Ink Master ( season 9 ) - wikipedia Ink Master ( season 9 ) Ink Master ( season 9 ) Country of origin United States No. of episodes 16 Release Original network Spike Original release June 6 ( 2017 - 06 - 06 ) -- September 26, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 26 ) Additional information Host ( s ) Dave Navarro Judges Oliver Peck Chris Nunez No. of contestants 36 Winner Old Town Ink Season chronology ← Previous Season 8 Next → Season 10 Ink Master : Shop Wars is the ninth season of the tattoo reality competition Ink Master that premiered on June 6, 2017 on Spike at 10 / 9c. Host Dave Navarro returned alongside co-judges Oliver Peck and Chris Nunez. Season 9 features teams of two sorted by their tattoo shops going head - to - head in a tag team elimination - style competition. The winning shop will receive $200,000, a feature in Inked magazine and the title of `` Ink Master ''. In addition, the winning shop will also receive the title of `` Master Shop ''. Similar to Season 7, This season features nine rookie shops battling nine veteran shops each week while tackling a skill that exposes each veterans ' shortcoming from the last time they competed. Old Town Ink, consisting of Season 4 veteran Aaron `` Bubba '' Irwin and Best Ink Season 2 runner - up DJ Tambe won the competition, each earning the title of `` Ink Master '' and the first ever title of `` Master Shop '' as well as the first veteran shop winner. In addition, Irwin became the second veteran winner in Ink Master history. Contents 1 Judging and ranking 2 Shops 2.1 Rookies 2.2 Veterans 3 Shop progress 4 Episodes 5 References 6 External links Judging and ranking The judge listing types are : Judging Panel The judging panel is a table of three or more primary judges. The judges make their final decision by voting to see who had best tattoo of the day, who 's going home and who wins the competition. For this season, a new variation of `` You do not have what it takes to be Ink Master '' line features Dave saying to the eliminated shop `` You do not have what it takes to be Master Shop '' in addition to `` Please pack your machines and move out ''. Jury of Peers The shops critique each other 's work to see who had the worst tattoo of the day that will send one of them to the bottom. Shops Rookies Tattoo Shop Name Located Contestant 1 Job Contestant 2 Job Allegory Arts Florence, Alabama Ulyss Blair Co-Owner / Artist Eva Huber Co-Owner / Artist Artistic Skin Designs Indianapolis, Indiana April Nicole Artist Dane Smith Artist Black Anchor Collective Hesperia, California Carlos Rojas Artist Aric Taylor Artist Classic Trilogy Tattoo Mattydale, New York Thom Bulman Owner / Artist Derek Zielinski Artist The Marked Society Tattoo McDonough, Georgia Wes Hogan Artist Mike P Co-Owner / Artist Pinz & Needlez Edgewood, Maryland Jessy Knuckles Artist Allisin Riot Artist Thicker Than Blood White Plains, New York Jhon Campuzano Artist Babiery Hernandez Artist Tri-Cities Tattoo Atlanta, Georgia Chavonna `` Bang '' Rhodes Artist Danger Dave Artist Unkindness Art Richmond, Virginia Erin Chance Owner / Artist Jerrett `` Doom Kitten '' Querubin Artist Veterans Tattoo Shop Name Located Contestant 1 Job Contestant 2 Job Basilica Tattoo Las Vegas, Nevada Christian Buckingham Artist Noelin Wheeler Artist Black Cobra Tattoos Sherwood, Arkansas Katie McGowan Artist Matt O'Baugh Owner / Artist Black Spade Tattoo Las Vegas, Nevada Yovan `` E.S. '' Barraza Artist Josh `` King Ruck '' Glover Owner / Artist Boneface Ink Tattoo Shop Pensacola, Florida Anwon `` Boneface '' Johnson Owner / Artist Brandon `` Hobo Ink '' Allen Artist Empire State Studio Amityville, New York Tommy Helm Owner / Artist Marvin Silva Artist Golden Skull Tattoo Las Vegas, Nevada Aaron `` Aaron Is '' Michalowski Artist James `` Cleen Rock One '' Steinke Owner / Artist House of Monkey Tattoo Brooklyn, New York Lalo Yunda Artist Picasso Dular Artist Old Town Ink Scottsdale, Arizona Aaron `` Bubba '' Irwin Owner / Artist DJ Tambe Artist Think Before You Ink Queens, New York Richard `` Made Rich '' Parker Owner / Artist Derrick `` Dtatstar '' Verley Artist Veteran Artist Shop progress No. Shops 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 No. Flash Challenge Winner Allegory Arts Unkindness Art Old Town Ink Unkindness Art Old Town Ink Artistic Skin Designs Old Town Ink Black Spade Tattoo Unkindness Art Black Cobra Tattoos Black Cobra Tattoos N / A N / A N / A Golden Skull Tattoo N / A N / A Old Town Ink H / L HIGH HIGH WIN LOW WIN IN LOW HIGH F / O LOW F / O WIN WIN MASTER SHOP Black Cobra Tattoos HIGH HIGH IN WIN HIGH F / O LOW WIN RUNNER - UP Basilica Tattoo IN IN WIN IN F / O HIGH WIN LOW WIN 3RD PLACE Unkindness Art IMM IN IN WIN IN HIGH HIGH LOW IN LOW WIN LOW WIN HIGH OUT 5 Golden Skull Tattoo WIN F / O WIN F / O OUT 6 Empire State Studio LOW HIGH WIN IN OUT 7 Allegory Arts IMM HIGH IN LOW IN IN IN LOW LOW LOW WIN OUT 8 Artistic Skin Designs WIN WIN HIGH IN IN IN LOW WIN HIGH LOW OUT 9 Classic Trilogy Tattoo IN IN IN IN LOW LOW LOW HIGH HIGH OUT 10 Pinz & Needlez IN LOW WIN HIGH LOW WIN IN IN OUT 11 Black Spade Tattoo LOW LOW LOW OUT 12 Boneface Ink Tattoo Shop IN OUT 13 House of Monkey Tattoo IN IN OUT 14 Think Before You Ink LOW LOW OUT 15 Tri-Cities Tattoo LOW LOW LOW OUT 16 Black Anchor Collective HIGH IN OUT 17 The Marked Society Tattoo LOW OUT 18 Thicker Than Blood OUT The shop won the competition and was named Master Shop. The shop was the runner - up. The shop finished third. The shop won best tattoo of the day. The shop was immune from the Elimination Tattoo. The shop was given an honorable mention by the judges. The shop won the face off. The shop was considered to be among the top. The shop was among the bottom group in the judges recall. The shop was sent to the bottom by the jury of peers. The shop was considered to be in the bottom. The shop won the flash challenge and was given an honorable mention but was sent to the bottom by the jury of peers. The shop was eliminated from the competition. The shop was sent to the bottom by the jury of peers and was eliminated. The shop won the flash challenge but was sent to the bottom by the jury of peers and was eliminated. Episodes No. overall No. in season Title Original air date US viewers ( millions ) 109 `` Fire & Ice '' June 6, 2017 ( 2017 - 06 - 06 ) 0.90 Flash Challenge -- Part 1 : After the artists meet Dave, Peck and Nunez at Skylands Stadium, they go into their very first Flash Challenge where they had four hours to create an ice sculpture that represents their respective shop. But that of course is not the only Flash Challenge they faced. Winner : Allegory Arts Flash Challenge -- Part 2 : The rest of the shops, except for Allegory Arts, carve out their custom logo before molding it out of molten lava. Another shop will also be safe from elimination. Winner : Unkindness Art Elimination Tattoo : The shops drew one of the animals as their live reference. They will then tattoo their animal in the style they picked. Thicker Than Blood, however, took a different approach and drew their tattoo without incorporating the live snake. Top Shops : Artistic Skin Designs and Black Anchor Collective Best Tattoo of the Day : Artistic Skin Designs Bottom : Tri-Cities Tattoo, The Marked Society Tattoo and Thicker Than Blood Eliminated : Thicker Than Blood 110 `` Crossing the Line '' June 13, 2017 ( 2017 - 06 - 13 ) 0.77 Returning Veteran : Bubba Irwin Skill of the Week : Fundamentals Flash Challenge : The shops had five hours to create an original design out of colored Post-it notes. Winner : Old Town Ink Elimination Tattoo : The shops put their fundamental skills to the test when they have to tattoo an illustrative blackwork design. Top Shops : Allegory Arts, Old Town Ink and Artistic Skin Designs. Best Tattoo of the Day : Artistic Skin Designs Bottom : Old Town Ink, Tri-Cities Tattoo and The Marked Society Tattoo Eliminated : The Marked Society Tattoo 111 `` Unnatural Disasters '' June 20, 2017 ( 2017 - 06 - 20 ) 0.89 Returning Veteran : Made Rich Skill of the Week : Detail Flash Challenge : The shops had five hours to turn one image into another with one artist working on one side while their partner worked on the other. Winner : Unkindness Art Elimination Tattoo : The shops must show detail in their natural disaster tattoo. Best Tattoo of the Day : Pinz & Needlez Bottom : Think Before You Ink, Black Anchor Collective and Tri-Cities Tattoo Eliminated : Black Anchor Collective 112 `` Lend Me Your Ear '' June 27, 2017 ( 2017 - 06 - 27 ) 0.89 Returning Veterans : Lalo and Picasso Skill of the Week : Technical Application Flash Challenge : The shops had two hours to create identical micro ear tattoos. Since winning the last Elimination Tattoo, Pinz and Needles picked their canvas first while the rest of the canvases handled their skull picks. Winner : Old Town Ink Elimination Tattoo : The shops tattoo a pair of black and grey cherubs at the same time. Since the judges were divided in choosing the winner, it was clear that one individual from each shop were the standouts in this Elimination Tattoo. Top Shops : Unkindness Art and Pinz & Needlez Best Tattoo of the Day : Unkindness Art Bottom : Think Before You Ink, Tri-Cities Tattoo and Allegory Arts Eliminated : Tri-Cities Tattoo 113 5 `` War and Ink '' July 11, 2017 ( 2017 - 07 - 11 ) 0.89 Returning Veterans : King Ruck and E.S. Skill of the Week : Composition Flash Challenge Inspired by Corona Extra, the shops had four hours to help give the canvas the moment they lived. Winner : Artistic Skin Designs Elimination Tattoo : The shops go to war with color realistic battle scenes. But the battle for survival arises near the end when Pinz And Needles ' canvas second guessing the design of her tattoo while Classic Trilogy Tattoo 's canvas passed out. Best Tattoo of the Day : Old Town Ink Bottom : Think Before You Ink, Classic Trilogy Tattoo and Pinz & Needlez Eliminated : Think Before You Ink 114 6 `` Get the Flock Outta Here '' July 18, 2017 ( 2017 - 07 - 18 ) N / A Returning Veteran : Boneface Skill of the Week : Artistry Flash Challenge : The shops had five hours to create a work of art by first drawing on a black inhesive board before using one of the colored velvet powder over their design. Winner : Old Town Ink Elimination Tattoo : Each shop must show their true artistry by doing a freehand tattoo. Each artist had three hours to draw the design on skin. Then, its respective partner will tattoo the drawn piece for six hours. Top Shops : Unkindness Art and Pinz & Needlez Best Tattoo of the Day : Pinz & Needlez Bottom : Black Spade Tattoo, House of Monkey Tattoo and Classic Trilogy Tattoo Eliminated : House of Monkey Tattoo 115 7 `` On the Bubble '' July 25, 2017 ( 2017 - 07 - 25 ) N / A Returning Veteran : Christian Buckingham Skill of the Week : Ingenuity Flash Challenge : The shops had five hours to create a design on a giant sheet of bubble wrap by carefully injecting ink into each bubble Winner : Black Spade Tattoo Elimination Tattoo : Each shop worked on a new school tattoo with one artist tattooing the first three hours and the other tattooing the last three hours. Top Shops : Unkindness Art and Old Town Ink Best Tattoo of the Day : Old Town Ink Bottom : Bone Face Ink Tattoo Shop, Black Spade Tattoo and Artistic Skin Designs Eliminated : Bone Face Ink Tattoo Shop 116 8 `` Masterpiece Mayhem '' August 1, 2017 ( 2017 - 08 - 01 ) N / A Returning Veterans : Matt O'Baugh and Katie McGowan Skill of the Week : Consistency Flash Challenge : An emotional flash challenge has the shops tattooing a replica of a little loved ones ' condition onto its respective human canvas for three hours. Winner : Unkindness Art Elimination Tattoo : Matt and Katie 's past comes back to haunt them as they and the remaining shops must to use consistency by tattooing a famous work of art. Top Shops : Classic Trilogy Tattoo and Artistic Skin Designs Best Tattoo of the Day : Artistic Skin Designs Bottom : Allegory Arts, Black Spade Tattoo and Unkindness Art Eliminated : Black Spade Tattoo 117 9 `` Pin - Up Panic Attack '' August 8, 2017 ( 2017 - 08 - 08 ) N / A Returning Veteran : Tommy Helm Skill of the Week : Proportion / Perspectives Flash Challenge : The shops had five hours to create a sculpture by adding more or less of their own plaster on to a canvas. Winner : Black Cobra Tattoos Elimination Tattoo : The shops tackle Tommy 's least favorite design that exposed his weakness in proportion, a Pin - Up tattoo. The artist and its partner were each given 30 minutes to tattoo the same canvas. Peck did not co-judge due to medical emergency due to a heart attack. Top Shops : Basilica Tattoo and Black Cobra Tattoos Best Tattoo of the Day : Basilica Tattoo Bottom : Empire State Studio, Allegory Arts and Pinz & Needlez Eliminated : Pinz & Needlez 118 10 `` Drill Baby, Drill '' August 15, 2017 ( 2017 - 08 - 15 ) N / A Guest Judge : Tommy Montoya Returning Veterans : Cleen Rock One and Aaron Is Skill of the Week : Precision Flash Challenge : The shops had five hours to create a design by drilling different holes onto a wooden canvas. Winner : Black Cobra Tattoos Elimination Tattoo : The shops get to work tattooing matching portraits on two different canvases. Top Shops : Golden Skull Tattoo and Empire State Studio Best Tattoo of the Day : Golden Skull Tattoo Bottom : Allegory Arts, Classic Trilogy Tattoo and Artistic Skin Designs Eliminated : Classic Trilogy Tattoo 119 11 `` Grim Inker '' August 22, 2017 ( 2017 - 08 - 22 ) N / A Skill of the Week : Adaptability Elimination Tattoo : The final eight shops fight for survival as four shops must work together to tattoo the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse on the human canvas at the same time. However, only one artist from each shop will do the tattooing. The first team consisted of Tommy Helm from Empire State Tattoo, Erin Chance from Unkindness Art, Ulyss Blair from Allegory Arts and Matt O'Baugh from Black Cobra Tattoos while Noelin Wheeler from Basilica Tattoo, Cleen Rock One from Golden Skull Tattoo, DJ Tambe from Old Town Ink and April Nicole from Artistic Skin Designs round out the second team. Best Tattoo of the Day : Empire State Studio, Black Cobra Tattoos, Allegory Arts and Unkindness Art Face Off Tattoo : Golden Skull Tattoo, Basilica Tattoo, Old Town Ink and Artistic Skin Designs have to duke it out. This time, the artist who did n't participate in the elimination tattoo must use the adaptability to tattoo a free handed design. Eliminated : Artistic Skin Designs 120 12 `` Pit Fall '' August 29, 2017 ( 2017 - 08 - 29 ) N / A Skill of the Week : Placement Elimination Tattoo : The final seven shop deal with armpit tattoos by creating two six - hour coordinating pieces with one artist from each shop tattooing the left armpit and the other tattooing the right armpit the next day. In addition, Peck and Nuñez assigned the human canvases. For the second armpit tattoo, each shop had to switch canvases and finish another 's shops tattoo, thus creating a head - to - head comparison. Best Tattoo of the Day : Golden Skull Tattoo Bottom : Allegory Arts, Unkindness Art, Old Town Ink Eliminated : Allegory Arts 121 13 `` Sell Out '' September 5, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 05 ) N / A Skill of the Week Self Promotion Elimination Tattoo - Part 1 : The power was put in the hands of the human canvases as each canvas had 5 minutes to interview each shop about a tattoo they would like to get. After the interviews, the canvases drew skulls to determine a picking order. Best Tattoo of the Day : Basilica Tattoo Elimination Tattoo - Part 2 : The human canvases picked a random number on the bottom of the skull. They will then pick one of the tattoos that was done by its respecitve shop in part one of the elimination tattoo. Black Cobra Tattoos was put up for elimination after they were not chosen by neither canvas. Best Tattoo of the Day : Unkindness Art Face Off Tattoo : Black Cobra Tattoo, Empire State Studio, Golden Skull Tattoo and Old Town Ink must tag team their respective partner to tattoo the style and subject that were each chosen by the winners of the elimination tattoo. Basilica picked American Traditional while Unkindness Art wants them to incorporate the style into a snake because of the show featured several artists screwing up the design in the previous seasons. Eliminated : Empire State Studio 122 14 `` Casting the First Stone '' September 12, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 12 ) N / A Skill of the Week : Cohesion Flash Challenge : The shops had six hours to paint a nude human canvas onto a two dimensional canvas that looks seamless. Winner : Golden Skull Tattoo Elimination Tattoo : Final five shops deal with Asian deities in this tag team elimination tattoo. Top Shops : Old Town Ink and Unkindness Art Best Tattoo of the Day : Old Town Ink Bottom : Golden Skull Tattoo, Balisica Tattoo and Black Cobra Tattoos Eliminated : Golden Skull Tattoo 123 15 `` Marathon to the Finale '' September 19, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 19 ) N / A Tattoo Marathon - Round 1 : The final four shops compete in a two - part tattoo marathon that will determine who goes to the live finale. Best Tattoo of the Day : Black Cobra Tattoos and Basilica Tattoo Tattoo Marathon - Round 2 : Old Town Ink and Unkindness Art fight for the last remaining spot in the Ink Master Live Finale. Best Tattoo of the Day : Old Town Ink Eliminated : Unkindness Art 124 16 `` Shop Wars Finale '' September 26, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 26 ) N / A Finale - Round 1 : Twitter users voted Black Cobra Tattoos into the final two, based on the live 6 - hour tattoo. Judges voted Old Town Ink into the final two based on the 35 - hour master canvas black - and - gray tattoo. Finale - Round 2 : Judges voted Old Town Ink as Master Shop based on the 35 - hour master canvas color tattoo. References Jump up ^ Mitch Metcalf ( June 7, 2017 ). `` SHOWBUZZDAILY 's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Update : 6.6. 2017 ''. Showbuzzdaily. Retrieved June 13, 2017. Jump up ^ Mitch Metcalf ( June 14, 2017 ). `` SHOWBUZZDAILY 's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Update : 6.13. 2017 ''. Showbuzzdaily. Retrieved June 16, 2017. Jump up ^ Mitch Metcalf ( June 21, 2017 ). `` SHOWBUZZDAILY 's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Update : 6.20. 2017 ''. Showbuzzdaily. Retrieved July 5, 2017. Jump up ^ Mitch Metcalf ( June 28, 2017 ). `` SHOWBUZZDAILY 's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Update : 6.27. 2017 ''. Showbuzzdaily. Retrieved July 5, 2017. Jump up ^ Mitch Metcalf ( July 11, 2017 ). `` SHOWBUZZDAILY 's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Update : 7.11. 2017 ''. Showbuzzdaily. Retrieved September 1, 2017. 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Question: who won ink master season 9 shop wars
Answer: Old Town Ink, consisting of Season 4 veteran Aaron "Bubba" Irwin and Best Ink Season 2 runner-up DJ Tambe