An Incredible Season Finale on ‘American Ninja Warrior’

One of the summer shows my wife and I have been watching for the past couple of seasons is NBC's 'American Ninja Warrior,' which just ended its seventh season with a pretty incredible season finale earlier this week.

'American Ninja Warrior' is an athletic competition, modeled on a Japanese show, and is billed as the World's Most Difficult Obstacle Course. Competitors from across the country take part in each of six qualifying courses in different cities. If they make it far enough, fast enough on the course, they then qualify for the finale-- including a chance to scale "Mount Midoriyama," and take home a $1 million prize.

In the six previous seasons the show's been on the air, the course has been so difficult that nobody made it to the final stage four. This year, though, two competitors-- Jeff Britten and Issac Caldiero-- not only made it, but successfully completed stage four. And, as you'll see below, it was an incredible finish for Britten, the first American to ever finish stage four. Did that win him the million? Not so fast. The second competitor, Isaac, also successfully finished the fourth stage (a climb up a 77-foot rope in under 30 seconds)-- but did it faster, and was awarded the $1 million. Pretty incredible!

Here's Jeff Britten's historic finish:

Now, here's the guy who beat his time-- and took home a cool $1 million!