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Deadliest Warrior

  • 2009–2011
  • 3 seasons
  • Documentary
  • 7.4

Deadliest Warrior was a television program in which information on historical or modern warriors and their weapons are used to determine which of them is the "deadliest" based upon tests performed during each episode. The show was characterized by its use of data compiled in creating a dramatization of the warriors' battle to the death. The show ran for three seasons.

Episodes

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.

10 episodes
  1. 1George Washington vs. Napoleon

    60 minJul 20, 2011

    Big leaders, bigger battle. The man who lead the United States of America to victory over the British during faces up against one of Europe's most successful conquerors of all time.

  2. 2Joan of Arc vs. William the Conqueror

    60 minJul 27, 2011

    Deadliest Warrior finally has its first co-ed matchup when Joan of Arc squares off against William the Conqueror.

  3. 3U.S. Army Rangers vs. North Korean Special Operations Forces

    90 minAug 3, 2011

    A special live episode of Deadliest Warrior boasting the first ever “anticipatory” match, staging the battle between the U.S. Army Rangers and the North Korean Special Operations Forces along the Korean Peninsula as a “possible World War III” scenario.

  4. 4Genghis Khan vs. Hannibal

    Aug 10, 2011

    Genghis Khan, Asia's cold-blooded world conqueror, and Hannibal, the brutal annihilator of the Roman Empire, face off to the death in a battle between two warriors who wrote the book on ancient combat.

  5. 5Saddam Hussein vs. Pol Pot

    60 minAug 17, 2011

    Chemical assassin and Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein goes head-to-head with Cambodian communist leader Pol Pot, whose Khmer Rouge troops filled Cambodia's killing fields with millions of innocent victims.

  6. 6Teddy Roosevelt vs. Lawrence of Arabia

    60 minAug 24, 2011

    Lawrence of Arabia, the fearless British Officer who brought down a mighty empire, faces off against Teddy Roosevelt, the brash and brawny U.S. Army Colonel who overthrew Spanish tyrants in Cuba...

  7. 7Ivan the Terrible vs. Hernan Cortes

    60 minAug 31, 2011

    Ivan the Terrible, Russia's sadistic 16th Century tsar whose murderous, mounted death squads built Europe's largest empire of its time vs. Hernán Cortés, the brutal Spanish explorer whose conquistadors conquered the largest empire in North America of the 16th Century.

  8. 8Crazy Horse vs. Pancho Villa

    60 minSep 7, 2011

    Crazy Horse, the fierce Lakota warrior of the 1870's whose brilliant battle plans and fearless offensives annihilated General Custer at Little Big Horn vs Pancho Villa, The Mexican revolutionary whose guerrilla army destroyed corrupt dictators in the early 20th century and then invaded the United States.

  9. 9French Foreign Legion vs. Gurkhas

    60 minSep 14, 2011

    The French Foreign Legion, the elite army of real-life expendibles who France sends to do its dirty work vs. the Gurkhas, the fearless mountain assassins who take on the British Empire's most dangerous missions.

  10. 10Vampires vs. Zombies

    90 minSep 14, 2011

    Vampires are undead creatures that sustain their existence on the blood of living humans vs.Zombies, the living dead, deceased humans that have been given unnatural life to return from the grave.

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Series cast

Armand DorianSelf - Host32 episodes
Max GeigerSelf - Host32 episodes
David WenhamNarrator32 episodes
Jeff DesmoulinSelf - Host22 episodes
Max GeigerSelf - Programmer10 episodes
Aaron SchoenkeLead Pirate3 episodes
Kenny GalloHimself1 episode
Darryl ChanMongol1 episode
Nathalie MerchantHijacker1 episode
Snake BlockerSelf - Apache Team1 episode
Chuck LiddellSelf1 episode
Alan TafoyaSelf - Apache Team1 episode
Steven DietrichSelf - Gladiator Team1 episode
Chris TorresSelf - Gladiator Team1 episode
Brett ChanSelf - Samurai Team1 episode
Tetsuro ShigematsuSelf - Samurai Team1 episode
Casey HendershotSelf - Viking Team1 episode
Matt NelsonSelf - Viking Team1 episode

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