjaWarrior Los Angeles Finals! Find out what we thought of the new obstacles – Archer Steps, Baton Pass, and Spider Trap!

Athletically Profound Run of the Night – Nicholas Coolridge

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