Ninja Warrior Worldwide 11

Ninja Warrior Worldwide 11 is the eleventh season of Ninja Warrior Worldwide, and the first season after Morimoto Yūsuke, Daniel Gil and Barclay Stockett's total victories in NWW10, and the eighth season after Drew Drechsel's total victory in NWW3. For this season, ShadicMCGS returned as the host for his eleventh season, realityisawesome returned as the co-host for his fifth season, and Jagon11 was promoted to co-host for his third season.

Competitors
During the month of August 2020, the competitor pool of America and Vietnam suffered a huge hit, with one announcement after announcement. The most notorious controversy was Drew Drechsel, who was confirmed to be permanently banned from any Ninja competition, due to legal reasons, and was officially permanently banned on September 11th, 2020, after more info leaked. Following that, Brent Steffensen announced his retirement from mainline Ninja competition, but was then suspended for three tournaments in Ninja Warrior Worldwide, due to backlash on his political opinions. Then, Nguyễn Phước Huynh was also suspended for three tournaments, due to legal reasons, however, it's likely he'll face a permanent ban from NWW.

There were also notable competitors who confirmed wouldn't be competing in the eleventh competition. This includes Ryan Stratis, who decided to take a break to recuperate from injuries, and Jonny Urszuly, due to inactivity from Ninja competition. There was also some confusion surrounding Barclay Stockett, as she did skip the eleventh competition due to the death of her mother. However, prior to her announcement, she was announced to be part of the New Stars, who were to form at the start of the competition. Eventually, the NWW team clarified the issue, and stated that they won't be forcing Stockett into competing, if she doesn't want to.

Also, the United Kingdom also suffered a huge hit, as ITV decided not to commission another series of Ninja Warrior UK, confirmed by co-host Chris Kamara, possibly due to low ratings. This left the country's future participation in Ninja competition in jeopardy. Vietnam also suffered a large hit, as their competition was postponed, as well as Indonesia, mostly due to inactivity.

Format
During the initial development phase, it was decided that the 11th competition needed to introduce a new format, after Shadic felt the series was becoming stale and repetitive. He then decided to introduce this new format, which was (as follows):


 * Instead of the normal SASUKE format, where competitors take on a 4-stage course head on, with no qualifiers to whittle down the field, there are 4 heats using the first 3 stages of the course, similar to SASUKE Vietnam.
 * Instead of 50-110 competitors in the season, 300 competitors competing, being split into 4 heats of 75 competitors.
 * Each of the first three stages changes obstacles depending on each "block", with only a few obstacles remaining the same.
 * Due to this, the Power Tower and Mega Wall were removed.

However, due to creative differences, the NWW team decided to change the competition significantly, while no longer retaining the new format. The first revised format included qualifiers, that followed this format:


 * Each qualifier has a range of amount of competitors in them.
 * Qualifiers will be held to decide who will compete in the tournament, with the following rules:
 * Four qualifiers will be held for four different continents.
 * In the qualifiers;
 * The top 50 competitors and the top 10 female competitors (which are in separate leaderboards) will advance to the semifinals.
 * The top four overall competitors would compete in a tournament-style fashion on the Power Tower, for the Speed Pass, which is a ticket to the grand finals.
 * The Mega Wall returns, however, competitors only get one shot to clear the obstacle; if they do not complete it, they fail. If they successfully clear the obstacle, they earn the following prices (to name a few):
 * US$10,000 for American competitors.
 * Mex$20,000 for Mexican competitors.
 * In the semifinals;
 * The top 20 competitors and the top 4 female competitors (which are in separate leaderboards) will advance to the grand finals.
 * However, if one of the competitors in the top 20 was the one who had already received the Speed Pass, the competitor who finished in 21st place would automatically fill the last spot for the grand finals.
 * The top four competitors would compete in a tournament-style fashion on the Power Tower, for the Time Pass, which allows competitors to run the first two stages without a time limit.
 * In the grand finals, the format remains with the same four stage-format.

That said, due to time constraints, then NWW team decided to change the format yet again, returning to the 4-stage course from the first ten tournaments. Additional trials were planned, but then scrapped, to speed up production.

Ranks
Initially, with the first revised format, it was announced that the Novice and Regular ranks were going to have different rules of requirements. From NWW12 onwards, the Novice rank will be given to those who failed in the qualifiers and semifinals of a tournament, and the Regular rank will be given if competitors fail on any obstacle of the First Stage. Because of this, anyone who was a Novice prior to NWW11, will be promoted to Regular the next time they compete after NWW11.

However, due to the second revision of the format, this was reverted back to normal, as the format returned to the 4-stage course, with the ranks stayed the same.

Tournament Summary
The eleventh tournament of NWW worked differently compared to previous seasons. Firstly, being the tournament after three Total Victories, the course was completely renewed, having a similar overall course format towards SASUKE 18. Also, this is the tournament that would count a 1000 total runs in the series, and as such, the numbering system was labeled from #901-1000. Additionally, in an attempt to signify a new era of the show, a lottery system was once again used for numbers #901-#989. The only exceptions (performances that don't apply to these rules) are the All-Stars and New Stars, with 7 of the 10 (collectively) star competitors competing. 5 of them received #991-995, with the two of the three grand champions from the last tournament receiving the final two numbers. Additional exceptions include Nagano Makoto (who automatically received #990), and the two Last Ninjas Standing for their respective countries, being Germany's Alexander Wurm and Poland's Robert Bandosz, receiving #997 and #996, respectively.

The broadcast also took a more unorthodox approach compared to the previous NWW tournaments, more reminiscent of the late-Monster9 era of SASUKE. As such, the digests (or fast forward segments) in Stage One contain competitors in out of order, and don't match with the current numerical system. They also show up after a certain competitor, so they appear after Jesse Labreck, Karl Fow, Sergio Verdasco, Max Sprenger, André Sihm, and Sam West. However, when the New Stars are digested, they show up within the final ten.

First Stage
As part of the course renewal, the First Stage was completely renewed. The stage was increased from 7 to 9 obstacles, with 6 being completely new obstacles. The stage returns to the format used in Tournaments 6 and 9. Obstacles include the Jumping Spider returning in the form of the Spider Maze (Jumping Spider, but with moving walls in the middle), and both the Wingnuts and Double Dipper combining into the Wing Dips. Two fan-made obstacles make their debut, those two being the Phantom Bridge, and the Olympian's Ring. Two video-game based obstacles also debut, being Speed Me Up (based on the Sonic the Hedgehog film) and Daruk's Protection (based on the eponymous ability from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild). To cap it all off, the Rope Ladder returns from NWW9, with a time limit of 125 seconds.

This tournament has one of the most varied and shocking results of the entire series, so far. Only 15 competitors cleared the stage, the second-lowest in the entire series, in both clear rate and clear amount in general. The list includes all of the New Stars and Grand Champions that competed in this tournament,

Second Stage
Once again, due to the course renewal, the Second Stage was revamped. Unlike the past 10 tournaments, this is the first time where the Second Stage contains a split path, which means that once they complete the front half of the course, they can choose two different paths to take to clear the stage. In terms of the front half of the stage, the Twisting Salmon Ladder is now revamped to the Crazy Salmon, the second obstacle of the course, which is followed by two fan-made obstacles, Anchor Pass and Boardwalk, with the stage starting with Urbosa's Fury (a retooled Grim Sweeper, based on the eponymous ability from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild).

Similar to Tournaments 8 and 9's First Stage, the Second Stage has a split path, with a shorter, but harder path with one obstacle, and a longer, but easier path with three obstacles. The first option is the long and easy path, consisting of three obstacles, with the first being Booksquirm (based on the Mario Party minigame of the same name), followed by the Tackle from the First Stage returns as the penultimate obstacle, and then the stage ends with the Water Tower (basically ANW's Water Walls on a vertical axis). The second option only consists of one obstacle, but is considered harder than all of the three others combined, with the one obstacle being Revali's Gale (a reworked Corkscrew, based on the eponymous ability from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild). As a result, the time limit of the entire stage is 150 seconds, although if competitors choose the harder path, they only get 40 seconds, regardless of how much time they had when they completed the first four obstacles. If they choose the easier path, they continue from how much time they had left from the front half.

Third Stage
The stage format was kept relatively the same, and is now at 8 obstacles, the first time since Tournament 2. For the first three obstacles, two new obstacles (one fan-made) make their debut, the first one being Mount Pegs (a NWW rendition of Iron Maiden), and the second being a fan-made obstacle, the Spike Grasper, with the Thinking Bars being modified into the Shin-Thinkers (with varying motorised bar handles and varying distances), as the third obstacle. The Ultra Ultimate Cliffhanger returns, but was modified to have 17 ledges, with the tenth to seventeenth ledges being put in motorised sets. The Planet Bridge returns from Tournament 4, under the new version, the Propping Curves, which preceds the returning Racker (now reverted back to its NWW8 version), followed by the return of the Vertical Limit, under the new version, the Vertical Quads. Finally, the fan-created Strike Again concludes the Third Stage.

Obstacles
① ^Wing Dips (ウィングディップ) ② ^Speed Me Up (スピードミーアップ) ③ ^Spider Maze (スパイダーメイズ) ④ ^Daruk's Protection (ダルクの保護) ⑤ ~Phantom Bridge (ファントムブリッジ) ⑥ *Warped Wall (そり立つ壁) ⑦ ~Olympian's Ring (オリンピアンの指輪) ⑧ ^Captain's Swing (キャプテンのスイング) ⑨ Rope Ladder (ロープラダー)

'''Time Limit: 125 seconds ^ - Denotes New Obstacle ~ - Denotes Fan-created Obstacle'''
 * - Denotes Modified Obstacle

Obstacles
① ^Urbosa's Fury (ウルボサの怒り) ② *Crazy Salmon (クレイジーサーモン) ③ ~Anchor Pass (アンカーパス) ④ ~Boardwalk (遊歩道) ⑤ ^Booksquirm (ブックもがく) / ^Revali's Gale (レヴァリの強風) ⑥ *Tackle (タックル) ⑦ ^Water Tower (給水塔)

'''Time Limit: 150 seconds ^ - Denotes New Obstacle ~ - Denotes Fan-made Obstacle'''
 * - Denotes Modified Obstacle

Obstacles
① ^Mount Pegs (マウントペグ) ② ~Spike Grasper (スパイクグラスパー) ③ *Shin-Thinkers (シンシンカーズ) ④ *Ultra Ultimate Cliffhanger (ウルトラアルティメットクリフハンガー) ⑤ *Propping Curves (支柱曲線) ⑥ *Racker (ラッカー) ⑦ *Vertical Quads (垂直クワッド) ⑧ ~Strike Again (もう一度ストライキ)

'''^ - Denotes New Obstacle
 * - Denotes Modified Obstacle'''

Obstacles
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'''Time Limit: 50 seconds ^ - Denotes New Obstacle
 * - Denotes Modified Obstacle'''