Dave Navarro
Self - Host
Ink Master (2012)
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.
Released Jan. 17, 2012
Episode 41 min
14+
Genres: Game Show, Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.tattoo, tmdb.tattoo-artist, imdb.degeneracy, imdb.non-fiction, imdb.competition-reality-tv, imdb.tattoo, imdb.tattoo-artist + 4 more, imdb.skill-game-show, imdb.business-and-occupation-reality-tv, imdb.2010s, imdb.21st-century
Watch Providers: Pluto TV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Paramount Plus Premium + 4 more, Philo, Paramount+ Originals Amazon Channel, Paramount+ MTV Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Essential
Production Companies: Original Media, Truly Original, MTV Studios
Network: Spike
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S9E1 - Fire & Ice
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.
June 6, 2017, midnight
S9E2 - Crossing the Line
A massive twist shakes up the competition and a painstaking Flash Challenge puts relationships to the test.
June 13, 2017, midnight
S9E3 - Unnatural Disasters
A fiery veteran artist returns, taking the competition by storm; a difficult Flash Challenge exposes weaknesses in the shops.
June 20, 2017, midnight
S9E4 - Lend Me Your Ear
The competition gets even tougher when the artists are tested on technical application with individual tattoos. Not one but two veteran artists return.
June 27, 2017, midnight
S9E5 - War and Ink
Some shops lose their composure as they butt heads during a grueling elimination tattoo.
July 11, 2017, midnight
S9E6 - Get the Flock Outta Here
Shops crumble as the tension between teammates intensifies.
July 18, 2017, midnight
S9E7 - On the Bubble
One of the competition's most infamous veterans returns to shake up the game.
July 25, 2017, midnight
S9E8 - Masterpiece Mayhem
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.
Aug. 1, 2017, midnight
S9E9 - Pin-Up Panic Attack
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.
Aug. 8, 2017, midnight
S9E10 - Drill Baby, Drill
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.
Aug. 15, 2017, midnight
S9E11 - Grim Inker
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.
Aug. 22, 2017, midnight
S9E12 - Pit Fall
A painful elimination tattoo has the artists in the pits, and a massive twist sends them reeling.
Aug. 29, 2017, midnight
S9E13 - Sell Out
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.
Sept. 5, 2017, midnight
S9E14 - Casting the First Stone
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.
Sept. 12, 2017, midnight
S9E15 - Marathon to the Finale
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.
Sept. 19, 2017, midnight
S9E16 - Shop Wars Finale
In the live season finale, the final three shops battle it out for $200,000 and the first ever title of Master Shop.
Sept. 26, 2017, midnight
Spike
41 min/ep
9497 min
Jan. 17, 2012
Dec. 17, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
TV-14
14+
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