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Deadliest Warrior

★ 7.5 4K votes 2009–2011 3 seasons · 33 episodes Ended Spike
Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 8/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Sonny SisonDavid WenhamShaun Paul PiccininoArdeshir Radpour
Written by
Tim Prokop
Starring
Sonny SisonDavid WenhamShaun Paul PiccininoArdeshir Radpour
Written by
Tim Prokop
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
0255075100

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About

"Nerdy weapons science settling history's biggest bar arguments"

This show pits two historical or fictional warrior types against each other, like Spartan versus Ninja or Viking versus Samurai, then tries to settle the fight with science. Weapons experts test real replica weapons on ballistics gel, ranges, and crash-test dummies, feeding the results into a computer simulation that spits out a winner. It is gleefully nerdy and unapologetically dumb at the same time, part educational, part bar argument turned into a spreadsheet. The pace is brisk and episodic, built for channel-surfing rather than marathoning, and the appeal lives entirely in the weapons testing and trash talk.

Watch it for

the satisfying spectacle of real weapons tested on gel dummies and crash targets.

Maybe skip if

you want rigorous historical accuracy rather than fun pseudo-scientific spectacle.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Season 12009
7.771096h
This is a list of episodes from the first season of Deadliest Warrior. Deadliest Warrior premiered on April 7, 2009 at 10 pm ET. Nine one-hour episodes of the show were produced for Season 1. Season 1 was released on DVD and Blu-ray on May 11, 2010.
Season 22010
7.3631145h 59m
This is a list of episodes for season 2 of Deadliest Warrior. Season 2 was announced by the Team and by Spike, along with a video game. A teaser image posted on Twitter shows a Ballistic Gel torso behind a podium. A teaser video was posted for Deadliest Warrior for the people who signed up for Warrior Den with some of the weapons for season 2. The weapons trailer only showed modern weapons. Season 2 premiered April 20, 2010, at 10 pm ET.
Season 32011
7.4560105h 59m
Shortly after the season 2 finale, season 3 was announced on Spike.com, followed shortly after by a live Aftermath featuring new host Richard "Mack" Machowicz answering fan questions. On October 13 the show announced the start of production for the season. Over the course of several weeks, Spike revealed the Season 3 match ups. The battle simulator now simulates 5,000 battles as opposed to the previous 1,000. The new format is a squad on squad battle of 5 vs. 5. An average of 100 different X-factors are now factored into each simulation, each being rated on a scale from 1 to 100. Season 3 premiered on July 20, 2011 at 10 pm EDT.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Geoff Desmoulin Self - Host, Self - Biomedical Engineer, Biomedical Engineer
Armand Dorian Self, Self - ER Doctor, UFC Medic
Max Geiger Self - Computer Programmer, Self
Richard Machowicz Self - Host, Self, Weapons & Tactics Specialist
David Lain Baker Self, Bladesmith, Self - Weapons Fabricator
Sonny Sison Al Capone, Apache, Green Beret
David Wenham Narrator
Shaun Paul Piccinino William Wallace, Billy, Conquistador
Robert Daley Self - Combat Engine Designer, Self - Comat Engine Designer
Ardeshir Radpour Hernan Cortes, Mongol Warrior, Persian Immortal Expert

Crew

Tim Prokop

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