Ink Master — Rivals
16 top tattoo artists from across the country will compete in extreme challenges proving their skill and grit in an epic battle for $100,000 and the title of Ink Master.
Episodes

E01 Inking With The Enemy
★ 7.5Sep 2, 2014 · 42m
18 Rival Artists enter for $100k and the Ink Master title. It's their worst nightmare as they're forced to ink with their enemy.

E02 Pin Up Pittfalls
★ 5.0Sep 9, 2014 · 42m
Semi-nude models bring the heat and a game changing twist is revealed. Jacked pin ups make the critique a bloodbath & rivalries flare.

E03 Head to Headache
★ 7.5Sep 16, 2014 · 42m
Josh ignites rivalries while two artists receive an advantage no one in the competition has ever had and their cutthroat strategy has tension soaring.

E04 Geishas Gone Wrong
★ 5.0Sep 23, 2014 · 42m
Vendettas have the artists at each others' throats. The skull pick gets personal and the pressure is on when the artists tattoo Nunez's specialty.

E05 Glass On Blast
★ 5.0Sep 30, 2014 · 42m
The artists must make incredible art by sand blasting glass while trying to survive working in teams. Rivalries explode when they tattoo head to head.

E06 Cheek To Cheek
★ 5.0Oct 7, 2014 · 42m
In one of the craziest challenges ever, the artists must ink 12 hour gluteus maximus tattoos. A medical emergency may cost one artist the competition.

E07 Three's A Crowd
★ 5.0Oct 14, 2014 · 42m
The pressure is on when the artists take on Oliver's specialty - and it’s tripled when they have to work in teams.

E08 Ink My Oosik
★ 5.0Oct 21, 2014 · 42m
The artists are taken out of their comfort zone when they must scrimshaw walrus penises. One artist totally loses their cool while another artist loses their shot at $100K.

E09 Virgin Blood
★ 5.0Oct 28, 2014 · 42m
Picky virgin canvases get inked and Jason's anxiety threatens to take him out. The artists battle head to head and Josh plays dirty, putting his opponent on the chopping block.

E10 Cold Blooded
★ 5.0Nov 4, 2014 · 42m
In the flash challenge, the artists use a different kind of ink to make art... blood. Then, they go head-to-head against guest judge Tommy Montoya while Emily goes over the edge.

E11 Up In Smoke
★ 5.0Nov 11, 2014 · 42m
Josh causes a controversy that could get him kicked out of the competition for good. The Artists tattoo amputees where their limbs once were.

E12 Heads Will Roll
★ 5.0Nov 18, 2014 · 42m
The artists fight for an opportunity to ink NFL star DeAngelo Williams as he honors his mother who died of breast cancer. Head tattoos send one human canvas over the edge.

E13 Painstaking Portraits
★ 5.0Nov 25, 2014 · 42m
Artists go head to head tattooing the same portrait on two family members. Some family members are left with jacked tattoos as the portrait subject overlooks.

E14 Firing Squad
★ 5.0Dec 2, 2014 · 42m
It's down to the wire as the artists battle for a top 4 spot - to survive they must impress 3 tattoo heavyweights criticizing their every move.

E15 Fight To The Finale
★ 5.0Dec 9, 2014 · 42m
Emotional outbursts, explosive fights, incredible tattoos and epic fails. It’s the end of the line and the sparks fly as the last 4 Artists standing battle it out for a spot in the Live Finale and a shot at $100K.

E16 Ink Live
★ 5.0Dec 16, 2014 · 42m
The final 3 artists reveal their 35 hour back pieces and the sparks fly when all 18 rival artists return to give the lowdown on whose rivalries still burn.
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EPS16Grudge Match2018
EPS16Battle of the Sexes2019
EPS15Turf War2020
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