American Ninja Warrior: All Stars Special

American Ninja Warrior: All Stars Special was the first ever American Ninja Warrior's post-season tournament, which was recorded after American Ninja Warrior 7's season finale, and premiered on May 29th, 2016 (3 days before American Ninja Warrior 8's season premiere).

Team Competition

Competitors

There were 2 teams competed (Team Matt and Team Akbar), with 5 competitors in each team. Each team consisted of 3 American Ninja Warrior veterans, 1 rookie (competitor who firstly appeared on American Ninja Warrior 7), and 1 female competitor. The members of each team was chosen by the host and co-host of American Ninja Warrior (Matt Iseman for Team Matt and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila for Team Akbar).

Team Matt	Team Akbar

Joe Moravsky Lance Pekus JJ Woods Grant McCartney Jessie Graff

Flip Rodriguez Brent Steffensen Jamie Rahn Daniel Gil Meagan Martin

Competition Format

The competition worked as followed:

• The stages used were Stage Two, Stage Three, and Stage Four (side-to-side).
• There were 3 heats in Stage Two, 2 heats in Stage Three, and 1 heat in Stage Four.
• Each heat consisted of 2 competitors (1 competitor from each team).
• In each heat, the competitor who completed the course (or made the furthest) in the fastest time would receive points for his/her respective team: 1 point for each heat in Stage Two and Stage Three, and 3 points for the heat in Stage Four.
• The points would be cumulated among those three stages, and the team who got the highest points would be the champion.
• There was no time limit to complete the stages (Stage Two, Stage Three, and Stage Four).

Stage Two

Obstacles

① Rope Jungle
② Double Salmon Ladder
③ Unstable Bridge
④ Butterfly Wall
⑤ Roulette Row
⑥ Wall Lift

Results

Team	Name	Result	Notes	Winning Team
Heat 1
Team Matt	Joe Moravsky	Clear (1:08.52)		Team Matt
Team Akbar	Brent Steffensen	2. Double Salmon Ladder	Missed the jump to the fourth rung of the first ladder.
Heat 2
Team Akbar	Jamie Rahn	5. Roulette Row	Failed to make the transition to the second hoop	Team Matt
Team Matt	Lance Pekus	Clear
Heat 3
Team Matt	Grant McCartney	3. Unstable Bridge	Transition to the second plank.	Team Akbar
Team Akbar	Daniel Gil	Clear

Standings After Stage Two

Place	Team	Total Points
1st	Team Matt	2 points
2nd	Team Akbar	1 point

Stage Three

Obstacles

① Psycho Chainsaw
② Doorknob Grasper
③ Floating Boards
④ Ultimate Cliffhanger
⑤ Pole Grasper
⑥ Hang Climb
⑦ Area 51
⑧ Flying Bar

Results

Team	Name	Result	Notes	Winning Team
Heat 1
Team Akbar	JJ Woods	3. Floating Boards	Transition to the third board.	Team Akbar
Team Matt	Flip Rodriguez	4. Ultimate Cliffhanger	Transition to the final ledge.
Heat 2
Team Akbar	Meagan Martin	4. Ultimate Cliffhanger	Transition to the fifth ledge.	Team Matt
Team Matt	Jessie Graff	4. Ultimate Cliffhanger	Transition to the fourth ledge. Completed the Floating Boards faster than Meagan Martin.

Standings After Stage Three

Place	Team	Total Points
1st	Team Matt	3 points
2nd	Team Akbar	2 points

Stage Four

Obstacles

① Rope Climb (75 feet)

Results

Team	Name	Result	Notes	Winning Team
Team USA	Lance Pekus	Clear		Team USA
Team Japan	Flip Rodrguez	Clear (0:30.23)	Reached the top of the tower in the fastest time. POM Run of the Night.

Standings After Stage Four (Final Standings)

Place	Team	Total Points
1st	Team Akbar	5 points
2nd	Team Matt	3 points

American Ninja Warrior: All Stars Special's Team Competition champion: Team Akbar

Skills Competition

Giant Pegboard

The obstacle consisted of a circular pegboard, divided into 12 equally-size segments, with 15 holes in each segment. Each competitor was given 60 seconds to clear as many segments as possible, by traversing the pegboard in clockwise direction. Whoever traverse the most segments, he/she would be the champion.

Competitors

① Ben Melick
② Jessie Graff
③ David Campbell
④ Brian Arnold

Results

Name	Results	Notes
Ben Melick	12 segments
Jessie Graff	10 segments
David Campbell	13 segments
Brian Arnold	15 segments

American Ninja Warrior: All Stars Special's Giant Pegboard champion: Brian Arnold

Supersonic Shelf Grab

The obstacle consisted of a supersized version of the Flying Shelf Grab, with a much larger distance between the shelves, requiring competitors to build a much bigger swing and momentum to make the transition from the first shelf to the second shelf. The competition worked in an elimination fashion. Each competitor was given just one attempt to clear the obstacle in required distance. If they could complete it, they would move on the next round (with the distance between the shelves was made larger in the next round). If they couldn't complete it, they would be eliminated from the competition. The competition continued until only one competitor could clear the required distance in any round, the required distance had reached the maximum point for safety reasons, or the remaining competitors in any round failed to clear the required distance.

Competitors

① Meagan Martin
② Kevin Bull
③ Drew Drechsel
④ Isaac Caldiero

Results

Distance	Name	Result	Notes
9.5 feet	Meagan Martin	Clear
	Kevin Bull	Clear
	Drew Drechsel	Clear
	Isaac Caldiero	Clear
10.5 feet	Meagan Martin	Fail	Eliminated from the competition.
	Kevin Bull	Clear
	Drew Drechsel	Clear
	Isaac Caldiero	Clear
12 feet	Kevin Bull	Fail	Eliminated from the competition.
	Drew Drechsel	Clear
	Isaac Caldiero	Clear
13 feet	Drew Drechsel	Clear
	Isaac Caldiero	Clear
14 feet (maximum distance)	Drew Drechsel	Clear
	Isaac Caldiero	Clear

American Ninja Warrior: All Stars Special's Supersonic Shelf Grab champion: Drew Drechsel and Isaac Caldiero

Super Salmon Ladder

The obstacle consisted of a supersized version of the Salmon Ladder, with 35 rungs and about 4 stories (13.2 meters) in height. Each competitor would start at the second rung and tried to reach the highest rung as possible. Whoever reached the highest rung, he/she would be the champion. However, if there were at least 2 comeptitors who could reach the highest rung, the competitor who reached it in the fastest time would be the champion.

Competitors

① Dustin McKinney
② Kacy Catanzaro
③ Lance Pekus
④ Mike Bernardo

Results

Name	Result	Notes
Dustin McKinney	22nd rung
Kacy Catanzaro	11th rung
Lance Pekus	28th rung
Mike Bernardo	35th rung	Reached the top of the ladder.

American Ninja Warrior: All Stars Special's Super Salmon Ladder champion: Mike Bernardo

Giant Jump Hang

The obstacle consisted of a supersized version of the Jump Hang, with a much larger distance between the trampoline and cargo net, requiring competitors to build a much bigger bounce from the trampoline to reach the cargo net. The competition worked in an elimination fashion. Each competitor was given just one attempt to clear the obstacle in required distance. If they could complete it, they would move on the next round (with the cargo net was placed further in the next round). If they couldn't complete it, they would be eliminated from the competition. The competition continued until only one competitor could clear the required distance in any round, the required distance had reached the maximum point for safety reasons, or the remaining competitors in any round failed to clear the required distance.

The Giant Jump Hang was the only competition to be digested (only shown the highlight) during the broadcast.

Competitors

① Abel Gonzalez
② Brent Steffensen
③ JJ Woods
④ Nicholas Coolridge

Results

Distance	Name	Result	Notes
16 feet	Abel Gonzalez	Clear
	Brent Steffensen	Clear
	JJ Woods	Clear
	Nicholas Coolridge	Clear
17 feet	Abel Gonzalez	Fail	Eliminated from the competition.
	Brent Steffensen	Fail	Eliminated from the competition.
	JJ Woods	Clear
	Nicholas Coolridge	Clear
17.5 feet	JJ Woods	Fail	Eliminated from the competition.
	Nicholas Coolridge	Fail	Eliminated from the competition.

American Ninja Warrior: All Stars Special's Giant Jump Hang champion: JJ Woods and Nicholas Coolridge

Mega Wall

The obstacle consisted of a supersized version of the Warped Wall, with a much higher wall and longer runway than during city qualifiers/city finals, requiring competitors to build a much bigger speed and momentum to reach and climb to the top of the wall. The competition worked in an elimination fashion. Each competitor was given just one attempt to clear the obstacle in required height. If they could complete it, they would move on the next round (with the wall's height was made taller in the next round). If they couldn't complete it, they would be eliminated from the competition. The competition continued until only one competitor could clear the required height in any round or the remaining competitors in any round failed to clear the required height.

Competitors

① Alan Connealy
② Jamie Rahn
③ Joe Moravsky
④ Flip Rodriguez

Results

Height	Name	Result	Notes
16 feet	Alan Connealy	Clear
	Jamie Rahn	Clear
	Flip Rodriguez	Clear
	Joe Moravsky	Clear
18 feet	Alan Connealy	Fail	Eliminated from the competition.
	Jamie Rahn	Clear
	Flip Rodriguez	Clear
	Joe Moravsky	Clear
18.5 feet	Jamie Rahn	Clear
	Flip Rodriguez	Clear
	Joe Moravsky	Clear
18.75 feet	Jamie Rahn	Fail	Eliminated from the competition.
	Flip Rodriguez	Clear
	Joe Moravsky	Clear
19 feet	Joe Moravsky	Fail	Eliminated from the competition.
	Flip Rodriguez	Clear

American Ninja Warrior: All Stars Special's Mega Wall champion: Flip Rodriguez