Robot Wars Extreme: Series 1/Tag Team Terror

The Tag Team Terror was a special event held during the first series of Robot Wars Extreme, having being previously a special event in Series 4. These tournaments put two robots together in a team, whereby they fought against other teams to win the championship.

Format
Two teams, each with two robots, enter the arena at once. Only one member from each team is allowed to battle at any one time. If a robot wishes to let its team-mate into the action, it is to return to its CPZ. There, the robots can switch out and tag. Having said that, these rules were very frequently broken.

This tournament featured eight teams, rather than the four of last year, so the format was a simple knock-out tournament.

Competing Teams

 * King B Powerworks & 101
 * Diotoir & Mega Morg
 * Major Tom & Bigger Brother
 * Comengetorix & Spawn Again
 * Napalm 2 & Sir Chromalot
 * The Steel Avenger & Suicidal Tendencies
 * Cerberus & Thermidor 2
 * S.M.I.D.S.Y. & Sumpthing

Other Robots

 * Plunderbird 5 (Bigger Brother's original team-mate)
 * Pussycat (Diotoir's substitute team-mate)

King B Powerworks & 101 vs Diotoir & Mega Morg
101 started off against Mega Morg. The defending champion started aggresively, pushing into Mega Morg and using its spike. The two teams tagged and King B Powerworks clashed with Diotoir. King B Powerworks managed to knock off and destroy Diotoir's inflaitable sheep mascot, before pushing Diotoir into Mega Morg's CPZ. Mega Morg tried to attack, but Diotoir got away. King B then pushed Diotoir into the nearby flame jets, setting the Irish machine's fur on fire. Again it was pushed close to Mega Morg's CPZ, but the Celtic robots seemed to have a problem with actually tagging each other. Eventually, all four robots entered the battle. 101 continued to attack both robots, whilst King B started spinning wildly. Diotoir retaliated by flipping 101, upon which one of 101's tracks stopped working. King B had now completely lost control and was simply spinning wildly. Time ran out and the judges made the decision.

Winners: Diotoir & Mega Morg

Comengetorix & Spawn Again vs Major Tom & Bigger Brother
Bigger Brother had originally been paired up with Plunderbird 5, like in the last tournament. However, Plunderbird broke down in the arena entry gate (damaging the door in the process) and Major Tom was bought in as a substitute.

Comengetorix and Bigger Brother started against each other, but neither was able to get into a good enough position to attack properly. Bigger Brother pushed Comengetorix into Spawn Again's CPZ. Comengetorix retaliated by pushing Bigger Brother into Major Tom's CPZ. Both of their team-mates entered the battle and Spawn Again effortlessly flipped Major Tom over. In doing so, however, its flipper locked in the open position. Bigger Brother was able to right Major Tom and attacked both of the opposing team, but was unable to use its flipper. Major Tom had broken down and was counted out by Refbot whilst Comengetorix attacked it. Sir Killalot then placed it on the arena floor flipper, where it was thrown. Spawn Again appeared to have broken down against the arena wall. Sir Killalot then tried to put Major Tom into the pit, but it was too big to fit in. By now, neither Comengetorix or Bigger Brother appeared to be mobile any more and the fight was stopped. Because Major Tom was the first to be immobilised, the win was given to Comengetorix & Spawn Again.

Winners: Comengetorix & Spawn Again

Cerberus & Thermidor 2 vs S.M.I.D.S.Y. & Sumpthing
Cerberus and S.M.I.D.S.Y. started this battle. The two nudged each other very tentativly at first. Cerberus used its blade like tongue to scratch S.M.I.D.S.Y.'s side. S.M.I.D.S.Y. then attacked Cerberus with its new cutting disc. It then went to tag Sumpthing, but only ended up colliding with its team-mate. S.M.I.D.S.Y. then returned into the action and charged at Cerberus, only to bypass it completely and crash into the arena wall. The length of the charge made it apparant that S.M.I.D.S.Y. was stuck in forward drive and was no longer mobile. Sumpthing came out and tried to attack Cerberus, but Thermidor 2 (wearing its Team Lobster cap usually seen in the pits) came out and flipped Sumpthing over. Sumpthing was unable to self-right and both robots were counted out. Thermidor then flipped S.M.I.D.S.Y., who was axed by Shunt and finally pitted.

Winners: Cerberus & Thermidor 2

Napalm 2 & Sir Chromalot vs The Steel Avenger & Suicidal Tendencies
Napalm 2 started off against The Steel Avenger. The Steel Avenger was able to land a good axe blow on Napalm and also managed to briefly get under it when Napalm's weapon knocked it off balance. It then pushed Napalm into the arena wall and tagged Suicidal Tendencies, who used its new crushing weapon to rip off one of Napalm's side panels. Eventually, Napalm was immobilised and Sir Killalot picked it up and dropped it out of the arena, even before Sir Chromalot could come in and try to help it out. When it finally did come out, it was unable to get a single good attack in on either robot and eventually lost power, before being pushed into the pit by Sir Killalot.

Winners: The Steel Avenger & Suicidal Tendencies