Women’s ‘Ninja Warrior’ Champ makes shocking exit from the finals

Meagan Martin, the defending champion of the first-ever Ninja Warrior Women’s Championship from back in May, was looking to advance past stage one of the American Ninja Warrior finals for the first time in her sixth try on Monday.

The model, rock climber and Olympic commentator beat out 12 other women to earn the crown of Women’s Champion earlier this year. And she was the first woman to hit a buzzer during qualifying this season, and would have been the third woman to hit the buzzer in stage one of these finals. But apparently she needed to be less of a climber, and more of a surfer.

With her mom and dad watching from Florida via video feed, and a group of Ninja Warrior veterans cheering her on from the sidelines, Martin could barely get three steps into the opening obstacle, the Slide Surfer, before she ended up falling forward too fast and into the water.

Video Transcript

- Meagan's mom and dad watching from Florida. She's got a group of Ninja veterans cheering her on from the sidelines. This would be a great opportunity for Meagan Martin to get that elusive stage one buzzer.

- As stage one of the American Ninja Warrior Finals wrapped up Monday, the defending champion of the first ever Ninja Warrior Women's Championship from back in May, Meagan Martin was looking to advance to stage two of the Finals for the first time in six tries.

- Well, the key is going to be efficiency. No extra swings. Oh, no. No.

- Wait, what?

- A stumble on the first obstacle takes up the legendary Meagan Martin.

KYLIE MAR: Meagan who is a model, rock climber, and Olympic commentator, was the first woman to hit a buzzer during qualifying this season, and would have been the third woman to hit the buzzer in stage one of these Finals. But apparently, she needed to be less of a climber and more of a surfer.

- On the slide surfer, Meagan took the slow approach, but she got too far forward on that second one. And that sends her tumbling forward into the third slider, and then right into the water. Whoa.

KYLIE MAR: While her friends and fans, were definitely in shock, one viewer on Twitter pointed out that Meagan did just turn 32 over the weekend saying, happy belated birthday Meagan. Sorry you fell on the first obstacle on American Ninja Warrior. Better luck next year. And what better reason to just laugh the whole thing off.

- I just slipped. I mean, oops, that happens. Sorry everybody. That's so embarrassing.