Ruselis Perry

Ruselis Perry is a martial artist known to some as "Blackie Chan". He almost made it to Japan in ANC2 but on the ninja killer he was 4 seconds slower than Brian Orosco.

In American Ninja Warrior 1, Ruselis had a decent run in qualifying. He flew through the first four obstacles, but began to slow down on the Pipe Slider. Despite the struggle, he pulled through and cleared in 47.9 seconds.

In the semi-finals, despite one of the fastest paces of the day through the first six obstacles, he had an immense struggle on the Tarzan Rope, as he had trouble deciding how to grip the ropes, and at one point, almost tapped the water below. But somehow, he managed to clear, only to fail the very next obstacle, the Jumping Bars, after poorly timing his jump to the final bar, placing 25th overall and not moving on. This was considered a large shock, as Ruselis was one of the few veterans in the competition.

In American Ninja Warrior 2, many expected him to go far. However, he had a shaky run on the course, almost failing the Cross Bridge, before eventually being disqualified on the Jumping Spider for grabbing the top of the walls, after he had trouble gaining traction on the Plexiglas with his shoes.

It is also rumored that Ruselis competed on American Ninja Warrior 4 and American Ninja Warrior 8. Due to neither of these runs being shown on TV we can't take this as 100% true but its rumored he failed the Jump Hang in season 4 and the Fly Wheels in season 8. Below is a photo of Ruselis with ninja legend Nagano.