Razer

"...overall it would have to be Razer...a beautiful and distinctive design and technically very impressive..."

- Robot Wars judge Mat Irvine on the robot that most impressed him

Razer was a robot which competed in the British television game show Robot Wars. One of the most famous robots in the history of robotic combat, Razer remains the most successful robot in the show's history, with forty-one battle victories and seven robot combat championships to its name.

Razer competed in Series 2-6 of the original series, both series of Robot Wars Extreme and Series 8. It was plagued by unreliability early in its career, managing only three main competition victories in as many series, but won a number of side competitions, including the first two Robot Wars World Championships. It had far greater success post-2000, as it won The Fifth Wars and came runner-up in The Sixth Wars. It made a brief return when the show was rebooted in 2016, but was eliminated in the first round after overbalancing and being dragged into the pit with Kill-E-Crank-E.

Design
"Part beak, part bird, part reptile; the whole is deadly!"

- Jonathan Pearce

In all iterations, Razer was a steel and aluminium wedge-shaped robot with four-wheel drive and a powerful hydraulic crushing claw that crushed opponents into its wedge with 9 tonnes of pressure (3 tonnes at the top). The beak was powered off a 3000PSI, 5-piston radial hydraulic pump powered by a 12V car starter motor. It gave Razer a "part bird, part reptile" look, and was capable of crushing deep into opponents' innards and even lifting them off the ground. Razer's beak was drilled full of holes — quoted as 450 in Series 4 — to meet the weight limit, but this did nothing to weaken the integrity of the powerful weapon. "From the very start, Razer was designed to be a machine of ultimate offensive capability. The question now was - what style of weapon could totally disable the opposition? It was fairly obvious - half-decent armour would sustain little more than scratches and dents from axes, hammers, disc grinders and drills. Lifting and flipping devices are very useful, but if your adversary has a "srimech" (self-righting mechanism) then they are going to be coming back at you. Bearing in mind that corrosives, explosives, lasers and the like are not permitted, Ian and Simon had to decide on a mechanical method to inflict destruction. The one they chose was based on the principle of the fly press, a factory device which is used to bend and fold metal into shape by progressive force. If they could harness enough power to use this as the weapon, then Razer would prove a MOST devastating opponent. Mechanical means only, however, wouldn't create enough sustainable force. Pneumatics, too, would be insufficient. Then hydraulics were proposed (just think about the capabilities of a trolley jack). This system is so effective that the power of a human arm could lift a car weighing two tonnes or more! And so the weapon was therefore based on this principle."

- The Razer website on designing Razer

The original version of Razer that fought in Series 2 was powered by 2 12 volt batteries, and driven by 2 12 volt Golf Caddy motors. It was the only version of Razer not to feature a srimech. "The central part of the chassis and the crushing arm were constructed first. Once these were complete, the rest of the chassis and the drives were added. It took the best part of three months of evenings and weekends for Ian and Simon to complete the first version of Razer, and it was finished literally the night before Robot Wars UK Series 2 began filming."

- The Razer website on designing Razer

Razer came back again for Series 3, having been improved over 3 months. Its wheels were better-protected with new wheelguards, sleeker and more lightweight hardened sheet steel armour was fitted, and most importantly, two "wings" were added to the side of the crushing arm to serve as a self-righting mechanism, should Razer ever be flipped over. The mechanism worked twofold; it fired the wings and locked the beak in the full upright position, so that when Razer rolled back over the tip of its scorpion tail would cushion the impact of hitting the floor, protecting the vulnerable underbelly from damage. Razer's wing expansion was so visually impressive that many began to refer to it as a "salute". The Series 3 version of Razer had new rear wheels and a Gyro, both added to improve control. The addition of a Gyro was suggested to Team Razer by George Francis of Team Chaos. "The four-wheeled drive system on Razer means that it relies on skid steering to control the direction of the machine. It is biased to swing the back end round, thus keeping the crushing arm pointed at the opposition. This makes sense for offensive and defensive reasons. Solid rubber wheels are not really good enough for this system as it takes a lot of force to start the rear end turning, and once it does turn it keeps on going, making accurate steering tricky. Ian and Simon decided to custom build new wheels which incorporated rollers allowing sideward as well as forward motion. The wheel frames were originally made of aluminium but kept buckling from impacts. They have now been replaced with titanium (kindly supplied by Arthur Chilcott from Mortis - cheers, Arfa!!!). The rollers are made of polyurethane. This modification has greatly improved the control and has also significantly reduced the power consumption."

- The Razer website on designing Razer

In Series 4, Razer narrowly weighed over the pre-Extreme 1 Heavyweight Limit. During Extreme 1, the armour was upgraded, the transmission improved and a heavier wedge was added to the front of Razer to allow it to drive robots on to the immediate mercy of its claw (it used this to great effect against Firestorm, Dantomkia and Tornado) making it viciously nimble and accurate. In addition, Razer had an adjustable 'torsion bar' suspension that allowed very precise positioning of the front wedge 'snout', ultimately allowing it to lower or raise the wedge. It may have been remotely adjusted, but this is unclear. "Razer cost approximately £1600 of our own money and about £2400 in sponsored parts - a total of £4000. It has taken around 2000 man-hours to achieve its current condition."

- The Razer website on the construction of Razer

In Extreme 2, Razer's internals were upgraded. Although this improved Razer's performance considerably, its motors were left untouched and struggled to support the power of the machine. This caused Razer to overheat and burn its motors out, which it did in the Extreme 2 All Stars and the European Championship, resulting in its initial retirement from the show. The original wheels were also replaced with spiked ones, in order to give Razer extra grip and traction on the arena floor.

In 2016, Razer received a number of upgrades to keep it up to date with the new rules and to keep it competitive against more modern opponents. Its weight was increased from 91.5kg to 109kg, and its speed increased to 12mph, while the robot was modified to feature contemporary internals including lithium polymer batteries. The 2016-spec Razer's armour consisted of 2.5mm HARDOX hardened steel with a 5mm shield, while the classic wheels were refitted as the spiked wheels seen in Extreme 2 offered no advantage on the steel floor.

Razer also featured an unused wedge modification, providing a broad 19kg surface, intended to defend the robot when fighting spinners such as Carbide, though Razer was eliminated before it had the chance to use it.

Like Hypno-Disc and Chaos 2, Razer's design was so popular and effective that it inspired a number of similar designs. Indeed, later robots armed with vertical crushers, such as Ming 3, the Series 5 version of Suicidal Tendencies and Tiberius 2 and 3, would often have their weapons described by Jonathan Pearce as 'Razer-esque', further emphasising its influence despite these crushers being considerably different in design and function to Razer's.

Etymology
A misconception perpetuated by Jonathan Pearce in Series 2 was that Razer was named after Neil "Razor" Ruddock, a West Ham footballer. In reality, its name was simply an extension of the verb "raze", which means "To level to the ground (e.g. a building)".

Qualification
Due to being seeded in Series 4 and 6, Razer automatically qualified and did not need to go through the qualifiers. However, it did appear at the Robot Mayhem event where the Series 4 qualifiers were held, for demonstrations but not fights.

However, in Series 5, Razer had to go through the qualifiers, because only eight spots were avaliable for the robots that did not reach the Semi-Finals of Series 4, so the eight remaining seeds were given out after the qualifiers. Razer fought four battles, including Barber-Ous. "We were up against Razer (Why? It's seeded) - but still did us some damage, but you could see them avoiding the rotating drum."

- The Barber-Ous website

The exact result of this battle is unknown, but both robots qualified.

Razer also fought Lightning. It managed to puncture Lightning five times, but Lightning kept going until the end. Razer won on a judges' decision, whereas Lightning failed to qualify. . It also took part in two exhibition battles. The first was with Granny's Revenge, Purple Predator, Rattus Rattus, Roobarb, and Shunt. "We were all clearly briefed to burn the carpet and the old lady and have some fun. We had full control but was hampered slightly by the gearbox but the flipper worked. As the fight went on we got into a bit of a battle with razor and shunt (don't ask why, we just did) so while the fire raged and the old lady was being ripped to bits we somehow managed to push shunt into the pit and within a minute we got razor as well, now by this time the pit was full, what with shunt in there and all that so razor didn't quite drop in and was able to get out, they also raised the pit so shunt got out as well. We then just went for it, we got done buy razor a couple of times and have the holes to prove it shunt had a few pops as well and we eventually ended up in the pit (they didn't raise it for us)."

- The Roobarb website

The second melee involved Lightning and Shunt, but little else is known about this battle. "One robot went down the pit. We still survived, we had Razer attack us again, because Razer and Shunt were two of the six"

- Lawrie Calvert on the battle

Razer was given the 4th seed for Series 5.

Tornado
Razer's most famous rivalry was with the Tornado team. The two robots first met in the All-Stars final in Extreme Series 1, in which Razer immediately grabbed hold of Tornado and tried to pierce the tyres of its opponent. Tornado briefly escaped but Razer grabbed hold once again, doing more damage and leaving it immobilised. This left Razer able to easily push Tornado into the pit. Their next encounter was in the semi-finals of The Second World Championship, which ended with a similar outcome. Once again, Razer quickly grabbed hold of Tornado and pierced through its armour. Razer then picked Tornado up and held it over the pit, eventually dropping it in.

"Many people could not believe what we had built, and even Craig and Philippa came into the pits specially to see the weapon..."

- Tornado website

Following these easy Razer victories, Tornado developed a special weapon for use in future battles between the two machines. It was a front-mounted spinning blade, supported by a large metal frame around the whole robot. The first time this weapon was used against Razer was in Extreme Warriors, in the semi-final of the International Championship. In this battle, Tornado was able to push Razer around easily, but when it pushed Razer into the CPZ, the House Robots attacked the cage when they weren't supposed to. Razer also ripped out Tornado's weapon motor in one of the attacks. The judges, however, gave the match to Tornado. Team Razer were so appalled, they confronted the judges directly. The judges had ignored the attacks on the cage by the House Robots, which they deemed should not have happened, but it became clear that they had accidentally mistaken Tornado's motor for Razer's wheel. The decision stood, but judge Professor Noel Sharkey later said it was one of the worst moments of his career.

The two robots met again in the Grand Final of Series 6, and Tornado used its anti-crusher device once more. In response to this weapon, the Razer team added an extended claw to the end of its beak, but all it could do was grab the frame of Tornado, and Tornado was able to push Razer around the arena and slam it into the arena walls. Eventually Razer was able to lift Tornado and carry it over to the pit, but Tornado's frame meant that it could not be dropped into the pit. "They can't get them down the pit! Look at that, it's an anti-pit device as well!"

- The anti-crusher web plays a pivotal role in the outcome of Series 6.

Cease was called and Tornado took Razer's crown of UK Champion. This decision caused a storm of controversy, and spawned an undying feud between Razer and Tornado supporters.

"Incredible controversy! I mean, all our fans have been emailing us and saying "You were cheated!", "You were robbed!", so we've got to get our revenge for the fans!"

- Vinnie Blood, interviewed in Extreme Series 2, speaking of the Sixth Wars Grand Final.

Tornado used the spinning blade and framework again in the semi-final of the European Championship in Extreme Series 2, but Razer had developed a new add-on in the shape of an upward-facing hook, which would be used to grab hold of Tornado's frame. The hook worked well, and Razer was able to lift Tornado by the frame. Razer opened the pit and tried to carry Tornado towards it, but the motors burnt out and it was unable to finish Tornado off. The judges went for Razer, but Team Razer later decided to forfeit their position and give the victory to Tornado, as they felt that that Razer had been immobilised for over thirty seconds.

Series 2
"A lethal scorpion-tailed robot, and that tail can crush with the pressure of nine tons! It can turn in tight corners, it’s nippy. It’s driven by two golf caddy motors, and this can make a few “holes in one”!"

- Jonathan Pearce introduces Razer

Razer made its first appearance in Heat D of Series 2. "This was Razer's debut event - Ian and Simon were up until midnight on the day before filming commenced finishing their creation. Razer went into battle with practically no testing so quite how it would fare was always going to be in the lap of the gods."

- The Razer website

In the Gauntlet, Razer went for the right route, but whilst driving through the ramrig, it suffered from interference which caused it to briefly lose control, turning left and right and not moving forwards. As Razer struggled to move, the ramrig closed in. Razer started moving forwards as it did, but drove straight into a saw. Eventually, Razer got free and went past the ramrig, but drove straight into the wedge of Shunt. Razer reversed away, then rammed Shunt by its side and pushed it all the way to the end zone, crushing into Shunt's side as it did. "Well it was a little bit tricky, I think we got a bit of radio bounce there because it was a bit unstable, but when we got through it, it was ok. Yeah, we pushed that wuss at the end there!"

- Ian Lewis after the Gauntlet

Razer completed the Gauntlet in the fastest time, so finished first in that stage. "It was great to see the BBC roboteers come scurrying out afterwards to see what this new competitor had done to their beloved machine!"

- The Razer website

Razer was through to the Trial stage, which in this heat was Football. "We’re preparing to liven it up a bit, because we think football’s wussy, so we’ll use a few of our opponents as the ball, I think!"

- Simon Scott before the Football

The team attached a metal bar to Razer's crushing claw, which gave it much better ball control. Razer raced out, getting to the ball first and pushing it towards the goal at a great speed, but the ball went wide, hitting the fence on Dead Metals's left. Razer tried to knock the ball in from there, but Dead Metal grabbed Razer and pushed it back. However, as Dead Metal reversed back to the goal line, it accidentally pushed the ball into the goal. As Razer was last to touch it, it went through. "Ian and Simon wanted to use the round as an excuse to inflict damage, but other competitors were so slow off the mark that Razer had the ball in the back of the net in the blink of an eye and qualified!"

- The Razer website

Having finished first in the Gauntlet and Trial, Razer went into the Arena stage as the favourite for the Heat. At the Heat Semi-Final, Razer was drawn against Inquisitor. Here, both robots drove towards each other, but before Razer reached Inquisitor, Inquisitor turned around so its flail was facing Razer. Razer rammed Inquisitor into the arena wall, and with Inquisitor trapped, Razer began to crush the robot, breaking its flail mechanism. Shunt began to hammer at Inquisitor's armour, all though it didn't cause much damage. By now the Inquisitor team had given up but Razer kept on crushing the bodywork of Inquisitor, this time almost peeling a panel off. The other House Robots began to close in on Inquisitor, Matilda cutting into it with her chainsaw. "Look at this! The favourite for tonight’s heat destroying Inquisitor straight away with that immense crushing arm! They’ve given up, I think, Inquisitor boys, Keith Milward and Gavin Hatton! Again, ominously curling down, bending, destroying! Even the Sir Killalot camera moves away, worried!"

- Jonathan Pearce

However, Inquisitor was still mobile and escaped, while Razer was suddenly unable to move, the first example of its infamous early unreliability. "And Razer's in problems, I don't think Razer can move, I think they've broken down... Razer, can't move, and Razer is out, what a turn up!"

- Jonathan Pearce

The House Robots then proceeded to attack the immobile Razer, with Matilda turning it on its side with its tusks, Shunt axing the base and Sergeant Bash firing its flamethrower at Razer's underside, setting one of its inner sections on fire. "...their opponents seemed all but vanquished. Then disaster struck! Ian manoeuvred to gain better purchase on Inquisitor, and in doing so caused Razer to jump in the air. As it landed, the force of the impact with the wheels turning sheared the drives and we were as good as dead."

- The Razer website explains the Series 2 defeat

Simon Scott later admitted, somewhat ironically, that the night before the fight he had advised that Inquisitor attack them rear on to give them more of a chance. Had he not said this, it is plausible that Razer would have caused much more damage, and possibly beaten Inquisitor.

However, Razer received the Best Design award at the end of the Series, on account of its power and unique weaponry.

Series 3
Razer returned in Heat C of Series 3, and was drawn against newcomers Backstabber in Round 1. Both robots drove at each other, but turned before they could meet, both trying to get into a good position to use their weapons. Razer got in at the side of Backstabber, but due to Backstabber's sloping armour, which had been designed to neutralise stabbing and piercing weapons, the weapon merely scratched down the side. Razer turned and tried to attack again, but Backstabber had stopped moving. Razer drove behind Backstabber and pushed them straight into the pit. "It was our intention to cause some serious damage but unfortunately our prey simply drifted away from us and fell into the pit. Oh well, shouldn't complain about a 15-second victory I suppose..."

- The Razer website

After cease was called, Razer tried to attack Matilda, ramming its front, but caused no damage before reversing.

In the second round, Razer was drawn against Aggrobot. "Bit of a grudge match here, Aggrobot and Razer. Aggrobot, first to rip the shell of Matilda, though Razer, and the team of Simon, Vincent and Ian, had wanted to get there first!"

- Jonathan Pearce at the start of the battle. (Aggrobot had knocked Matilda's shell off in its first round battle)

The two robots drove towards the centre of the arena, and Razer drove at Aggrobot's side, getting under it and pushing it back. However, due to the tall, steep, sloping sides of Aggrobot, Razer could not get a grip on it. Aggrobot span away off of Razer's ramp, and reversed in with the spike cannon, but the spike cannon was at the wrong angle, and Razer pushed back at Aggrobot. It reversed away, Aggrobot turned to face Razer, but Razer drove behind Aggrobot and slammed it into an arena wall. It tried to crush Aggrobot, this time finding a weak spot - the gap where the spike cannon was. Razer crushed this spot, causing a large hole to form at the back of Aggrobot. Razer let go and backed off, and Aggrobot escaped and turned to face Razer head on. The two robots kept trying to get into a good position to use their weapons, but each time Razer got close to getting a grip on Aggrobot, Aggrobot turned away, and each time Aggrobot got its spike cannon close enough to Razer to use it, Razer turned to avoid it. Razer eventually got Aggrobot by the side, and rammed it into the arena wall, but when Razer tried to pierce it, the crusher merely scratched the side. It turned to try and get into a better position, but this allowed Aggrobot to escape. After some more turning and trying to get into a good position to use their weapons, Razer got behind Aggrobot, pushed it into the arena wall by the spikes, and crushed into the back, again targeting the gap in the rear where the spike cannon was fitted. "We've seen very little damage caused on Razer in the entire battle. But look at this, it's found a weak spot on Aggrobot! Crumpling, tearing, rending, ripping, shredding!"

- Jonathan Pearce as Razer crushes Aggrobot

Razer ripped open an even larger hole on the rear of Aggrobot, but then backed off again, and Aggrobot reversed away from the wall, bumping into Razer. Razer got in on Aggrobot's side, trying to crush it, but could not pierce the armour due to the sloping sides, only scratching down the side. Razer tried to open the crusher more to get a grip, but the crusher malfunctioned, opening the whole way, and the rear spike lifted Razer's wheels off the ground. The team couldn't get the beak to lower, and Razer was therefore rendered immobile. "Well Razer's gone up, in a pirouette of delight, and, I think, has immobilized itself! Were they celebrating too early? The wheels are spinning, and look at that back claw on the arena floor! It's stabbed itself into submission surely!"

- Johnathan Pearce as Razer is pinned on its rear spike

Dead Metal came in, and cut into Razer's wings, whilst Sir Killalot rammed from behind. Meanwhile, Aggrobot had driven into the CPZ, and was axed by Shunt. Razer was eliminated at the Heat Semi-Final stage again. "The tiny valve which controls the direction of hydraulic fluid in the crushing arm jammed in 'up' mode. The arm travelled to its highest point and completely refused to budge, leaving us stranded on our tail. It is designed to do this when self righting to prevent damage to the drive as it takes the impact of rolling over, but this time our ingenuity had proved to be our undoing. ... The House Robots came in and gave us a pounding and that was it for another year as far as the UK title went. Even more disappointing, we still had not shown the audience just what a fantastic machine Razer can be in action."

- The Razer website on Razer's defeat

However, Razer would go on to win the Best Design Award for the second year running. "Razer, a big favourite. Razer is as flamboyant as its owners Simon Scott, Ian Lewis and Vince Blood, and with its phenomenally powerful crushing arm and srimech, it's a strong contender for this award. ... But the winner, for the second year running is: Razer! Congratulations to them again!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Razer was also nominated for the Best Engineered Robot Award, but lost out to Chaos 2. "A second award nomination for Razer, with the engineering standards of this great robot an example to many a roboteer, young and old. Strong, powerful and evilly elegant, can they improve it any more"

- Jonathan Pearce whilst reading the nominations

Razer was also going to take part in the Series 3 Soccer competition, in a match against Miss Struts, but due to an accident behind the scenes filming was rescheduled and Razer was entered in the Pinball tournament instead. "Prior to filming, we were asked to take part in one of the 'games' which would be separate from the Knockout competition. We thought it was a great chance to have some fun and show off Razer's versatility. Originally we were to take part in the Soccer event. Unfortunately, due to an accident in the studios, filming was rescheduled and the games suffered as a result. We had dressed up for the games and it was very disappointing to be told 'That's it, sorry'. However, towards the end of the filming of the Pinball, the production crew found there was still time for a few extra runs and we were asked to take part."

- The Razer website

Razer was the penultimate robot to compete in the Pinball championship. Razer drove straight into the barrels on its right, knocking most of them over. As it moved out of the CPZ, Sir Killalot moved in, and Sergeant Bash was guarding its 50 point target. Razer drove at Bash, and tried to get past Bash, but Bash reversed to block the target again. However, it drove forwards, allowing Razer to get in and hit the target. It then targeted the 75 point target, guarded by Dead Metal. Razer span around just outside Dead Metal's area, before driving straight at the target, hitting it. Dead Metal closed its pincers in on Razer, but Razer grabbed hold of one of the pincers with its crusher, so Dead Metal pushed Razer out of its area. Razer drove towards Sergeant Bash, then reversed into the multi-ball release. "This is a good run here, and Dominator, at long last, could be challenged here!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Razer then went for the other set of barrels, knocking most of them over as well. The giant sphere had also fallen into a pit. It pushed one of the barrels into the pit, and knocked over the bricks, neither of which were worth any points, before opening the car door. "They've virtually completed the whole arena here! What a marvellous run by Razer, that's splendid! They loved it, so did the crowd! ... New leaders, 210 points, that's phenomenal in the Pinball challenge! Wonderful"

- Jonathan Pearce at the end of the run, then reviewing the scores

Razer had scored 210 points, putting it top of the leader board. The final challenger, Mortis, failed to better Razer's score, so Razer was the Pinball champion. "Despite our treating the whole thing as fun, we somehow managed to hit two of the high scoring arena side targets, built up a score of 210...and took the lead! We had asked the House Roboteers to tip us over at the end of our run so we could show off our new self-righting mechanism. We positioned ourselves near Sir Killalot so he could flip us, but he'd become wedged on an arena hazard. Ian and Simon decided that we needed to do something silly to finish our run and attacked Sir K from the rear. Razer bit down on his behind and then lifted itself off the ground, clinging on like some mad robotic terrier. Unfortunately only about 5 seconds of this was ever televised for whatever reason. Mortis were last to go in the Pinball but failed to beat our score and we were declared winners!"

- The Razer website

Razer was brought in to represent England in the International League Championship of Series 3 as a substitute for Cassius 2, who for reasons unknown, was unable to compete. "Going into the competition we were riding on a high from our recent victory over Behemoth in the World Championship final. We took this as an opportunity to have a bit of fun."

- The Razer website

Razer was drawn against Prometheus in its first battle, but Prometheus suffered internal damage in its own first battle, rendering it unable to battle Razer. Razer was awarded three points and went on to fight Techno-Lease. Razer started much faster than Techno-Lease could, charging into the Dutch machine side on before getting underneath it and crushing through the top armour. "Now, let's see if it can withstand damage; the answer: no."

- Jonathan Pearce as Razer penetrates through the top of Techno-Lease

Razer backed away, before coming in again and forcing Techno-Lease towards Shunt's CPZ, where it crumpled Techno-Lease once more. Razer then lifted Techno-Lease, which caused it to over-balance and lift itself up as well. Still balanced, Razer reversed into Shunt, where it suffered an axe blow from the House Robot. Razer was caught on Shunt's scoop, who lifted Razer and pushed it into the centre of the arena in an attempt to get it off. Razer was still caught on the scoop by one wheel, so Shunt pushed it back towards its CPZ, where it managed to get Razer off, flipping it over in the process. Razer was able to self-right, so went back on the attack. Techno-Lease had barely moved whilst this was happening. Razer came in from behind at Techno-Lease and rammed it against the arena side wall, where it pierced through the top of Techno-Lease. Techno-Lease appeared to stop moving completely after this, and Razer briefly used the arm on the back of its crushing beak to lift it. After Techno-Lease had been immobilised, Razer attacked Matilda, pushing it into the CPZ. Matilda and Shunt fought back, and whilst Razer chased Matilda into a CPZ, Shunt came in, but Razer got under Shunt's bucket and crushed it, bending it to bend out of shape, before piercing a hole in it. "Nipping about the arena floor; this is what we were talking about earlier on. Shunt comes in for retribution... Look at Razer! Shunt's bulldozer blade is almost buckled and bashed out of sight! This is un-heard of! Razer is destroying one of the house robots!"

- Jonathan Pearce Matilda separated the two by lifting Razer. Razer drove away, before chasing after Matilda, crushing the chainsaw, until Shunt came in and pinned it to the arena wall, lifting it with the scoop. Razer clung onto the arena wall with its claw. Cease was called, Razer was declared the winner, and the victorious robot in Group B.

In the Final, Razer faced the Irish Diotoir. "Our last fight of the day, by now it was 9PM and both teams were exhausted. We had to put on a brave face, conduct FOUR sets of interviews (one for each TV company involved) and then get on with the fighting."

- The Razer website

Razer made a quick start again, charging into Diotoir. However, Diotoir was able to hold Razer at an angle where it could not crush, using its flipping arm. The two robots span around together, pushing against one another, and Diotoir tried to flip Razer, but its flipper was not in under Razer fully, so barely flicked it up. Razer reversed, then the two robots drove around each other, trying to find the right position to used their weapon properly. Eventually, Razer was able to grab hold of Diotoir, crushing into the hole where the springs were. "But this is where the damage could be so costly. They've gone for the armour just infront of one of the springs."

- Jonathan Pearce as Razer finally manages to plunge into Diotoir

This allowed Razer to drag Diotoir back across the arena towards the pit. It let got of Diotoir to line up a charge and knock it into the pit, and Diotoir had stopped moving due to one of its batteries coming loose, so Razer could easily knock it into the pit. "Razer wins it for England! Always looked the more destructive of all the robots in this International League Championship."

- Jonathan Pearce

Razer was then crowned the International League champion. "I fell in love with Razer the first time I saw it and I've always thought of Robot Wars as an art sport and this clearly demonstrates how that's clearly true!"

- Robot Wars creator Marc Thorpe, presenting the trophy to Razer (This clip was also used at the end of the First World Championship)

Razer also represented England in the First World Championship. "We really needed to do well in this competition after the disappointment of the Series 3 UK event. Our minimum objective was to win two rounds and cause some serious damage on the way. The problem with the hydraulics had been fixed and we were ready to go."

- The Razer website

In the first round against Scottish representative All Torque, All Torque immediately darted past Razer, before driving side-on in attempt to ram it. Razer managed to get under All Torque, but All Torque drove off the ramp before the crusher could come down. The two robots span around together, Razer trying to get under All Torque to crush it, and All Torque trying to get side-on at Razer to ram it. Razer was briefly flicked up by an arena spike, and stopped spinning with All Torque, which allowed it to drive in under All Torque and crush it, easily piercing the armour. "Call it a beak, call it a claw... Call it horrible."

- Jonathan Pearce as Razer plunges into All Torque's armour once more Razer let go and All Torque reversed. All Torque charged at Razer, but drove at the wrong angle, so Razer caught it by one of the spikes, and tried to break the spike. All Torque reversed away again and charged at Razer, but drove straight up the ramp. All Torque reverse off before Razer could bring its crusher down. It drove at Razer again, this time getting the plough under Razer, but failed to push Razer back. Razer pushed All Torque towards Sergeant Bash's CPZ, then crushed the corner of All Torque by one of the front tyres, causing both robots to lift up into the air balanced on their front ends, before landing on their wheels again. Razer pushed All Torque to the arena wall and crushed into it again, but All Torque turned around to face Razer head-on. Razer reversed, followed by All Torque, but All Torque was showing signs of impaired movement, failing to drive in a straight line. Razer got in again and crushed the top again. It dropped All Torque, and All Torque reversed away, but was now moving very slowly, and could not charge at Razer. It reversed into Shunt's CPZ, and Razer crushed through All Torque again. "That is a knife through hot butter!"

- Jonathan Pearce as Razer crushes All Torque

Sergeant Bash came over and set All Torque's mascot, Hamish, on fire. All Torque showed no sign of movement after this due to their drive motors partially burning out, with both Bash and Razer grabbing All Torque with their claws, before Dead Metal came in and cut into the Scottish competitor with its circular saw. Razer went through. "All credit to them, they're a tough little competitor, but we made Haggis meat out of them in the end!"

- Vinnie Blood after the fight

Although it was not shown in the show, the fight went to a Judges' decision, because All Torque was still not fully immobile, though Razer easily won. "We won the fight on a judges' decision as both machines were mobile. Our greatest concern was the smoke seeping out from Razer at the end of the fight. It turned out that we were suffering from a short in the electronics which was causing the arm to crush even without us operating the controls. When we had thought our arm was simply stuck in All Torque, it was actually jammed on full power and burning the motor which runs the hydraulics. We couldn't trace the fault - it was Ben from the Mortis team who kindly came to our rescue. He rigged some LED lights on the arm so we had a visual aid to see whether it was active. Then we could at least hit fail-safe and reset Razer without incurring serious damage. Another thing we discovered after the fight was the reason All Torque proved so difficult to pierce - they had installed seven layers of armour on their machine. The mixture of Lexan, steel and plywood stopped even our mighty, fearsome crusher from destroying them"

- The Razer website

In the Quarter Finals, Razer faced the new UK champion Chaos 2. "We could hardly have picked a tougher opponent than Chaos 2: the newly-crowned Series 3 UK champion. We had met in battle during the Kent Challenge Trophy a month previously, and although we won, George Francis had worked us hard and knew he could flip us"

- The Razer website

Both robots charged at each other at the start, but just before they met, Chaos 2 turned so Razer bumped into its side. Razer tried to get in a position to crush, so Chaos 2 reversed away. Razer came in again, but whilst trying to get in a position to crush, drove onto Chaos 2's flipper, allowing Chaos 2 to flip it. Razer landed on its wheels, and Chaos 2 drove past the pit. Chaos 2 dodged Razer for a short time, but reversed into the arena wall, before driving onto the flame pit and spinning, just outside Dead Metal's CPZ. Dead Metal came out to push Chaos 2, and Chaos 2 reversed straight into Razer, which took full advantage of this mistake, grabbing Chaos 2 by the rear and crushing into the rear compartment as it push Chaos 2 into the wall, puncturing Chaos 2's gas bottle in the process. "Razer already puncturing once again! The CO2 gas canister in the main engine compartment has gone. And with it, has the power of the weapon gone also?"

- Jonathan Pearce Razer then dragged Chaos 2 into the reach of Dead Metal, which used its saw to slice into Chaos 2's flipper, whilst Razer continued to crush the rear compartment. With the flipper left unable to work because of the earlier attack from Razer, Chaos 2 reversed into the pit as soon as Dead Metal let it go, avoiding any further damage. "Favourite battle? Tough call but enjoyed taking out Chaos 2 in the First World Championships. At the time they'd just won the UK title and it was good to beat them convincingly."

- Vincent Blood

Razer faced 101 in the Semi-Finals. Before the battle, Team 101 were notably worried of the potential damage that their robot could sustain, going to the extent of writing messages on top of 101, pleading for mercy and pointing out the expensive components. When the battle began, Razer drove forwards, whilst 101 drove down the arena to avoid Razer, but drove into Dead Metal's CPZ whilst doing so. It became stuck under Dead Metal, allowing Razer to come in and pierce the top of 101. "And that's what we thought would happen. In the beak of Razer..."

- Jonathan Pearce as Razer plunges into 101 from the off

Razer continued to pierce the shell of 101 and lifted it up, causing an armour panel to begin peeling off. Razer pushed 101 back into Dead Metal, puncturing it again and lifting it up. Razer reversed out of the CPZ, with 101 still in its grip. 101 fell off the claw, so Razer pushed it back into Dead Metal. "This is going horribly, predictably to plan, for Razer boys."

- Jonathan Pearce

Dead Metal grabbed 101's track, but did not use its saw, and Razer then backed out of the CPZ. 101 dropped out from Razer's grasp, but repeated its mistake from a few seconds previously as it drove up the front of Razer. This time, Razer's purchase was enough for it to lift 101 and carry it back towards the centre of the arena, before 101 dropped down again. Razer pushed 101 back towards Sir Killalot's CPZ, and 101 reversed into it, but got away from the House Robot. It managed to avoid Razer for a short time, driving into the centre of the arena, but Razer caught up with it. 101 drove up part of Razer and past its opponent, before Razer drove 101 into the arena wall and dished out further punishment. Razer lifted 101 into the air again, and spun around with it on the spot, until 101 crashed onto the arena surface. "But it has the been the most decisive factor in these World Championships so far; the weapon of Razer, nothing else has compared to this."

- Jonathan Pearce

101 retreated for most of the remainder of the battle - narrowly avoiding another attack from Razer near Shunt's CPZ - before driving at Razer's side as time elapsed. Cease was called, and the decision went to the judges, who went for Razer.

The Grand Final was against Behemoth. Razer started quicker, as Behemoth held back, waiting to see what Razer would do. Razer then skirted past the front of Behemoth's scoop twice, with Behemoth missing in an attempted attack on the second occasion. "...Razer, with the beak, and Behemoth with the scoop. The two most dangerous weapons we've seen throughout these World Championships."

- Jonathan Pearce

Razer then attempted to attack the front scoop of Behemoth, but the scoop was raised and Razer moved away. Razer then drove straight at the front scoop and Behemoth toppled them over, keeping the scoop up and pinning Razer down, pushing it armound the arena. "Razer desperately trying to get some sort of claw hold on the arena floor, but this is good steering, and controlled aggression from the Pritchard boys and Kane Aston in that Behemoth team."

- Jonathan Pearce

Razer was rolled onto its other side near the arena floor flipper, but Behemoth continued to control the situation. Matilda came out to separate the two, which allowed Razer to attempt to self-right, but it wasn't at the right angle. Behemoth flicked Razer back onto its wheels, but toppled Razer back over a couple of seconds later. "And worry, here, for Simon Scott and Vincent Blood and Ian Lewis in that Razer team. The Behemoth boys are on top."

- Jonathan Pearce

Razer tried to self-right, but Behemoth came in and held it at an angle, preventing it from doing so. Behemoth then slowly pushed Razer onto the flame pit, where it left Razer. Razer attempted to self-right again, but part of its self-righting wing got caught in the flame pit. "That is rising phoenix-like from the flames ... or is it?! Can they get away from there? I don't think they can! I think that that wing isn't gaining sufficient purchase on the grid of the flame pit!"

- Jonathan Pearce as Razer struggles to self-right

Dead Metal pushed Razer off the flame pit, but Razer struggled to self-right, because Behemoth continued to push it, keeping it at the wrong angle and pushing it back on the flame pit. Behemoth backed off, and Razer self-righted. Razer then came onto the attack and slammed into the front of Behemoth, before plunging into its side-plate with the claw. Razer angled Behemoth over towards Shunt's CPZ, where it got flicked by an arena spike itself, before crumpling into Behemoth again. "This is an epic final! Damage sustained by both, but it's Razer there, pinning Behemoth down."

- Jonathan Pearce

Both robots split, before Razer drove past Behemoth's front scoop - missing an attack in the process - and then crushing into the side of Behemoth again. Cease was called with both robots still mobile, and the judges decided, with a 2 to 1 split decision, that Razer was the winner. This victory made Razer both the World Champions and International Champions.

Series 4
Despite their early exit in the main competition of the Third Wars, Razer was seeded number 3 in this wars due to its status as reigning World and International champion. "They hold the International League title and just about everything else, except the grand title! Team Captain Ian Lewis swims with sharks for fun! The nine-ton hydraulic piercer on Razer can do as much damage as a Great White!"

- Jonathan Pearce introduces Razer

Razer fought in Heat B, and was drawn against newcomer Robochicken and former football competitior Velocirippa. "Will this be Razer's championship at last?"

- Jonathan Pearce at the start of Razer's first round battle The three met in the centre of the arena, Robochicken moved straight on to attack Razer, but its flipper did not have enough power to tip over the World Champion, who caught it in its claw. Velocirippa drove past and blocked Robochicken's escape, allowing Razer to easily pierce Robochicken's broad side. "Immediately coming on the attack... and don't count your chickens before they're, um... shredded? Demolished?"

- Jonathan Pearce

Velocirippa drove around and rammed into Razer, shaking Robochicken free of the claw. Razer attempted to regain its purchase on Robochicken, but its claw merely scraped down the smooth surface. Velocirippa made a few more daring attacks on Razer, managing to dart free after one charge, but its second reckless attack allowed Razer to capture it under its claw. Robochicken made an attempt to flip Velocirippa, but with Razer's beak piercing Velocirippa's snout, the combined weight of both robots was too much for the flipper. The attack did however allow Velocirippa to escape Razer, who then resumed its attack on Robochicken. Again finding itself unable to pierce, Razer simply pushed Robochicken across the arena floor until it gained enough leverage to launch an attack. Velocirippa rammed Razer from behind, but this did not help Robochicken escape. Razer lifted Robochicken into the air, carrying it towards the flame pits, but Velocirippa rammed into the airborne Robochicken and knocked it from Razer's claw. "Oh, I always fancy a bit of barbeque chicken - oh, its not on the menu yet!"

- Jonathan Pearce as Velocirippa knocks Robochicken free

Razer resumed its attack on Robochicken. Robochicken tried to fight back with its axe, but the chicken's pecking weapon failed to damage Razer. Razer cut deep into Robochicken's body, but its beak cut in so deep that Razer almost overbalanced, but retracting the weapon allowed Razer to recover. "Ooh, and the eyes, can they see glory ahead? No, only despair! But very nearly, Razer, overbalancing there! They were slightly overconfident in the last wars."

- Jonathan Pearce.

Robochicken briefly escaped, but ran into Dead Metal. Whilst Dead Metal attacked, Velocirippa darted in to attack Razer, who quickly turned its attention onto it. Razer pierced Velocirippa's side and held it over the flame pit. Once released, Velocirippa ran into the side wall, apparently unable to move in any other direction. Robochicken was still showing signs of movement, and attempted to flip Velocirippa, but was chased away by Razer. Sir Killalot and Sergeant Bash closed in on Velocirippa whilst Robochicken was still harassed by Dead Metal. Killalot caught Velocirippa's front ramming weapon in its claw, tipped it on its side and carried it into the open pit, leaving Razer and - despite the damage - Robochicken to go through.

Razer fought Milly-Ann Bug in the second round. "Our next task was to take out Milly-Ann, and considering the damage she had already taken from her first fight it was something of a foregone conclusion. What we wanted was to provide some memorable footage, but there was a limiting factor to be taken into account. The Milly-Ann Bug team are extremely nice people and had asked we try not to damage the expensive internals of their machine. The question was how to win the fight in style without incurring the opposing team a fortune in ruined components."

- The Razer website

Milly-Ann Bug swerved broadside as the battle begun, but Razer quickly seized its rear dome beneath its claw. However, Razer could not pierce the shell as the dome fit beneath the claw. Moving in reverse and with the bottom of the dome on Razer's wedge, Razer was able to reposition itself so that the tip of the beak could slice into Milly-Ann Bug. Razer lifted the rear dome into the air, dragging the top dome with it, and reversed over the flames, setting Milly-Ann Bug's hair alight. "Oh! And what do you require, sir? A number one cut? A number two cut? Or just burnt straight off? Oh, I think I'll have the burnt, thank-you."

- Jonathan Pearce

Razer dropped its opponent onto the flame pit, before herding it towards a corner. Razer tried to break the connection between the two domes. The coupling proved to be too tough, and Razer repositioned and pierced the front dome of Milly-Ann Bug. Razer attaked the connection between the two domes again, but after failing to break it, targeted Milly-Ann Bug's previously crippled wheel and breaking it off. With one wheel gone, the rear dome became dead weight and the front attempted to drag it, but to no avail; Razer captured Milly and sliced off its front right wheel, followed by the front left wheel. "Has the bug been...bisected? Dissected? They obviously believe the weakness...lies there, in the wheels. What a horrible torture this is. Its like watching some maniacal, horrible schoolboy pull the legs off a spider."

- Jonathan Pearce

Once the final wheel had been cut free, Razer pulled back and did its famous salute. Shunt and Razer bumped Milly-Ann Bug around, with Shunt's axe slamming down and ripping its hair free. Razer harassed Matilda, whilst Dead Metal clasped Milly-Ann Bug and pushed it around as cease was called. "An easy victory, but not without a few problems in the shape of Milly-Ann's 'hair'. Kevlar fibres had been used to create a 'wig' for the Bug and these had insinuated their way into our wheels and axles - it took us a good half hour to clean it all off!"

- The Razer website

Razer went through to the Heat Final for the first time, where its opponent was the 19th seeds Pussycat. "You haven't broken down yet!"

- Craig Charles tempts fate

However, in the Heat Final, The two robots shot forward, bouncing off each other upon collision. Pussycat was too fast and unusually shaped for Razer to gain easy purchase with its claw, but Pussycat managed to land a few minor blows with its blade on the rear and side of Razer. Pussycat became briefly wedged beneath the claw, and Razer shot towards the side wall. "Pussycat's blade hit the front of our machine and the reverberation travelled through the chassis and caused a failure in the new cutoff switch installed prior to the competition. We were left with absolutely no control over Razer and it careered into the side of the arena with wheels spinning. It was all over and it was unbelievably frustrating and depressing to exit due to breakdown for the third series running. It was all too much for Ian."

- The Razer website

Once it slammed Pussycat against the wall, it spun in a circle and ran back into the wall. Pussycat pulled away but flipped onto its side. Whilst it floundered around, trying to land on its wheels, it became apparent that Razer was not able to move away from the wall. "Whats happened here? Razer, I think, is stuck on the arena wall! Oh no, not again! This time it's not the arm which caused the problems in the last series."

- Jonathan Pearce

Razer was stuck in forward gear, and it attempted to shimmy its front to one side so that it could drive sideways and steer away. However, it had driven right next to a spike, and this obstructed its escape. Pussycat, having righted itself, landed a blow on Razer's back, carving a gouge in Razer's rear armour. Before long, Razer was completely immobile, with the wheels destroyed by Pussycat's blade. Dead Metal fetched Razer's limp form and pushed it into the pit. "It was very touching that as we were making our way from the arena, the audience were making comments of 'unlucky'. As we entered the pits the other roboteers who had seen the fight had gathered round and they applauded us, recognising that we had suffered such extreme misfortune. Examination of the switch found that a small copper rocking switch (only 7mm by 1mm) had fallen out of place causing the whole machine to lose control. Very annoying as the model shop that sold it to us had recommended it to us as ' the one used by model aviation enthusiasts as it is solid enough to take vibrations'."

- The Razer website

At the end of the episode Ian Lewis gave an interview to the camera heavily criticising Pussycat's tactics of assaulting Razer long after it had been immobilised, implying they had gone against an unspoken roboteers' code of going easy on immobilised robots. Lewis also used the previous battles from the heats of examples of them not using Razer to inflict further damage when they had ample opportunity to do so. "Some of us are gentlemen. Some of us hold back. When you're out of control, you don't just go for it, do you? A Gentleman's Agreement...and around here we are kinda a bit...hold-back-ish. We've got three tonnes of pressure underneath there, and when we were against Milly-Ann Bug earlier, we held back, because we knew we were on top of those expensive pieces. But those guys {Pussycat}, for some reason, ran out of control after about ten seconds and they just laid into it."

- Ian Lewis after the battle

Razer also took part in the Pinball and Sumo Basho tournaments of Series 4, performing poorly in both. It failed to defend its Pinball Warrior title, despite started promisingly by quickly scoring points from the barrels, Matilda's target and the car doors but suddenly abandoned its run to attack Sir Killalot, leading to a score of 95 points. It finished equal 10th with Invertabrat.

In the Sumo, Razer turned its side towards Shunt immediately, as if tempting the House Robot to push it. The two spun around each other once until Shunt managed to get under Razer's side and push it out. Razer was able to self-right and drive around the arena floor around the plinth, but the result still counted. Razer had lasted just 4.87 seconds, so finished 14th.

Razer took part in the Southern Annihilator, aired as part of the 2000 Christmas Specials. There, it fought Attila the Drum, Behemoth, Onslaught, Spawn of Scutter and Vercingetorix. "There had been all kinds of furtive deals made in the pits amongst teams trying to gain one another's assistance in a bid to get through the early rounds. Most of the opposition had agreed to gang up on us from the very start but we were confident we could take one of them out."

- The Razer website

In the first round, all six robots converging in the centre, with Razer getting there the fastest. As Behemoth, Onslaught and Attila the Drum fought, Razer grabbed Vercingetorix and crushed through its front. "Our strategy? To bite anything close enough to us. In particular, Vercingetorix - as it has a powerful axe and if lucky could take us out with one good shot. We got them in our jaws very early on and easily punctured their armour. After the fight, we discovered that we had pierced straight through one of their batteries. They retaliated, bringing the axe down on Razer's rear, puncturing the armour and missing our drive motor by just a few millimetres."

- The Razer website

Vercingetorix's lifting arm and axe activated to no avail, and after being lifted slightly by Behemoth, Razer came in for another attack, puncturing deep into Vercingetorix. Vercingetorix hit Razer with its axe, but this caused little damage, so Razer punctured another hole in Vercingetorix. "Razer taking on poor old Vercingetortix again. Well, they've picked on them right from the start."

- Jonathan Pearce

Behemoth snuck in behind Razer and lifted it, but was unable to flip it. Onslaught then attempted to lift up Vercingetorix, but Razer was holding it. Behemoth and Onslaught continued to try and lift Razer as it attacked Vercingetorix, and in the melee, Spawn got under Onslaught and flipped it, as Vercingetorix axed Attila. Spawn rammed under Behemoth, whilst Razer abandoned Vercingetorix to try and attack Onslaught, but it quickly self-righted and escaped. The six robots drove around the arena for a little while before Vercingetorix was rammed by Behemoth, Onslaught and Spawn simultaneously. Razer pushed Attila into Behemoth in an attempt to crush through it, but this failed. Spawn overturned Onslaught using its wedge, but Onslaught self-righted as Razer and Behemoth had a small duel. Spawn then turned its attention to Vercingetorix, which appeared to have broken down. Razer tried to pierce Attila's body again, this time using Onslaught as a block, but again it failed. Behemoth and Spawn of Scutter attacked the immobile Vercingetroix, then fought each other and Onslaught, whilst Razer continued its attack on Attila. Unable to grab the body, it grabbed Attila's pickaxe, but was unable to break it and Attila escaped just as "Cease" was called. Despite the fact that Vercingetorix was the only robot not moving, the battle went to a judges decision, but Vercingetorix was eliminated nevertheless.

In Round 2, all five robots quickly converged in the centre, with Razer turning to attack Spawn of Scutter. Onslaught raced in from behind and pushed Razer up Spawn of Scutter's front wedge, before lifting Spawn of Scutter up slightly. Razer attempted to crush into Behemoth's scoop, but missed and turned on Spawn of Scutter, whilst Behemoth attacked Attila. Razer easily crushed through Spawn of Scutter's side, but Onslaught got underneath Razer and lifted both robots up. Behemoth abandoned Attila to lift up Spawn of Scutter, and together with Onslaught, forced Razer and Spawn over the flame pit, nearly turning them over. "...and Behemoth and Razer now against Spawn of Scutter, but that was the push from Onslaught, which shows tremendous power! Razer takes Spawn of Scutter in a grizzly grip, and Attila the Druuuuuuum.....keeps on trundling on"

- Jonathan Pearce

Razer was eventually forced to let Spawn go, and Behemoth kept pushing, resulting in Razer falling onto its side with Spawn landing on top of its crusher. Refbot dislodged Spawn whilst Onslaught lifted it up, before Attila came in and rammed Razer's underside in an attempt to stop it self-righting. Onslaught then flipped Razer as its wings reached their highest degree, turning it onto its other side. Behemoth then intercepted, but the inverted Razer clung onto its scoop, even when Onslaught lifted it up. Spawn eventually separated Razer from Behemoth and pushed it back towards the flame pit, where it righted itself. It grabbed hold of Onslaught just underneath its scoop, but Behemoth broke the two apart. Razer turned its attention to Behemoth, but just missed crushing through its side armour. "Razer trying to exact some sort of revenge on Behemoth..."

- Jonathan Pearce

Attila attempted to attack Behemoth whilst Razer turned its attention to Spawn, who appeared to only be able to move in reverse. Onslaught overturned Razer whilst it was distracted, only for Behemoth to turn it over too. Onslaught was the first to right itself, but Razer landed on top of Spawn's wedge and was overturned again by the Essex machine's spike. "Those are the two impressive robots for me so far in this annihilator, the most impressive"

- Jonathan Pearce picks early favourites

Attila and Behemoth again attempted to block Razer's attempts at righting itself, but Spawn pushed Razer back onto its wheels. Razer dodged away from the other robots as Spawn pushed underneath Attila, before turning on Behemoth, who seemed to be lacking full mobility. It managed to grab Behemoth right behind its scoop, but only managed to crumple it a bit. Razer let Behemoth go, then attacked the side, cutting straight through its side panel. As the other three engaged in a minor shoving match, Razer let Behemoth go, but Behemoth could not escape due to its impaired mobility, so Razer crushed the side again Razer continued to drag Behemoth around the arena and eventually let go after Onslaught and Spawn rammed into the two robots. Behemoth had now stopped moving and Razer pushed it across the arena as the other three stayed out of the way, until Spawn, still stuck in reverse, rammed into Razer, followed by Onslaught and Attila. Razer abandoned Behemoth and effortlessly crushed into Spawn's rear wedge, pushing it back. As Razer released it, Behemoth gained a minimal amount of mobility, but Spawn suddenly stopped moving after Razer let go of it. Onslaught rammed into Attila, narrowly missing a mace blow, whilst Sgt Bash grappled hold of Behemoth just before Cease was called. The judges were called to make a decision and they declared that whilst Behemoth was still showing some signs of life, Spawn of Scutter was completely immobilised, and as a result eliminated from the competition.

Although Behemoth was able to fix most of the damage Razer had caused in the previous round, one of the gears inside its gearbox had slipped out of place. As the spare would take too long to swap over, Behemoth was forced to withdraw.

In Round 4, Razer chased after Onslaught. Attila the Drum ran into Razer, but missed a strike of its mace, before flailing away from the other two robots, who were dodging around each other, only coming into contact briefly. Razer continued targeting Onslaught, but Onslaught was able to avoid Razer as it was slightly faster. Attila the Drum then span on the spot, forcing Razer to slow down to avoid it. This gave Onslaught the chance to lift up Razer slightly from the side, before the two robots began driving around the arena again, whilst Attila continued spinning. After some more dodging, the three met in the centre of the arena, Onslaught missed a flip and used its raised scoop to push Razer away, whilst Attila was still spinning. After pushing Razer back, Onslaught's scoop did not reset all the way down, so it reversed into Attila, knocking it away. Eventually, Razer managed to get Attila's mace in its claw, but didn't crush down. Onslaught's scoop had reset and it tried another flip, but missed and the scoop locked again. It then pushed Attila towards Sir Killalot's CPZ, rolling it over, but Attila managed to escape before Razer could launch an attack. Attila was forced over one of the flame jets by Razer, who raised its claw as high as possible to try and puncture the body, but Attila continued to spin, preventing Razer from attacking, until Onslaught pushed into both robots again. Razer attempted to attack Onslaught again, but couldn't catch its faster opponent, whilst Attila continued to strike at thin air. Eventually, Razer and Onslaught turned on Attila again, trying to control its movements, but once again Razer could not puncture its body. Despite being boxed in, Attila continued to spin, striking the World Champion and causing shards of metal to break off. Razer was forced to retreat once again before coming in for another attack, but Attila landed another hard blow on its side. Onslaught suffered a few blows itself attempting to stop Attila, although its scoop proved slightly more resilient, as it ran into the side of Razer but failed to lift it. "Onslaught has been busy, Attila the Drum has been potentially destructive and Razer here is suddenly up against it and needs to work hard!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Attila continued to spin on the spot and both Razer and Onslaught seemed hesitant to attack before Onslaught finally rammed into it. The two co-favourites turned on each other once again, leaving Attila to spin, but as soon as it slowed down, Attila was rammed simultaneously by both of its opponents and forced into Sir Killalot's CPZ. The house robot's jaws managed to puncture its body and lift it up, whilst Razer's claw snagged the fur on its wheel, ripping it. Eventually, Killalot let Attila go, but it appeared to be slower than before. Onslaught rammed into Attila and it rolled straight back into Killalot's CPZ, allowing him to grab hold of its weapon and lift it up again, whereupon it appeared only one of its wheels was working. Onslaught rammed into Killalot as it and Razer tried to dodge each other. Attila was let go once again and it drove into Onslaught once more before slowly rolling backwards and coming to a halt just inside Killalot's CPZ. During the scuffle, Razer finally managed to grab hold of the rear of Onslaught, whose rear tyre appeared to have been damaged. Onslaught managed to dodge away from Razer behind Matilda, but she managed to lift it onto its side with her tusks, allowing Razer to grab hold of it. Despite this, Onslaught took very little damage from Razer's crusher. "Cease" was called and Attila the Drum was declared immobilised, elmininating it from the competition. "With Behemoth, Vercingetorix and Spawn of Scutter out of the frame, we perhaps relaxed a little too much. Tactically we got this round all wrong. We wasted too much time chasing Onslaught around the arena and in the end it was Attila that started to rack up the points on the judges' cards for damage. We were a little fortunate to join forces with Onslaught in a push on Attila that sent it into Sir Killalot's CPZ. The drum was hoisted up and was out. Right at the end of the fight we finally caught the nippy little Onslaught and gave it a squeeeeze which twisted their chassis. It was a good time to remind them of what would occur if we got hold of them again in the final."

- The Razer website

In the final, Razer got off to the faster start, but as with the previous round, it was unable to catch hold of the quicker Onslaught. The two dodged around each other before making a small collision, but neither was able to capitalise. As Razer tried to close in, Onslaught drove into Matilda's CPZ and easily dodged behind her and out the other side before the House Robot could react. Onslaught tried to continue dodging, but Razer was able to slightly wedge under its side. With Onslaught not far enough up the wedge to use its crusher, Razer forced it back towards Matilda, who pushed Onslaught back and separated the two. Onslaught continued to drive around until it drove straight up Razer's wedge, allowing Razer to grab hold of it just behind the shovel. "We decided on tactics and decided not to chase Onslaught as much as we had in the last round - just let them run around and pick the right moment to charge them. This worked well and within a minute or so we got them right in the centre of our arm and gave them a good squeeze."

- The Razer website

Razer was unable to damage Onslaught's tough scoop armour and forced it over one of the flame jets, before eventually letting it go. "They know now they've got Onslaught, they can do with Onslaught exactly what they want...and that is to let them go"

- Jonathan Pearce

However, before Onslaught could get away, Razer caught it from behind and forced it into the arena wall. Razer tried to grab hold of one of Onslaught's wheels, but it was too far back for the beak to connect, and Onslaught managed to escape and run away as Razer moved back. Onslaught tried to dodge again, but Razer was able to wedge slightly under it again briefly. Onslaught then made a run-up and charged head-on into Razer's crusher, forcing it back and nearly into Dead Metal's CPZ. The two engaged in a pushing match, but Razer was still unable to crush through Onslaught's armour. "D'you know, I...I'm not too sure whether they've got full crushing ability, or whether they have done throughout."

- Jonathan Pearce, doubting Razer

However, as the two robots pushed, Onslaught's left rear tyre suddenly pealed off its wheel. This didn't seem to deter Onslaught as it continued to push back before Razer released it again. Another grab was quickly executed, but still with little damage, although this time it was Razer who managed to force Onslaught back. Onslaught was released and it reversed into Matilda before dodging away from Razer again. It once again drove into Matilda's CPZ in an attempt to evade Razer, but drove onto the House Robot's tusks. Matilda flipped it onto its side against the arena wall, which managed to dislodge a drive chain. Onslaught's srimech was unable to right it whilst it was on its side, rendering it stuck. Both Razer and Matilda nudged it slightly before the two met head on and Matilda pushed Razer back with her raised tusks. "Before the fight we had agreed with the Onslaught team not to cause too much damage to their machine. It is a beautiful piece of engineering and we respect the amount of work it takes to create such a machine. So what could we attack after disabling them? Unfortunately for Matilda...she was the nearest target and so bore the brunt of Razer's aggression."

- The Razer website

As she turned to Onslaught, Razer retaliated by grabbing her from behind and crushing through her rear armour with ease. Sergeant Bash tried to nudge Razer in retaliation, but the undeterred World Champion dragged Matilda towards the flame jet and punctured another hole in her armour. Matilda promptly caught fire over the arena hazard. "The rear of Matilda has never been seen quite like this before and I have to say, thank goodness-Matilda is on fire!!"

- Jonathan Pearce as Razer turns on Matilda

Matilda shuffled back and forth slightly, and Razer clawed another hole in her side. Sir Killalot approached, but appeared to make no effort to stop the destruction, aside from briefly pushing Razer away. Sgt Bash and Dead Metal began attacking the immobilised Onslaught, whilst Razer attempted to break Matilda's chainsaw. Unable to do so, Razer pushed Matilda away just as the pit was descended and punctured a hole in her head. Killalot now appeared to have stopped taking on Razer and helped it push Matilda towards the flame pit. Sgt Bash left Onslaught to join in, and all three managed to push Matilda onto the flame pit, where she caught fire again and finally broke down. After a moment, Sgt Bash nudged Matilda off the flame pit, just as Onslaught was finally pushed into the pit by Dead Metal. With Matilda now immobilised, Sir Killalot attacked Razer and drove it into the arena wall. Sgt Bash and Refbot pushed Matilda across the arena away from the hazards and the latter used his fire extinguisher to put out the flames, finally bringing an end to Matilda's destruction. "Will this be the last we ever see of Matilda, I wonder? Razer, strong enough to be our Southern Survivors!"

- Jonathan Pearce as the annihilator concludes

Extreme 1
Razer had a successful Extreme, winning 7 out of 8 battles in 3 events. It competed in the All Stars where, in the first round, it met the clusterbot Gemini. As soon as the battle started, Razer intercepted Gemini as it split, catching hold of one of the twins and crushing into its lightweight armour. "We crushed, let go and the machine span away still mobile. We reckon the 'fear factor' of Razer got to the drivers, as they seemed to lack the coordination which made them such formidable opponents in Series 4."

- The Razer website

The other twin rammed into Razer to try and free it. Razer managed to drive the captured Gemini twin around the arena. It tried to use its flipper to free itself, but failed, so Razer crushed even deeper into the armour. The other half of Gemini tried to flip Razer over, but missed. The second attempt flipped Razer over, still clutching hold of its captured twin. "They tumble together there! You ever seen fighting crabs on a beach? That's what they look like."

- Jonathan Pearce

Razer, whose beak had now actually penetrated out the other side of Gemini's armour, tried to right itself, but it failed to do so at first and in doing so let the captured twin go. Razer eventually self-righted and chased after Gemini. After a little bit of sizing-up each other, Razer grabbed hold of the other Gemini twin by the flipping arm. It couldn't crush through its opponent's flipper and both robots were overturned by the remaining Gemini twin. The fallen twin was the first to right itself, but the other was unable to prevent Razer from righting itself. Razer continued to pursue the Gemini twin it had been holding onto, but the twin was able to evade Razer with its superior speed. However, it ran straight into its other twin, wheelying upwards (the anti-wheelie bars had yet to be installed) and allowing Razer to grab its wheel, crushing straight through its tyre. "Oh, and there is the damage! Listen to the popping of the tyre there! Like a balloon popping there! That was an amazing attack by Razer, it's let Gemini go, but the damage there could be crucial if this goes to a judges' decision ..."

- Jonathan Pearce as Razer makes its mark on one half of Gemini

Razer then let the Gemini-half go, and tried to grab it front on again. After dragging it over a flame jet, it wedged under the twin, but it escaped. The other half drove at Razer, but Razer drove away before it could flip. Razer launched one last attack, but failed to clamp hold of either twin, and drove onto the flame pit.

The fight ended at this point on the televised version, but the actual outcome was very different. As Razer drove over the floor flipper, it activated, throwing Razer up into the air and back into the flipper mechanism. The flipper then attempted to close, threatening to crush the World Champion. Razer was eventually released, but it had lost drive to one side. Regardless, it was still about to grab hold of one half of Gemini by the flipping mechanism and attempted to crush it. However, the captured twin fired its flipper in an attempt to fend off the attack and, under the severe pressure, Razer's hydraulics burst, immobilising the entire robot. Because the flipper was only meant to be used on immobilised robots, the judges stopped the fight and judged it up until the flipper had been used, giving the win to Razer. The incident was edited out when the fight was shown on TV. "We went to work on stripping Razer down and finding out why the hydraulics had burst. The answer was very surprising indeed - at one point in the fight we had hold of one half of Gemini on their flipper. The arm was too strong to crush and Simon had stopped crushing so as not to bend our arm. Gemini must have fired their flipper and the surge it sent through our hydraulics caused the seal in the pump to slip. We fixed the problem in about an hour and cleaned up the fluid which was all over the robot, the workbench and us!"

- The Razer website

In Round 2, Razer fought Behemoth for a third time. "We couldn't believe this one, Behemoth had come so perilously close to beating us in the final of the First World Championships and we'd battled them in the first 2 rounds of the Southern Annihilator."

- The Razer website

The battle started quickly, with Razer buffeting Behemoth up as the two collided. It pushed underneath Behemoth and drove it into the arena wall, but failed to utilise its crusher. After trying to get around their sides, both robots went for a head-on attack, but Razer's ground clearance won out. It then proceeded to buckle Behemoth's scoop with its claw, with the two engaging in a back-and-forth pushing match whilst doing so. "We decided to let the winkler down and in a tactic which must have surprised them, we met their lifting scoop head on. We went straight under the scoop and crushed down, bending it out of shape."

- The Razer website

Eventually, Behemoth forced Razer all the way back into Shunt's CPZ and Razer was forced to let go of its opponent. It attempted a side attack, but Behemoth dodged away just in time. A lot of dodging and driving around each other occurred, until Behemoth got to Razer's side and flipped it over, pinning it down with its scoop at the same time. Doing this prevented Razer from righting itself, and Behemoth drove Razer against the arena wall, still pinning it down. However, due to the "no-pinning" rule, Behemoth was forced to retreat. Instead, it attempted to flip Razer just as its "wings" stretched out to their furthest, preventing it from self-righting. The second attempt backfired and Razer landed on its wheels. It then charged at Behemoth from the side, buffeting it and forcing underneath, before crushing through the side armour. In the last five seconds, it was forced to let go, but Behemoth retaliated and managed to flip Razer just before Cease was called. Despite this last spurt of aggression, a unanimous judges' decision gave Razer the win. "It took them an awfully long time to make their decision and while Ian and Simon thought we had lost, I had a feeling we may have just edged it - we had but by the narrowest of margins. We won by one point, this was unanimous amongst the 3 judges. The Behemoth team were understandably upset and we were extremely relieved. Noel Sharkey took time after the fight to explain the decision to both teams, it was all down to the damage we inflicted early on. Damage scores higher points than control, aggression or style and as we had no damage it went to us."

- The Razer website

However, during the battle, Razer's crushing arm had stopped working again. "...the crushing arm went again! There was no sign of leaking fluid and it was up to Ian to keep out of trouble, which he did admirably as there was good 1 1/2 minutes of the fight left. ... we were faced with another problem to solve, why had the arm stopped again? To our puzzlement it started working again after we were back in the pits. We hypothesised interference but were not {sic} as Ian had found no problems with the handling of Razer. We checked everything over and recharged ready for the next round..."

- The Razer website

In the Semi-Final, Razer faced Firestorm 3. The two robots circled each other, before Firestorm drove at Razer. Razer's wedge got under Firestorm and it crushed Firestorm with its claw, piercing straight through Firestorm's flipper. Firestorm fired its flipper in a bid to protect itself, then managed to push Razer around the arena, but was unable to stop Razer causing more damage. Razer then lifted Firestorm into the air, but Firestorm fell off, but landed on Razer's wedge again. Razer crushed through the flipper, then Firestorm's main body. "Well, this is very one sided, surprisingly so"

- Jonathan Pearce in the opening stages

After driving it around a little more, Razer raised its claw to its fullest height, with Firestorm still firmly attached. Firestorm's attempts to free itself proved futile, and Razer finally lowered it, letting its opponent go. Firestorm drove at Razer, only to get caught on its wedge again, and received another hole in its front. Razer then pushed Firestorm into Matilda's CPZ, and both Matilda and Shunt proceeded to attack Firestorm, Shunt hitting it several times with his axe. "Considering the damage we were inflicting Firestorm did well to keep mobile and it was about 3 1/2 minutes into the fight that we encountered the same problem with the arm. Fortunately they had just about given up hope by then and we kept them pushed into the house robots and won the fight on a far easier judges decision."

- The Razer website

Despite this, Firestorm managed to survive to a judges' decision, but Razer easily won the decision. "OK, so the arm had gone again, and once more it was fine after the fight. We could still only come up with interference as the cause but were not 100% convinced. Nonetheless we added protection against interference to the area we thought might be causing the problem and prepared for the final..."

- The Razer website

Razer was through to the final, where it fought Tornado. This fight was the main event of Episode 15, the last episode of the series, and as such the climax of Robot Wars Extreme. Razer drove straight at Tornado and grabbed hold of it just behind its front-right wheel. It penetrated deeply, raising Tornado off the ground slightly, but not causing much actual damage. "...if there is one shape Razer likes it is a low, flat box. We fully expected Tornado to try and outmanoeuvre us and ram us from the side but for some reason they ran straight up our wedge and we thought 'thank you very much' and brought the crushing arm down."

- The Razer website

Razer spun Tornado around and attempted again to penetrate, causing the tyre of Tornado to be pushed askew slightly, but not permanently. Eventually, Razer was forced to let go, but Tornado remained stuck on its wedge, allowing Razer to adjust its position and crush part of its actual bodywork. In trying to lift it, Razer dropped Tornado, who got around Razer's side and attacked, but despite sending sparks flying caused little damage. The two spun around each other, trying to gain an advantage, but as they met head-on, Razer won out, and crushed into the front-left wheel depression. Adjusting its aim, Razer tried to crush into the wheel, but was not able to get at the right angle. Razer let go of Tornado once more, but Tornado did not appear to be driving fully, and Razer wedged under it from the side again. Another attack on the front-left wheel did little damage, but as it backed away, Tornado appeared to have broken down. Razer came in from the side again, and finally managed to puncture the frame of Tornado, lifting it into the air. Shunt left his CPZ and knocked Tornado from Razer's beak using his axe. As the house robots investigated Tornado for any signs of movement, Razer pressed the pit release button. As it descended, Refbot counted out the immobile Tornado. "Razer, worthy winners of our All-Stars final, worthy champions of Robot Wars Extreme, as all that is left to do is snuff out the Tornado, dampen down the hurricane, quieten the whirlwind. "We have put the wind up you" said Razer, and in the end, lets be honest, it wasn't even a close shave"

- Jonathan Pearce

Sergeant Bash and Shunt pushed Tornado around, before Shunt placed it on the floor flipper. After Tornado was thrown, Bash pushed Tornado towards the pit, but Razer stole its beaten opponent away and shoved it in the pit itself. "Razer has the last word, Tornado has the last rites!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Razer was therefore the All-Stars Champion. "...we broke their drive chain and immobilised them. It was just as well, as the arm failed AGAIN!!! We opened the pit and nudged Tornado over to it and pushed them in. Razer's ninth trophy in 4 seasons and we were delighted! ... We finally isolated the cause of the arm problem - the solenoid which triggers the hydraulics was an old second-hand one and had become worn. With a few minutes of constant use it was overheating and ceasing to function. We replaced it with a new one and all we were all set for our next challenge - to defend our title in the the Robot Wars Second World Championship!"

- The Razer website

Razer took part in a Vengeance battle against Pussycat, which was held as the main event of the 4th show. The grudge dated back to Series 4, after Pussycat caused a lot of damage to Razer after it was immobilised. Ian Lewis was unhappy with the way that Pussycat had treated Razer, claiming that the team had broken a "Gentleman's Agreement" not to cause excessive damage. The Pussycat team argued that because Razer's wheels were still moving, they thought Razer was stil mobile, which was why they continued to attack. "Although originally scheduled for filming at Earls Court, the fight was delayed and eventually took place after the filming of Series 5. Now, to set the record straight, the Razer team do admire Pussycat as a clever design with a weapon capable of inflicting real damage. We wanted to prove that their previous win over us was our harsh luck due to a tiny brass strip falling out of a cutoff switch. We just wanted a fair fight"

- The Razer website

Both robots driving around each other, and Pussycat drove straight into Razer's claw, causing a few sparks, but neither robot was able to gain an advantage from there. As Pussycat tried to turn away, Razer suddenly got a side-on attack and sunk its claw into Pussycat's body. "Ian Lewis is very unhappy, but...well, do you see Hypno-Disc's victims bleating and coming back? You don't! Ian, it's in the nature of Robot Wars, if you're beaten, you're beaten! Take it like a man! He is, look at this!"

- Jonathan Pearce's thoughts, right as Razer grabs Pussycat

Razer lifted Pussycat up and carried it to the flame pit, but ended up dropping its foe. Pussycat fell onto its side on the flame pit, but escaped and quickly fought back, charging at Razer and hitting it side on, causing sparks to fly. It then hit Razer right on its front right wheel, causing even more sparks. Pussycat had broken Razer's front wheel, and although its wheels were spinning, it was unable to move at all. "As they dropped off, their weapon was spinning and it hit our front wheel - the wheel broke and jammed up, leaving us pretty much immobile."

- The Razer website

Pussycat continued to push into Razer, but even though the claw was working, Razer still wouldn't move. After a few more nudges, it became clear that Razer wasn't going to be able to fight anymore. "I think it is going to be defeat, but Ian with a smile, and what's important is that he is smiling"

- Jonathan Pearce, noting that Ian is taking defeat better this time

Pussycat then pressed the pit release button, then started attacking Razer, just like it had done in Series 4. This time, though, it was unable to cause any damage to Razer's thicker armour plating. After a few more attempted assaults, Razer was finally counted out by Refbot. "...and it's ended just like before, with Pussycat the winners, and Razer grumbling and stumbling and out! They won't like it! They're gonna have to accept it! Pussycat is the better robot of the two when they come head-to-head"

- Jonathan Pearce

Pussycat attempted to pit Razer, but its shape made this difficult, so Shunt pitted Razer instead. "We were a sitting target and were glad to see the Pussycat team had decided that beating the daylights out of an immobile opponent proves little and backed off... a disappointment in some ways, but we were happy to lose in a fair fight. Alan Gribble admitted they were lucky as we had missed their Vantec speed controllers by a fraction when we pierced Pussycat."

- The Razer website

The Razer team were much more gracious in defeat this time, but they still requested another re-match for the future. "Will the score EVER be settled?"

- Craig Charles as Ian Lewis requests another battle

Razer defended its World Champion title Second World Championship, representing the UK, the places allocated to the four semi-finalists of the All-Stars tournament. In the first round, it fought the Diotoir from the Republic of Ireland, German robot Flensburger Power and US representative The Revolutionist. "The Revolutonist {sic} was still going so we attacked it when it was spinning at top speed. It was quite spectacular to see the arm of Razer close down and stop them but it did twist the arm to one side. However, we had stopped their ability to spin"

- The Razer website

At the start of the battle, Razer chased after The Revolutionist, and crushed through the robot's shell to immediately stop the spinning weapon, at the expense of damage to Razer's arm, whilst Diotoir pushed Flensburger Power around the arena. The Revolutionist was no longer spinning, so it drove straight up Razer's wedge, but the World Champion's claw did not cause much damage, and The Revolutionist escaped. It then managed to get up some speed and slammed into Razer's side, but caused no damage, whilst Diotoir pushed Flensburger Power into Sir Killalot's CPZ and left it there. Razer then crushed through the shell of The Revolutionist, before it fell off and was attacked by Matilda.

"Well, The Revolutionist might run into concrete with no damage, but not into the Razer"

- Jonathan Pearce

Meanwhile, Flensburger Power had stopped moving and was counted out. Diotoir then pushed Razer further into Matilda's CPZ, but Razer quickly retaliated and crushed effortlessly into the Irish machine's side. "Razer now after Diotoir, and crumpling into the very heart of the Irish boys! Irish eyes are not smiling, in fact, there's only one left!"

- Jonathan Pearce noticing one of Diotoir's eyes is missing

Razer then picked Diotoir up and held it over the flame pit, but surprisingly this had no effect on Diotoir's fur. Matilda then drove across the arena and struck Flensburger Power with her flywheel, knocking it over. Razer and Diotoir then toyed with the remains of the German machine in the last few seconds, whilst The Revolutionist appeared to have broken down on the closed pit. As The Revolutionist had not been counted out, it was still included in the decision, but the judges easily put Razer through.

In the second round, it faced fellow UK representative Tornado, in a rematch from the All-Stars Final. As the battle began, the two robots charged at each other, trying to get to each other's sides. After a while, they charged head-on and despite Tornado's scoop, Razer's ground clearance won out. It pushed Tornado against the arena wall, digging into the gap in the armour where the disc usually was, before letting Tornado go. It then managed to grab hold of Tornado just in front of the back-right wheel, penetrating deep into the gap. "They do not mean to give up their title lightly here!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Razer let Tornado go, but Tornado drove into the arena wall, which allowed Razer to crush into its rear armour and pick it off the ground. Razer dropped Tornado and Tornado tried to get away, but no matter how hard it tried to attack, it could not gain an advantage. "But what damage can they do now? And again, they've got the wrong side to Razer"

- Jonathan Pearce

Again, Tornado tried a front-on attack, but Razer's wedge got under Tornado's scoop again, and the defending World Champion forced its opponent into the pit release. Razer crushed Tornado again and picked it up, holding it over the pit as it opened. However, it had penetrated Tornado so deeply that it was unable to remove it from the claw. "What happened next made for some dramatic footage. Tornado stuck on our beak and we hovered them over the chasm of the pit but could not shake them off. Ian had to manoeuvre away from the pit and Simon had to lower the arm to try and loosen them off. Every time we did this they tried to escape and we were in danger of going in the pit ourselves. Eventually, after a minute of this they finally dropped in - to the delight of the huge audience."

- The Razer website

After numerous attempts, at one point nearly falling into the pit itself, Razer was finally able to pull free and Tornado fell into the pit. "Now you can see why they're the reigning champions"

- Craig Charles to Team Tornado after the battle

Razer was through to the final, where it fought the American shufflebot Drillzilla. "We made a game plan - don't let them push us sideways in their front jaws and try and get round the side of them and bite the legs. We entered the arena with a huge surge of adrenaline coursing through us. If we could do this we would not only have defended our title, we would also be $25000 richer! We also had our partners in the audience and wanted to give them a show to remember."

- The Razer website

Razer and Drillzilla circled each other, trying to get around each other's side. Razer grabbed onto Drillzilla's left-hand "banks" and clamped hold of the shuffling mechanism. It pushed Drillzilla into Sgt. Bash's CPZ, but the house robot's claw was unable to break the American's centimetre-thick armour. Instead, Razer dragged Drillzilla out to the centre of the arena. "Razer there, trying to stop the rhythm of Drillzilla!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Eventually, Razer let Drillzilla go, but quickly clamped hold of it again, only to lose its grip. Drillzilla quickly drove away and tried to come in for another attack. It briefly got a good attack on the side, but Razer swiftly turned before any advantage could be taken and clamped down again. Unable to crush Drillzilla's armour, it forced the shufflebot into Sir Killalot's CPZ. Razer and Sir Killalot tried to crush through Drillzilla's armour, but it still could not be broken, but DrillZilla was unable to escape Razer's clutches. Eventually, Razer let it go again and Drillzilla escaped to the centre of the arena to have another charge. Razer intercepted again, clamping hold of its right-hand banks. Despite its best attempts (even damaging the arena floor with the shuffling banks), Drillzilla could not escape Razer's clutches. "For me, it HAS to be Razer!"

- Jonathan Pearce as the battle draws to a close

Razer continued to hold onto Drillzilla in the last ten seconds of the battle, with Refbot joining in the count. "We gained a further hold of their legs and I (Vinny) went to work with the stopwatch - ensuring they were held for the maximum one minute before releasing. With around 30 seconds of the fight left we gained another hold and could not help but pound on the protective screens as we knew we were moments away from achieving the highest point in our career yet."

- The Razer website

The judges were called to make a decision and decided that Razer, having been on the offensive throughout the battle, won the battle. "And still, the undisputed Champions of the World - Razer!"

- Craig Charles

This victory meant that Razer retained its title as Robot Wars World Champion. "Cease was called and although it went to the judges we knew we had done enough. It is hard to describe the elation we felt after that fight. Drillzilla were great sports and told us we were just too quick for them. The UK production crew were delighted for us at having held onto the title for the UK. It was also fantastic to have our partners there to share in our victory."

- The Razer website

Razer was also due to take part in the People's Challenge event, where it would fight Hypno-Disc, as requested by readers of the Robot Wars Magazine. However, both teams withdrew, believing it would not be worth the damage to their robots, and the event never went ahead.

Series 5
Razer, now seeded fourth, faced newcomers Big Nipper in the first round. As the two machines charged towards each other, A with the impact causing visible damage to both machines. One of Big Nipper's claws was bent slightly, and one of Razer's self-righting wings broken off. Razer then chased and pierced Big Nipper from the side, all the while dragging it around the arena. After coming in for another attack, Razer successfully lifted Big Nipper aloft and held it above the flame pit. Big Nipper flapped its weaponry around in an attempt to get down and eventually did so.Razer pushed Big Nipper over towards Shunt who perforated its armour, and inevitably, the damage taken from Razer took its toll, leaving Big Nipper immobilised. The Refbot counted out the wrecked Big Nipper.

"Let's be honest Razer team, if you win, you've got no homes to go to, it's your decision!"

- Jonathan Pearce as Razer fights Widow's Revenge

In the second round, the Razer team faced the all-girls team Widow's Revenge. For entertainment value, the Robot Widows were masqueraded as the Razer Team's wives and girlfriends. Widow's Revenge was destroyed by Razer who broke its top panels before Matilda's flywheel caused plenty of further damage. Part of Widow's Revenge had become stuck underneath the floor flipper, before Razer drove into the pit attempting to pit Widow's Revenge. Widow's Revenge had already been counted out, therefore reinstated Rick was the opponent in the Heat final. "We were in big trouble after that one."

- Simon Scott, after they defeated their "other halves"

Razer attacked Rick's exposed tyres as soon as this Heat Final begun, but couldn't cause any significant damage. Razer then crushed through Rick's plexiglass top panel, and almost got its claw into Rick's innards when Rick opened its flipper. Rick closed it just before Razer could capitalise. It attempted to use its flipper to ward away the consistent onslaught of Razer, but afterwards, Razer sunk its claw into the right hand side of Rick, lifted it into the air and placed it onto the flame pit, where it was counted out. Razer and Shunt positioned Rick on the floor flipper, where it was flung, straight onto the closed pit. As Shunt was finishing off Rick, Razer began to attack Sir Killalot from the rear. "They've beaten their wives and girlfriends and opponents, and now they're taking on the house robots, too!"

- Jonathan Pearce

The house robot turned around and chased Razer across the arena, until Razer grappled onto one of its arms. Sir Killalot used this opportunity to turn Razer over and drag them into the descending pit. However, Razer was already through to the Semi-finals for the first time.

In its first battle in the series semi finals, Razer fought Spawn Again. Razer immediately got under Spawn Again, pinning their flipper down with its crusher, before puncturing the thirteenth seeds armour and flipper. Spawn Again tried to get away, but Razer pushed them straight into Shunt. Spawn Again attacked by Shunt and Sergeant Bash, and its flipper broke. Spawn Again ran into the pit release, and broke down, so Razer came in and pushed Spawn Again down into the pit. "Well, what can we say, I can't believe the thing was still running after that!"

- Darren Hayden-Ball of Team Scutterbots

For a place in the Grand Final, Razer defeated reinstated robot S3. The 'hammerhead shark' was unable to hit Razer with its vertical spinning disc as Razer repeatedly pierced the aluminium shell before pushing S3 towards Dead Metal who use its circular saw. Eventually S3 started smoking and the spinning disc that had been so impressive in the loser's melee stopped. Razer unanimously won the resulting judges' decision to reach the Grand Final.

In the Grand Final Eliminator, Razer faced Firestorm 3 for the second time, but it was to prove much closer this time. Razer caused damage to the Durham machine's flipper, but Firestorm spent sizable periods of the match grappling with Razer, twice pushing the pair across the face of the pit of oblivion. Eventually cease was called, and for the second time in Robot Wars, the judges descended to inspect for damage. This was Razer's closest ever battle, and was declared the winner.

"And Razer's feel has the touch of cold steel. Slicing into Bigger Brother - a slice is nice. Twice!"

- Jonathan Pearce

Bigger Brother had taken major damage from Hypno-Disc in the other Grand Final Eliminator, but received help from several other teams to get it ready for the final against Razer. Here, Razer dominated the battle, slicing into Bigger Brother’s armour, even lifting them up into the air with its beak, while Bigger Brother did not get a single flip on Razer. The unanimous judges' decision awarded the win to Razer who, after two World Championship wins, was finally crowned UK Champion.

In addition to the UK Championship, Razer won its third Best Design Award. Razer was additionally nominated for the Best Engineered Robot Award but lost out to Derek.

US Season 2
Razer represented the UK in the International Championship of the second season of the US Series Extreme Warriors. It defeated Kat 3 in the first round after crushing into it several times until eventually piercing Kat 3's tyre, immobilising it. With Kat 3 defeated, Razer pitted its opponent, and progressed to the second round. In the second round, it faced Tornado, a machine Razer had defeated twice previously. For this battle however, Tornado was fitted with a large metal frame with a spinning blade at the front. Created especially for fighting Razer, the frame made it impossible for Razer to reach the inner parts of Tornado. Tornado's changes appeared to be highly controversial, but were deemed legal as the team had made it clear alongside all its other weapons before the series had begun. Much of the match consisted of Tornado pushing Razer around but Razer managed to use its claw to dig into Tornado's workings and then lift it into the air. Razer managed to push Tornado into the CPZs where the house robots caused damage to Tornado's frame and in the struggle, Tornado's weapon motor had broken off. The match went to a Judges' decision and despite the damage done to Tornado, the judges controversially gave the decision to Tornado, having thought that Tornado's weapon motor belonged to Razer.

Series 6
Razer began the defence of its title against Raging Reality, Brutus Maximus and W.A.S.P. Razer almost immediately concentrated on the exposed wheels and wooden construction of Brutus Maximus, crushing one of its bicycle wheels. Raging Reality flipped W.A.S.P. into Sir Killalot, who dragged it into the CPZ, before drilling a large hole in its side, immobilising it. The limping Brutus Maximus rammed into Razer, who was now trying to attack Raging Reality, doing a bit of damage to the silver machine's front end. Brutus Maximus was beginning to fall to pieces prior to Razer peeling off one of its side panels. A flip by Raging Reality made a wheel fall out of Brutus Maximus, which rolled straight into the pit. Sir Killalot closed in and put the petrol powered machine on the flame pit which preceded it being counted out and flipped out of the arena by Raging Reality. Razer attacked the defeated W.A.S.P. before cease was called. In the second round, Razer grabbed its opponent Cyrax straight away, but did little damage. Another attack by Razer on the rear of the pyramid shaped robot crushed a hole in Cyrax's armour. Cyrax attempted to get its axe into play, but couldn't land more than glancing blows on the overwhelming favourite. Razer held Cyrax on the flame pit for a few seconds while scratching the side of the newcomers. Razer pushed Cyrax into Growler, who held onto Cyrax with its own jaw weaponry at the same time. Razer pierced Cyrax leaving another crevice in its armour then held it under Mr. Psycho's hammer. The new house robot hammered Cyrax twice, causing a small light to come off the top of the machine. Cyrax tried to use its axe again, before pushing Razer back and surprisingly managing to flip Razer over. Razer self-righted in the final 15 seconds and the fight went to a judges' decision, which went to Razer. In the Heat Final, Razer got underneath the flipper of Raging Reality and rammed it into a wall next to Matilda's CPZ, causing Raging Reality to lose drive after attacks on the front of it. Slowly, Razer pushed Raging Reality into Matilda's flywheel, ripping a gash into its side and sending a piece of armour flying out of the arena. Razer finished the heat by placing the mangled Raging Reality onto the closed pit of oblivion and pressing the pit release button.

Razer fought 9th seeds Wild Thing 2 in the first round of the Semi-finals. Its very first attack tore through Wild Thing’s side panel. Razer and Wild Thing 2 then spent the majority of the battle spinning around in an embrace, with both machine's weaponry causing minimal damage to the other. Razer eventually punctured one of Wild Thing 2's tyres. In escaping, the Adam's family machine drove straight onto the flame pit. Razer had another attack on Wild Thing 2, this time being able to lift it off the ground with its hydraulic crusher. Razer put its opponent out of its misery by activating the pit, holding Wild Thing 2 above it, doing its signature pirouette, before dumping the 9th seed in.

Newcomers Dantomkia, who had to go through the loser's melee, was Razer's opponent in the semi final second round. Razer quickly grappled with Dantomkia, before it slammed Razer back into the arena wall. Razer fought back by puncturing Dantomkia a couple of times, then pushed it toward the flame pit, however Dantomkia used its flipper to free itself from the reigning champion's grip. Razer drove Dantomkia into Mr. Psycho, where a hammer blow reigned down. Bravely, just before cease was called, Dantomkia retaliated by ramming it into the other house robot, Sir Killalot. The resulting judges' decision put Razer into the grand final again. In the Grand Final Eliminator, Razer faced Terrorhurtz, which had defeated three seeded machines to qualify. In an extremely well controlled performance, Razer immediately drove around the swinging double headed axe and began crumpling the polycarbonate armour on top of Terrorhurtz, while John Reid's axe cleaved at thin air. Razer proceeded to lift Terrorhurtz into the air, before the power of the axe made it crash back down. Razer pushed Terrorhurtz into the CPZ, where it took more punishment from the axe of Shunt. Razer clamped onto the side of Terrorhurtz one more time and pierced deep into its opponent before once again activating the pit and pushing Terrorhurtz in. "We came against a serious opposition, and just couldn't do anything about him"

- John Reid of Team Hurtz

Standing between back-to-back UK titles was Tornado, once again armed with the Anti-Crusher Weapon. This time, Razer had added a hook to the end of its jaw to grab onto Tornado's cage and drag it towards the pit. The final started with Tornado ramming Razer several times, although rather ineffectively. Tornado's lawnmower blade had stopped spinning at one point, and Razer grabbed onto the cage several times, but kept losing its grip due to the power and agility of its opponent. Razer's claw extension looked rather flimsy, unable to grab onto Tornado. Razer then got stuck behind the arena floor disc button, and Tornado began its usual method of repeated ramming. Refbot looked as if he would count out Razer, but actually intervened and freed it. Tornado continued its onslaught, pushing Razer into Dead Metal and Shunt. Tornado pushed the pit release button, but it was Razer who finally managed to get a grip on Tornado's cage who, to the delight to of the crowd, raising it into the air and almost overbalancing. The Series 5 champions drove Tornado straight towards the pit, but Tornado's wide frame prevented it from falling down. Razer held its adversary above the pit until cease was called. It took the judges forty-five minutes to declare that, quite controversially, Tornado was the Sixth Wars champion.

Extreme 2
In the second series of Extreme, Razer entered two competitions, the first of these being the All-Stars Tournament. In Round One it met Chaos 2 for the second time and Series 6 semi finalist 13 Black. Razer started by trying to gain a grip on 13 Black, but one of 13 Black's disc caused a gash in the side of Razer. Chaos 2 tried to flip Razer, but ended up flipping both it and 13 Black, so the machines both landed on their wheels. Razer then managed to grip onto one of 13 Black's discs, but could not pierce it. Razer let go and was flipped from the side by Chaos 2, but Razer rolled through the air and managed to land on its wheels. Razer gripped onto one of 13 Black's discs again before Chaos 2 had another attempt at flipping the two of them, but failed. Razer chased after 13 Black, but was wedged underneath by Chaos 2 and one of its self-righting wings was ripped off by 13 Black. Chaos 2 could not flip Razer however and tried to push it around. Razer eventually managed to escape from the flipper of Chaos 2, who was then immobilised from severe damage caused by 13 Black. Razer pierced through the rear armour of Chaos 2, and advanced to Round 2. There, Razer met Team Scutterbots for the third time in Robot Wars. Spawn Again drove away from Razer in the early stages, while Razer tried to gain a grip on the rear of Spawn Again, but failed. Razer eventually managed to claw onto the front of Spawn Again, but the armour had been improved after its encounter with Razer in Series 5 and Razer could only put a dent in the flipper. Spawn Again drove away and activated the Pit, before driving over it as it descended, which left Spawn Again stuck. Razer tried to push the trapped machine into the Pit, but Spawn Again fired its flipper which caused it to fall down, leaving Razer to progress through to the Heat Final of the second All Stars Heat, where it fought 13 Black again.

13 Black immediately started spinning on its axis as soon as activate was called, causing Razer to bounce off upon contact. Razer tried a second attack, but it was deflected again by the spinning 13 Black. Razer chased after 13 Black, who then hit Razer and caused it to turn away, before 13 Black drove into the Arena wall and one of its discs became stuck on the barrier. Razer exploited this by getting underneath 13 Black from the side and crushing down on it several times, while Shunt used its axe on one of the discs. Razer let go of 13 Black after a while and pressed the Pit release, before gripping 13 Black again and dumping it down the Pit.

Razer then met Firestorm for the third time in the All Stars Final. The two darted around each other first, before Firestorm drove into Razer's front and pushed it into Dead Metal. Razer was attacked by Dead Metal’s saw but escaped from the Corner Patrol Zone with only superficial damage sustained. Firestorm became stuck under an angle grinder and Razer tried to grip it, before Dead Metal managed to free the machine of Graham Bone. Firestorm then got underneath Razer and tried to flip it, but could only lift it up. Firestorm then met Razer head-on once again and pushed it into Dead Metal, but it was gripped by the claw of Razer, who then managed to pierce Firestorm several times. Firestorm began to lose mobility, before Razer pushed it into the Pit release and dumped it in to become All Stars Champion for the second time. "We had an offer of many thousands for it"

- Simon Scott reveals a mystery bidder

Razer also entered the European Championship, qualifying as World Champion. This competition was also broadcast during German Robot Wars. In the first round, it faced PulverizeR, the Dutch Champion.

Razer began by chasing the spinner into the activation button for the Disc of Doom. Having initially struggled to catch its opponent, Razer grabbed hold of the Dutch robot with assistance from Growler and, once PulverizeR got away, Razer grabbed it again. It carried PulverizeR to the pit release button and activated it, before letting the Dutch robot go. However, Razer quickly grabbed it again, but it escaped. The World Champions then chased it around the arena, but sustained a big hit to the crusher from PulverizeR's flywheel. However, PulverizeR then drove into the pit, and Razer celebrated as it went through.

In the semi-final, it would prove to be an all-UK clash between the World Champion Razer, and its rival, the UK Champion Tornado, which had once again applied its 'anti-crusher frame'. Razer had a modification of its own in the form of a hook so it could lift Tornado by the cage. "Our fans have been emailing us, saying 'you were cheated', 'you were robbed', so we've got to get our revenge for the fans!"

- Vincent Blood plans to break the 2-2 record between the two robots

Although Razer was initially rushed back into Sgt Bash by Tornado, Razer's new 'horn' proved effective, using it to hook onto Tornado's cage, and lift up its opponent. Razer was persistent, and did not let its target free, as it dragged Tornado towards the pit release. However, while facing the pit, Razer started to emit copious amounts of smoke, for its motors were burning out. Despite its limited mobility, Razer showed continued life, and it raised Tornado up and down, unable to drop its huge target into the pit, so the two robots remained in deadlock until 'cease' was called. The battle had to be sent to a Judges' decision, which was awarded in favour of Razer, to the dismay and criticism of Team Tornado. It was later revealed that part of Team Razer agreed with Team Tornado's complaints.

"During our fight with Tornado we were immobile and had held on with the claw for far, far longer than the permitted one minute and should have been disqualified or counted out. We were then shockingly given a judges' decision which was never ours, and both myself and Simon immediately wanted to hand it back to Tornado. Ian, as team captain, refused and a long discussion was needed to resolve matters"

- Vincent Blood on the resulting judges' decision

In the end, a two-to-one split decision by Team Razer resulted in Razer forfeiting its place in the final, in favour of Tornado progressing. This ended Razer's career in the original run of Robot Wars on a win against its rival, but it also led to Team Razer splitting for years.

Series 8
Razer competed in the first episode of Series 8. Prior to the battle, team member Gillian Lewis gave Angela Scanlon a sausage roll. In the arena, it faced newcomers Nuts as well as Terrorhurtz for the second time and Kill-E-Crank-E. Because Kill-E-Crank-E did not share any team members with the Pussycat team that twice defeated Razer (Robin Herrick rejoining the team for the Series 4 finals, after Razer had been defeated), it was not strictly a grudge match, though many awaited it with anticipation anyway. Sure enough, Razer targeted Kill-E-Crank-E from the outset. Kill-E-Crank-E proved to be an awkward shape, however, and despite Razer pushing it around, the claw could not gain a purchase. Razer took a brief break from battling Kill-E-Crank-E to focus on one of Nuts' minibots, which it pierced straight through the top, and held aloft. After letting go, Razer moved to Matilda's CPZ, where eventually Razer was able to grab a proper hold of Kill-E-Crank-E, by fitting the entire axle within its bodyshape. On a second grab, Razer drew Kill-E-Crank-E towards the pit, and held it above defeat. However, the extremely wide Kill-E-Crank-E pulled a last second upset, when its wheels touched the ground, intentionally spinning the robots around, and Razer was pulled into the pit alongside its target. Team Kill-E-Crank-E later described their actions as a "mutual death pact". "Oh no! Look at this! Oh the mighty have fallen! They took Kill-E-Crank-E out and went themselves!"

- Jonathan Pearce as Razer and Kill-E-Crank-E fall into the pit

The team were consoled by Angela Scanlon, remarking that the team at least still had some sausage rolls. Razer remained in attendance for the filming of the Head-to-Head stage, as a destructive loss to Carbide could potentially have led to the withdrawal of Nuts, in which case Razer would have been reinstated, possibly to fight alongside the Nuts minibots. However, Nuts was repaired and ultimately completed the Head-to-Heads; Razer was then retired from combat.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * UK Wins: 40
 * UK Losses: 6
 * US Wins: 1
 * US Losses: 1
 * Razer's successful Gauntlet and Trial runs in Series 2, and its Pinball victory in Series 3, are omitted from the Wins tally.
 * The default victory over Prometheus in the International League Championship is omitted from the Wins tally.
 * The third round of The Fourth Wars Southern Annihilator, where Behemoth forfeited, is omitted from the Wins tally.

Series Record


NOTE: Team member Gillian Lewis had previously competed in the Fifth Wars with Widow's Revenge

Outside Robot Wars
In 1999, Team Razer also entered Razer in the two unnumbered BattleBots tournaments, in Long Beach and Las Vegas, with mixed results. In the former, a double elimination tournament, Razer won three battles, including a victory over future 2 time runner-up Voltarc. It was eliminated after losing to popular competitor Tazbot and Semi-Finalist Rhino. It also fought in the Heavyweight Rumble, and won due to the damage it inflicted on FrenZy among others.

In the Las Vegas tournament that same year, Razer received a bye only to lose in a re-match with Voltronic. Razer took part in the Heavyweight Rumble again, but did not end up winning. Razer never competed in a BattleBots tournament again, with Team Razer instead entering Warhead.

Although Razer did not compete in the spin-off show Techno Games, it did make a cameo in the 2003 series. As part of the show's features about robotics, in episode 5, a demonstration of robots at The Learning Lightor in Liverpool was shown. Razer was one of the robots at the event, along with Infinity. Clips of Razer being driven and demonstrating its crusher were shown, along with an interview with Ian Lewis.

Razer was retired from Robot Wars after Extreme 2, only making a one-off exception for Series 8. The robot still belongs to Ian Lewis, and his new team Robo Challenge, and it still fights in demonstrations at events held by the team, although the team are now considering donating the robot to a London museum.

Team Robo Challenge have also built a featherweight version of Razer called Venom (which still competes) and a robot with an electric lifter called Ploughbot.

Appearances in Merchandise

 * Razer/Pullback
 * Razer/Minibot
 * Razer/Robot Wars: Advanced Destruction
 * Razer/Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction
 * Razer/Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction (PC/Xbox)
 * Razer/Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction (GBA)

Trivia

 * Razer is one of eight robots to win more than twenty battles on Robot Wars. With 40, it has the most wins of all UK Robots. The others to achieve this feat are Firestorm, Tornado, Pussycat, Panic Attack, Chaos 2, Behemoth and Hypno-Disc.
 * The making of Razer was shown in an article in issue 16 of the original Robot Wars Magazine.
 * Along with Tornado, PulverizeR and the middleweight Typhoon, Razer is the only robot to have fought and defeated both a clusterbot (Gemini) and a walkerbot (Drillzilla).
 * It was the only one of the three heavyweights not to fight either of them in the main competition.
 * Razer is the only robot to fight 2 reinstated robots.
 * Razer was the only UK Robot Wars Grand Champion to never lose a battle against an opponent armed with a Flipping Weapon at some point in its career.
 * As of Series 8, Razer is the only former UK Grand Champion to be eliminated in the first round.
 * Razer was the only Grand Champion to ever attain the runner-up position in a series. In doing so it was the only reigning UK Grand Champion to be defeated by the robot that would win the series.
 * Excluding Terrorhurtz, Razer was one of only three robots to appear in a Grand Final and then not return for the following series, the others being T.R.A.C.I.E. and Typhoon 2.
 * Razer, along with Nemesis in Series 1 and Corporal Punishment in Series 2, was one of three robots to finish the Gauntlet and Trial in first place, but then lose in the Arena Semi-Final. Robot the Bruce, Demolition Demon and All Torque were the other three to achieve this double victory.
 * Razer is one of only seven robots to break 200 points in a Pinball tournament. Others to have achieved this are King B3, Killerhurtz, Roadblock, Panic Attack, Spawn of Scutter and Gemini, although Razer was the only one of the seven to break 200 points in the Third Wars competition.
 * Razer was one of six robots to be a figurine for the Robot Wars Board Game.
 * During a live event in 2012, Razer's crusher was bent out of shape when attempting to crush a beer keg. Fortunately, it was later fixed.
 * While Razer's weapon was initially designed as a claw, it evolved to become more of an eagle-type design. Ian Lewis explained how the team changed the design to resemble an eagle, with the addition of the self-righting wings and the design of an "eye" to make it look more like a "bio-mechanical creature".
 * Razer is the only robot to win the same award three times. (Team Nemesis won the same award three times but with different robots.)
 * Razer holds the record for the most consecutive wins, at one point winning 18 battles in succession.
 * Razer is one of only two robots to never be seeded outside the top four on multiple occasions, the other being Hypno-Disc.
 * Ironically, Razer didn't fight a single robot from outside the UK on the way to winning The First World Championship, fighting three English robots and one Scottish robot.
 * On both occasions that it reached the Semi-final, Razer fought the winner of the loser's melee in the second round: S3 in the Fifth Wars and Dantomkia in the Sixth Wars.
 * Both robots had knocked out the number 5 seed in the Heat C final of their respective series.
 * Of the fifty robots to return from Series 4 to compete in Series 5, Razer is one of only ten to perform better in its Series 5 appearance. The others are Bigger Brother, Firestorm, Diotoir, Prizephita Mach 2, Kat 3, Reactor, Rick, Destruct-A-Bubble and Clawed Hopper.
 * Razer is one of ten robots to fight two past or future domestic champions in two successive battles, fighting PulverizeR and Tornado in the first and second round of the European Championship. The others to do this are Killertron, Tornado, Firestorm, Stinger, Cassius, X-Terminator, Twisted Metal, Philipper 2 and √3.
 * Razer and Typhoon 2 are the only UK Champions (and indeed, domestic champions of any kind) to lose their first televised battle.
 * Along with Krab-Bot, Tornado, 101, Storm 2, Behemoth, and Manta, Razer is one of only seven robots to finish in the top four of a World Championship and the top eight of a domestic championship.
 * In 2003, Razer was inducted into The Combat Robot Hall of Fame as an inaugural member, for its tremendous success in Robot Wars and the innovations in both its appearance and design. It was the only UK robot to receive an unanimous selection.

Honours
Nominations
 * Best Engineered Award - Robot Wars: The Third Wars
 * Best Engineered Award - Robot Wars: The Fifth Wars