History Awesome / BattleBots

** Arguably, though, this was as much a win for HUGE as it was for [=SawBlaze=]: while [=SawBlaze=] has the title, HUGE proved it's design was a valid counter to the current metagame. Especially poignant because Schulz considered ''retiring''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4AAIfQD8ew Witch Doctor vs. Tombstone]]. After losing the qualifiers and only making the Round of 16 thanks to the wildcard, then losing its minibot Shaman against [=OverDrive=], Witch Doctor went up against Tombstone, who some thought to be invincible. It preceded to ''knock Tombstone all over the arena'', taking blows from its blade like a champ. The best part was the fact that it ''snapped the blade in half''. It still lost, but only due to bad luck; it was flipped over and couldn't right itself, by the same attack that destroyed Tombstone's blade. If Witch Doctor had come down on its wheels, it would have ''won.'' This fight redeemed Witch Doctor in the eyes of many viewers, having proved that Tombstone wasn't as tough as many had imagined.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcEJSfXYbi8 Bite Force vs. Warhead.]] Warhead is a veteran bot that were made by the same creators of ''[[Series/RobotWars Robot Wars]]''' multi-championship winning competitor, Razer. Once the battle starts, Warhead is completely dominated by Bite Force's speed and pushing power, ends up being dragged around for the entire fight, and even getting lifted up off the ground and suplexed- by a complete newcomer! As Warhead was one of the big [[EnsembleDarkhorse favourites]] at the start of the competition, this was a ''huge'' deal at the time.

* [=RIP=]peroni versus Black Dragon was also an amazing bout. [=RIP=]peroni was a rookie bot and a LethalJokeCharacter coming in with a 3-1 record. Black Dragon had a similar record and a reputation of being MadeOfIron, only suffering a knock-out once in 24 fights. The pizza was hitting the dragon hard through the whole fight, crippling its weapon and even lighting Black Dragon on fire. controlling the match. It was only at the very end where Black Dragon, reduced to a push-bot managed to knock [=RIP=]peroni onto the upper deck, disabling it in the process and scoring a knock out in the last ''three seconds'' of the match. [=RIP=]peroni may have lost and been knocked out of the tournament, but there was absolutely no shame in losing in the last last seconds to what is probably the most durable bot in the sport.

[[caption-width-right:350:Uppercut causing Sawblaze to explode.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Uppercut causing Sawblade to explode.]]

* Hypershock manages to literally ''gut'' Whiplash-who, let's remind everyone-was in the finals two and some change years ago-and get the KO against Whiplash.
* [=RIP=]peroni getting the upset victory over End Game after getting dialed in following its fight against Gruff, using its unique chassis design to defeat the former champion.

** A meta-example: during one Battlebox test, a piece of debris was sucked into the robot and caused major internal damage, resulting in a [[ManOnFire battery fire]] that [[https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13495176_1382432411773470_3724432229218242945_n.jpg?oh=21707076d49168d7a992c1d69ea182ad&oe=586FC59F gutted the robot]]. It was repaired, rebuilt, and ready to fight again ''the very next morning''.

** On a meta level, this is the first time that [=SawBlaze=] has ever won a Main Event.[[note]]Against Bronco in 2018, they lost a judges decision after being treated like a tennis ball the entire match, against Tombstone in season 4, they lost by KO. And in season 5 they suffered an explosive defeat at the hands of Uppercut.[[/note]]