Ink Master — Shop Wars
16 episodesFirst aired 6 June 2017
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.
E1Fire & Ice
Jun 201738m
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.
E2Crossing the Line
Jun 201738m
A massive twist shakes up the competition and a painstaking Flash Challenge puts relationships to the test.
E3Unnatural Disasters
Jun 201738m
A fiery veteran artist returns, taking the competition by storm; a difficult Flash Challenge exposes weaknesses in the shops.
E4Lend Me Your Ear
Jun 201739m
The competition gets even tougher when the artists are tested on technical application with individual tattoos. Not one but two veteran artists return.
E5War and Ink
Jul 201739m
Some shops lose their composure as they butt heads during a grueling elimination tattoo.
E6Get the Flock Outta Here
Jul 201739m
Shops crumble as the tension between teammates intensifies.
E7On the Bubble
Jul 201738m
One of the competition's most infamous veterans returns to shake up the game.
E8Masterpiece Mayhem
Aug 201738m
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.
E9Pin-Up Panic Attack
Aug 201739m
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.
E10Drill Baby, Drill
Aug 201739m
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.
E11Grim Inker
Aug 201738m
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.
E12Pit Fall
Aug 201739m
A painful elimination tattoo has the artists in the pits, and a massive twist sends them reeling.
E13Sell Out
Sept 201739m
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.
E14Casting the First Stone
Sept 201739m
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.
E15Marathon to the Finale
Sept 201738m
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.
E16Shop Wars Finale
Sept 201741m
In the live season finale, the final three shops battle it out for $200,000 and the first ever title of Master Shop.
