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 * ...that from Series 5 onward, the #2 seed would lose in Round 2 of the Semi-Finals?


 * ...that in Series 7, S.M.I.D.S.Y., Mighty Mouse, Robochicken, and Ripper were the only competitors to survive falling into the pit in their heats, and each lost their heat final?


 * ...that in Series 7, The Stag and Staglet both drove into the pit in their first and only battle?


 * ...that Series 5 was the only series to feature all the semi-finalists from the previous series; T.R.A.C.I.E. was absent in Series 2, Killertron did not compete in Series 3, Beast of Bodmin, Pitbull, Blade and Trident were not in Series 4 with the latter two dropping out at the last moment, Pussycat and Wheely Big Cheese missed out Series 6 and Series 7 did not feature Razer, Wild Thing, S3, Hypno-Disc, Dominator 2 or Terrorhurtz, with the last two, again, withdrawing at the last moment?


 * ...that in series 6 and 7, Colossus lost in the first round by being flipped over by a highly seeded flipper, and pinned in CPZs on opposing sides of the arena?


 * ...that no roboteer has competed in every main UK series, with Team Cold Fusion being the only team to be in Series 1 and Series 7?


 * ...every champion had not made it to the series semi final in the series before its win, the exception being Chaos 2 in Series 4, who won the previous series?


 * ...that despite its destructive status, Hypno-Disc only won one award, series or championship and that was "The Most Original Entry" award?


 * ...that Firestorm only made the Grand Final when Philippa Forrester was the pit reporter?


 * ...that Typhoon 2 and Panic Attack are the only Grand Champions to win a grand final as the only unseeded robot?


 * ...that Spirit of Knightmare and Arnold A. Terminegger, the two robots to finish second in the Extreme Series 1 annihilators, both failed to qualify for Robot Wars: The Fifth Wars?


 * ...that the first 3 champions of Robot Wars lost their crowns to flippers and the final 2 lost theirs to rammers?


 * ...that X-Terminator, Tornado and Thermidor 2 are the only UK Series Semi-Finalists to have reached multiple finals in non-sequential order?


 * ...that the first wheel of Milly-Ann Bug to be destroyed by Razer (the rear right wheel) had also been destroyed by Pussycat in the battle prior?


 * ...that the four grand finalists of Series 4 have all been flipped out of the arena in later series?


 * ...that of the returning Series 2 semi-finalists, only 3 from 11 reached the semi-finals in Series 3, and the trio fell in the second round?


 * ...that Team Chaos and Team Cold Fusion were the only two surviving teams from the Series 1 Grand Final to enter Series 4 and that coincidently, they met in the Grand Final of Series 4 as well with Chaos 2 and Pussycat respectively?


 * ...that autonomous robots were permitted by the rules of Robot Wars?


 * ...that every reigning champion reached at least the second round of the series Semi-Final?
 * ...that every time Cassius lost a battle, it was pitted?


 * ...that when her flywheel was introduced, Matilda was meant to have interchangable weapons, but only ever used the chainsaw in the US series?


 * ...that in both the second and third Tag Team Terror Championships, the team that defeated the reigning champions won the whole event?


 * ...that Dantomkia was in Heat C of both the sixth and seventh wars, and in both wars flipped a robot out of the arena in the second and third rounds?


 * ...that every team who defeated a robot from Team Tetanus (including Flip Flop Fly) in the UK Championships went on to lose to the eventual series Runner-up?


 * ...that all the Grand Finalists from Series 1, except for T.R.A.C.I.E., completed the Gauntlet?


 * ...that Tornado is the only UK Champion to defeat the previous champion en-route to winning the title?