
Likewise, several other events that had new versions (Hand Walk IV, Super Riders IV and V, Skeboarder II), were ultimately not shown. Unbeatable Banzuke however, just focuses on the obstacle course events, with only a few of the more non conventional challenges such as Daruma 7 being shown. Adapted Out: Kinniku Banzuke, being a sports variety show, held numerous other events besides obstacle courses, primarily target-based games involving baseballs (Struck Out), basketball (9 Hoops), soccer (Kick Target), etc., along with other events.The show had several reflex-based action game adaptations developed by Konami. However, after 65 episodes, the show was Screwed by the Network and canceled despite having more footage for other events. G4 only showed a decent handful of episodes over and over again, only getting a fresh batch of episodes in 2008, which went into rotation. The concept of the show is still maintained in other programs, but the original Kinniku Banzuke itself is essentially over. Successor shows known as Taiku Okoku, Golden Muscle, and the original incarnation of VIKING were aired in its place, among other shows, but rarely lasted past a year. Revised safety guidelines at the time meant that the show was put on hiatus and essentially canceled. The show began in 1995, airing on a daily basis consistently until 2002, whereupon a new event known as "Power Island", caused two injuries on the Rock Attack and Rock Valley obstacles.

In Australia, it premiered on SBS2 on April 2 2012. It was shown in the United States on G4 TV, often hand in hand with Ninja Warrior.

This show is in a similar vein to Ninja Warrior failing once on any given event means you are out.

Also known by the name "Kinniku Banzuke", which literally means "Muscle Ranking", Unbeatable Banzuke was a Japanese athletic Game Show in which competitors are challenged in one of more than two dozen events, ranging from target-events adapted to various sports, to nine-area obstacle courses, to other challenges of a different variety, all for the honor of adding their name to the list of champions, the titular BANZUKE.
