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The New Blood Championship was one of the major tournaments to take place during Series 2 of Robot Wars Extreme. Running over five episodes, the competition featured robots which had never fought in Robot Wars before, competing alongside a selection of robots which debuted in The Sixth Wars and were eliminated in the first or (in the case of Thor) second rounds.

All competitors in this event would fight for an automatic entry in The Seventh Wars, which was later decided as the 16th seed of the main competition.

The championship took place in October 2002 for a 2003 airing, being first shown on BBC Choice and repeated on BBC Two later in the year. Along with the remainder of Extreme 2, it was repeated on Dave in summer and winter 2011, and again on Challenge starting from winter 2016.

Format[]

The New Blood Championship was split into four heats, each containing six robots for a total of 24 competitors. Heat formats were identical to those of The Fourth Wars, beginning with two three-way melees where one robot each would be eliminated, followed by a second round of head-to-head battles. Two winning robots from the latter would meet each other in a final round, the winner of which would progress to the Grand Final.

The Grand Final followed a similar format to that of the main UK Championship, with two head-to-head 'Eliminators', a playoff for third and fourth places and a final head-to-head battle to determine the New Blood Champion.

Selection Process[]

According to an official Extreme 2 announcement from the archived Robot Wars discussion boards, eligible competitors would be selected based on recordings obtained from the Sixth Wars qualifiers. Additionally, the New Blood Championship was open to 'volunteers' and 'brand new' robots from veteran teams, with potential applicants being advised to contact Mentorn in advance.[1]

Heats[]

Heat A[]

Main article: Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/New Blood Championship/Heat A

Robots Competing: Maximus, Mr Nasty, Mute, Niterider, Roobarb, Terror Turtle.

Round 1

  • Terror Turtle vs Mute vs Roobarb: Terror Turtle eliminated
  • Niterider vs Maximus vs Mr Nasty: Niterider eliminated

Round 2

  • Roobarb vs Maximus: Roobarb won
  • Mute vs Mr Nasty: Mute won

Final

  • Roobarb vs Mute: Mute won

Heat B[]

Main article: Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/New Blood Championship/Heat B

Robots Competing: Chip, Edge Hog, Hell's Teeth, Night Raider, RT81, Thor.

Round 1

  • Night Raider vs Thor vs Hell's Teeth: Night Raider eliminated
  • Chip vs Edge Hog vs RT81: RT81 eliminated

Round 2

  • Thor vs Chip: Thor won
  • Hell's Teeth vs Edge Hog: Edge Hog won

Final

  • Thor vs Edge Hog: Thor won

Heat C[]

Main article: Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/New Blood Championship/Heat C

Robots Competing: Chopper, Direct Action, ICU, Mad Dog, Revolution 2, Storm 2.

Round 1

  • Chopper vs ICU vs Mad Dog: Mad Dog eliminated
  • Storm 2 vs Revolution 2 vs Direct Action: Direct Action eliminated

Round 2

  • ICU vs Revolution 2: ICU won
  • Chopper vs Storm 2: Storm 2 won

Final

  • ICU vs Storm 2: Storm 2 won

Heat D[]

Main article: Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/New Blood Championship/Heat D

Robots Competing: Bash Gordon, Cedric Slammer, Doctor Fist, Fatal Traction, Piranha, Pressure

Round 1

  • Cedric Slammer vs Bash Gordon vs Pressure: Bash Gordon eliminated
  • Piranha vs Fatal Traction vs Doctor Fist: Doctor Fist eliminated

Round 2

  • Cedric Slammer vs Fatal Traction: Cedric Slammer won
  • Pressure vs Piranha: Pressure won

Final

  • Cedric Slammer vs Pressure: Cedric Slammer won

Grand Final[]

Main article: Robot Wars Extreme: Series 2/New Blood Championship/Grand Final

Eliminators

  • Thor vs Storm 2: Storm 2 won
  • Cedric Slammer vs Mute: Mute won

Playoff

  • Cedric Slammer vs Thor: Thor won

Final

  • Mute vs Storm 2: Storm 2 won

Trivia[]

  • Each of the first round battles had a returning competitor from Series 6 alongside two actual newcomers.
  • Of the robots that had already fought in Series 6, only Thor had passed the first round.
    • Of these robots, only Doctor Fist subsequently failed to pass the first round of the New Blood Championship.
  • Although the prize for winning the New Blood Championship was automatic entry to Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars, 10 of the 24 competing teams would ultimately qualify for Series 7, including the New Blood Champion, Storm 2.
  • Terror Turtle was the only participant to compete in another event in Extreme Series 2.
  • Out of the 24 competing robots in New Blood, only six did not previously attempt to enter the Sixth Wars. These were Niterider, Direct Action, Pressure, Fatal Traction, Piranha and eventual champions Storm 2.
    • Out of these, Direct Action, Piranha, Pressure and Niterider would fail to qualify for Series 7.
  • Fatal Traction was the only New Blood participant not to attempt to enter a main series before or after Extreme 2.
  • Chompalot also attempted to apply for the New Blood Championship, but was not selected, although it would end up appearing in Extreme 2 by competing in the Iron Maidens.[2]
  • Knuckles was also invited, but the team declined the offer due to conflicting schedules.[3]

References[]


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