Much like last season, the Armchair Ninja Podcast, has gathered a committee of Americna Ninja Warrior Content Creators to vote on our favorite Ninjas and moments from this past seaosn!

Here is a link to this year's Stage 5 Awards

Below are images of all the winners and nominees (spoiler warning - so go listen to the podcast first!)

If you missed last years Stage 5 Awards here's my recap.

Below are the American Ninja Warrior Content Creators who voted on this season's Stage 5 Awards: 

Rich and Bijan from the Armchair Ninja Podcast

Taran and Lita from Rob Has a Podcast's American Ninja Warrior RHAP UP

ANW Akbarism

Will from TwoTwentyTwo Productions

Universal Tuber

Ian from SteelCityBiltz - He does some awesome American Ninja Warrior Power Rankings

and of course me represnting ANWFantasy

 

And the winners are:

 

Best Breakout Performance (Male):

Winner:

Mathis Owhadi

Nominees:

Eric Middleton

Austin Gray

RJ Roman

Zach Day

Best Breakout Performance (Female):

Winner:

Casey Rothschild

Nominees:

Karen Wiltin

Quest O'Neal

Abby Clark

Anna Shumaker

Best New Obstacle:

Winners (Tie):

Spin Hopper

(ANWNation instagram - Alex Carson)

Cane Lane

Nominees:

Doorknob Drop

Lightning Bolts

Déjà vu

Water Walls

Ninja Killer of the Year:

Winner:

Double Dipper:

Nominees:

Cane Lane

Iron Maiden

Déjà vu

Wingnut Alley

Best Comeback Story:

Winner:

Chris Wilczewski

Nominees:

Danny Bergstrom

Enedina Stanger

Jake Murray

Jeremiah Morgan

Shocking Fall of the Year:

Winner:

Isaac Caldiero

Nominees:

Allyssa Beird

Travis Rosen

Joe Moravsky

Daniel Gil

The Stealthiest Ninja Award:

Winner:

Josh Levin

Mike Meyers

Hunter Guerard

Jonathan Stevens

Brian Burkhardt

Female Ninja of the Year:

Winner:

Jesse Labreck

Nominees:

Barclay Stockett

Meagan Martin

Rachael Goldstein

Abby Clark

Male Ninja of the Year:

Winner:

Drew Drechsel

Sean Bryan

Jamie Rahn

Najee Richardson

Chris Wilczewski

People's Choice Awards:

Jamie's shoeless run

Mega Wall

(ANWNation Mega Wall introductory article)

Jesse Labreck

Drew Drechsel

-all pictures from https://www.nbc.com/american-ninja-warrior/photos

To commemorate Season 9 of American Ninja Warrior the Armchair Ninja Podcast is put together an awards show to honor the best moments, ninjas, and obstacles of the season!

Check out ninjapodcast.com to hear the full podcast where Rich announces the winners and we talk about the amazing time that was Season 9 of American Ninja Warrior.

The Stage 5 awards were voted on by 9 American Ninja Warrior Content Creators:

Rich and Bijan from the Armchair Ninja Podcast

Taran and Lita from Rob Has a Podcast's American Ninja Warrior RHAP UP

ANW Akbarism

Will from TwoTwentyTwo Productions

Universal Tuber

Backyard Ninja Kids

For those who just want to see the results below are the categories and nominees for the Stage 5 Awards (incase it wasn't obvious, spoilers):

Best Breakout Rookie (Male):

Winner:

Charlie Andrews

Tyler Gilett

Kevin Carbone

Josh Salinas

Jody Avila - nominated but we later found out was not technically a rookie

 

 

Best Breakout Rookie (Female):

Winner:

Zhanique Lovett

Bree Widener

Lindsay Eskildsen

Sara Hessen

Barclay Stockett

Rebekah Bonilla were nominated for this category before we found out they had unaired runs in previous seasons

 

Best New Obstacle:

Winner:

Double Dipper

Wingnuts (both variations)

Ninjago Roll

 

Crank it Up

Nail Clipper

 

 

Ninja Killer of the Year:

Winner:

Wing Nut Alley - Stage 2 - 3/27, 11.11% completions

Nail Clipper - Cleveland City Finals - 2/22, 9.09% completions

The Wedge - Denver City Finals - 3/16, 18.75 % completions

Floating Monkey Bars - Kansas City City Finals - 2/9, 22.22% completions

Hourglass Drop - San Antonio City Finals - 6/24, 25% completions 

 

Most Impressive Stat/Record (the nerd award):

Winner:

Joe Moravsky - 4/5 seasons he's reached Stage 3, and not gotten wet until he got there.

Ian Dory - 4th straight City Finals Clear

Brian Arnold - 6th Straight Stage 1 Clear

Travis Rosen - Oldest man to complete Stage 1 (42)

Drew Drechsel - Fastest time on CQ, CF, and Stage 1

 

 

Best Comeback Story:

Winner:

David Campbell - first time clearing Stage 1 since Season 3

JJ Woods - cleared stage 1 after fell in city qualifiers last year

Lance Pekus - cleared stage 1 after fell in city qualifiers last year

Travis Rosen - cleared stage 1 after fall on first obstacle last year

Kacy Catanzaro - beat the Propeller Bar in Stage 1 after multiple years failing it

 

 

 

Shameful Moment of the Year:

Winner:

Vegas Finale Preview - Showing Najee Richardson on the Cliffhanger

Kristine Leahy - Stage 2 interview of Drew Drechsel

Pec Flex Boot Camp - Eddy Stewart's segment in Daytona Qualifier

New Women's Rule - Top automatically qualify for City Finals and top 2 for Vegas

Souter 7 - Seven qualifier positions given to one family

 

Shocking Fall of the Year:

 

Winner:

Jessie Graff

Brian Wilczewski

Jake Murray

Grant McCartney

Towers of Power

Drew Drechsel

 

The Invisible Ninja Award:

Winner:

Flip Rodriguez

Nicholas Coolridge

Andrew Lowes

Matthew Ilgenfritz

Ryan Stratis

Honorable Mentions:

Michael Silenzi

David Cavanagh

Jeremy Morgan

Thomas Stillings

Female Ninja of the Year:

Winner:

Allyssa Beird

Jessie Graff

Jesse Labreck

Barclay Stockett

Maggi Thorne

Honorable Mentions - not included in the voting but still impressive seasons

Meagan Martin

Michelle Warnky

 

Male Ninja of the Year:

Winner:

Joe Moravsky

Najee Richardson

Sean Bryan

Drew Drechsel

Lance Pekus

 

-all pictures from https://www.nbc.com/american-ninja-warrior/photos