Last season, it had an incredibly close and even match with Yeti in the preliminary rounds, then lost a weird judge’s decision to Brutus. In Season 6 they fought Overhaul twice, being awarded the win the first time then getting their tire spiked the second. On the other hand, Lock-Jaw and veteran Donald Hutson (of Diesector fame) have been involved in a number of controversial results. This year, Bombshell appears to have gone solely with the vertical spinner, which was its most effective weapon last season. Bombshell made the mistake of going back to the horizontal spinner in the final in the hopes of disabling Tombstone’s weapon but got absolutely annihilated. They were awarded a wild card and used the horizontal spinner to chop off Cobalt’s tires then went to the vertical spinner to toss around Red Devil, Poison Arrow, and Minotaur. In the preliminary round, they went with the axe and got their face melted by a fire-breathing Complete Control. Last season, Bombshell made a run to the Championship as a “Swiss Army Bot.” The general bulk of the bot was the same, but the weaponry could be swapped between a pickaxe, a horizontal spinner, and a vertical spinner. To cap it off, Minotaur’s last hit lit a fire inside of Blacksmith, leaving us with this enduring image. Blacksmith ended Season 7 by drawing Minotaur in the knockout stage and got it’s hammer destroyed and face ripped off. On the other side, Blacksmith was an instant fan favorite thanks to its Thor-like flaming hammer. It proved effective until Chomp dropped the hammer on the spinner’s control chain, rendering it useless and knocking out the Champ. For Season 7, an emphasis was placed on “primary weapon damage” so Bite Force ditched the clamping arms for a vertical spinner. Blacksmith vs Bite Forceīite Force won the Season 6 Championship with a three-pronged clamping and lifting arm that also functioned like a wedge. Tombstone just needs to keep its giant spinner in front and it should be able to knock Minotaur around the Battlebox. Minotaur needs to employ a similar strategy to what they used against Bronco last year and attack Tombstone’s wheels. We’ve already seen pieces of the fight in the promotional material for the season. Tombstone’s massive horizontal spinner against Minotaur’s vertical spinning drum. This has everything you could possibly want – two of the most destructive bots going head-to-head. This was the fight that many thought would be the Championship battle for the Giant Nut last season, but Bombshell KO’d Minotaur in the semifinals by disabling half of its drivetrain. Now that we know we’re getting even more robot fighting action in an hour of television, let’s take a look at the matchups.
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The fight card (which is a brilliant idea) shows 5 fights plus a 6th that will be bonus footage on the Science Channel re-air of the episode on Wednesday at 9pm.
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Yet somehow, in a 60-minute TV bloc (or 43-minute bloc once you take commercials out), ABC couldn’t figure out how to get more than 12 minutes of actual robot fighting.
Let me break that down for you – Battlebots fights are at most 3 minutes and many do not go that long.
One of my biggest gripes with ABC was that they could not figure out how to fit more than 4 fights into a 1-hour show. In preparation for the new season we’ve done a rundown of the Top 10 Classic Fights, Top 10 Recent fights, and Top 10 Knockouts.īotFans! The premiere of the all new season of BattleBots is only one day away! And here is your episode 01 Fight Card! /QBi4sXBBSqįor starters, before I get into breaking down the matchups, let me say this single image already shows the season is off to a better start than the ABC show. And ooooooh boy do we have a loaded lineup. Battlebots is back at 8pm EST on the Discovery Channel (with a re-airing Wednesday at 9pm on the Science Channel). After two long years of waiting, robot fighting action is returning to television.
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