Fire & Ice
Episode: 9x01 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2017 (60 min)
Tattooing is a team sport as artists from nine of America's best shops arrive ready to battle it out for a $200,000 prize and the first ever title of Master Shop.
Episodes
Crossing the Line
Episode: 9x02 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2017 (60 min)
A massive twist shakes up the competition and a painstaking Flash Challenge puts relationships to the test.
Unnatural Disasters
Episode: 9x03 | Airdate: Jun 20, 2017 (60 min)
A fiery veteran artist returns, taking the competition by storm; a difficult Flash Challenge exposes weaknesses in the shops.
Lend Me Your Ear
Episode: 9x04 | Airdate: Jun 27, 2017 (60 min)
The competition gets even tougher when the artists are tested on technical application with individual tattoos; two veteran artists return.
War and Ink
Episode: 9x05 | Airdate: Jul 11, 2017 (60 min)
Some shops lose their composure as they butt heads during a grueling elimination tattoo.
Get the Flock Outta Here
Episode: 9x06 | Airdate: Jul 18, 2017 (60 min)
Shops crumble as the tension between teammates intensifies.
On the Bubble
Episode: 9x07 | Airdate: Jul 25, 2017 (60 min)
One of the competition's most infamous veterans returns to shake up the game.
Masterpiece Mayhem
Episode: 9x08 | Airdate: Aug 1, 2017 (60 min)
An emotional Flash Challenge brings the Artists to tears, and the Alliance becomes a target when a bullet-proof pair of Veterans return to battle it out for the title.
Pin-Up Panic Attack
Episode: 9x09 | Airdate: Aug 8, 2017 (60 min)
The Artists can't find any relief in a sculptural Flash Challenge. Things only get hairier during the Elimination Tattoo when the Artists are faced with the infamous Pin-Up challenge.
Drill Baby, Drill
Episode: 9x10 | Airdate: Aug 15, 2017 (60 min)
The final Veteran shop returns to fight for the first ever title of Master Shop. Skull picks are key to the precision strike leveled at the opposing alliance as the battle for 200K continues.
Grim Inker
Episode: 9x11 | Airdate: Aug 22, 2017 (60 min)
With no flash challenge, the artists think they've got it all figured out until a massive twist sends them reeling; Four Horsemen tattoos bring on the end of days for one pair of artists.
Pit Fall
Episode: 9x12 | Airdate: Aug 29, 2017 (60 min)
A painful elimination tattoo has the artists in the pits, and a massive twist sends them reeling.
Sell Out
Episode: 9x13 | Airdate: Sep 5, 2017 (60 min)
The artists put the saying, ``the customer is always right,'' to the test when they must sell themselves to their canvases for the chance to tattoo.
Casting the First Stone
Episode: 9x14 | Airdate: Sep 12, 2017 (60 min)
With the field down to only five shops, the fight for the first title of Master Shop intensifies; in a deity elimination, some shops aim for a high bar while one shop gets sent packing.
Marathon to the Finale
Episode: 9x15 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2017 (60 min)
The top four shops battle it out in a tattoo marathon for the three spots in the live finale.
Shop Wars Finale
Episode: 9x16 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2017 (90 min)
The final three shops battle it out for the first Master Shop title.