Extreme Warriors: Season 1

Extreme Warriors: Season 1 was the first season of Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors - the US version of Robot Wars. It was originally broadcast on TNN in 2001. The season was presented by Mick Foley and Rececca Grant with commentary provided by Stefan Frank.

Format
The season was split into seven episodes, broadcast over seven consecutive weeks. Each episode featured a different competition. Included within these competitions were the first US Championship and the US broadcast of The Second World Championship (known on the show simply as the 'World Championship'). The competitons are listed in broadcast order.

Robot Rebellion
This episode featured four head-to-head eliminator battles to decide which four robots would battle against Matilda, Shunt & Sir Killalot in the arena at the end of the show.

Robots Competing: Silver Box, Close Enough, The Green House, Tut Tut, Tricerabot, The Green Mouse, Rosie The Riveter, Rot Box

Eliminators
 * Silver Box vs Close Enough: Silver Box won
 * The Green House vs Tut Tut: Tut Tut won
 * Tricerabot vs The Green Mouse: Tricerabot won
 * Rosie The Riveter vs Rot Box: Rosie The Riveter won

Challenge
 * Silver Box, Tut Tut, Tricerabot & Rosie The Riveter vs Matilda, Shunt & Sir Killalot: No winner called

Annihilalor
The format of this episode was the same as the annihilator episodes in the UK series. Six robots would enter the arena together and one robot would be knocked out in each round until there was one robot left standing.

Robots Competing: Skullmania, Red Virus, Conquering Clown, Rippa Raptor, Unibite, Drillzilla


 * Round 1: Skullmania eliminated
 * Round 2: Unibite eliminated
 * Round 3: Conquering Clown eliminated
 * Round 4: Red Virus eliminated
 * Round 5: Drillzilla won

American Civil War
In this episode, robots from the north took on robots from the south in a straight knock-out competition to see which side had the best robot.

Robots Competing:
 * Union: Spike, Falcon, Tiger Cat, Sobek
 * Confederate: Bot-Ugly, $6 Million Mouse, Manta, The Revolutionist

Round 1
 * Spike vs Bot-Ugly: Spike won
 * Falcon vs $6 Million Mouse: $6 Million Mouse won
 * Tiger Cat vs Manta: Manta won
 * Sobek vs The Revolutionist: Sobek won

Round 2
 * Spike vs Manta: Manta won
 * Sobek vs $6 Million Mouse: $6 Million Mouse won

Final
 * $6 Million Mouse vs Manta: Manta won

Tag Team Terror
In this episode, eight robots were paired into teams to battle each other. Only one robot from each team was allowed in the arena at a time and the teams could switch robots by 'tagging' them.

Teams Competing: Tut Tut & Drillzilla, Tricerabot & Rosie The Riveter, Joker & Falcon, General Chompsalot & Run Away.

Round 1
 * Tut Tut & Drillzilla vs Tricerabot & Rosie The Riveter: Tut Tut & Drillzilla won
 * Joker & Falcon vs General Chompsalot & Run Away: General Chompsalot & Run Away won

Playoff
 * Joker & Falcon vs Tricerabot & Rosie The Riveter: Tricerabot & Rosie The Riveter won

Final
 * Tut Tut & Drillzilla vs General Chompsalot & Run Away: Tut Tut & Drillzilla won

War of Independance
In this episode, robots from the USA and the UK battled each other in a straight knock-out competition to see which nation had the best robot.

Robots Competing:
 * USA: General Chompsalot, Joker, Rosie The Riveter, $6 Million Mouse
 * UK: Stinger, Spawn Again, Plunderbird 5, Pussycat

Round 1
 * General Chompsalot vs Stinger: General Chompsalot won
 * Joker vs Spawn Again: Joker won
 * Rosie The Riveter vs Plunderbird 5: Rosie The Riveter won
 * $6 Million Mouse vs Pussycat: Pussycat won

Round 2
 * General Chompsalot vs Joker: General Chompsalot won
 * Rosie The Riveter vs Pussycat: Pussycat won

Final
 * General Chompsalot vs Pussycat: Pussycat won

US Championships
This episode featured the main US Championship. Unlike most other national championships, the first US Championship was all featured in a single episode, containing four 6-robot rumbles, of which only one progressed to the next round. From then on it was a straight knock-ot competition to find a champion.

Robots Competing: Medusa Oblongata, $6 Million Mouse, Falcon, Shuriken, The Brute, Red Virus, Tricerabot, The Revolutionist, Coffin-Bot, Bot-Ugly, Unibite, Sobek, Tiger Cat, Close Enough, Rippa Raptor, Manta, Rosie The Riveter, Mad Cow, General Chompsalot, Run Away, Spartacus, Cyclone, Panzer MK 2, Drillzilla.

Note: Coffin-Bot took the place of Skullmania after the latter had irrepairable technical difficulties. Tiger Cat replaced Conquering Clown under similar circumstances.

Heats
 * Medusa Oblongata vs $6 Million Mouse vs Falcon vs Shuriken vs The Brute vs Red Virus: The Brute won
 * Tricerabot vs The Revolutionist vs Coffin-Bot vs Bot-Ugly vs Unibite vs Sobek: The Revolutionist won
 * Tiger Cat vs Close Enough vs Rippa Raptor vs Manta vs Rosie The Riveter vs Mad Cow: Manta won
 * General Chompsalot vs Run Away vs Spartacus vs Cyclone vs Panzer MK 2 vs Drillzilla: Panzer MK 2 won

Semi-Finals
 * The Brute vs The Revolutionist: The Revolutionist won
 * Manta vs Panzer MK 2: Panzer MK 2 won

Final
 * The Revolutionist vs Panzer MK 2: Panzer MK 2 won

World Championship
Main article: The Second World Championship

This episode featured the US broadcast of the Second World Championship. The championship featured 16 robots from around the world competing to become the second world champion. Countries represented in the championship were: UK, USA, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden, Republic of Ireland, Belgium and South Africa.