Extreme Warriors: Season 1 was the first season of Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors - the US version of Robot Wars. It was originally broadcast on The New TNN in 2001. The season was presented by Mick Foley, the pit reporter was Rebecca Grant and commentary was 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).
Competitions[]
The first season featured seven competitions, which are listed in broadcast order.
Robot Rebellion[]
- Main article: Extreme Warriors: Season 1/Robot Rebellion
This episode featured four head-to-head eliminator battles to decide which four robots would battle against Matilda, Shunt and Sir Killalot in the arena at the end of the show.
Robots Competing: Close Enough, Rosie the Riveter, Rot Box, Silver Box, The Green House, The Green Mouse, Tricerabot, Tut Tut
Eliminators
- Close Enough vs Silver Box: Silver Box won
- The Green House vs Tut Tut: Tut Tut won
- The Green Mouse vs Tricerabot: Tricerabot won
- Rosie the Riveter vs Rot Box: Rosie the Riveter won
Final
- Silver Box, Rosie the Riveter, Tricerabot & Tut Tut vs Matilda, Shunt & Sir Killalot: No winner called
Annihilator[]
- Main article: Extreme Warriors: Season 1/Annihilator
The format of this episode was the same as the Annihilator episodes of 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: Conquering Clown, Drillzilla, Red Virus, Rippa Raptor, Skullmania, Unibite
- Sixth: Skullmania
- Fifth: Unibite
- Fourth: Conquering Clown
- Third: Red Virus
- Runner-up: Rippa Raptor
- Winner: Drillzilla
Civil War[]
- Main article: Extreme Warriors: Season 1/Civil War
In this episode, robots from the north took on robots from the south in a straight knockout competition to see which side had the best robot.
Robots Competing:
- Union: Falcon, Sobek, Spike, Tiger Cat
- Confederacy: 6 Million Dollar Mouse, Bot-Ugly, Manta, The Revolutionist
Eliminators
- Spike (U) vs Bot-Ugly (C): Spike won
- Falcon (U) vs 6 Million Dollar Mouse (C): 6 Million Dollar Mouse won
- Tiger Cat (U) vs Manta (C): Manta won
- Sobek (U) vs The Revolutionist (C): Sobek won
Semi-Finals
- Spike (U) vs Manta (C): Manta won
- Sobek (U) vs 6 Million Dollar Mouse (C): 6 Million Dollar Mouse won
Final
- 6 Million Dollar Mouse (C) vs Manta (C): Manta won
Tag Team Terror[]
- Main article: Extreme Warriors: Season 1/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 Independence[]
- Main article: Extreme Warriors: Season 1/War of Independence
In this episode, robots from the USA and the UK battled each other in a straight knockout competition to see which nation had the best robot.
Robots Competing:
- USA: 6 Million Dollar Mouse, General Chompsalot, Joker, Rosie the Riveter.
- UK: Plunderbird 5, Pussycat, Spawn Again, Stinger.
Eliminators
- 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 Dollar Mouse vs Pussycat: Pussycat won
Semi-Finals
- General Chompsalot vs Joker: General Chompsalot won
- Rosie the Riveter vs Pussycat: Pussycat won
Final
- General Chompsalot vs Pussycat: Pussycat won
US Championship[]
- Main article: Extreme Warriors: Season 1/US Championship
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 knockout competition to find a champion.
Robots Competing: 6 Million Dollar Mouse, Bot-Ugly, Close Enough, Coffin-Bot, Cyclone, Drillzilla, Falcon, General Chompsalot, Mad Cow, Manta, Medusa Oblongata, Panzer Mk2, Red Virus, Rippa Raptor, Rosie the Riveter, Run Away, Shuriken, Sobek, Spartacus, The Brute, The Revolutionist, Tiger Cat, Tricerabot, Unibite
NOTE: Coffin-Bot took the place of Skullmania after the latter had irreparable technical difficulties. Tiger Cat replaced Conquering Clown under similar circumstances.
Heats
- 6 Million Dollar Mouse vs Falcon vs Medusa Oblongata vs Red Virus vs Shuriken vs The Brute: The Brute won
- Bot-Ugly vs Coffin-Bot vs Sobek vs The Revolutionist vs Tricerabot vs Unibite: The Revolutionist won
- Close Enough vs Mad Cow vs Manta vs Rippa Raptor vs Rosie the Riveter vs Tiger Cat: Manta won
- Cyclone vs Drillzilla vs General Chompsalot vs Panzer Mk2 vs Run Away vs Spartacus: Panzer Mk2 won
Semi-Finals
- The Brute vs The Revolutionist: The Revolutionist won
- Manta vs Panzer Mk2: Panzer Mk2 won
Final
- Panzer Mk2 vs The Revolutionist: Panzer Mk2 won
World Championship[]
- Main article: The Second World Championship
This episode featured the US broadcast of the Second World Championship, which included four robots from the US Championship, which were Drillzilla, Manta, Panzer Mk2 and The Revolutionist.
Robots Competing: Chaos 2 (UK), Manta (USA), Ansgar (Germany), Mastiff (Italy), Firestorm 3 (UK), Drillzilla (USA), NEAT Machine (The Netherlands), Whirlpool 70 (Sweden), Razer (UK), The Revolutionist (USA), Diotoir (Republic of Ireland), Flensburger Power (Germany), Tornado (UK), Panzer Mk2 (USA), Philipper (Belgium), Yeborobo (South Africa).
Heats
- Ansgar (GER) vs Chaos 2 (UK) vs Manta (USA) vs Mastiff (ITA): Manta won
- Drillzilla (USA) vs Firestorm 3 (UK) vs NEAT Machine (NED) vs Whirlpool 70 (SWE): Drillzilla won
- Diotoir (IRE) vs Flensburger Power (GER) vs Razer (UK) vs The Revolutionist (USA): Razer won
- Panzer Mk2 (USA) vs Philipper (BEL) vs Tornado (UK) vs Yeborobo (RSA): Tornado won
Semi-Finals
- Drillzilla (USA) vs Manta (USA): Drillzilla won
- Razer (UK) vs Tornado (UK): Razer won
Final
- Drillzilla (USA) vs Razer (UK): Razer won
Television ratings[]
Extreme Warriors: Season 1 proved to be a big ratings' success for TNN. According to The Guardian, the show was the second highest-rated show on the network, behind only WWF Raw.[1]
Trivia[]
Sir Killalot's bio during the Tag Team Terror
- Each of the first four episodes during the season featured a segment detailing each of the House Robots individually, with the Tag Team Terror containing two bios to fill time.
- According to Mark Joerger, an additional competitor named Crockbot was in attendance for Season 1 filming, being stationed in The Pits alongside Run Away. However, it never competed, and no other information on the robot is currently available.[2]
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