American Ninja Warrior (season 6)
The sixth season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on NBC on May 26, 2014. Matt Iseman returned for his sixth season as host, while Akbar Gbaja-Biamila and Jenn Brown each returned for their second season. Similar to previous seasons, the winner receives $500,000 and the coveted title, "American Ninja Warrior".
Cities
Regional competitions were held in the following five locations to determine the 90 competitors to participate in the other stages: Venice Beach, CA, a return to Dallas, TX; and new locations St. Louis, MO, Miami, FL and Denver, CO.Notable competitors
- U.S. Olympic luger Kate Hansen
- 5-time ANW veteran David Campbell
- The Biggest Loser personal trainer Kim Lyons
- former American Gladiator champion and gladiator Evan "Rocket" Dollard
- U.S. Olympic bobsledder Johnny Quinn
- U.S. Olympic gymnast Jonathan Horton
- U.S. Olympic gymnast Terin Humphrey
- 4-time ANW veteran Brent Steffensen
- professional wrestler Matt Capiccioni
- professional wakeboarder Shaun Murray
- retired-MLB baseball player Rich Thompson
- U.S. Olympic luger Preston Griffall
- professional BMX rider Morgan Wade
- professional MMA fighter Michelle Waterson
- U.S. Olympic snowboarder Faye Gulini
Notable achievements
Women's success
This season, the women who attempted the Warped Wall from last season competed. Three women out of 100 have completed the course. Former NCAA gymnast Kacy Catanzaro made ANW history when she became the first woman to complete the qualifying course, making it up the Warped Wall on her second try at 5:26.18 at the Dallas qualifiers, ranking her 21 out of 30; this also makes her the first woman to make it up the Warped Wall. Catanzaro became the second woman to attempt the finals course and the first to complete it, which she did with a time of 8:59.53, ranking her 7th out of 15. This made her the first woman to advance to Mount Midoriyama in Las Vegas. She failed to complete the 1st round of the finals, in Las Vegas while attempting the Jumping Spider.Event coordinator Michelle Warnky became the second woman to finish the qualifying course, making it up the Warped Wall on her first try in a faster time than Catanzaro at the St. Louis qualifiers, ranking her 19th out of 30. She also became the second woman ever to attempt the Salmon Ladder in the finals, coming up just inches short. She did receive a wild-card spot in Las Vegas, but she overshot on her dismount to the landing pad on the Silk Slider.
Rock climbing instructor Meagan Martin became the third woman to finish the course, making it up the Warped Wall on her third and final try at 4:46.29 at the Denver qualifiers, ranking her 22nd out of 30; she also became the first woman in ANW to complete the Devil Steps. However, in the Denver Finals, she came up short and fell at the Spikes into Cargo. She received a wild-card spot in Las Vegas, and became the first American woman to complete the Jumping Spider, but ran out of time on the Warped Wall.
In addition, Melanie Hunt and Courtney Venuti both made it to the Warped Wall in Miami Qualifying, but both of them couldn't get up it and advance. Hunt competed the last 2 seasons, going out on the 2nd obstacle both times and Venuti competed in Season 5. Amy Pajcic also made it to the Warped Wall in the St. Louis Qualifying, but couldn't make it up.
Before Catanzaro, Warnky, and Martin, the only woman to have beaten an American Ninja Warrior or Sasuke stage, trial, or qualifier was former Super Sentai stuntwoman Chie Nishimura. Not even Kunoichi champions Rie Komiya or Ayako Miyake had managed it.
Mount Midoriyama
Stage 1 Clears
Competitors in Bold finished the City Finals.| 1 | Elet Hall | Cleared | 00:46.60 |
| 2 | Lorin Ball | Cleared | 00:35.29 |
| 3 | Paul Kasemir | Cleared | 00:31.04 |
| 4 | Joe Moravsky | Cleared | 00:29.79 |
| 5 | Ian Dory | Cleared | 00:23.81 |
| 6 | Joshua Cook | Cleared | 00:23.71 |
| 7 | Chris Wilczewski | Cleared | 00:22.26 |
| 8 | Abel Gonzalez | Cleared | 00:19.08 |
| 9 | Jo Jo Bynum | Cleared | 00:17.85 |
| 10 | Travis Rosen | Cleared | 00:17.73 |
| 11 | Isaac Caldiero | Cleared | 00:16.58 |
| 12 | Andrew Lowes | Cleared | 00:12.26 |
| 13 | Dan Galiczynski | Cleared | 00:09.65 |
| 14 | Ryan Stratis | Cleared | 00:08.66 |
| 15 | Dr. Noah Kaufman | Cleared | 00:07.98 |
| 16 | Yen Chen | Cleared | 00:03.60 |
| 17 | Brian Arnold | Cleared | 00:01.57 |
| 18 | J.J. Woods | Cleared | 00:00.27 |
Stage 2
| Order # | Finalist | Result | Notes |
| 1 | J.J. Woods | 2. Double Salmon Ladder | Second level. |
| 2 | Brian Arnold | 3. Unstable Bridge | Transition to second plank. |
| 3 | Yen Chen | 4. Butterfly Wall | |
| 4 | Dr. Noah Kaufman | 3. Unstable Bridge | Transition to second plank. |
| 5 | Dan Galiczynski | 3. Unstable Bridge | First plank. |
| 6 | Ryan Stratis | 5. Metal Spin | Slid Down chain just before dismount. |
| 7 | Andrew Lowes | 5. Metal Spin | Missed landing platform. |
| 8 | Isaac Caldiero | 2. Double Salmon Ladder | Third level. |
| 9 | Travis Rosen | 5. Metal Spin | Accidentally let go of platform and got stuck. |
| 10 | Joseph "Jo Jo" Bynum | 3. Unstable Bridge | Transition to first plank. |
| 11 | Abel Gonzalez | 2. Double Salmon Ladder | Transition to second side. |
| 12 | Chris Wilczewski | 5. Metal Spin | Missed landing platform. |
| 13 | Joshua Cook | 4. Butterfly Wall | |
| 14 | Ian Dory | 5. Metal Spin | Failed dismount. |
| 15 | Joe Moravsky | Completed | |
| 16 | Paul Kasemir | 3. Unstable Bridge | Transition to second plank. |
| 17 | Lorin Ball | 2. Double Salmon Ladder | Fifth level. |
| 18 | Elet Hall | Completed |