Team Ninja Warrior

Team Ninja Warrior was the first season of a spin-off version of American Ninja Warrior, produced by and aired at Esquire Network, and premiered on January 19th, 2016. For this competition, Matt Iseman served as the host, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila served as the co-host, and Alex Curry served as the sideline reporter.

Teams
There were 24 teams competing for this competition. Each team had a captain, and consisted of two male competitors and a female competitor.

Competition Format
In general, there were 3 rounds used in each episode of Team Ninja Warrior:
 * Round One
 * There were 2 matchups, with 2 teams in each matchup.
 * Each matchup consisted of 3 heats, where 2 competitors (one competitor from each team) would race side-by-side on a series of obstacles.
 * The running order for each heat was decided by the captains of each team, with female competitors were required to face each other in the same heat.
 * In each heat, the competitor who completed the course (or made the furthest, in case of no competitor could complete the course) in the fastest time would receive points for his/her respective team: 1 point in the first two heats and 2 points in the third heat (also known as the anchor run).
 * The team who cumulated the most points would win the matchup and face the losing team from another matchup in Round Two (Knockout Round).
 * If there was a tie, a sudden death race was held to decide the winner, with each team must select one of their member to run the course. The competitor who won the sudden death race would win the matchup for his/her respective team.
 * Round Two (Knockout Round)
 * The competition worked the same as in Round One, with the team who won the first matchup in Round One would face the team who lost the second matchup in Round One, and vice versa.
 * This time, the 2 teams who cumulated the most points in each matchup would win the matchup and advance to Relay Showdown, while the 2 losing teams would be eliminated from the competition.
 * Relay Showdown
 * The two winning teams from Round Two (Knockout Round) would face each other in a relay run on an extended course.
 * Each competitor from each team must run on the course, and each competitor will face three obstacles each. The order of the competitors is the choice of the captains.
 * If a competitor failed on any obstacle, his/her respective team would receive a ten-second penalty to the next competitor, starting the moment the opposing competitor was tagged (except at the third competitor, in which if he/she failed on any obstacle, his/her team's run would automatically over).
 * If there was one competitor from each team who failed on the same obstacle, the next competitor from each team would automatically run the obstacle (with a five-second countdown at the start).
 * The team who won the Relay Showdown would advance to the finals (or Championship Relay during the finals), while the losing team would be eliminated from the competition.

The competition run for a total of 8 episodes, with the first 6 episodes being served as the qualifying round and the last 2 episodes being served as the finals. The 6 winning teams from each qualifying round episode, along with 2 wildcards (2 losing teams who clocked the fastest times during qualifying round's Relay Showdown), would compete in the finals. In the final episode (Episode 8) of the finals, the 2 winning teams from the finals' Relay Showdown would advance to Championship Relay (worked the same as Relay Showdown), with the winning team would be the champion of Team Ninja Warrior.

Also, unlike on American Ninja Warrior, competitors were allowed to touch the water on Team Ninja Warrior, as long as competitors didn't lose the grip on the obstacle entirely.

Obstacles
① Sonic Swing

② Log Grip

③ Swing Jump

④ Dancing Stones

⑤ (changed each episode)

⑥ Warped Wall
 * Pole Grasper (Episode 1)
 * Bungee Road (Episode 2)
 * Floating Steps (Episode 3)
 * Flying Shelf Grab (Episode 4)
 * Doorknob Arch (Episode 5)
 * Ring Toss (Episode 6)
 * Spin Cycle (Episode 7 & 8)

Relay Showdown/Championship Relay's obstacles (extended course)

⑦ Duelling Salmon Ladders

⑧ Tilting Ladders

⑨ Tower Climb (25-foot Spider Climb + 15-foot Rope Climb)

Teams
① Storm Team Moravsky

② Average JoJo's

③ Team TNT

④ G-Force

Teams
① Golden Hearts

② NorCal Ninjas

③ Towers of Power

④ Team Midoryama

Teams
① Stratis Faction

② Team Alpha

③ Expendabulls

④ Tré Amigoz

Teams
① Karsonic Boom

② Team Ronin

③ Think Tank

④ Wild Bunch

Teams
① Ninja Brittens

② Elet-Trikz

③ Lab Rats

④ Iron Grip

Teams
① InvincAbels

② Real Life Beasts

③ Party Time

④ Rahnaways

Teams
① Team Ronin (Episode 4's winning team during Relay Showdown)

② Team TNT (Episode 1's winning team during Relay Showdown)

③ Stratis Faction (Wildcard)

④ Team Midoryama (Episode 2's winning team during Relay Showdown)

Teams
① Party Time (Episode 6's winning team during Relay Showdown)

② Expendabulls (Episode 3's winning team during Relay Showdown)

③ Storm Team Moravsky (Wildcard)

④ Lab Rats (Episode 5's winning team during Relay Showdown)