User blog comment:CrashBash/Top 18 Robot Wars Title Fights/@comment-27162079-20180628220054

I agree on Carbide vs. Eruption. I remember going into it and knowing that it was an inevitable win. What way to maximise a title fight in that instance? Make it a completely destructive one.

It's one of those things unfortunately. If a destruction final happened in the classic series it would've been halo effected, everybody would've loved it forever, and it'd be remembered as a cynical, destructive title victory. In this instance, it's put aside as being an "eh" fight, just because we expect more destructive fights in the modern day. Now, I get it, I do: the more you see something the more desensitised you can feel to it.

That shouldn't affect this instance though, IMO. It's a title fight. As you said: when do we get destructive title fights? We just don't. Yeah, I do prefer all-out Judges' decision title fights or dramatic title fights, but a destructive title fight is unique and has its place in the list as well. For the runner up to be completely destroyed is something special. I enjoyed it, and it was the perfect way for Carbide to wrap up its own title success storry.