Tonight’s on NBC American Ninja Warrior airs with an all-new Monday, July 13, 2026, season 18 episode 6 and we have your American Ninja Warrior recap below!
In tonights American Ninja Warrior season 18 episode 6 called, “Eastern Regional Finals” as per the NBC synopsis, “The Regional Finals begin as ninjas from the Eastern Region compete for a spot in the National Finals. The Tripleheader, a supersized three-lane racecourse, makes a return as ninjas go head-to-head-to-head in high speed, side-by-side races. ”
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On tonight’s American Ninja Warrior episode, it’s the Eastern Regional Finals tonight! Braiden Frederickson was up first. He was from Florida. He rides dirt bikes back home. Its something his dad got him involved in and then he tried out Ninja. He instantly got hooked onto the sport. He was also rather good at it too. Braiden was flying through the courses. He was known as Braiden Tornado because of his speed. He finished the entire in a minute and eight seconds. What a way to start the night. He set the tone for the night and next up was Cicilia Bogle.
Cicilia was also from Florida. She’s a trapeze artist known for flying through the air. She just didn’t get to do so tonight. She trained under the legendary Flip Rodriguez. She was aiming for speed and speed was what cost her everything. Cicilia was out on the second obstacle. She hadn’t released in time. Sometimes that’s all it takes. She was out and she was done for the season. She was also quickly followed by a legend in his own right, James “the Beast” McGrath”. He started Ninja back in season two and was close to holding the record of most buzzers.
The Beast added to that record tonight. He easily handled the course and was hitting a buzzer before anyone realized it. There was also more people hitting a buzzers during the commercial break. There was no curse tonight. Which worked out for Flip Rodriguez. He had a bad last season. He was out earlier back then and he wanted to prove he could still hold his own. He did just that tonight. He raced through the course faster than even Braiden had done it and he hit the buzzer with the fastest time so far.
Taylor Johnson was perhaps the shortest there tonight. She’s been on the show since 2019. Yet, she kept falling. It was her personal curse and it was still kicking because she was out on Diamond Dash. It was also known as the third obstacle. She didn’t make it far enough to qualify for the National Finals! She was followed by Olivia Lopez. This high school student was another Floridian. She was also needed a few tries before she made it up the Warped Wall to hit that buzzer. It took her two tries. During the commercial break, it took the Barrett twins all three tries before they made it up that wall.
The women were doing really well. They were hitting buzzers with the same frequency as the guys. Then again only six of them and fourteen guys were making into the next round. It clearly motivated them to be their best selves. Next up was Max Salebra. He was on ANW Junior. He won his season at the time and he walked away with a fifteen grand prize. He was aiming for a bigger prize tonight. He didn’t end with the fastest time. That went to Lucas Reale during a commercial break. He still finished the course in a minute and eight seconds. Right up there with Flip.
Next up was Sean Loughlin. He was the young man that suffered from a condition that he had to wear a bag and eat through a tube. He has to unhook himself when he runs the course. The teenager from Maryland didn’t let his disability work against him during the Qualifiers. Only he underestimated the second obstacle much like how Cicilia did. He let go too early and he fell before he got to claim his next buzzer. He was out this season but there was plenty of time to come back next season
Daroch Wilmoth followed him. He said his ponytail gives him strength. It also fits in with his rockstar persona. He was in a band and everything. Well, the ponytail was working because he easily sailed into his next buzzer. He was racking those up like it was nothing and he even got the hosts to rock their own ponytails so that they could spin those around like a true rocker. He was soon followed by Addy Herrman. There’s been so many women hitting buzzers tonight that they were getting eliminated in spite of hitting the buzzer.
Addy had to hit a buzzer tonight or risk being eliminated herself. The woman who was an elite ninja. It was one of the Barrett twins on the bubble during her run and yet Addy has never hit a buzzer. She usually falls on the fifth obstacle. She didn’t do that tonight. She might’ve injured her leg during her run only she didn’t let that stop her. She went on to hit her first buzzer with the fastest time amongst the women. The Barrett twins were both out after her run. And there was still the Triple Header to go into.
The first Triple Header of the night went to Mazeiah Andrade, Aaron Deal, and Noah Meunier. Noah was the favorite to win based on his experience with ANW. Aaron also had experience. Its just that his was on ANW Junior. The adult game was a different type of fish. Noah easily sailed into first place of the Three Header. Aaron came in second. Mazeiah was third. The next race was between Amir Malik, Bray Weinacker, and Enzo Wilson. Out of this group, Electric Enzo was the only one to finish the race. Amir and Bray both fell on the same obstacle. The first to it was Amir so he came in second.
The first Tripple Header for the women was between Addy Herrman, Avery Glantz, and Akshara Pappu. Akshara and Addy have been training together for the past five years. Not that it stopped all three from being on the same footing till the very end. Addy got to the buzzer first. Akshara got to it second. Avery still finished the course and it’s a shame that she couldn’t get the honor after such an amazing race. The next race was a battle of the rockers. RJ Roman up against Josiah Singleton, and Daroch Wilmoth.
Daroch pulled off the most surprising win of the night when he made it to the buzzer. He was alone in making it to the buzzer. RJ fell on the very last obstacle before the buzzer. The original speed demon came in second to a rookie rocker. Next up was Bob Reese, Jay Flores, and Max Sakebra. One went viral. One was the oldest. The last was baby-faced rookie. It therefore surprised everyone when it was Max alone who hit a buzzer out of the group. He will be joined by Bob who fell but got further than Jay.
David Bergstrom-Wright was up against Brandon Singletary and Nacssa Garemore for the next race. Nacssa has known Cake since he was twelve. They visit each other homes and have trained together. The Cake Ninja has raced against Nacssa before and had even cried when Nacssa fell into the water. Cake loved him like a brother. Tonight that must have gotten into his head because he was first out. The Brandon Fell. Nacssa was the first and only one to the buzzer. Meaning it still ended on a happy note that his protégé was advancing.
Lucas Reale had the fastest time of the night. He was up against Matt D’Amico and Barry Boyd. Matt has trained with Lucas and was a speed demon himself. He was the first to the buzzer. Lucas was second. Barry Boyd knew he needn’t bother. Abby Clark, Grace Gordon, and Olivia Lopez was the next Triple Header. The winner of that race was Grace. Olivia came in second. Next race was between Charlie Ball, Flip Rodruguez, and Kevin Rodriguez. Flip had the most experience out of the group. He’s been on ANW for sixteen seasons. He can still surprised though because he fell into the water while the younger guys went on to hit buzzers.
James McGrath, Braidon Frederickson, and Jackson Erdos were the last race of the night. James later came in first place in that race and Jackson was second. Braidon was out.
And that was it for the night.
THE END!