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.
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.
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.
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.
The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the Super heavyweight classification.
Episodes[]
No. in season
Title
Original air date
1
"Backlash vs. Disposable Hero; Tentoumushi vs. Sallad"
August 23, 2000 (2000-08-23)
2
"Ziggo vs. The Missing Link; Mauler vs. Nightmare; OverKill vs. frenZy"
August 30, 2000 (2000-08-30)
3
"Voltarc vs. Bender; KillerHurtz vs. Knome II; Minion vs. Gray Matter"
September 6, 2000 (2000-09-06)
4
"Pressure Drop vs. Subject to Change Without Reason; Mouser Mecha-Catbot vs. Shaft; Vlad the Impaler vs. Tazbot"
September 13, 2000 (2000-09-13)
5
"Backlash vs. The Crusher; Blade Runner vs. Bad Attitude; Grendel vs. Diesector"
September 20, 2000 (2000-09-20)
6
"DooAll vs. S.L.A.M.; BioHazard vs. Mjollnir; Lightweight Rumble"
September 27, 2000 (2000-09-27)
7
"Voltarc vs. BioHazard; Rammstein vs. Mechadon; Alpha Raptor vs. Tentoumushi"
October 4, 2000 (2000-10-04)
8
"Deadblow vs. Alien Gladiator; Pressure Drop vs. Ankle Biter; Minion vs. Grendel"
October 11, 2000 (2000-10-11)
9
"Alpha Raptor vs. Mouser Mecha-Catbot; Backlash vs. Das Bot; Backlash vs. Alpha Raptor"
October 18, 2000 (2000-10-18)
10
"Spin Orbiting Force vs. Blade Runner; Hazard vs. Turtle Road Kill; Ronin vs. Ginsu"
October 25, 2000 (2000-10-25)
11
"Vlad the Impaler vs. OverKill; Punjar vs. Gammatron; KillerHurtz vs. Mauler"
November 1, 2000 (2000-11-01)
12
"Vlad the Impaler vs. Punjar; Deadblow vs. Pressure Drop; Minion vs. Rammstein"
November 8, 2000 (2000-11-08)
13
"Spin Orbiting Force vs. Hazard; KillerHurtz vs. Voltarc; Ronin vs. DooAll"
November 15, 2000 (2000-11-15)
14
"All Finals: Hazard vs. Deadblow; Vlad the Impaler vs. Voltarc; Minion vs. DooAll"
November 22, 2000 (2000-11-22)
15
"Remaining rumbles"
November 29, 2000 (2000-11-29)
References[]
^"Battlecasters". ComedyCentral.com. June 24, 2016. Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved July 10, 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)