Category Archives: Episode Recap

ANP193 – Baby Bulls and Peacocks

Rich and Bijan continue their coverage of ANW Junior and Ultimate Beastmaster.

A great story and touching moment on ANW Junior steals our hearts and we return to the (much better format of) semifinals of Ultimate Beastmaster.

ANW Junior
Zack Keenan – winner – 9-10
Tate Allen – winner – 11-12
Blake Feero – winner – 13-14

Ultimate Beastmaster
Mark Greenham – 1
Hector Martinez – 2
Corbin Mackin – 3

Music produced by Matt Bold (AKA Gods M80) with “Christian Hip Hop Hits Just as Hard”.

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ANP192 – A Lame Story

Rich and Bijan split the episode this week between episode coverage of ANW Junior (ep5) and Ultimate Beastmaster (S3-ep6,7), and a more detailed telling of their near drowning (Bijan) and broken leg (Rich) from last week.

Music produced by Matt Bold (AKA Gods M80) with “Christian Hip Hop Hits Just as Hard”.

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ANP191 – Break a Leg

Rich and Bijan return after a harrowing week. Bijan survived a near drowning at Tough Mudder and Rich broke both bones in his lower leg and spent several days in hospital. But the show must go on, despite some technical difficulties!

This week on ANW Junior we saw fantastic performances by the girls at all 3 age brackets, including viral Internet sensation Taylor Green. In Ultimate Beastmaster action, we saw Laura Basta from France repping the athletic women as well! She made it as far as anyone this season and narrowly missed out on the finals due to a point thruster only. Fantastic stuff all around!

Music produced by Matt Bold (AKA Gods M80) with “Christian Hip Hop Hits Just as Hard”.

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ANP190 – Ultimate Monkey Bars

Rich and Bijan are treated to one of the best weeks of OCR watching ever, with both American Ninja Warrior Junior and Ultimate Beastmaster delivering BIG TIME.

Learn why ANW Junior’s Sean Arms is the next big thing, and how Jayden Irving from Australia shocked EVERYONE with his amazing performance on the Ultimate Beastmaster Season 3 Semifinals.

This sure doesn’t feel like the offseason.

Music produced by Matt Bold (AKA Gods M80) with “Christian Hip Hop Hits Just as Hard”.

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ANP189 – Elvis and the Kids

Rich and Bijan are probably biting off more than they can chew, as they cover both ANW Junior Episode 2 and Season 3 (Episodes 2 and 3) of Ultimate Beastmaster!

Which of the shows is exceeding their expectations and which is falling a little short at times? Both are full of amazing competitors, entertaining hosts, and some of the toughest obstacles around. If you are an American Ninja Warrior fan, find out why you should be filling those off-season hours with both of these shows.

ANW Junior – episode 2
https://youtu.be/AfyvjXGUwD4

Music produced by Matt Bold (AKA Gods M80) with “Christian Hip Hop Hits Just as Hard”.

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ANP188 – ANW Junior with Julia

Rich and Bijan are joined this week by Rich’s 12 year old daughter Julia. She helps them review American Ninja Warrior Junior, which turned out to be far better than any of them had actually anticipated. Go figure!

ANW Junior on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI1-9zNVc8U

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ANP187 – Ultimate Beastmaster Season 3

Rich and Bijan finally sit down to talk Ultimate Beastmaster Season 3! The Beast is back and a lot has changed. Learn what they liked, what they hated, and whether Bijan’s love affair with the hosts continues on.

Music produced by Matt Bold (AKA Gods M80) with “Christian Hip Hop Hits Just as Hard”.

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ANP186 – Sasuke 35

Rich and Bijan jump into the “offseason” with coverage of Sasuke 35, the latest Ninja Warrior tournament from the original series in Japan. Find out how Real Life Ninja Drew Drechsel did, and why Yusuke Morimoto is arguably the best ninja in the world.

They also get into some real life updates and preview the coming weeks, including Ultimate Beastmaster, Viking, ANW Junior, and Titan Games.

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ANP185 – ANW10 Stage5 Ninja Awards

Rich and Bijan are honored to be joined by Taran and Lita from Reality TV RHAPUps and Travis from ANWFantasy to once again present the Stage5 Ninja Awards. These awards recognize the highlights of American Ninja Warrior Season 10, as judged by our voting Academy.

Academy
ANW Akbarism – https://twitter.com/ANWakbarism
Cara Poalillo from The NinjaBabes Podcast – https://theninjababes.com/
Ian from Steel City Blitz – https://steelcityblitz.com/
Will from TwoTwentyTwo Productions – https://www.youtube.com/user/222productions
UniversalTuber – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0Hyt2aDOF3Sg14HTMeMjIw

Thank you to our special guests and co-hosts. Find them at the links below.

American Ninja Warrior RhapUp
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/american-ninja-warrior-rhapup/id1120278253?mt=2

Taran Armstrong
Twitter – https://twitter.com/ArmstrongTaran
Twitch – https://www.twitch.tv/taranarmstrong
Lita Brillman
Twitter – https://twitter.com/litatweeted
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/litagrammed/
So You Think You Can Dance – http://robhasawebsite.com/shows/reality-tv-rhapups/so-you-think-you-can-dance/
Survivor Recaps – https://www.myentertainmentworld.ca/author/lita/

Travis McClure
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/anwfantasy
Twitter – https://twitter.com/ANWFantasy
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/ANWFantasy/
Website – http://anwfantasy.com

Stage5 Ninja Awards Winners

Breakout Performance (Male):
Mathis Owhadi

Breakout Performance (Female):
Casey Rothschild

Best New Obstacle:
(tie)
Spin Hopper
Cane Lane

Ninja Killer of the Year:
Double Dipper

Best Comeback Story:
Chris Wilczewski

Shocking Fall of the Year:
Isaac Caldiero

Stealthiest Ninja Award:
Josh Levin

Female Ninja of the Year:
Jesse Labreck

Male Ninja of the Year:
Drew Drechsel

People’s Choice (Female)
Jesse Labreck

People’s Choice (Male)
Drew Drechsel

People’s Choice (Best Obstacle)
Mega Wall

People’s Choice (Run of the Year)
Jamie Rahn’s Shoeless Run on Stage 1

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ANP184 – Ninja Awards Nominees

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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