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The Worst Episodes of Deadliest Warrior

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  1. 6.5/10(43 votes)

    #1 - Nazi SS vs. Viet Cong

    S2:E5

    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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  2. 6.5/10(39 votes)

    #2 - Comanche vs. Mongol

    S2:E12

    The Native American commando is matched against the barbaric Asian warrior who conquered more territory than any other empire in history.

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  3. 6.6/10(65 votes)

    #3 - George Washington vs. Napoleon

    S3:E1

    Big leaders, bigger battle. The man who lead the United States of America to victory over the British during faces up against one of Europe's most successful conquerors of all time.

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  4. 7.0/10(77 votes)

    #4 - Pirate vs. Knight

    S1:E4

    A Pirate - the merciless high seas marauder; versus a Knight - the armored battle tank that crushed infidels underfoot. It's an explosive, bloody battle between two fighters who hate everything the other stands for - pistols versus crossbow, gunpowder against armor, and cutlass versus a spiked ball of death.

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  5. 7.0/10(37 votes)

    #5 - Navy Seal vs. Israeli Commando

    S2:E13

    The cunning American killers of both land and sea matches their skills with Israel's covert assassins.

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  6. 7.1/10(48 votes)

    #6 - Roman Centurion vs. Rajput

    S2:E6

    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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  8. 7.2/10(41 votes)

    #7 - Persian Immortal vs. Celt

    S2:E8

    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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  9. 7.2/10(43 votes)

    #8 - KGB vs. CIA

    S2:E9

    KGB, the Kremlin's covert killers goes head-to-head with the CIA, America's clandestine assassins. Deadly spymasters of the Cold War face off with chilling top-secret arsenals: silenced mini-machine guns, exploding spikes, brutal shoe knives and neck-slicing garrote wires.

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  10. 7.2/10(44 votes)

    #9 - Vlad the Impaler vs. Sun Tzu

    S2:E10

    The Transylvanian butcher who was the inspiration for the legendary Count Dracula faces China's deadly warlord and master strategist.

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  11. 7.3/10(72 votes)

    #10 - Yakuza vs. Mafia

    S1:E5

    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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  12. 7.3/10(72 votes)

    #11 - Joan of Arc vs. William the Conqueror

    S3:E2

    Deadliest Warrior finally has its first co-ed matchup when Joan of Arc squares off against William the Conqueror.

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  13. 7.3/10(51 votes)

    #12 - Teddy Roosevelt vs. Lawrence of Arabia

    S3:E6

    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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  14. 7.3/10(35 votes)

    #13 - Ivan the Terrible vs. Hernan Cortes

    S3:E7

    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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  15. 7.3/10(56 votes)

    #14 - Vampires vs. Zombies

    S3:E10

    Vampires are undead creatures that sustain their existence on the blood of living humans vs.Zombies, the living dead, deceased humans that have been given unnatural life to return from the grave.

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  16. 7.5/10(44 votes)

    #15 - Attila The Hun vs. Alexander The Great

    S2:E2

    Attila the Hun, the barbarian horseman who terrorized Europe, battles Alexander the Great, history's greatest military tactician.

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  17. 7.5/10(52 votes)

    #16 - Jesse James vs. Al Capone

    S2:E3

    Separated by 52 years and a generation of firepower technology, the Civil War-hardened Jesse James Gang is taking on the Tommy Gun-wielding "businessmen" from Chicago, Al Capone's Gang.

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  18. 7.5/10(59 votes)

    #17 - Saddam Hussein vs. Pol Pot

    S3:E5

    Chemical assassin and Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein goes head-to-head with Cambodian communist leader Pol Pot, whose Khmer Rouge troops filled Cambodia's killing fields with millions of innocent victims.

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  19. 7.5/10(38 votes)

    #18 - Crazy Horse vs. Pancho Villa

    S3:E8

    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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  20. 7.6/10(41 votes)

    #19 - SWAT vs. GSG-9

    S2:E1

    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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  21. 7.6/10(50 votes)

    #20 - Aztec Jaguar vs. Zande Warrior

    S2:E4

    The Aztec Jaguar takes on the Zande Warrior in a battle that brings some of the fiercest weapons yet.

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  22. 7.6/10(47 votes)

    #21 - Ming Warrior vs. Musketeer

    S2:E11

    Ming Warrior, the innovative killer who deployed exploding land-mines and flaming arrows to forge China's greatest empire faces off with the Musketeer, the elite French fighter whose skill with the rapier and musket were legendary.

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  23. 7.6/10(77 votes)

    #22 - U.S. Army Rangers vs. North Korean Special Operations Forces

    S3:E3

    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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  24. 7.7/10(69 votes)

    #23 - IRA vs. Taliban

    S1:E9

    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.

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  25. 7.7/10(42 votes)

    #24 - Somali Pirates vs. Medellin Cartel

    S2:E7

    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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  26. 7.7/10(52 votes)

    #25 - Genghis Khan vs. Hannibal

    S3:E4

    Genghis Khan, Asia's cold-blooded world conqueror, and Hannibal, the brutal annihilator of the Roman Empire, face off to the death in a battle between two warriors who wrote the book on ancient combat.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Nazi SS vs. Viet Cong" is the worst rated episode of "Deadliest Warrior". It scored 6.5/10 based on 43 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/18/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Comanche vs. Mongol".