History of SSAS

2015-2017
The host cwrpg02 have been considered a custom version of Ninja Warrior since 2015, the time where C.W.H Entertainment was under a former name, called RC Entertainment. Spanning from 2015 to 2017, a customized competition was held, which was unofficially named "Heroes Royale Warrior". It consisted of 3-4 obstacle course that loops indefinitely without rest in between. On each season, there are selected number of competitors compete in a Last Man Standing basis. The ranking was determined by the furthest to the longest time. In each episode, the last place competitor was eliminated, this lasts until there are only one competitor left, which would be declared as the champion of the season.

Its first season was the only season to be distributed under RC Entertainment, in which the label was defuncted shortly afterwards. Despite that, the series continued to air for another 2 seasons before being ceased in 2017.

Prequel
The series was originally debuted on March 24, 2020 as a pre-release version, called Sploder SASUKE. Although it is not counted as a debut, but the competition is released to promote their pre-course plans on the upcoming debut later the same year. The course featured many 2D designed obstacles which can be found and can be played on a now-defuncted Sploder, under the member named harchunwai3.

During the making of its fifth tournament, it was ultimately cancelled due to the upcoming debut. However, before the cancellation, the special edition of SSAS P was released, called 10th Anniversary Festival in conjunction of the account's 10th anniversary since the creator of the competition have joined Sploder back in 2010. As a result, the pre-release version only had four tournaments and one special competition.

The series' official debut was on April 14, 2020, almost half a month after the pre-release version debuted. The name of the competition was revealed to be Spectacular SASUKE, or in abbreviation as SSAS. It's first four tournaments were held in April 2020. Due to its popularity, the first ever spin-off series from the show was spawned, called Celebrity SSAS, or known as SSAS C. It usually held once a month, and every two regular tournaments. The format was similar to regular competitions, the only difference compared to regular competitions are being all 50 competitors are composed of fictional characters. Due to its huge success, fictional characters are later emerged into regular competitions, this led to a massive downhill of Celebrity SSAS.

Another spin-off show was held, as a preliminary round and qualification for regular competitions, called SSAS Trials. It was issued to let more competitors to have a "try-out" on the course. This series usually held every five tournaments, or in any special occasions, for example: SSAS Trials 3 where it was held for ĐHN SASUKE 2021: 10th Anniversary. The first season was premiered on May 20, 2020 and the season had invited a total of 133 competitors competing in 3 qualifying heats. Before the taping of the sixth competition, the rank system was introduced in order to determine competitors' quality.

The sixth competition had spawned the first batch of total victories, with four competitors achieved this feat. The era concluded with the formation of Sokan'na Sedai.

The peak
The first batch of total victories had led to the first ever course renewal, which was revealed in SSAS C2, the tournament after that batch of total victories. The course was proven to be brutal, and it made history with not just had the least First Stage clears in history, yet the worst performance in overall. However, since then, it was expected that many rookies have been emerged to the competition.

On July 5, 2020, SSAS had spawned another spin-off show, Beastmaster. Beforehand, it was originally known as SSAS: Ninja vs. Ninja, the show's name and concept was changed at the last minute due to few arguments between producers. The first season was premiered on July 5, 2020 and ended on July 26, 2020 with a total of 8 episodes. On August 31, 2020, it was announced that Celebrity SSAS would aired its third and final tournament as it would be cancelled due to low ratings and competitors are now in favor of regular competitions.

In conjunction of the show's tenth tournament, it was announced that SSAS Trials have been renewed for its second season. It was known that the qualifying rounds will be expanded into many different regions, ranging from real worlds to fictional places. However, due to concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic, few places have been either cancelled or skipped, while ending up skipped places being later cancelled. However, due to a very long season, the productions have been slowly went downhill. SSAS Trials 2 premiered on September 9, 2020, ranging in three mini-seasons, signifying different months each mini-season, and ended on November 29, 2020, with a total of 17 episodes. The highly anticipated tenth tournament was taped shortly after SSAS Trials 2's season finale, and aired on December 21, 2020.

RISING era
According to the scrapped inaugural CSW awards, it was known that SSAS had been nominated for 4 out of 10 award categories, in which 2 out of 4 have won. In the mid-January 2021, the series spawned its eleventh regular competition, which would marked as the second batch of total victories made, this time with only 2 competitors instead of previous 4 have achieved this feat. The second course renewal was issued in the twelfth tournament, which was aired on February 5, 2021. The First Stage of the course was proven to be extremely brutal, as for the first time ever that all 50 competitors being eliminated, leaving no clears.

Due to ĐHN SASUKE would commence its tenth season, SSAS Trials was renewed for the third season. The third season saw the format changed again due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was divided into only 4 heats, which consisted of a total of 200 competitors. As well to promote the season, four special competitors did ran the qualifying course for fun. In total, 3 competitors have conquered the Mega Wall and raised a total of 20,000 CWH to 23 unique competitors. The third season of SSAS Trials was not just for ĐHN SASUKE 2021: 10th Anniversary, it was also served as the qualification for the thirteenth tournament. The thirteenth tournament aired on May 28, 2021, marking the first tournament in around 3 months.

Shortly after the taping of its thirteenth tournament, it was reported that SSAS Beastmaster was renewed for its second season, this time it was called SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League. On early June 2021, the fourteenth tournament has been announced and was considered one of two external auditions for SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League. The tournament aired on June 18, 2021. The fifteenth tournament was announced on July 10, 2021, and was again considered the second external auditions for SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League. It was aired on August 8, 2021. Almost a day after the tournament, it would later announced that SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League will be premiered after several months of delay due to the Olympics.

Renovation
On August 23, 2021, the sixteenth tournament has been announced. Though it was expected to be held during the midst tapings of SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League, the tournament did not conduct an external auditions for that show. The tournament also saw some major renovations, most notably the Preliminary Stage, which consisted of 5-obstacle course with no rest in between. The stage pits unlimited number of competitors which would divided into several waves depending on their preserved category. The ranking system were announced its return for the first time since SSAS 9. The rankings were determined by the points, with up to 15 points at stake for each regular tournament. These points were later called "Elite Points".

Shortly after SSAS 16's taping, a post-tournament series, called All-Stars Special has been conducted. It was expected to be air right after SSAS 16's air date. As there is barely any taping sessions for either the preliminary stage and SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League, there have been rumours that the producer of the show are working on a new project, serving as a local competition based off SSAS, and thus may effectively retiring all the current spin-offs from the show, including the Beastmaster series. The local competition was later named the Ninja Association, which had started its pilot season in November 2021.

On December 1, 2021, it was reported that the producers are pushing the seventeeth tournament, which was expected to air in late December. Thus, effectively delaying the premiere of All-Stars Special. Shortly after the filming of SSAS 17, it was announced that the last few segments from the All-Stars Special were scrapped, this meaning the remaining skills challenges have been cancelled. Later the same day, it was reported that SSAS 17 will be aired on December 30, 2021, as well as the premiere of All-Stars Special to be on January 1, 2022.

On the midnight of December 26, 2021, right after Christmas Day, the creator of the competition updated his Instagram profile, citing "I don't deserve # 1500" in his bio. This teasing that there could be a 20th competition held somewhere in 2022. Despite that, it was partially confirmed that the 20th competition will be held, as it was too early for the competition being officially announced. Later on the same day, according to the creator himself, he already have a plan of renewing SSAS Trials for the fourth season in 2022, serving as the preliminary for the upcoming 20th tournament, but was uncertain to its actual format yet since he had the hunch to wrap up the filming of SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League by the Lunar New Year of 2022 in order to make room for future competitions and possibly other spin-offs.

On December 31, 2021, C.W.H Entertainment, a label that owns the show, released a teaser regarding future shows regarding the SSAS franchise in 2022. It was revealed that there would be 20th regular tournament held, SSAS Trials would be renewed for the fourth season to serve as one of few qualifications for the upcoming tournament, as well as the all-stars special would be renewed for the second season to be held after the 20th regular tournament. It also partially confirmed that the Ninja Association would start its first ever season in 2022, although it's pre-season along with its production being halted. The teaser also revealed that SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League would resume its broadcast, although was uncertain about when it would exactly return.

Reunion days
The eighteenth tournament was announced on January 3, 2022, and was expected to held in mid-January 2022. The tournament was somewhat marked the "Reunion of All-Stars", as the loaded number of competitors will return to compete for the first time in nearly 8 months. Meanwhile, SSAS Trials has officially renewed for its fourth season, in which its private casting has been conducted since early January 2022, while being opened publicly on January 13, 2022. It was also revealed that over 300 competitors have registered for the season, not counting fictional competitors. On January 16, 2022, it was revealed that SSAS 18 will be aired on January 31, 2022, as part of Lunar New Year Eve special.

In late-January 2022, it was reported that the tapings of SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League would be paused for a few days due to Lunar New Year break, it was later resumed on February 4, 2022. Later the same day that The Darkside's League was resumed taping, the official application for the nineteenth tournament has been released, teasing that it could be part of SSAS's 20th Anniversary Project. It was also announced that SSAS would go on hiatus after the 20th Anniversary Project. The reason behind the scheduled hiatus is currently unknown.

The first 32 competitors for SSAS 19 was revealed on March 1, 2022, while the other 18 competitors were never revealed. The filming took place on March 6, 2022 and has reportedly wrapped on March 15, 2022 in occasional taping sessions. On March 17, 2022, it was announced that SSAS 19 will be aired on April 14, 2022 to commemorate the show's second anniversary. On April 3, 2022, it was announced that SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League will return to air on April 14, the same day that SSAS 19 will be aired.

Potential end
In October 2022, it was leaked that SSAS 20 would be the final tournament under the name SSAS, while other spin-offs would end immediately after the tournament. The creator of the competition have already consider a reboot of the competition since during the mid taping of SSAS Trials 4, citing with a different approach or route aiming to have a unique yet finest ninja experience.

20th Anniversary Project
Since the announcement of SSAS 20, everything have been silent due to the owner's busy schedules. However, on April 1, 2023, it was announced that SSAS Trials 4 will set to premiere by the end of April.