"Time for the heaviest of our divisions, the Super Heavyweights. These are the big boys, the Pavarottis of the robot world! Pound for pound, these could give our House Robots a good run for their money. Let's get down to some serious wanton destruction, and heavy metal carnage!"
The Super Heavyweight Championship was a side competition dedicated to robots in the super heavyweight class, each weighing over the standard 79.4kg heavyweight limit. Exclusively held during Robot Wars: The Second Wars - and partially shown in the end-of-series special, The Grudge Matches - it actually featured a mix of 'true' super heavyweight robots and heavyweight competitors which were unable to compete in the main series for various reasons. The Super Heavyweight Championship consisted of four heats, each a three-way melee, the winners of which would fight together in a four-way final, billed in The Grudge Matches episode as the Super Showdown.
The Series 2 Super Heavyweight Championship proved to be the only event of its kind to be held as part of any series of Robot Wars. Another event was planned for Series 3, with Kick Robut aiming to defend their title, but was cancelled at the last minute due to a behind-the-scenes accident.[1] A third event (titled Super Heavyweight Knockdown) was mentioned as a competition in the second series of Robot Wars Extreme, as part of Robot Rampage, but was never contested for unknown reasons.[2]
Team Members: Richard Thompson, Chris Aylott, Margaret Thompson
According to Craig Danby, who had Toxin at the time, one other super heavyweight who fought in Series 2's Super Showdown competition put themselves forward for this cancelled event, but does not recall who. He also claimed the teams aimed to gang up on the House Robots from the start.[7]
