SNL’s ‘American Ninja Warrior’ spoof has Drake playing the part of Akbar Gbajabiamila

If one measures a sport’s cultural penetration by its being spoofed on Saturday Night Live, then Ninja Warrior’s obstacle-racing competition has officially arrived. In the SNL sketch, Jeff (Bobby Moynihan) competes on American Ninja Warrior after his hometown has been wiped out by a twister. Matt Iseman (Beck Bennett) and Akbar Gbajabiamila (Drake) narrate Captain Tornado’s hapless repeat efforts on the Quad Steps obstacle.

A photo posted by Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) on May 14, 2016 at 8:49pm PDT

Both real-life ANW commentators took to Twitter to acknowledge their growing fame…

#ICYMI: That time I got spoofed by @Drake on Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl)… #Drake as #AmericanNinjaWarrior host. https://t.co/Ii25krEw9n

— Akbar Gbajabiamila (@Akbar_Gbaja) May 16, 2016

Well, we started at the bottom…. https://t.co/OcwyMzlUsa

— Matt Iseman (@mattiseman) May 16, 2016

[fusion_title size=”4″]GBAJABIAMILA THE GREAT[/fusion_title]

Aside from hosting ANW and having been parodied by Drake, former NFLer Gbajabiamila has another claim to fame — as a cop avenger.

Gbajabiamila described to TMZ Sports exactly what happened when he decided to get in his car and chase after an SUV that hit an LAPD motorcycle officer.