Episode guide
Ink Master: Shop Wars
16 episodes · premiered Jun 6, 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.
- Episode 1: Fire & Ice Jun 6, 2017 · 38m 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.
- Episode 2: Crossing the Line Jun 13, 2017 · 38m A massive twist shakes up the competition and a painstaking Flash Challenge puts relationships to the test.
- Episode 3: Unnatural Disasters Jun 20, 2017 · 38m A fiery veteran artist returns, taking the competition by storm; a difficult Flash Challenge exposes weaknesses in the shops.
- Episode 4: Lend Me Your Ear Jun 27, 2017 · 39m The competition gets even tougher when the artists are tested on technical application with individual tattoos. Not one but two veteran artists return.
- Episode 5: War and Ink Jul 11, 2017 · 39m Some shops lose their composure as they butt heads during a grueling elimination tattoo.
- Episode 6: Get the Flock Outta Here Jul 18, 2017 · 39m Shops crumble as the tension between teammates intensifies.
- Episode 7: On the Bubble Jul 25, 2017 · 38m One of the competition's most infamous veterans returns to shake up the game.
- Episode 8: Masterpiece Mayhem Aug 1, 2017 · 38m 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.
- Episode 9: Pin-Up Panic Attack Aug 8, 2017 · 39m 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.
- Episode 10: Drill Baby, Drill Aug 15, 2017 · 39m 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.
- Episode 11: Grim Inker Aug 22, 2017 · 38m 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.
- Episode 12: Pit Fall Aug 29, 2017 · 39m A painful elimination tattoo has the artists in the pits, and a massive twist sends them reeling.
- Episode 13: Sell Out Sep 5, 2017 · 39m 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.
- Episode 14: Casting the First Stone Sep 12, 2017 · 39m 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.
- Episode 15: Marathon to the Finale Sep 19, 2017 · 38m 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.
- Episode 16: Shop Wars Finale Sep 26, 2017 · 41m In the live season finale, the final three shops battle it out for $200,000 and the first ever title of Master Shop.