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