Monster Jam World Finals 20

Monster Jam World Finals 20 was an event held May 10-11, 2019. It was held at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. This was the first time ever that the World Finals was held outside of Las Vegas. It was also the first World Finals since World Finals 6 to have rained during the event, specifically during Saturday.

Interestingly, on top of Racing, Freestyle, and the Showdown, there was five new competitions involved, being the high jump, two-wheel skills, ATV racing, Speedster racing, and Speedster obstacle course. This means that 7 World Finals champions was crowned by the end of the event. However this also brings a reduction to the main field lineup, reducing it back to 24 for freestyle and racing, and 8 trucks/drivers compete in the two-wheel and high jump competitions. The Showdown was downgraded to 8 trucks as well.

Showdown

 * 1) Grave Digger #34: Krysten Anderson
 * 2) Max-D #7: Blake Granger (Showdown debut)
 * 3) El Toro Loco: Mark List
 * 4) Alien Invasion: Bernard Lyght
 * 5) Monster Mutt Dalmatian: Kaylyn Migues (Showdown debut) Screenshot 20190503-233139.jpgScreenshot 20190503-232947.jpgScreenshot 20190503-233014.jpg
 * 6) Soldier Fortune Black Ops: Tony Ochs
 * 7) Kraken: Nick Pagliarulo (Showdown debut)
 * 8) Scooby-Doo!: Lindsey Read

Racing & Freestyle

 * 1) Grave Digger #33 : Morgan Kane
 * 2) Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Ice): Cynthia Gauthier
 * 3) Megalodon: Justin Sipes
 * 4) Bakugan Dragonoid: Camden Murphy (World Finals debut)
 * 5) Avenger: Jim Koehler
 * 6) Whiplash: Brianna Mahon
 * 7) El Toro Loco: Becky McDonough
 * 8) Zombie (Fire): Bari Musawwir
 * 9) Wild Flower: Rosalee Ramer
 * 10) Lucas Oil Crusader: Linsey Weenk Screenshot 20190508-084709.jpg
 * 11) Dragon (Ice): Jon Zimmer
 * 12) Son-uva Digger: Ryan Anderson
 * 13) Max-D #9: Neil Elliott
 * 14) Great Clips Mohawk Warrior: Bryce Kenny
 * 15) Bounty Hunter: Jimmy Creten
 * 16) BroDozer: Heavy D (World Finals debut)
 * 17) Max-D #8 (Fire): Tom Meents (Stadium Championship Series 1 Champion)
 * 18) Grave Digger #35: Adam Anderson (Stadium Championship Series 2 Champion)
 * 19) Monster Energy (Escalade): Todd LeDuc (Stadium Championship Series 3 Champion)
 * 20) Grave Digger #39: Randy Brown (Arena Tour Champion)
 * 21) Grave Digger #31: Brandon Vinson (Triple Threat Series Central Champion) (World Finals debut)
 * 22) Grave Digger #36: Tyler Menninga (Triple Threat Series West Champion)
 * 23) EarthShaker: Tristan England (Triple Threat Series East Champion)
 * 24) Scooby-Doo!: Lindsey Read (Showdown winner) (World Finals debut)

Great Clips 2 Wheel Skills Challenge

 * 1) Max-D (Fire): Tom Meents
 * 2) Grave Digger: Adam Anderson
 * 3) Son-uva Digger: Ryan Anderson
 * 4) EarthShaker: Tristan England
 * 5) El Toro Loco: Armando Castro (World Finals debut)
 * 6) Grave Digger: Brandon Vinson (World Finals debut)
 * 7) Max-D: Neil Elliott
 * 8) Grave Digger: Tyler Menninga

High Jump

 * 1) Avenger (on Axe): Jim Koehler
 * 2) Bakugan Dragonoid: Camden Murphy (World Finals debut)
 * 3) Wild Flower (on Time Flys): Rosalee Ramer
 * 4) Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Ice): Cynthia Gauthier
 * 5) Monster Energy (Escalade): Todd LeDuc
 * 6) Max-D (Fire): Tom Meents
 * 7) El Toro Loco (Ice): Scott Buetow
 * 8) Megalodon (Fire): Cory Rummell

Speedsters

 * 1) Max-D: Colton Eichelberger
 * 2) El Toro Loco: Mark List (World Finals debut)
 * 3) Grave Digger: Tyler Menninga
 * 4) Blue Thunder: Matt Cody (World Finals debut)
 * 5) Alien Invasion: Bernard Lyght (World Finals debut)
 * 6) Grave Digger: Brandon Vinson
 * 7) El Toro Loco: Armando Castro (World Finals debut)
 * 8) Max-D: Blake Granger (World Finals debut)

ATV Racing

 * 1) Soldier Fortune: Kayla Blood (World Finals debut)
 * 2) Grave Digger: Tyler Menninga
 * 3) El Toro Loco: Mark List
 * 4) Max-D: Blake Granger
 * 5) Max-D: Colton Eichelberger
 * 6) Pirate's Curse: Justin Hicks (World Finals debut)
 * 7) Grave Digger: Brandon Vinson
 * 8) Soldier Fortune Black Ops: Tony Ochs (World Finals debut)

Hosts

 * Leslie Mears (NBC only)
 * Mitchell Rains (Main)
 * K. Yung (Pit Reporter)
 * Abby Baltezar (Stands)
 * Casey Gagliardi (Stands)
 * Taylor Mock (Main Stage)
 * Lola (Main Stage)
 * Keith Jones (Main Stage)
 * John Saponaro (Performance Arena/Main Stage)
 * Matt Isbill (RC World Finals)

Special Designs

 * Bounty Hunter debuted a brand new Five Finger Death Punch inspired body.
 * Avenger ran an Avengers inspired Red, White, and Blue design.
 * Jester debuted a new diamond blue design *Non competing
 * King Krunch unveiled a new scheme *Non competing
 * The Monster Jam Stunt Truck debuted *Non competing
 * A Fire Grave Digger debuted during the racing encore *Non competing
 * An Ice Soldier Fortune debuted at the racing encore *Non competing
 * Scarlet Bandit debuted a new paint scheme *Non competing
 * Anger Management unveiled a new paint scheme. *Non competing

Round 1
Soldier Fortune Black Ops vs. Monster Mutt Dalmatian

Kraken vs. Grave Digger (Anderson)

El Toro Loco (List) vs. Scooby-Doo

Alien Invasion vs. Max-D (Granger)

Semi-Finals
Soldier Fortune Black Ops vs. Kraken (could not return; crash)

Scooby Doo vs Max-D (Granger)

Championship Race
Scooby Doo vs. Soldier Fortune Black Ops

Great Clips Two Wheel Skills Challenge

 * 1) Max-D (Fire) - 9.548
 * 2) EarthShaker - 9.355
 * 3) Grave Digger (Vinson) - 9.113
 * 4) Max-D (Elliott) - 8.911
 * 1) El Toro Loco (Castro) - 8.533
 * 2) Son-Uva Digger - 7.895
 * 3) Grave Digger (Menninga) - 6.644
 * 4) Grave Digger (Anderson) - 5.624

Round 1
Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Ice) vs. Grave Digger (Vinson)

Zombie (Fire) vs. Wild Flower

'''Scooby-Doo! '''(could not return) vs. Dragon (Ice)

Grave Digger (Brown) vs. Bakugan Dragonoid

Lucas Oil Crusader vs. El Toro Loco

BroDozer vs. Bounty Hunter

Grave Digger (Kane) vs. Whiplash

Great Clips Mohawk Warrior vs. Avenger

Round 2
Grave Digger (Menninga) vs. Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Ice)

Megalodon vs. Zombie (Fire)

Max-D (Elliott) vs. Bakugan Dragonoid

Max-D (Fire) vs. Dragon (Ice)

Son-uva Digger vs. Lucas Oil Crusader

EarthShaker vs. Bounty Hunter

Monster Energy vs. Grave Digger (Kane)

Grave Digger (Anderson) vs. Great Clips Mohawk Warrior

Round 3
Grave Digger (Menninga) (Crash) vs. Zombie (Fire) (Crash)

Bakugan Dragonoid vs. Dragon (Ice) (Crash)

Son-uva Digger vs. Bounty Hunter

Grave Digger (Kane) (crash) vs. Grave Digger (Anderson)

Semi-Finals
Bounty Hunter (Crash) vs. Grave Digger (Anderson)

Zombie (Fire) vs. Bakugan Dragonoid

Championship Race
Bounty Hunter vs. Zombie (Fire) (Red-lighted)

Racing Encore
All 6 of the Fire and Ice trucks that competed during first quarter, as well as an Ice Soldier Fortune and a Fire Grave Digger, came to do donuts. Then seven of the eight trucks performed backflips.

Ice Fire
 * El Toro Loco: Scott Buetow
 * Dragon: Coty Saucier
 * Monster Mutt Dalmatian: Cynthia Gauthier
 * Soldier Fortune: Kayla Blood
 * Max-D: Tom Meents
 * Zombie: Bari Musawwir
 * Megalodon: Cory Rummell
 * Grave Digger: Charlie Pauken

Friday

 * 1) Max-D (Granger)
 * 2) Max-D (Eichelberger)
 * 3) El Toro Loco (List)
 * 4) Soldier Fortune Black Ops
 * 5) Soldier Fortune
 * 6) Grave Digger (Vinson)
 * 7) Pirate’s Curse
 * 8) Grave Digger (Menninga)

Saturday

 * 1) Max-D (Granger)
 * 2) Max-D (Eichelberger)
 * 3) El Toro Loco (List)
 * 4) Grave Digger (Vinson)
 * 5) Grave Digger (Menninga)
 * 6) Soldier Fortune
 * 7) Pirate’s Curse
 * 8) Soldier Fortune Black Ops

Points Total

 * 1) Max-D (Granger) - 16
 * 2) Max-D (Eichelberger) - 14
 * 3) El Toro Loco - 12
 * 4) Grave Digger (Vinson) - 8
 * 5) Soldier Fortune - 7
 * 6) Soldier Fortune Black Ops - 6
 * 7) Grave Digger (Menninga) - 5
 * 8) Pirate's Curse - 4

Round 1
Max-D (Eichelberger) vs. Alien Invasion

El Toro Loco (Castro) vs'''. ''' El Toro Loco (List)

Max-D (Granger) vs. Grave Digger (VInson)

Grave Digger (Menninga) vs. Blue Thunder

Semi-Finals
Max-D (Eichelberger) vs. El Toro Loco (Castro)

Grave Digger (Menninga) vs. Max-D (Granger)

Third Place Consolation Race
El Toro Loco (Castro) vs. Max-D (Granger)

Championship Race
Max-D (Eichelberger) vs. Grave Digger (Menninga)

Round 1
Max-D (Eichelberger) vs. Grave Digger (Vinson)

Max-D (Granger) vs. Blue Thunder

Grave Digger (Menninga) vs. Alien Invasion

El Toro Loco (Castro) vs. El Toro Loco (List)

Semi-Finals
Grave Digger (Vinson) vs. Blue Thunder

El Toro Loco (Castro) vs. Alien Invasion

Third Place Consolation Race
Blue Thunder vs. Alien Invasion

Championship Race
Grave Digger (Vinson) vs. El Toro Loco (Castro)

Points Total

 * 1) El Toro Loco (Castro) - 13
 * 2) Max-D (Eichelberger) - 11
 * 3) Blue Thunder - 10
 * 4) Grave Digger (Vinson) - 9
 * 5) Max-D (Granger) - 9
 * 6) Grave Digger (Menninga) - 9
 * 7) El Toro Loco (List) - 7
 * 8) Alien Invasion - 4

Round 1
Max-D (Eichelberger) vs. Alien Invasion

El Toro Loco (Castro) vs'''.  El Toro Loco (List)'''

Max-D (Granger) vs. Grave Digger (VInson)

Grave Digger (Menninga) vs. Blue Thunder

Semi-Finals
Max-D (Eichelberger) vs. El Toro Loco (List)

Max-D (Granger) vs. Blue Thunder

Third Place Race
El Toro Loco (List) vs. Blue Thunder

Championship Race
Max-D (Eichelberger) vs. Max-D (Granger)

Round 1
Max-D (Granger) vs. Grave Digger (Vinson)

Blue Thunder vs. Alien Invasion

Max-D (Eichelberger) vs. El Toro Loco (Castro)

EL Toro Loco (List) vs. Grave Digger (Menninga)

Semi-Finals
Grave Digger (Menninga) vs. El Toro Loco (Castro)

Blue Thunder vs. Max-D (Granger) (could not continue)

Championship Race
El Toro Loco (Castro) vs. Blue Thunder

Points Total

 * 1) Blue Thunder - 13
 * 2) Max-D (Granger) - 13
 * 3) Max-D (Eichelberger) - 10
 * 4) El Toro Loco (List) - 9
 * 5) Alien Invasion - 9
 * 6) Grave Digger (Menninga) - 8
 * 7) El Toro Loco (Castro) - 8
 * 8) Grave Digger (Vinson) - 2

High Jump

 * 1) Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Ice) - 45.472ft.
 * 2) Bakugan Dragonoid - 45.3857ft.
 * 3) Monster Energy - 45.3847ft.
 * 4) El Toro Loco (Ice) - 45.124ft.IMG_20190515_132843.jpg
 * 5) Megalodon (Fire) - 43.996ft.
 * 6) Avenger - 43.475ft.
 * 7) Max-D (Fire) - 42.954ft.
 * 8) Wild Flower - DNC

Freestyle

 * 1) 60154530 10156886136101391 7147598562988130304 o.jpgScooby-Doo! - 9.371
 * 2) Bakugan Dragonoid - 9.250
 * 3) Whiplash - 9.183
 * 4) Monster Energy - 9.052
 * 5) BroDozer - 8.987
 * 6) Lucas Oil Crusader - 8.90760442049_10157096986375833_6464985821358325760_o.jpg60319428_10157096986700833_8314589508578312192_o.jpg60042992 10156886150246391 2752685763102507008 o.jpg
 * 7) Megalodon - 8.436
 * 8) Great Clips Mohawk Warrior - 8.350
 * 9) Son-uva Digger - 8.337
 * 10) Max-D (Fire) -  8.203
 * 11) Bounty Hunter - 7.978
 * 12) Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Ice) - 7.817
 * 13) El Toro Loco - 7.637
 * 14) Grave Digger (Brown) - 7.480
 * 15) Grave Digger (Menninga) - 7.244
 * 16) Grave Digger (Vinson) -  7.237
 * 17) Max-D (Elliott) - 7.196
 * 18) Grave Digger (Anderson) - 6.656
 * 19) Avenger - 6.399
 * 20) Grave Digger (Kane) 6.221
 * 21) Zombie (Fire) - 6.013
 * 22) Wild Flower - 5.865
 * 23) Dragon (Ice) - 5.237
 * 24) EarthShaker - 3.025

Freestyle Encore
Colton Eichelberger in the Monster Jam Stunt Truck jumped over seven trucks using the middle jump.

Overall Champions

 * Two Wheel Skills – Max-D (Fire) – Tom Meents
 * Racing – Bounty Hunter – Jimmy Creten
 * Speedster Racing – El Toro Loco – Armando Castro
 * Speedster Obstacle Course – Blue Thunder – Matt Cody
 * ATV Racing – Max-D – Blake Granger
 * High Jump – Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Ice) – Cynthia Gauthier
 * Freestyle – Scooby-Doo! – Lindsey Read

Other Awards

 * Rookie(s) of the Year – Nick Pagliarulo (Kraken) and Heavy D (BroDozer)
 * Rising Star – Camden Murphy (Bakugan Dragonoid)
 * Technician (s) of the Year – Josh Dyche (Team Max-D) and Cory Rummell (Megalodon (Fire))
 * Arena 2 Wheel Skills – Tristan England (EarthShaker – Baltimore)
 * Stadium 2 Wheel Skills – Ryan Anderson (Son-uva Digger – St. Louis)
 * Arena Donut – Kayla Blood (Soldier Fortune – Charleston)
 * Stadium Donut – Diesel Dave (BroDozer – Anaheim)
 * Extreme Air – Cory Rummell (Rage – Minneapolis)
 * Outreach – Tanner Root (Monster Mutt)
 * Crash Madness – Charlie Pauken (Grave Digger – Minneapolis)
 * Save of the Year – Bryce Kenny (Great Clips Mohawk Warrior – Houston)
 * WOW Factor – John Gordon (Bad Company – St. Louis)
 * Arena Freestyle – Tony Ochs (Soldier Fortune Black Ops – Jacksonville)
 * Stadium Freestyle – Ryan Anderson (Son-uva Digger – St. Louis)

Displays

 * Anger Management
 * Bad Company
 * Bad News Travels Fast
 * Blue Thunder
 * Brutus (On Axe)
 * Crime Time
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 * FTI Torque
 * Grave Digger Fire
 * Hammerhead
 * Ice Cream Man
 * Jester
 * King Krunch
 * Monster Energy (F-150; Coty Saucier's)
 * Monster Mutt Dalmatian (Candice Jolly's)
 * Monster Jam Stunt Truck
 * Monster Jam World Finals XX Display Truck
 * Palmetto Patrol
 * Pirate's Curse
 * Rat Nasty
 * Reptoid
 * Sasquatch
 * Scarlet Bandit
 * Scooby Doo! (Myranda Cozad's)
 * Soldier Fortune
 * Soldier Fortune Ice
 * Split Personality
 * Tantrum (Race)
 * The Xtermigator
 * War Wizard
 * Wolf's Head Oil
 * Xtreme Diesel
 * Zombie (Joe Urie's)
 * Zombie (Macey Nicter's)

Pit Party Trucks that did not appear (As of 5-10-2019)

 * Slinger
 * Train Wreck

Ride Trucks

 * Grave Digger #11
 * BKT

Trivia

 * This is the first official World Finals (aside from the Motor Madness World Finals "0") to be held outside of Las Vegas.37658576 487456135016084 1877366248447148032 n.jpg
 * Originally, this event was planned to happen in East Rutherford, NJ, at MetLife Stadium in May 2019. This however, was changed due to scheduling conflicts.
 * This is the first World Finals to incorporate more events into the overall competition
 * This is the first World Finals to have 7 champions crowned.
 * This is the first time the truck lineup is reduced.
 * Despite the reduced line-up, drivers are able to compete in multiple elements.
 * There were two Wild Flowers present. The normal chassis was used for Racing and Freestyle, while a second body was placed on the Time Flys chassis for the High Jump competition.
 * Avenger's special paint scheme was ran on the Axe chassis for a display before World Finals, and competed in Racing, High Jump and Freestyle with his current chassis.
 * This is the first World Finals since 2003 without Monster Mutt, the first since 2012 without Northern Nightmare, and the first since 2014 without Overkill Evolution.
 * In contrast, this is their first World Finals; since 2008 without Cam McQueen, since 2006 without Charlie Pauken and Marc McDonald, since 2009 without Candice Jolly, and since 2015 without Coty Saucier.
 * This is the first time 5 Grave Diggers compete in freestyle and racing. This would break its World Finals 17, 18, and 19 record when those had 4 Grave Diggers in the competition.
 * Jim Koehler is the only driver to compete in all 20 World Finals (Including World Finals "0") driving the same truck.
 * Tyler Menninga in Grave Digger was the fastest qualifier with a time of 13.103 seconds.
 * This World Finals marked the first ever female Showdown winner, Lindsey Read and Scooby-Doo! defeated Soldier Fortune Black Ops and Tony Ochs in the Championship round.
 * Jimmy Creten and Bounty Hunter became the first independent to win a World Finals Racing Championship.
 * Jimmy Creten finally won racing for the first time in his carrer with Bounty Hunter after going to the championship round 5 times in World Finals 3, 4, 7, 9, and 12 and lose in those championship round races.
 * This was the first World Finals since 2005 to have rained during the show, specifically on Saturday.
 * Ironically enough, at Jimmy Creten in Bounty Hunter would earn his 2 World Championships at the 2 World Finals it rained.
 * All competitors on Friday ran 2nd Gen. BKT's; while on Saturday, Koehler ran 3rd Gen. BKT's for High Jump and Freestyle and Ramer used her 3rd Gen. BKT's for the High Jump competition, however the truck broke during intros.
 * Lindsey Read and Cynthia Gauthier join Madusa as the only 3 females to win a title. Lindsey won freestyle and Cynthia won the high jump.
 * There was a half hour delay in the show on Saturday during freestyle due to a thunderstorm.
 * The freestyle encore was originally cancelled during this delay. However, conditions improved, and the encore was performed.
 * This World Finals tied World Finals 3 and 11 to have the most racing crashes with 5. This being Grave Digger (Menninga), Zombie Fire (got fixed in time for the next round), Dragon Ice, Grave Digger (Kane), and the eventual racing champion Bounty Hunter (got fixed in time for the next round).