User blog comment:Gutripper/Gutripper's Definitive Ranking of UK Heat Finalists/@comment-5801603-20160925005947

I never really considered Demolition Demon. But yes, good choice. I disagree on SMIDSY beating Wild Thing. Even with robots Nick Addams didn't really have an answer to, he still found a way to beat them, like Prizephita, Trouble N Strife, 259, although the latter was admittedly quite lucky.

I'm also on the fence about the Wheely Big Cheese thing. I don't doubt the producers were in favour of it winning, and so gave it the benefit of the doubt when it fell into the pit, but I don't think it can be forgotten that Suicidal Tendencies' track had broken, and it was the second year in a row that it had caused another robot to fall into the pit despite having only one track working. I think the producers were more in favour of Chaos 2 TBH, as of course SMIDSY was clearly not meant to win that heat final, and so the chance to give the decision to Chaos 2 or at least entrust it to win in a rematch when the oppurtunity arose and include some drama meant everything worked out perfectly for them.