Season 11 - Episode Guide

American Ninja Warrior hosts Matt Iseman, Akbar Gbajabiamila and Kristine Leahy have picked the fastest, strongest and most impressive athletes from the show to compete head-to-head on the National Finals course in this year's "American Ninja Warrior All-Stars." Competitors including Allyssa Beird, Jessie Graff, Jesse Labreck, Cowboy Ninja Lance Pekus and Flip Rodriguez will compete for bragging rights and the championship trophy. The All Star Skills competition features five "supersized" obstacles including a Super Salmon Ladder and the heart-stopping and high-flying Wicked Wingnuts - last season's most exciting obstacle turns the competition into an aerial show that is out of this world.

Ninjas take on six challenging obstacles, including two new ones: Walk the Plank and Spring Forward; in a new twist to the qualifying rounds, the two fastest finishers take on the Power Tower for a chance to advance straight to the National Finals.

Last season's "Last Ninja Standing," Drew Drechsel, and former New England Patriot Tyrone Poole are among the notable competitors who will face Atlanta's challenging obstacles, including Off the Hook and Ferris Wheel, which are both new this year.

Competitors including Barclay Stockett, Mathis "Kid" Owhadi, Daniel Gil, Olympian Jonathan Horton and more face up to six challenging obstacles, including Diving Boards and Coconut Climb, which are new to the course this year.

The competition heads to Seattle/Tacoma for the first time, as Jessie Graff, Meagan Martin, Lance "Cowboy Ninja" Pekus, Sean Bryan and more competitors face up to six challenging obstacles, including the new Lunatic Ledges and Barrel Roll.

Competitors including Najee Richardson, Joe Moravsky, Allyssa Beird, Captain NBC Jamie Rahn, Chris Wilczewski and more face up to six challenging obstacles, including Dangerous Curves and Hazard Cones, which are new to the course this year.

American Ninja Warrior" heads to Cincinnati for the final City Qualifying Round. Competitors will face up to six challenging obstacles including Sling Shot which is new to the course this year.

Competitors including Flip Rodriguez and Adam Rayl face up to 10 obstacles; in a new twist to the City Finals, the two fastest finishers take on the Power Tower for a chance at a safety pass, which provides a second chance at the National Finals.

The competition returns to Atlanta for the City Finals; competitors including Drew Drechsel, Jessica Clayton, Travis Rosen and more will face up to 10 challenging obstacles, including Up for Grabs, which is new to the course this year.

The competition returns to Oklahoma City for the City Finals; competitors including Daniel Gil, Barclay Stockett, The Kid and more will face up to 10 challenging obstacles, including Snap Back, which is new to the course this year.

The competition returns to the Pacific Northwest's Tacoma Dome, where competitors including Jessie Graff, Lance "The Cowboy Ninja" Pekus, Meagan Martin, Sean Bryan and more will face up to 10 challenging obstacles, including the new Northwest Passage.

The competition returns to Baltimore for the City Finals, where competitors including Joe Moravsky, Najee Richardson, Allyssa Beird and more will face up to 10 challenging obstacles, including Angry Birds, which is new to the course this year.

The competition returns to Cincinnati for the City Finals, where competitors including Grant McCartney, Jesse "Flex" Labreck, Michelle Warnky and more will face up to 10 challenging obstacles, including Slam Dunk, which is new to the course this year.

The season's top competitors attempt to conquer all four stages of the world's toughest obstacle course, beginning with Stage 1, which features eight grueling obstacles, including the new Roulette Row and Diving Boards.

On the second night of the four-week National Finals, top competitors, including Jessie Graff, Grant McCartney, Drew Drechsel and Mathis "The Kid" Owhadi, tackle Stage 1, featuring eight obstacles that must be completed in 2:30 to advance to Stage 2.

The competition heats up in Las Vegas as 28 competitors move forward in an attempt to conquer Stage 2 at the National Finals, where six dynamic obstacles await, including three new to the course - Giant Walk the Plank, Snap Back and Grim Sweeper.

For the first time in four years a winner will be crowned on the finale of "American Ninja Warrior." A select group of competitors move forward in the competition to face stage three which features seven daunting obstacles; three new to the course this year - "Battering Ram," "Curved Iron Maiden" and "Dynamic Pole Grasp." The elite few who conquer stage three move on to stage four, a final climb up Mt. Midoriyama, which they must complete in thirty seconds or less. Finalists vie for a $1 million prize and the title of "American Ninja Warrior." Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila host and Zuri Hall reports from the sidelines.

Top competitors from "American Ninja Warrior" will go head-to-head with ninjas from around the globe in the two-hour special "USA vs. The World," featuring three six-member teams, including Team USA, Team Europe and Team Australia. The teams will compete across all four epic stages of the show's national finals course - 23 obstacles in all in this one-a-of-kind global TV event.