American Ninja Warrior 10

American Ninja Warrior 10 was the tenth season of American Ninja Warrior, and the third season after Geoff Britten and Isaac Caldiero's total victories on American Ninja Warrior 7. The season premiered on May 30th, 2018, and hosted six cities for qualifying rounds in Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis (new city), with the national finals being held in Las Vegas. Among the 6 qualifying cities for this season, Dallas and Miami returned for the first time since American Ninja Warrior 6, while Indianapolis and Philadelphia returned since American Ninja Warrior 8. For this season, Matt Iseman returned as the host for his ninth season, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila returned as the co-host for his sixth season, and Kristine Leahy returned as the sideline reporter for her fourth season. Episodes were aired at NBC on Wednesday night, but changed to Monday night (starting on June 18th, 2018).

Multiple changes were featured on this season's competition:
 * The lower-age limit for the competitors to be eligible to compete. Instead of 21 years old from the past nine American Ninja Warrior seasons, competitors must now be at least 19 years old to be eligible to compete.
 * During the city qualifiers round in each city, changes were added particularly to the Warped Wall:
 * There were 2 Warped Walls placed side-by-side in the course:
 * the regular Warped Wall (at 14.5 feet/4.41 meters high), and
 * the Mega Warped Wall (or simply called as the Mega Wall, at 18 feet/5.49 meters high).
 * If the competitors could reach the Warped Wall, they must decide which Warped Wall they would like to attempt:
 * If they decided to attempt the regular Warped Wall, as usual, they were given 3 attempts to complete it.
 * If they decided to attempt the Mega Wall, they were given just 1 attempt to complete it. If they succeeded, they would receive the cash prize of $10,000. If they failed, they couldn't reattempt the Mega Wall and were given just 1 attempt to complete the regular Warped Wall.
 * During city finals round, even though the Mega Wall was structurally presented to the course, the Mega Wall was not used in the course, making the regular Warped Wall as the only sixth obstacle in the course.
 * For the first time ever during city finals round on this season, one obstacle in each city qualifiers course was swapped out for another obstacle of the same kind or position in which the Fly Wheels from the Miami qualifiers swapped with the Cannonball Drop from the Indianapolis qualifiers.
 * The exceptions to this were in Los Angeles and Minneapolis, where the Sky Hooks from Los Angeles qualifiers was transferred to Minneapolis finals, but the Ring Jump from Minneapolis qualifiers was not transferred to Los Angeles finals, as the Flying Shelf Grab took its place,
 * In Dallas and Philadelphia, the Broken Bridge from Philadelphia course appeared during Dallas finals, the Tuning Forks from the Dallas city qualifiers was supposed to appear on the Philadelphia city finals course. However, due to severe weather before the taping in that city, the producers decided to keep the Broken Bridge as the third obstacle instead of swapping it with the Tuning Forks.
 * Overall, the Floating Steps, Ring Jump, and Tuning Forks were the only obstacles not to appear during city finals round.
 * Also, at the end of the season, if no competitor achieved total victory, the competitor who made the furthest than any other competitor (also known as the Last Ninja Standing) would receive the cash prize of US$100,000.
 * For the first time in the show, the competitors' name were shown at the backdrop of the course, just before they ran the course (similar as the one used in the First Stage from SASUKE 31 onwards).

In addition, the rules for female competitors from the previous season returned, with the top five female competitors from each city qualifiers moving on to city finals. Then, the top two female competitors from each city finals would move on to Las Vegas national finals. Because of these two rules, there would be no wildcards to be rewarded.

Also, with the announcement of the American Ninja Warrior: Obstacle Design Challenge from the previous season, in which fans created an obstacle that would be modified and used in one of the city qualifying courses and Las Vegas national finals. There would be brand new obstacles submitted from the fans, and would be used on this season.

Dallas Qualifiers
Original Airdate: May 30th, 2018 (due to a scheduling conflict, NBC decided to swap the airdate with Los Angeles qualifiers).

Taping Location: Fair Park

Obstacles
① *Floating Steps

② ^Catch & Release

③ *Bouncing Spider

④ ^Tuning Forks

⑤ Crank It Up

⑥ Warped Wall / Mega Wall

^ - New Obstacle

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

Los Angeles Qualifiers
Original Airdate: June 6th, 2018.

Taping Location: Universal Studios Hollywood

Obstacles
① *Floating Steps

② ^Jumper Cables

③ *Spinning Bridge

④ *Sky Hooks

⑤ ^Doorknob Drop

⑥ Warped Wall / Mega Wall

^ - New Obstacle

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

Trivia

 * Los Angeles qualifiers on this season was served to promote the then-upcoming Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which would be released in the U.S. on June 22nd, 2018. Therefore, the course's background was arranged in a Jurassic World-themed. The two stars of the film (Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard) also made special appearances.

Miami Qualifiers
Original Airdate: June 13th, 2018.

Taping Location: Bayfront Park

Obstacles
① *Floating Steps

② *Fly Wheels

③ *Razor's Edge

④ ^Ring Turn

⑤ ~Slippery Summit

⑥ Warped Wall / Mega Wall

^ - New Obstacle

~ - Fan-created Obstacle (Obstacle Design Challenge Winner)

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

Indianapolis Qualifiers
Original Airdate: June 18th, 2018.

Taping Location: Monument Circle

Obstacles
① *Floating Steps

② Cannonball Drop

③ ^Wheel Flip

④ Block Run

⑤ ^Spin Hopper

⑥ Warped Wall / Mega Wall

^ - New Obstacle

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

Trivia

 * Indianapolis qualifiers on this season was the first city qualifiers since its introduction, where no competitor was able to make it up the Mega Wall.

Philadelphia Qualifiers
Original Airdate: June 25th, 2018.

Taping Location: Richmond Power Plant

Obstacles
① *Floating Steps

② ^Spinning Bowties

③ *Broken Bridge

④ Wingnuts

⑤ ^Lightning Bolts

⑥ Warped Wall / Mega Wall

^ - New Obstacle

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

Trivia

 * Philadelphia qualifiers on this season marked the first time that 3 female competitors completed the city qualifiers course. It is also the most number during city qualifiers in American Ninja Warrior history (beating Cleveland qualifiers on the previous season at 2 female competitors).

Minneapolis Qualifiers
Original Airdate: July 9th, 2018.

Taping Location: U.S. Bank Stadium

Obstacles
① *Floating Steps

② ^Double Twister

③ Ring Jump

④ ^Diamond Dash

⑤ *Battering Ram

⑥ Warped Wall / Mega Wall

^ - New Obstacle

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

Trivia

 * Minneapolis qualifiers on this season was the second city qualifiers since its introduction, where no competitor was able to make it up the Mega Wall (after Indianapolis qualifiers).

Los Angeles Finals
Original Airdate: July 16th, 2018.

Taping Location: Universal Studios Hollywood

Obstacles
① ^Archer Steps

② Jumper Cables

③ Spinning Bridge

④ *Flying Shelf Grab

⑤ +Doorknob Drop

⑥ Warped Wall

⑦ Salmon Ladder

⑧ *Giant Cubes

⑨ ^Baton Pass

⑩ ^Spider Trap

^ - New Obstacle

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

+ - Modified Obstacle (Compared to American Ninja Warrior 10's City Qualifiers/Finals Course)

Dallas Finals
Original Airdate: July 23rd, 2018.

Taping Location: Fair Park

Obstacles
① ^Archer Steps

② +Catch & Release

③ Bouncing Spider

④ +Broken Bridge

⑤ +Crank It Up

⑥ Warped Wall

⑦ Salmon Ladder

⑧ *Nail Clipper

⑨ ~Fallout

⑩ ^Spider Trap

^ - New Obstacle

~ - Fan-created Obstacle (Obstacle Design Challenge Winner)

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

+ - Modified Obstacle (Compared to American Ninja Warrior 10's City Qualifiers/Finals Course)

Trivia

 * Dallas Finals on this season became the first ever instance in American Ninja Warrior history where three obstacles on a course were fan-created obstacles, i.e. winners of the American Ninja Warrior: Obstacle Design Challenge (Crank It Up, Nail Clipper, and Fallout).

Miami Finals
Original Airdate: July 30th, 2018.

Taping Location: Bayfront Park

Obstacles
① ^Archer Steps

② Cannonball Drop

③ Razor's Edge

④ Ring Turn

⑤ +Slippery Summit

⑥ Warped Wall

⑦ Salmon Ladder

⑧ ^Crazy Clocks

⑨ Stair Hopper

⑩ ^Spider Trap

^ - New Obstacle

+ - Modified Obstacle (Compared to American Ninja Warrior 10's City Qualifiers/Finals Course)

Trivia

 * Miami finals on this season marked the first time that 2 female competitors made it into the top 15. This also made Rachael Goldstein as the fifth woman in American Ninja Warrior history to qualify to Las Vegas national finals within top 15 (after Kacy Catanzaro, Jessie Graff, Meagan Martin, and Jesse Labreck).

Indianapolis Finals
Original Airdate: August 6th, 2018.

Taping Location: Monument Circle

Obstacles
① ^Archer Steps

② Fly Wheels

③ Wheel Flip

④ Block Run

⑤ +Spin Hopper

⑥ Warped Wall

⑦ Salmon Ladder

⑧ *The Clacker

⑨ ^Cane Lane

⑩ ^Spider Trap

^ - New Obstacle

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

+ - Modified Obstacle (Compared to American Ninja Warrior 10's City Qualifiers/Finals Course)

Philadelphia Finals
Original Airdate: August 13th, 2018.

Taping Location: Richmond Power Plant

Obstacles
① ^Archer Steps

② Spinning Bowties

③ Broken Bridge

④ Wingnuts

⑤ Lightning Bolts

⑥ Warped Wall

⑦ Salmon Ladder

⑧ ^Captain's Wheel

⑨ *Spinball Wizard

⑩ ^Spider Trap

^ - New Obstacle

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

Trivia

 * Philadelphia finals on this season marked the second time that 2 female competitors made it into the top 15. This also made Michelle Warnky and Allyssa Beird as the sixth and seventh women in American Ninja Warrior history to qualify to Las Vegas national finals within top 15 (after Kacy Catanzaro, Jessie Graff, Meagan Martin, Jesse Labreck, and Rachael Goldstein).
 * Philadelphia finals on this season also marked the fourth time where competitors who didn't reach the back half of the city finals course (i.e. the obstacles after the Warped Wall), still advanced to Las Vegas national finals, with the others being during Northeast region finals on American Ninja Warrior 4 (when the Warped Wall became the cut-off), during Venice Beach finals on American Ninja Warrior 7 (when the Hourglass Drop became the cut-off) and during Kansas City finals on American Ninja Warrior 9 (when the Bar Hop became the cut-off).

Minneapolis Finals
Original Airdate: August 20th, 2018.

Taping Location: U.S. Bank Stadium

Obstacles
① ^Archer Steps

② Double Twister

③ +Sky Hooks

④ Diamond Dash

⑤ +Battering Ram

⑥ Warped Wall

⑦ Salmon Ladder

⑧ ^The Hinge

⑨ *Iron Maiden

⑩ ^Spider Trap

^ - New Obstacle

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

+ - Modified Obstacle (Compared to American Ninja Warrior 10's City Qualifiers/Finals Course)

Stage One
Original Airdate: August 27th, 2018 & September 3rd, 2018.

Obstacles
① ^Archer Alley

② Propeller Bar

③ Double Dipper

④ Jumping Spider

⑤ ^Jeep Run

⑥ Warped Wall

⑦ ^Razor Beams

⑧ ^Twist & Fly

Time limit: 145 seconds.

^ - New Obstacle

Stage Two
Original Airdate: September 10th, 2018.

Obstacles
① ^Epic Catch & Release

② Criss Cross Salmon Ladder

③ ~Déjà Vu

④ Swing Surfer

⑤ Wingnut Alley

⑥ ^Water Walls

Time limit: 270 seconds.

^ - New Obstacle

~ - Fan-created Obstacle (Obstacle Design Challenge Winner)

Stage Three
Original Airdate: September 10th, 2018.

Obstacles
① Floating Boards

② ^En Garde

③ +Crazy Clocks

④ *Ultimate Cliffhanger

⑤ Curved Body Prop

⑥ Peg Cloud

⑦ +Cane Lane

⑧ Flying Bar

^ - New Obstacle

* - Modified Obstacle (Compared to Previous American Ninja Warrior Seasons)

+ - Modified Obstacle (Compared to American Ninja Warrior 10's City Qualifiers/Finals Course)

Obstacles
① Rope Climb (80 feet)

Time limit: Unknown