The 20th Competition, official name: 新SASUKE2008春 第20回記念大会 (literally Shin-Sasuke 2008 Spring 20th Anniversary Tournament), is the third tournament since Nagano Makoto's win in SASUKE 17, and the 20th Competition since the first SASUKE held back in 1997. Preliminary trials were held before this tournament. The Sasuke 20 Trials had four representatives and the United States had three. To celebrate this historic tournament, the numbering system went from #1901-#2000, similar to SASUKE 10. Despite the course being almost identical to SASUKE 19 (with a few minor changes), only 3 out of 100 people managed to beat the First Stage, the second worst in SASUKE history. Many people failed the Half-Pipe Attack. In the Second Stage, the results were mixed. Okuyama Yoshiyuki failed the Stick Slider when his pipe got disconnected from the tracks. Levi Meeuwenberg cleared with an amazing 38.5 seconds left, a SASUKE record. The second man to achieve kanzenseiha, Nagano Makoto shocked many when he failed the Downhill Jump. The last person standing, Levi Meeuwenberg, failed at the Shin-Cliffhanger.
TBS Date: March 26, 2008
TBS Ratings: 14.4%
G4 Date: May 18, 2008
SASUKE Announcers:
1st Chair Hatsuta Keisuke (Stage 1 (#51-100), Stage 3)
2nd Chair Ogasawara Wataru (Stage 1(#1-50), Stage 2)
SASUKE Results
Best: Levi Meeuwenberg, Third Stage,Shin-Cliffhanger
Stage 1: 3 Clears
Stage 2: 1 Clears
Stage 3: 0 Clears
Final Stage: Not Attempted
First Stage
Obstacles
② Log Grip ロッググリップ
③ Pole Maze ポールメイズ
④ *Jumping Spider ジャンピングスパイダー
⑤ *Half-Pipe Attack ハーフパイプアタック
⑥ Soritatsu Kabe そり立つ壁
⑦ *Flying Chute フライングシュート
⑧ Tarzan Rope ターザンロープ
⑨ Rope Ladder ロープラダー
Time Limit: 120 seconds
Length: 120m
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* Denotes Obstacle Modification
Second Stage
Obstacles
② Salmon Ladder サーモンラダー
③ Stick Slider スティックスライダー
④ ^Swing Ladder スイングラダー
⑤ Metal Spin メタルスピン
⑥ Wall Lifting ウォールリフティング
Time Limit: 90 seconds
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Third Stage
Obstacles
② *Kudari Lamp Grasper 下りランプグラスパー
③ Devil Steps デビルステップス
④ Shin-Cliffhanger 新クリフハンガー
⑤ Jumping Bars ジャンピングバー
⑥ Sending Climber センディングクライマー
⑦ Spider Flip スパイダーフリップ
⑧ Final Ring ファイナルリング
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* Denotes Obstacle Modification
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