Season of television series
Season 1 of the American competitive television series BattleBots premiered on Comedy Central on August 23, 2000. Season 1 of BattleBots was hosted by Bil Dwyer and Sean Salisbury . Legendary boxing ring announcer and radio host Mark Beiro acted as the BattleBots arena announcer. Donna D'Errico , along with twins Randy and Jason Sklar were the arena-side correspondents.[1]
The pilot, known as episode one was originally aired as a Pay-per-view event before being pitched to network executives.
Classifications [ edit ] Robots in season 1 competed in four separate weight classes:
Qualifying [ edit ] Only one match in the lightweight category was aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Round of 16 along with eight teams that were automatically qualified.
Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Unaired 1 Afterthought Black Widow KO N/A 2 The Missing Link Chiabot KO 2:20 3 Das Bot Rott-Bott 2000 KO 1:02 4 Sallad The Aggressive Polygon Judges' Decision (9–0) 3:00 5 Alpha Raptor Cereal Box Killer KO N/A 6 Pestilence Thorn KO 2:35 7 Shaft Gremlin ll KO 2:20 1 8 Backlash Disposable Hero KO 0:50
The robot was the winner of the battle. The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated. Advance to the Round of 16 without battle The Crusher, Endotherm, Ziggo, Shrike, Tentoumushi, Dr. Inferno Jr., No Tolerance ll, and Mouser Mecha-Catbot
Tournament [ edit ] Lightweight Tournament Bracket
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Championship
Backlash
The Crusher
Backlash
Endotherm
Afterthought
Endotherm
Backlash
Das Bot
Ziggo
Missing Link
Ziggo
Das Bot
Das Bot
Shrike
Backlash
Alpha Raptor
Sallad
Tentoumushi
Tentoumushi
Alpha Raptor
Alpha Raptor
Dr. Inferno Jr.
Alpha Raptor
Mouser Mecha-Catbot
Pestilence
No Tolerance II
No Tolerance II
Mouser Mecha-Catbot
Mouser Mecha-Catbot
Shaft
Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Round of 16 Unaired 1 Endotherm Afterthought Judges' Decision (8–1) 3:00 2 Das Bot Shrike Judges' Decision (9–0) 3:00 3 Alpha Raptor Dr. Inferno Jr. Judges' Decision (8–1) 3:00 4 No Tolerance II Pestilence KO 2:40 1 5 Tentoumushi Sallad Judges' Decision (7–2) 3:00 2 6 Ziggo The Missing Link KO 1:18 4 7 Mouser Mecha-Catbot Shaft Judges' Decision (6–3) 3:00 5 8 Backlash The Crusher KO 1:43 Quarterfinals Unaired 1 Backlash Endotherm Judges' Decision (7–2) 3:00 2 Das Bot Ziggo KO 1:17 3 Mouser Mecha-Catbot No Tolerance II Judges' Decision (9–0) 3:00 7 4 Alpha Raptor Tentoumushi Judges' Decision (7–2) 3:00 Semifinals 9 1 Alpha Raptor Mouser Mecha-Catbot Judges' Decision (8–1) 3:00 2 Backlash Das Bot KO 0:57 Finals 1 Backlash Alpha Raptor KO 1:24
The robot was the winner the battle. The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated. The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the lightweight classification. Qualifying [ edit ] Two matches in the middleweight category were aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Quarterfinals along with four teams that were automatically qualified.
Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Unaired 1 Hazard Pegleg KO 0:31 2 Alien Gladiator The Emasculator FF — 4 3 Pressure Drop Subject to Change Without Reason KO 1:21 5 4 Blade Runner Bad Attitude KO 1:24
The robot was the winner the battle. The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated. Advance to the Quarterfinals without battle Turtle Road Kill, Spin Orbiting Force, Deadblow, and Ankle Biter
Tournament [ edit ] Middleweight Tournament Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Championship
Hazard
Turtle Road Kill
Hazard
Super Orbiting Force
Blade Runner
Super Orbiting Force
Hazard
Deadblow
Alien Gladiator
Deadblow
Deadblow
Pressure Drop
Pressure Drop
Ankle Biter
Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Quarterfinals 8 1 Deadblow Alien Gladiator KO 1:08 2 Pressure Drop Ankle Biter KO 2:20 10 3 Hazard Turtle Road Kill Judges' Decision (9–0) 3:00 4 Spin Orbiting Force Blade Runner Judges' Decision (5–4) 3:00 Semifinals 12 1 Deadblow Pressure Drop Judges' Decision (9–0) 3:00 13 2 Hazard Spin Orbiting Force Judges' Decision (7–2) 3:00 Finals 14 1 Hazard Deadblow KO 0:53
The robot was the winner the battle. The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated. The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the middleweight classification. Qualifying [ edit ] The winner of each battle moved on to the Round of 16 along with twelve teams that were automatically qualified.
Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Unaired 1 Vlad the Impaler GoldDigger FF — 2 Punjar Mr. Bonestripper FF — 3 4 KillerHurtz Knome II KO 1:03 6 3 BioHazard Mjollnir Judges' Decision (9-0) 3:00
The robot was the winner the battle. The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated. Advance to the Round of 16 without battle Tazbot, frenZy, OverKill, Kill-O-Amp, Suicidal Tendencies, Gammatron, Blendo, Voltarc, Bender, Monster, Nightmare, and Mauler
Tournament [ edit ] Heavyweight Tournament Bracket
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Championship
Vlad the Impaler
Tazbot
Vlad the Impaler
OverKill
frenZy
OverKill
Vlad the Impaler
Punjar
Punjar
Kill-O-Amp
Punjar
Gammatron
Gammatron
Suicidal Tendencies
Vlad the Impaler
Voltarc
Blendo
BioHazard
BioHazard
Voltarc
Voltarc
Bender
Voltarc
KillerHurtz
Monster
KillerHurtz
KillerHurtz
Mauler
Mauler
Nightmare
Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Round of 16 Unaired 1 Punjar Kill-O-Amp Judges' Decision (5-4) 3:00 2 Gammatron Suicidal Tendencies Judges' Decision (6-3) 3:00 3 BioHazard Blendo KO — 4 KillerHurtz Monster KO — 2 5 OverKill frenZy Judges' Decision (7-2) 3:00 6 Mauler Nightmare KO 0:40 3 7 Voltarc Bender Judges' Decision (9-0) 3:00 4 8 Vlad the Impaler Tazbot Judges' Decision (9-0) 3:00 Quarterfinals 7 1 Voltarc BioHazard Judges' Decision (9-0) 3:00 11 2 Vlad the Impaler OverKill Judges' Decision (8-1) 3:00 3 Punjar Gammatron Judges' Decision (7-2) 3:00 4 KillerHurtz Mauler KO — Semifinals 12 1 Vlad the Impaler Punjar Judges' Decision (8–1) 3:00 13 2 Voltarc KillerHurtz Judges' Decision (8–1) 3:00 Finals 14 1 Vlad the Impaler Voltarc KO 1:42
The robot was the winner the battle. The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated. The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the heavyweight classification. Qualifying [ edit ] Three matches in the Super Heavyweight category were aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Quarterfinals along with one team that was automatically qualified.
Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Unaired 1 Mechadon Prompt Critical KO 1:55 2 Rammstein Abbatoir KO — 3 Ginsu World Peace FF — 4 Ronin Odin Judges' Decision (6-3) 3:00 3 5 Minion Gray Matter Judges' Decision (7-2) 3:00 5 6 Grendel Diesector KO 1:38 6 7 DooAll S.L.A.M. KO 2:51
The robot was the winner the battle. The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated. Advance to the Quarterfinals without battle Super Rhino
Tournament [ edit ] Super Heavyweight Tournament Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Championship
Minion
Grendel
Minion
Rammstein
Mechadon
Rammstein
Minion
DooAll
Ginsu
Ronin
Ronin
DooAll
DooAll
Super Rhino
Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time Quarterfinals Unaired 1 DooAll Super Rhino Judges' Decision (5-4) 3:00 7 2 Rammstein Mechadon Judges' Decision (8-1) 3:00 8 3 Minion Grendel Judges' Decision (7-2) 3:00 10 4 Ronin Ginsu Judges' Decision (7-2) 3:00 Semifinals 12 1 Minion Rammstein KO 1:29 13 2 DooAll Ronin KO 1:46 Finals 14 1 Minion DooAll Judges' Decision (9-0) 3:00
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