Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/Special Events

During the heats of Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars, a number of Special Events were held. These events were broadcast between Round 1 and Round 2 of each heat, except Heat I which featured a recap of the competition to that point. Events included the Featherweight and Middleweight Championships, qualifiers for The Third World Championship and three "weapon-based" battles.

Episode Summary
This is a list to summarise which event was held during each heat of Series 7.


 * Heat A: World Championship Qualifier (Austria vs Sri Lanka)
 * Heat B: Featherweight Battle
 * Heat C: Battle of the Spinners (Spin City)
 * Heat D: World Championship Qualifier (USA)
 * Heat E: Featherweight Battle
 * Heat F: Axe Attack
 * Heat G: World Championship Qualifier (South Africa vs Republic of Ireland)
 * Heat H: Crusher Cruch Up
 * Heat I: No Special Event (series recap)
 * Heat J: World Championship Qualifier (New Zealand vs Belgium)
 * Heat K: Middleweight Final
 * Heat L: World Championship Qualifier (Germany)
 * Heat M: Featherweight Battle
 * Heat N: World Championship Qualifier (Canada vs Switzerland)
 * Heat O: World Championship Qualifier (The Netherlands)
 * Heat P: Featherweight Final

World Championship Qualifiers
These battles were held to decide which international robots would qualify for The Third World Championship, which would be held at the end of the series.


 * Mechaniac (Austria) vs Supernova (Sri Lanka): Supernova won
 * Spartacus (USA) vs Flippa (USA): Spartacus won
 * Crushtacean (South Africa) vs Topbot (Republic of Ireland): Crushtacean won
 * Riptilion (New Zealand) vs Hard (Belgium): Hard won
 * Ansgar 3 (Germany) vs I Bot One Beta (Germany) vs Reaper NP2 (Germany): Ansgar 3 won
 * Terror Turtle (Canada) vs Snake Bite (Switzerland): Snake Bite won
 * Gravity (The Netherlands) vs Scraptosaur (The Netherlands) vs Tough As Nails (The Netherlands): Tough As Nails won

Featherweight Championship
This small tournament featured 18 robots weighing no more than 12kg. The 18 robots were split into three qualifying battles, with two robots from each battle going through to the final later in the series.

Qualifiers

 * Rip vs Kitty vs Alpha vs Mini Maul vs G2 vs Prince of Awe vs Cygnus

Early on in the battle, Rip got underneath and flipped several of its opponents including Mini Maul, G2 and Prince of Awe. The battle was completely dominated by the flipping power of Rip, until it was picked up by Mr. Psycho and crumpled. Growler grabbed hold of Alpha and activated the pit release button, but Alpha escaped from its grasp. Meanwhile, Cygnus was lying upside-down in the CPZ and was hit by the hammer of Mr. Psycho. Prince of Awe got underneath and flipped G2, then an attack from Kitty left G2 immobilised. Meanwhile, Sir Killalot had completed trampled Mini Maul, which lay in pieces on the arena floor. Sir Killalot then picked up the immobilised Cygnus and G2 and placed them on the arena flipper, and they flew across the arena - G2 flew over the arena wall and Cygnus landed in the pit of oblivion. At the end of the battle, four robots were still mobile and the judges went for the two flipping robots, Prince of Awe and Rip.

Qualified: Rip & Prince of Awe


 * Bernard vs DTK vs Staglet vs Typhoon Cadet vs Alienator vs Cutlet vs Mammoth

DTK started very quickly and flipped Bernard over straight away, but Bernard self-righted. Several of the robots started to attack Mammoth the walkerbot and Staglet grabbed hold of Alienator and pushed it around the arena. Meanwhile, Typhoon Cadet was staying out of the way in an attempt to get up to full spinning speed. Alienator was released and activated the pit release button as DTK got underneath and flipped Staglet and then Cutlet, which seemed unable to self-right and was pushed into the pit by Mammoth. Meanwhile, DTK had also managed to flip Typhoon Cadet and pushed Staglet into the pit, before flipping Mammoth over onto its side. Alienator had stopped moving and Refbot began to count it out, but then it suddenly sprang to life and drove away before the count was finished. Typhoon Cadet was stranded upside-down, counted out and sent flying by the arena flipper, as Bernard, DTK and Alienator continued to battle. Mammoth was next to be counted out, and had a cooker dropped on it before it was pitted, along with Typhoon Cadet. Cease was called with three robots still mobile and the judges went for DTK and Bernard.

Qualified: Bernard & DTK

Middleweight Championship
This event featured three robots weighing no more than 54kg in a single battle to decide the champion.

Battle of the Spinners
This event, also known as "Spin City", featured three robots with spinning weapons in a one-off melee battle.

Infernal Contraption vs Barber-Ous 2'n a Bit vs Shredder Evolution

Infernal Contraption immediately attacked Barber-Ous 2'n a Bit, but caused no damage. Barber-Ous 2'n a Bit then launched a return attack on Infernal Contraption, and something flew off one of the robots. Shredder Evolution then attacked Infernal Contraption and sent it flying into the arena wall, before Barber-Ous 2'n a Bit came in and attacked Shredder Evolution. By now, there were pieces flying off all three robots and gathering on the arena floor. After an attack on Barber-Ous 2'n a Bit, Shredder Evolution activated the pit release button. The three robots became locked in battle in a CPZ and were attacked by Mr. Psycho. Barber-Ous 2'n a Bit escaped from the CPZ, but drove into the pit in the process. Meanwhile, one of the wheels on Infernal Contraption had become damaged and it was spinning around in a circle. Shredder Evolution also seemed to have lost some of its manoeuvrability, but Infernal Contraption was counted out and pitted by Mr. Psycho.

Winner: Shredder Evolution

Axe Attack
This event featured three robots with axe weapons in a one-off melee battle.

Crusher Crunch Up
This event featured three robots with crushing weapons in a one-off melee battle.