ANW14 | Semi-Finals [Ep 2] - July 25th

[Ninja Warrior Ryan]

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[sackeshi]

I liked the episode we saw a lot of new/newer faces move on to Vegas. Looks like we might be seeing a handing over of the torch.

[tyler]

I think this was the most unpredictable episode that I could remember. Perhaps since Coolidge was the only finisher? Some shocking fails and good rookie moments.

Also, great to see the return of Josh Levin. I'm not the biggest fan of some of the packages but it was cool to see World Chase Tag get recognized.

[penguincatfish]

There have been 5 previous seasons where an extended course had one or no finishers.

ANW 3 - Ryan Stratis finished the only Semifinals course. #10 was Cargo Net. The rest of the Top 15 fell on #9 Unstable Bridge, with one on #8 Salmon Ladder.

ANW 7 - Nicolas Coolridge - Los Angeles. Kevin Bull and David Campbell on #10 Invisible Ladder.
ANW 7 - Dustin McKinney - San Pedro Military. Matthew Jensen and Ryan Stratis on #10 Invisible Ladder.

ANW 8 - Josh Levin - Los Angeles. Jessie Graff on #9 Helix Hang. The rest on #8 The Wedge. #10 was also Invisible Ladder.
ANW 8 - NONE - Philadelphia. Chris Wilczewski and Joe Moravsky on #10 Invisible Ladder. The rest on #9 Stair Hopper and #8 Flying Shelf Grab.

ANW 9 - Daniel Gil - San Antonio. Thomas Stillings, Nicolas Coolridge, and Brent Steffensen on #10 Elevator Climb. The rest on #9 Spinball Wizard and #8 Hourglass Drop.
ANW 9 -   - Daytona Beach. JJ Woods, Sean Darling-Hammond, and Jessie Graff on #10 Elevator Climb. The rest on #9 Circuit Board and #8 Giant Cubes.
ANW 9 - NONE - Kansas City. Mitch VeDepo on #10 Elevator Climb. Tyler Yamauchi on #9 Iron Maiden. The rest on #8 Floating Monkey Bars and #7 Salmon Ladder, with one on #5 Bar Hop.
ANW 9 - Ian Dory - Denver. Lorin Ball and Jesse Lucero on #9 Ninjago Roll. The rest on #8 The Wedge.

ANW 11 - NONE - Seattle-Tacoma. Dan Yager, Karson Voiles, and Jessie Graff on #9 Northwest Passage. The rest on #8 Floating Monkey Bars. #10 was Spider Trap.
ANW 11 - NONE - Baltimore. They all fell on #8 Angry Birds. #9 was Cane Lane.

[kiminonawasasuke]

Ah, why a lot of comments on Youtube said both Hopscotch and Box Office were rigged?

[sackeshi]

Jul 26, 2022 2:58:54 GMT -5 kiminonawasasuke said:

Ah, why a lot of comments on Youtube said both Hopscotch and Box Office were rigged?

cause youtube.

[thebobmaster]

Posting results as usual.

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{Run 1 (Jonah Bonner)}Obstacle 8 (Box Office)

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{Run 2 (Mike Beadle)}Obstacle 5 (Hopscotch)

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{Montage 1}Casey Rothschild: Obstacle 4 (Spinning Bridge)

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{Run 3 (Izabella Adkins)} Obstacle 6 (Warped Wall)

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{Montage 2}Brittney Durant: Obstacle 2 (Lunatic Ledges)
Steven Cen: Hopscotch

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{Run 4 (Josh Levin)}Obstacle 9 (Split Decision, Dragonback) (would have been shocking if they hadn't been foreshadowing so blatantly)

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{Montage 3}Julius Ferguson: Lunatic Ledges
Anthony Porter: Box Office

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{Run 5 (Jeremiah Boyd)}Box Office

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{Montage 4}Lilah Nathison: Obstacle 3 (Clockwork)
Ronald Washington: Hopscotch

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{Run 6 (Evan Andrews)}Cleared, 4:29.19

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{Montage 5}Alex Nye: Spinning Bridge
Caiden Madzalen: Box Office
Jackson Erdos: Hopscotch
David Campbell: Box Office

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{Run 7 (Lance Pekus)}Hopscotch(!)

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{Montage 6}Tyler Kurtzhals: Clockwork
John Mack: Hopscotch (sads)

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{Run 8 (Mady Howard)}Spinning Bridge (!)

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{Run 9 (Asaf Goren)}Clockwork

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{Montage 7}Verdale Benson: Clockwork
Grant Nguyen: Box Office
Kyle McCreight: Spinning Bridge

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{Run 10 (Josiah Singleton)}Split Decision, Dragonback

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{Montage 8}Brett Hernandez Strong: Hopscotch
Francisco Barajas: Box Office

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{Run 11 (Tiana Webberley)}Clockwork

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{Run 12 (Kyle Soderman)}Box Office

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{Montage 9}Hunter Guerard: Box Office
Adam Rayl: Hopscotch (!)

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{Run 12.5 (Sean Bryan)}Box Office

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{Run 13 (Elijah Browning)}Hopscotch (!)

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{Power Tower}Evan Andrews vs. Josiah Singleton: Josiah wins Safety Pass

MAN. Lot of surprising exits this episode. I did not expect this layout for the finalists.

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{Finalists}1. Evan Andrews: Cleared, 4:29.19
2. Josiah Singleton (Safety Pass): Dragonback, 3:36.35
3. Josh Levin: Dragonback, 4:20.66
4. Jeremiah Boyd: Box Office, 2:16.41
5. Caiden Madzelan: Box Office, 2:19.03
6. Sean Bryan: Box Office, 2:25.49
7. Hunter Guerard: Box Office, 2:39.13
8. Kyle Soderman: Box Office, 2:39.60
9. Francisco Barajas: Box Office, 2:46.05
10. Grant Nguyen: Box Office, 2:58.38
11. Jonah Bonner: Box Office, 3:34.45
12. Anthony Porter: Box Office, 3:51.34
13. David Campbell: Box Office, 4:50.69
14. Izabella Adkins: Warped Wall, 1:45.53
15. Ronald Washington: Hopscotch, 0:41.65
16. Casey Rothschild: Spinning Bridge, 1:01.13
17. Mady Howard: Spinning Bridge, 1:01.94

I do believe this is the first semi-finals course where someone made the top 15 without making it to the back half of the course.

[anime boy]

Jul 26, 2022 11:24:27 GMT -5 thebobmaster said:

I do believe this is the first semi-finals course where someone made the top 15 without making it to the back half of the course.

Nah last week a Warped Wall fail made Vegas. This week 2 front half fails made it. There's going to be ninjas who miss Vegas due to COVID. I just wonder if they will use alternates to replace them. If that's true then there are even more obstacle five fails in Vegas.


- EDIT, ALTERNATES WERE USED IN VEGAS

[anime boy]

SEMIFINALS ROUND 2 RESULTS WE KNOW
Paris Juarez: Withdrew [Due to testing positive for COVID-19. Was not replaced]
Vinnie Castranova: Withdrew [Due to testing positive for COVID-19. Was not replaced]
Luke Mizel: ?
Parish Cardenas: ?
Ruben Arellano: ?
Brittney Durant: Lunatic Ledges [DIGEST]
Julius Ferguson: Lunatic Ledges [DIGEST]
Asaf Goren: Clockwork [FULL RUN]
David Funk: Clockwork [ALL CUT] [CONFIRMED WITH MR. FUNK] [HE ALSO HAS BEEN A SASUKE FAN SINCE 2006]
Lilah Nathison: Clockwork [DIGEST]
Tiana Webberley: Clockwork [FULL RUN]
Tyler Kurtzhals: Clockwork [DIGEST]
Verdale Benson: Clockwork [DIGEST]
Alex Nye: Spinning Bridge [DIGEST]
Casey Rothschild: Spinning Bridge [DIGEST]
Kyle McCreight: Spinning Bridge [DIGEST]
Mady Howard: Spinning Bridge [FULL RUN]
Adam Rayl: Hopscotch [DIGEST]
Brett Hernandez Strong: Hopscotch [DIGEST]
Elijah Browning: Hopscotch [FULL RUN]
Jackson Erdos: Hopscotch [DIGEST]
John Mack: Hopscotch [DIGEST]
Lance Pekus: Hopscotch [FULL RUN]
Mike Beadle: Hopscotch [FULL RUN]
Ronald Washington: Hopscotch [DIGEST]
Steven Cen: Hopscotch [DIGEST]
Izabella Adkins: Warped Wall [FULL RUN]
Anthony Porter: Box Office [DIGEST]
Caiden Madzelan: Box Office [DIGEST]
David Campbell: Box Office [DIGEST]
Francisco Barajas: Box Office [DIGEST]
Grant Nguyen: Box Office [DIGEST]
Hunter Guerard: Box Office [DIGEST]
Jeremiah Boyd: Box Office [FULL RUN]
Jonah Bonner: Box Office [FULL RUN]
Kyle Soderman: Box Office [FULL RUN]
Sean Bryan: Box Office [FULL RUN]
Josh Levin: Dragonback [FULL RUN]
Josiah Singleton: Dragonback [FULL RUN]
Evan Andrews: Clear [FULL RUN]
36 CONFIRMED CONTESTANTS, PROBABLY 2-3 MISSING ONES
Also the platform on Box Office broke and took over an hour to fix. This lead to a lot of spectators just going home. Along with that, there were no TVs. So you could only see the results of the obstacle you sat in front of.

[sackeshi]

Only one run cut, and a fan come on NBC. Though I'm happy we are seeing almost everyone.

[anime boy]

Jul 26, 2022 15:56:36 GMT -5 sackeshi said:

Only one run cut, and a fan come on NBC. Though I'm happy we are seeing almost everyone.

No there's definitely more cut than one, it's just David Funk is the only one so far to confirm his result. 

[sackeshi]

Jul 26, 2022 15:58:28 GMT -5 anime boy said:

Jul 26, 2022 15:56:36 GMT -5 sackeshi said:

Only one run cut, and a fan come on NBC. Though I'm happy we are seeing almost everyone.

No there's definitely more cut than one, it's just David Funk is the only one so far to confirm his result. 

NBC seemingly doesn't seem to care that only 300K people aged 18-49 are watching their show. tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/american-ninja-warrior-season-14-ratings/

This show is in trouble unless they start airing it like a sport, run after run, a few profiles for top contesrtants that focus on their history on the show and make sure we see every run, even if we have a lot of fast forwards.

[anime boy]

Jul 26, 2022 16:03:11 GMT -5 sackeshi said:

Jul 26, 2022 15:58:28 GMT -5 anime boy said:

No there's definitely more cut than one, it's just David Funk is the only one so far to confirm his result. 

NBC seemingly doesn't seem to care that only 300K people aged 18-49 are watching their show. tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/american-ninja-warrior-season-14-ratings/

This show is in trouble unless they start airing it like a sport, run after run, a few profiles for top contesrtants that focus on their history on the show and make sure we see every run, even if we have a lot of fast forwards.

Yeah it's kind of funny how the teenager experiment has backfired. They expected more young people to tune in to see other young people but instead they just lose more watchers. If the show had less fluff and more action I think it could hold people's interest more. The first episode had 3.1 million. That means over 500,000 people have rejected American Ninja Warrior after watching more than one episode this season.

[penguincatfish]

There have been 4 previous seasons where a front half made the Top 15.

ANW 4 - Northeast - John Sapinoso, Matt Mings, and Michael Pericoloso on #6 Warped Wall.

ANW 7 - Los Angeles - Jason Tirado, Sam Goldstein, Michael Burkett-Crist, Azeo Torre, and Theo Agu on #5 Hourglass Drop.

ANW 9 - Kansas City - Donovan Metoyer on #5 Bar Hop.

ANW 10 - Philadelphia - James Bartholomew and Logan Greglow on #5 Lightning Bolts.

[thebobmaster]

I stand corrected.

[sasukewarrior333]

Late to watching this time around, but I thought it was a solid episode. A lot of really shocking moments.