{"id":38119,"date":"2026-08-11T06:59:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T01:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38119"},"modified":"2026-08-11T06:59:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T01:59:40","slug":"american-ninja-warrior-recap-08-10-26-season-18-episode-10-national-finals-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=38119","title":{"rendered":"American Ninja Warrior Recap 08\/10\/26: Season 18 Episode 10 &#8220;National Finals 1&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#comments-anchor\"><span class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"487654\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celebdirtylaundry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/American-Ninja-Warrior-Recap-1-7.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-487655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celebdirtylaundry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/American-Ninja-Warrior-Recap-1-7.png\" alt=\"American Ninja Warrior Recap 08\/10\/26: Season 18 Episode 10 &quot;National Finals 1&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.celebdirtylaundry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/American-Ninja-Warrior-Recap-1-7.png 500w, https:\/\/www.celebdirtylaundry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/American-Ninja-Warrior-Recap-1-7-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.celebdirtylaundry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/American-Ninja-Warrior-Recap-1-7-100x66.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tonight\u2019s on NBC American Ninja Warrior airs with an all-new Monday, August 10, 2026, season 18 episode 10 and we have your American Ninja Warrior recap below!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In tonights American Ninja Warrior season 18 episode 10 called, <em>\u201cNational Finals 1\u201d <\/em>as per the NBC synopsis,<em> \u201cThe National Finals kick off with the top 60 athletes competing in head-to-head races as they attempt to become American Ninja Warrior champion.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tonight\u2019s episode looks like it is going to be a great season 18, so be sure to tune in for our coverage of NBC\u2019s American Ninja Warrior at 8 PM \u2013 10 PM ET!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">While you wait for our American Ninja Warrior recap make sure to check out all our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celebdirtylaundry.com\/category\/television\/american-ninja-warrior\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Ninja Warrior news, spoilers, recaps &amp; more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Tonight\u2019s American Ninja Warrior recap begins now \u2013 Refresh Page often to get the most current updates!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In tonight\u2019s American Ninja Warrior episode, It was finally time for the National Finals tonight. It was a two lane obstacle course. It began with Slide Surfer, Catch and Release, Swinging Peg Boards, Salmon Ladder, Cane Lane, and ended with Hourglass Drop. The first race was between legends. Daniel Gill vs RJ Roman. They were both speed demons. Though RJ seemed to have the upper hand through most of the race. He got to the obstacles before Daniel did. He was in the lead all the way until the final obstacle where he fell. It gave Daniel the opportunity was looking for. He finished the race with a buzzer. He was close to breaking Joe Moravsky\u2019s record.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The next race was a cross sexes one. It was Jackson Erdos vs Isabella Folsom. It didn\u2019t really seem like a competition at first because Jackson was getting ahead from the start and he was a good obstacle ahead of Isabella. Before he too fell. He was rushing. He wasn\u2019t taking as much time or technique with the obstacles as he should\u2019ve. Isabella ended up taking her time and she got closer to the finishing line than Jackson did. She didn\u2019t complete the course before falling herself, but she was still moving ahead because she went further than he did.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also put her in good standing for the Women\u2019s Championship. Back from the commercial break, it was up to two best friends to compete against each other. They were Ryan Cooper and Nathaniel Honvou. They loved competing against each other. They did so when they got rock climbing or even when they sent up a shot obstacle. Ryan was shorter than Nathaniel. He lighter than him too. Still it had been Nathaniel leading the charge until he suffered a bad dismount that soon put him behind Ryan and so they were neck to neck for a bit till the last final moment. Ryan got to the buzzer mere seconds before Nathaniel did.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u2019s okay to come in second because there were going to be more than one race of the night. RJ Roman needed a win with a second competition and unfortunately he had to compete against his mentee. He still got a buzzer. It just came at what cost. He won that race and was still in the running. Daniel Gill came back for his second competition against Isaiah \u201cFlyboy\u201d Thomas. Daniel tried to go too fast for the second one and it took a shocking fall. It meant he hadn\u2019t quite overcome his friend Joe\u2019s record. Isaiah got two wins out of three races. He was leading with his skill and that\u2019s why he\u2019s the Flyboy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The next race was Ashton Myler vs Jackson Erdos. One was a Ninja Kidz member. The other was ANW Juniors and won. None of that mattered when Jackson\u2019s foot hit the water. It accidentally touched it on the first obstacle. He was out and that was his second chance. It\u2019s a good thing he\u2019s got three races of the night because without that he\u2019d been walking away with nothing. Ashton in the meantime completed the course. He got another buzzer. He actually seemed to have damaged the buzzer because he hit it so hard out of happiness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Daniella Blanchard vs Isabella Folsom was the next race. Isabella had one win. Daniella had none. It soon lead to another neck and neck race that ended with a surprising fall. Daniella was looking good. Too good because she fell trying to keep up with Isabella. Isabella meanwhile fixed her mistake from her first round. She overcame the Hourglass Drop. She hit her first official buzzer of the night and was proving to be a formidable ninja. She\u2019ll do well in the Women\u2019s Championship. Something says she\u2019ll do great there too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Training with her husband as well as her brother-in-law was working out better than training with her brother. The next race had Nathaniel Honvou up against Nam Phan for the next race. Only it wasn\u2019t a race. Nathaniel remained an obstacle ahead through most of it and he easily won his first buzzer of the night. Nam fell. He still had one more race afterwards so it wasn\u2019t a total loss. Nathaniel was also still in the fight with his best bud. Their third race will determine who moves forward. Both only had one win to them at that point.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Grace Gordon vs. Daniel Gill was the battle that determined Daniel\u2019s fate. He needed to win a second one to beat out RJ. Yet, he faced the same problem that RJ once did. He found himself competing against the same young lady he helped train. Grace lost to RJ. She tried going faster with Daniel and it almost worked for her. Daniel fell. He fell on the last obstacle. It had been Grace\u2019s race to lose and sadly that\u2019s exactly what happened. She fell on the same darn thing as Daniel did. Daniel got the win in spite not getting the buzzer. It put him second to the Flyboy himself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Isabella Folsom vs Ashton Myler was the next race. Ashton was moving so fast that he made a crucial mistake on the last obstacle and fell right before the buzzer. It allowed Isabella who took her time to become the first undefeated female ninja ever to hit all three buzzers at this stage. She set a record. It was now up to everyone coming up to defeat it. Nex up was a race between Jackson Erdos and Daniella Blanchard. This one meant the world to Jackson because he could still advance if he pushed hard enough.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He needed a win. It had to be a fast win to beat out RJ Roman. So, Jackson gave it his all. he learned from his mistakes. He moved faster than he ever had before. He managed to scrape together a win with his back against the wall. He hit a buzzer. He was advancing while RJ was out. It was true when they said anything could happen. That goes for the new groups as well. The first race of the new group was Anabella Heinrichs vs Noah Meunier. Noah has come close to winning the season several times. He was ready to finally get it and even Annabella thought he\u2019d get it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then the favorite word of the night came up. The word \u201cuntil\u201d. Noah was doing well until he fell on Hourglass Drop. Anabella was doing well until she fell on the same obstacle as Noah. Noah got the win because he got there faster than Anabella. There was still going to be a feeling to get the buzzer next time. That race was followed by the closest race the audience has seen since the start of the night. It was a race between Kaden Lebsack and Phil Folsom. They were seconds within each other. Phil was a rookie and Kaden was a veteran. 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