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- "Robots are a big like boxers, and I don't mean they're hard, ugly and can be quite thick. What I mean is that not all of them are like the heavyweights in the main competition. Which is why, over the series, we'll also be running a middleweight competition, and its seconds out for Round 1!"
- — Craig Charles introduces the Middleweight Melee
The Middleweight Melee was one of the Special Events that took place during Robot Wars: The Third Wars. Broadcast in Heat C, it was a single exhibition battle between five middleweight robots, all weighing 45.4kg or under. The Middleweight Melee served as a replacement for that series' planned Middleweight Championship, which was among the side events cancelled due to a behind-the-scenes accident.[1]
Competing Robots[]
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| Tentoumushi | ||
| Weight | 52kg (24kg/53lbs)[2] | |
| Dimensions | 1.02 x 1.12 x 0.30m | |
| Clearance | 0.05m | |
| Power | 24 US Volts | |
| Weapons | Angle Grinder | |
| Notes | Swallows Enemy Whole | |
| From: United States of America | ||
| Team Members: Lisa Winter, Mike Winter | ||
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| Hard Cheese | ||
| Weight | Not listed | |
| Dimensions | Not listed | |
| Clearance | Not listed | |
| Power | Not listed | |
| Weapons | Pickaxe | |
| Notes | N/A | |
| From: Aintree, Merseyside | ||
| Team Members: Nigel Kerr, Andrew Norton | ||
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| Grinder | ||
| Weight | Not listed | |
| Dimensions | Not listed | |
| Clearance | Not listed | |
| Power | Not listed | |
| Weapons | Angle Grinder | |
| Notes | N/A | |
| From: Not listed | ||
| Team Members: Ian Sitten, William Sitten | ||
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| A-Kill | ||
| Weight | 42.6kg | |
| Dimensions | 0.23 x 1.00 x 0.41m | |
| Clearance | 0.01m | |
| Power | 2 x Wheelchair Motors | |
| Weapons | Spikes | |
| Notes | Cost £200 | |
| From: Buckinghamshire | ||
| Team Members: Chris Delph, Ryan Delph, Andy Brasted | ||
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| Ripper's Revenge | ||
| Weight | Not listed | |
| Dimensions | Not listed | |
| Clearance | Not listed | |
| Power | Not listed | |
| Weapons | Pickaxe | |
| Notes | N/A | |
| From: Yorkshire | ||
| Team Members: Anthony Mills, Donald Mills, Jackie Holland | ||
Melee[]
Tentoumushi vs Hard Cheese vs Grinder vs A-Kill vs Ripper's Revenge[]
Hard Cheese is bullied by Sir Killalot
Grinder is lifted by Shunt
Reigning middleweight champion Hard Cheese started by attacking Ripper's Revenge with its axe, before it was attacked and covered up by Tentoumushi. Meanwhile, A-Kill pushed Grinder into Shunt, and Grinder sustained heavy damage from Shunt's axe. Tentoumushi covered up Ripper's Revenge while the immobilised Hard Cheese was picked up by Sir Killalot.
- "Pick on someone your own size Killalot! This is unfair!"
- — Jonathan Pearce, as Hard Cheese is picked up by Killalot
Shunt axes Ripper's Revenge which is bounced by the Arena Spike
Shunt is immobilised by Tentoumushi
Tentoumushi then had one if its decorative antennae cut off by the chainsaw of Matilda. As Sir Killalot pushed away the immobilised Grinder, Ripper's Revenge was flipped over by the Arena Spike and was out of the battle. Tentoumushi then started to fight the House Robots and covered up Shunt, blocking the radio signal so that Shunt could no longer move. Tentoumushi and A-Kill were the only survivors at the end of the battle and the Judges declared a draw between the two robots.
Joint Winners: Tentoumushi & A-Kill
Trivia[]
- Both of the Melee's joint winners, Tentoumushi and A-Kill, would later fight each other in the War of Independence, a grudge match broadcast as part of the International League Championship. The aforementioned battle was actually filmed before the Middleweight Melee, despite being broadcast afterwards.
- Although the Middleweight Melee replaced the cancelled Series 3 Middleweight Championship, Craig Charles still addressed the event as the first round of the latter. As the incumbent champion, Hard Cheese was given the Middleweight trophy.
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