The BEST episodes of Deadliest Warrior
Every episode of Deadliest Warrior ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Deadliest Warrior!
Each week on Deadliest Warrior, a new episode will pit two of the most feared warriors civilization has ever known against each other. Along with the use of 21st century science and the latest in CGI technology, each episode enlists warrior-specific world-class fighters and experts to provide insight into what makes these combatants tick, analyzing every facet of their unique skills of destruction, culminating in a head-to-head final fight between two legends of the battlefield that will produce the deadliest warrior.
#4 - French Foreign Legion vs. Gurkhas
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/14/2011
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.
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#5 - Teddy Roosevelt vs. Lawrence of Arabia
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/24/2011
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...
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#6 - Somali Pirates vs. Medellin Cartel
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/8/2010
Somali Pirates, modern-day, RPG-blasting hijackers of the high seas battle the Medellin Cartel, Colombia's most notorious drug lords. In this extraordinary matchup, these two brutal crime gangs will face off with machine guns, machetes and stunningly explosive car bombs.
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#7 - Crazy Horse vs. Pancho Villa
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/7/2011
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.
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#8 - Roman Centurion vs. Rajput
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/25/2010
Worlds collide when a Centurion, commander of Rome's bone-crushing army, takes on a Rajput, India's greatest fighter. In a fight to the finish, these two warriors face off using a chest-splitting javelin, a snake-like coiled sword, and a relentless battle-tank.
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#9 - Green Beret vs Spetsnaz
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/12/2009
Green Beret - America's elite special force, versus Spetsnaz - Russia's top-secret, top-notch commandos. Trained to kill anyone, any when, anywhere - these super soldiers use a devastating array of weapons and tactics. It's the best of the west against the beast from the east in a post cold war showdown.
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#10 - Ivan the Terrible vs. Hernan Cortes
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/31/2011
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.
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#11 - Nazi SS vs. Viet Cong
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/18/2010
The Nazi SS, Adolf Hitler's homicidal shock troops of WW II , battle the Viet Cong, the murderous masters of jungle warfare. Two of the most lethal foes ever faced by American GIs square off in a bloody showdown using machine guns, flesh-burning flamethrowers, and flying poison spikes.
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#13 - IRA vs Taliban
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/31/2009
Two groups whose disregard for civilian casualties in the pursuit of their own agendas have made them infamous. IRA - the urban guerrilla from Ireland versus the Taliban mountain fighters from Afghanistan.
#15 - Persian Immortal vs. Celt
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/15/2010
A Persian Immortal, the professional killer that drove a 6th century BC war machine, battles a Celt, the giant Iron Age European clansman. Horse-drawn chariots rush to a deadly showdown with brutal sword beat-downs, spears, clubs and battle-axes.
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#18 - SWAT vs. GSG-9
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/20/2010
An epic match-up featuring SWAT, the elite special forces of U.S. law enforcement, against Germany's GSG-9, the ultra-secretive paramilitary arm of the German Police. Utilizing sniper rifles, shot guns and paralyzing stun tools two of the world's toughest police forces will go head-to-head in an historic, never-before-seen firefight to the death.
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#20 - U.S. Army Rangers vs. North Korean Special Operations Forces
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/3/2011
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.
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#23 - Yakuza vs Mafia
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/5/2009
Mafia - the deadly crime family that rule New York's 1920's underworld, versus Yakuza - feared gang lords that dominate the mean streets of 1940's Tokyo. Their bloody turf war to decide who is deadliest will be settled with machine guns, sawed off shotguns, pistols, bats, nunchukus and icepicks.
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#24 - William Wallace vs Shaka Zulu
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/26/2009
Both fight for revenge. Both built an army to spill the blood of their enemies. Deadliest Warrior gets personal with a battle between two of the greatest warrior-generals that ever lived. William Wallace - claymore wielding wild man from Scotland versus Shaka Zulu whose ferocity, speed and toughness became legend.
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#25 - Shaolin Monk vs Maori
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/19/2009
One fights for perfection; the other to honor his ancestors. A Shaolin Monk - the ultimate pacifist killing machine from China versus a Maori - fierce, bone-crushing warrior from New Zealand. Steel whips, metal spikes and wickedly versatile hooks versus wood, shark teeth, stingray spines and stone. The hardest weapon on the battlefield is not made of steel.
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