# Wipeout (2021 game show)

Wipeout is an American television game show based on an obstacle course, hosted by John Cena, Nicole Byer, and Camille Kostek which premiered on TBS on April 1, 2021. It is a reboot of ABC's Wipeout which ran from 2008 to 2014. In February 2025, the series was cancelled after two seasons.

## Production

In April 2020, it was announced that the original Wipeout series would be rebooted by TBS. In September 2020, John Cena, Nicole Byer, and Camille Kostek were announced as hosts of the show.
On February 11, 2021, it was announced that the series would premiere on April 1, 2021. The first episode also re-aired the following day on TBS's sister network, The CW. On May 19, 2021, it was announced that the reboot series was renewed for a second season.
On October 19, 2021, it was announced that new episodes of the first season would resume on January 11, 2022.
On October 5, 2023, it was announced that the second season would premiere on November 7, 2023. On February 3, 2025, it was announced that the series was cancelled after two seasons, with a few more episodes left to be aired.

## Michael Paredes controversy

On November 18, 2020, a controversy occurred when Wipeout contestant Michael Paredes became unconscious and went into cardiac arrest while competing in the show's obstacle course and then died the next day. Though Paredes' cause of death was determined to have been from a heart attack related to a natural artery blockage, his death occurred the day after he competed for the show, with Peredes even competing while having a case of acute pneumonia. It was also acknowledged that medical exams, including an EKG, were required for Wipeout contestants before they competed.

## Episodes
### Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 20 | 20 | April 1, 2021 (2021-4-1) | March 8, 2022 (2022-3-8) |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | November 7, 2023 (2023-11-7) | TBA |

### Season 1 (2021–22)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| Part 1 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | "The Big Balls Are Back, Baby!" | April 1, 2021 (2021-4-1) | 101 | 1.06 |
| 2 | 2 | "Big Ball Energy" | April 8, 2021 (2021-4-8) | 102 | 0.89 |
| 3 | 3 | "OMFG Girl Run!" | April 15, 2021 (2021-4-15) | 103 | 0.86 |
| 4 | 4 | "Love at First Trip" | April 22, 2021 (2021-4-22) | 104 | 0.82 |
| 5 | 5 | "Invasion of the Big Balls" | April 29, 2021 (2021-4-29) | 105 | 0.75 |
| 6 | 6 | "Tumble Sleep Eat Repeat" | May 6, 2021 (2021-5-6) | 106 | 0.69 |
| 7 | 7 | "Wipe-pedia Vol.1" | May 13, 2021 (2021-5-13) | 107 | 0.65 |
| 8 | 8 | "Get Ship Faced" | May 20, 2021 (2021-5-20) | 108 | 0.54 |
| 9 | 9 | "Betting Battle" | May 27, 2021 (2021-5-27) | 109 | 0.76 |
| 10 | 10 | "Now You Cena, Now You Don't" | June 3, 2021 (2021-6-3) | 110 | 0.70 |
| Special ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "The Suicide Squad Special" | August 1, 2021 (2021-8-1) | 112 | 0.40 |
| Part 2 ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Lights, Camera, Wipeout!" | January 11, 2022 (2022-1-11) | 111 | 0.68 |
| 13 | 13 | "NOW That's What I Call Wipeout!" | January 18, 2022 (2022-1-18) | 113 | 0.65 |
| 14 | 14 | "Nips, Flips 'n' Dips" | January 25, 2022 (2022-1-25) | 114 | 0.64 |
| 15 | 15 | "Smooching Cena" | February 1, 2022 (2022-2-1) | 116 | 0.58 |
| 16 | 16 | "Camille's "Sick" Day" | February 8, 2022 (2022-2-8) | 115 | 0.46 |
| 17 | 17 | "Go! Fight! Kiss!" | February 15, 2022 (2022-2-15) | 117 | 0.43 |
| 18 | 18 | "You Can't Small-SEE Me" | February 22, 2022 (2022-2-22) | 118 | 0.61 |
| 19 | 19 | "Swole Daddy Issues" | March 1, 2022 (2022-3-1) | 119 | 0.50 |
| 20 | 20 | "The Road to Redemption" | March 8, 2022 (2022-3-8) | 120 | 0.35 |

### Season 2 (2023–25)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| Part 1 ||||||
| 21 | 1 | "Big Ball Bromance" | November 7, 2023 (2023-11-7) | 201 | 0.45 |
| 22 | 2 | "The Fast and the Furriest" | November 14, 2023 (2023-11-14) | 202 | 0.34 |
| 23 | 3 | "Thou Shall Wipe Out" | November 21, 2023 (2023-11-21) | 203 | 0.39 |
| 24 | 4 | "The Big Leballski" | November 28, 2023 (2023-11-28) | 204 | 0.38 |
| 25 | 5 | "Fit for a Prince" | December 5, 2023 (2023-12-5) | 205 | 0.43 |
| Part 2 ||||||
| 26 | 6 | "Jackie Chan Is Not in This One" | December 1, 2024 (2024-12-1) | 206 | 0.19 |
| 27 | 7 | "Couples Game Night!" | December 8, 2024 (2024-12-8) | 207 | 0.31 |
| 28 | 8 | "Battle of the Biggest Fans" | December 15, 2024 (2024-12-15) | 208 | 0.24 |
| 29 | 9 | "All in a Day's Twerk" | December 22, 2024 (2024-12-22) | 209 | 0.24 |
| 30 | 10 | "Business in Front, Wipeouts in Back" | December 29, 2024 (2024-12-29) | 210 | 0.26 |
| 31 | 11 | "Princess Camille Is Here" | January 5, 2025 (2025-1-5) | 211 | 0.26 |
| 32 | 12 | "John and Nicole's Excellent Adventure" | January 12, 2025 (2025-1-12) | 212 | 0.28 |
| 33 | 13 | "Time to Drop the Hammock" | January 19, 2025 (2025-1-19) | 213 | 0.26 |
| 34 | 14 | "Cheetahs Never Win" | January 26, 2025 (2025-1-26) | 214 | N/A |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Result | Refs |
| 2022 | Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | Best Cable Reality Show or Competition Series | Nominated | |

## International broadcast

The show also used to air in the United Kingdom on E4, Southeast Asia on AXN, Canada on CTV Comedy, Latin America on Warner Channel, the Netherlands on RTL7, and Spain on Boing.