User blog comment:Nweston8/Robot Wars Missions - Entry 1: Finding machines that are genuinely overrated/@comment-9751413-20180113212253/@comment-6023653-20180114000120

In defence of Gabriel in the World Series- Craig Colliass' post on the World Series indicated that Gabriel was not at all healthy through either battle, suffering an undiagnosed problem from the Aftershock fight that meant it wasn't running anywhere near full power. Then, against Rabid M8 and through no action of its opponent, the drive shaft key sheared entirely on one side, seemingly again from these gremlins caused by the Aftershock battle. When it's fighting the entire battle under the shadow of damage from the biggest vertical spinner of the reboot era, I don't think it's a surprise when it doesn't dominate.

Also, I'm sorry, but in what universe was TMHWK beating Gabriel? TMHWK largely sat there and just got hit. And Gabriel not doing anything? What about the one-hit KO on Big Nipper?