Esquire Network is set to premiere Team Ninja Warrior on January 19, 2016 featuring 72 fan favorites from the competition series American Ninja Warrior. Season one will consist of eight one-hour episodes with comedian Matt Iseman, former NFL player Akbar Gbajabiamila, and Fox Sports reporter Alex Curry on board as hosts. The teams will be made up of two male and one female athletes with the competition taking place on a newly designed course that will allow two people at a time to compete. According to Esquire Network, the competitors will literally cross paths as they tackle the obstacle course.
The Competition Details:
In the first 6 one-hour episodes of Team Ninja Warrior, four different teams will see their teammates individually race directly against the opposing team’s players through the brutal obstacle course. Each individual win gives the team more points, and at the end of the episode, the two teams left standing will face-off, with the winner of that final relay showdown moving on to the Team Ninja Warrior finals.
All competitors will be running, jumping, vaulting and rolling through an amped-up version of the world’s most intense obstacle course, vying for a cash prize and big bragging rights. From leaping off the “Sonic Swing,” and hanging on for dear life on the “Log Grip,” to crossing paths and out-maneuvering each other on the “Dancing Stones” to finally, racing up the redesigned “Warped Wall,” every episode will feature formidable new obstacles, each harder than the last. And, in the end – only one team will be crowned Team Ninja Warrior champions.
The Team Ninja Warrior Teams:
Ronin
Flip Rodriguez (Team Captain)
Hometown: Miami, FL
JJ Woods
Hometown: Miami, FL
Tiana Webberly
Hometown: Newhall, CA
Karsonic Boom
Karson Voiles (Team Captain)
Hometown: West Haven, UT
Brandon Berrett
Hometown: Provo, UT
Beth Higginbotham
Hometown: Mesa, AZ
Think Tank
Noah Kaufman (Team Captain)
Hometown: Fort Collins, CO
Matt Wilder
Hometown: Boulder, CO
Asya Grechka
Current Hometown: Paris, France
Wild Bunch
Lance Pekus (Team Captain)
Hometown: Salmon, ID
Ben Melick
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Rose Wetzel
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Team Alpha
Brent Steffensen (Team Captain)
Hometown: San Antonio, TX
Even Dollard
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Kacy Catanzaro
Hometown: San Antonio, TX
Stratisfaction
Ryan Stratis (Team Captain)
Hometown: Kennesaw, GA
Grace Jones
Hometown: Kennesaw, GA
Mike Bernardo
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Expendabulls
Kevin Bull (Team Captain)
Hometown: Scotts Valley, CA
Alan Connealy
Hometown: Concord, CA
Luci Romberg
Hometown: Valley Glen, CA
Tre’s Amigoz
Tremayne Dortch (Team Captain)
Hometown: Houston, TX
Andy Lowes
Hometown: Houston, TX
Cassandra Dortch
Hometown: Houston, TX
Midoryama
Ian Dory (Team Captain)
Hometown: Fort Collins, CO
Dan Yager
Hometown: Fort Collins, CO
Meagan Martin
Hometown: Boulder, CO
Towers Of Power
Brandon Mears (Team Captain)
Hometown: Elgin, IL
Dan Polizzi
Hometown: Oswego, IL
Selena Laniel
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Golden Hearts
Neil Craver (Team Captain)
Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC
Grant McCartney
Hometown: Honolulu, HI
Natalie Duran
Hometown: Westwood, CA
Nor Cal Ninjas
David Campbell (Team Captain)
Hometown: Scotts Valley, CA
Sean Noble
Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA
Rachel Mulvaney
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Storm Team Moravsky
Joe Moravsky (Team Captain)
Hometown: Sherman, CT
Rob Moravsky
Hometown: Burbank, CA
Marybeth Wang
Hometown: Riverview, FL
The Average Jojos
Jojo Bynum (Team Captain)
Hometown: Huntsville, AL
James Bogle Jr
Hometown: Gadsden, AL
Caitlin Shukwit
Hometown: Springfield, MO
G-Force
Jessie Graff (Team Captain)
Hometown: Calabasas, CA
Nicholas Coolridge
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Travis Brewer
Hometown: Venice, CA
TEAM TNT
Travis Rosen (Team Captain)
Hometown: Franklin, TN
Adam Arnold
Hometown: Springfield, MO
Joyce Shahboz
Hometown: Gainesville, FL
The Real Life Beasts
Drew Drechsel (Team Captain)
Hometown: Fairfield, CT
James Mcgrath
Hometown: Fairfield, CT
Erica Cook
Hometown: Gainesville, FL
Invinci-Abel
Abel Gonzalez (Team Captain)
Hometown: Edinburg, TX
Nathan Jasso
Hometown: Edinburg, TX
Jeri D’aurelio
Hometown: Dallas, TX
The Rahn-Aways
Jamie Rahn (Team Captain)
Hometown: Sherman, CT
Adam Grossman
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Courtney Venuti
Hometown: Clementon, NJ
Party Time
Brian Arnold (Team Captain)
Hometown: Brighton, CO
Jake Murray
Hometown: Denver, CO
Jennifer Tavernier
Hometown: Hopkins, MN
Team Brittens
Geoff Britten (Team Captain)
Hometown: Olney, MD
Dustin McKinney
Hometown: Grovetown, GA
Jessica Britten
Hometown: Olney, MD
Elet-Trikz
Elet Hall (Team Captain)
Hometown: Cavetown, MD
Dillon Gates
Hometown: San Antonio, TX
Cassie Craig
Hometown: Wichita, KS
The Iron Grip
Sam Sann (Team Captain)
Hometown: Houston, TX
Daniel Gil
Hometown: Houston, TX
Richelle Hepler
Hometown: Houston, TX
The Lab Rats
Brian Wilczewski (Team Captain)
Hometown: Manhattan Beach, CA
Chris Wilczewski
Hometown: Mount Laurel, NJ
Michelle Warnky
Hometown: Worthington, OH
