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Ink Master — Shop Wars

Season nine of Ink Master reaches new heights as tattoo shops from across the country go to war. As 19 shops enter the competition, in the end only one will be left standing, winning the title of ‘Master Shop’ and $200,000.

Episodes

  • E01 Fire & Ice

    Jun 6, 2017 · 38m

    In the season premiere, tattooing is a team sport as artists from nine of America’s best shops arrive ready to battle it out for a massive $200K and the first ever title of Master Shop.

  • E02 Crossing the Line

    Jun 13, 2017 · 38m

    A massive twist shakes up the competition and a painstaking Flash Challenge puts relationships to the test.

  • E03 Unnatural Disasters

    Jun 20, 2017 · 38m

    A fiery veteran artist returns, taking the competition by storm; a difficult Flash Challenge exposes weaknesses in the shops.

  • E04 Lend Me Your Ear

    Jun 27, 2017 · 39m

    The competition gets even tougher when the artists are tested on technical application with individual tattoos. Not one but two veteran artists return.

  • E05 War and Ink

    Jul 11, 2017 · 39m

    Some shops lose their composure as they butt heads during a grueling elimination tattoo.

  • E06 Get the Flock Outta Here

    Jul 18, 2017 · 39m

    Shops crumble as the tension between teammates intensifies.

  • E07 On the Bubble

    Jul 25, 2017 · 38m

    One of the competition's most infamous veterans returns to shake up the game.

  • E08 Masterpiece Mayhem

    Aug 1, 2017 · 38m

    An emotional flash challenge brings the artists to tears, and the alliance becomes a target when a bullet-proof pair of veterans return to battle it out for the title.

  • E09 Pin-Up Panic Attack

    Aug 8, 2017 · 39m

    The Artists can't find any relief in a sculptural Flash Challenge. Things only get hairier during the Elimination Tattoo when the Artists are faced with the infamous Pin-Up challenge.

  • E10 Drill Baby, Drill

    Aug 15, 2017 · 39m

    The final veteran shop returns to fight for the title of Master Shop. Skull picks are key to the precision strike leveled at the opposing aliance.

  • E11 Grim Inker

    Aug 22, 2017 · 38m

    With no flash challenge, the artists think they've got it all figured out until a massive twist sends them reeling; Four Horsemen tattoos bring on the end of days for one pair of artists.

  • E12 Pit Fall

    Aug 29, 2017 · 39m

    A painful elimination tattoo has the artists in the pits, and a massive twist sends them reeling.

  • E13 Sell Out

    Sep 5, 2017 · 39m

    The competition puts the old saying, "the customer is always right," to the test when the artists must sell themselves to their canvases for the chance to tattoo.

  • E14 Casting the First Stone

    Sep 12, 2017 · 39m

    With only 5 shops left, the fight for $200K and the title of Master Shop intensifies. In a deity Elimination Tattoo, some shops reach for the heavens while one is sent packing to hell.

  • E15 Marathon to the Finale

    Sep 19, 2017 · 38m

    The competition is more intense than ever as the top four shops battle it out in a tattoo marathon for the three spots in the live finale, $200K and the first ever title of Master Shop.

  • E16 Shop Wars Finale

    Sep 26, 2017 · 41m

    In the live season finale, the final three shops battle it out for $200,000 and the first ever title of Master Shop.

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