Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/New Blood Championship

The New Blood Championship was a tournament that took place during the second series of Robot Wars Extreme. The championship featured a combination of robots that had never fought in Robot Wars before, and robots that were new to The Sixth Wars and lost in the first round. The New Blood Champion would gain automatic entry to The Seventh Wars as the 16th seed. The championship took place in 2003 and was first shown on BBC Choice, before being repeated on BBC2 later in the year.

Format
The New Blood Championship was split into four heats, with six robots in each heat. The format of each heat was identical to that of The Fourth Wars, with two first round battles featuring three robots each, with one robot being eliminated from each battle. It was then a straight knock-out to determine which robot won each heat. The four winners from the heats then competed in a Grand Final to determine the New Blood Champion.

Heat A
Robots Competing: Roobarb, Terror Turtle, Mute, Mr Nasty, Niterider, Maximus.

Round 1
 * Terror Turtle vs Mute vs Roobarb: Terror Turtle eliminated
 * Niterider vs Maximus vs Mr Nasty: Niterider eliminated

Round 2
 * Roobarb vs Maximus: Roobarb won
 * Mute vs Mr Nasty: Mute won

Final
 * Roobarb vs Mute: Mute won

Heat B
Robots Competing: Thor, Night Raider, Hell's Teeth, Edge Hog, Chip, RT81.

Round 1
 * Night Raider vs Thor vs Hell's Teeth: Night Raider eliminated
 * Chip vs Edge Hog vs RT81: RT81 eliminated

Round 2
 * Thor vs Chip: Thor won
 * Hell's Teeth vs Edge Hog: Edge Hog won

Final
 * Thor vs Edge Hog: Thor won

Heat C
Robots Competing: ICU, Chopper, Mad Dog, Revolution 2, Storm 2, Direct Action.

Round 1
 * Chopper vs ICU vs Mad Dog: Mad Dog eliminated
 * Storm 2 vs Revolution 2 vs Direct Action: Direct Action eliminated

Round 2
 * ICU vs Revolution 2: ICU won
 * Chopper vs Storm 2: Storm 2 won

Final
 * ICU vs Storm 2: Storm 2 won

Heat D
Robots Competing: Cedric Slammer, Bash Gordon, Pressure, Doctor Fist, Piranha, Fatal Traction.

Round 1
 * Cedric Slammer vs Bash Gordon vs Pressure: Bash Gordon eliminated
 * Piranha vs Fatal Traction vs Doctor Fist: Doctor Fist eliminated

Round 2
 * Cedric Slammer vs Fatal Traction: Cedric Slammer won
 * Pressure vs Piranha: Pressure won

Final
 * Cedric Slammer vs Pressure: Cedric Slammer won

Grand Final
Eliminators
 * Thor vs Storm 2: Storm 2 won
 * Cedric Slammer vs Mute: Mute won

Playoff
 * Thor vs Cedric Slammer: Thor won

Final
 * Mute vs Storm 2: Storm 2 won