Hazard Brigade is a team that competed on the first season of American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja, the third year of American Ninja Warrior's team competition spinoffs. The team consists of captain Mike Bernardo, Michael Needham, and Grace Sims.
This team is a reincarnation of Bernardo and Sims's previous team from seasons 1 and 2 of Team Ninja Warrior, Stratis Faction. The team was led by Ryan Stratis, who did not participate on American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja. Bernardo and Sims carried on without him, and they chose Needham as the third member.
American Ninja Warrior: Ninja Vs. Ninja[]
The Hazard Brigade first competed against the Tri Hards in Round 1 of Episode 9:
- Mike won the first race as Sean Bryan fell on the Flying Monkey Bars,
- Grace fell on the Floating Tiles and lost the second race against Rebekah Bonilla who fell on the Flying Monkey Bars,
- Needham won the third race as Adam Rayl fell on the Flying Monkey Bars,
- But the team lost the two relay races that followed because Bernardo fell on the Flying Monkey Bars. and the team was eliminated from the competition.
The team did competed against Team Wolfpack in Wildcard Episode 11, but all three members fell on Bungee Pipeline and lost all three races, thus eliminating them from the competition.