![]() ![]() ![]() The spin-off marked the final appearances of Deadlift, Deep Six, DUCK!, Ghost Raptor, Pain Train, SMEEEEEEEEEEEEE and Triple Crown, who were confirmed by their respective builders to be retiring from competing in BattleBots following the conclusion of the 2021 competition.Due to its status as a Giant Nut winner, Tombstone is the only Bounty Hunters winner who did not need to defend its title in a Sin City Slugfest episode, instead qualifying automatically for the Golden Bolt tournament.At stake is BattleBots’ newest trophy: The Golden Bolt." - Official description for Episode 6 " After the ferocious Sin City Slugfest, the 5 new Champions join 3 Giant Nut winners for one night of carnage in the BattleBox. The Founder's Award went to Jamison Go and SawBlaze, and the Grant Imahara Award for Best Design was won by Aren Hill's flywheel flipper Blip. The Most Destructive Robot Award was given to HyperShock after its destructive campaign, which continued into its Sin City Slugfest episode win. Rookie of the Year was split between Riptide and Glitch, both of which had stellar debut seasons and took home retired pulverizer hammers as trophies. Knocking out the second bracket winner Ribbot in Round 1, End Game handed a first loss to Tantrum since its 2021 season title win before getting the better of Witch Doctor in the final.īattleBots: Champions also saw the best in show awards being handed out to teams from the 2021 season. The Golden Bolt Tournament was ultimately won by End Game, who entered the final episode as a former Giant Nut winner from World Championship V. The final Golden Bolt tournament bracket was the only exception, which was instead revealed via social media soon after the episode had aired. Unlike in BattleBots: Bounty Hunters, the following week's bracket was publicly revealed in the closing minutes of each episode. This was followed by hits from various World Championship VI battles and the BattleBots: Champions premiere date before the most recent Giant Nut winner Tantrum was shown with an animated face to end the trailer. It did not reveal any Sin City Slugfest fights, but showed past trophies preceding the Golden Bolt, with narration from Faruq Tauheed. The official 30 second trailer for BattleBots: Champions was revealed on July 20, 2022. Team End Game are presented with the Golden Bolt. Its bracket was revealed to Facebook Supporters on June 28, and each subsequent bracket was revealed to Supporters each week. Gigabyte's episode kicked off the summer series, which concluded with the hunt for the Golden Bolt on September 8, 2022. Each episode was two hours in length and will air immediately on the main Discovery network as well as its streaming service, discovery+. In June 2022, BattleBots confirmed on social media that Sin City Slugfest episodes would begin airing in August that year. Notably, Big Dill and Double Jeopardy also returned for the spin-off, having been absent from the main season. In January 2022, the Perfect Phoenix team stated they would be exclusively competing in the spin-off competition due to conflicting schedule with team captain and driver Tyler Nguyen's school. In the final episode, the five winners of their respective qualifier episodes were joined by former Giant Nut winners Tantrum, End Game and Tombstone to form an eight robot tournament, with the overall winner taking home the Golden Bolt trophy. ![]() These made up five of the six confirmed episodes, dubbed Sin City Slugfest. The five Bounty winners from 2020 returned in an attempt to defend their crowns in a similar knockout format to Bounty Hunters - Gigabyte, Lock-Jaw, ROTATOR, Skorpios and Witch Doctor. It premiered on Augat 8pm ET on Discovery and discovery+. But first the robots must face the toughest battle ever seen in Vegas: the Sin City Slugfest." - Discovery's official description for the spin-off series.īattleBots: Champions was the name given to the sequel spin-off series to BattleBots: Bounty Hunters. " In the fight capital of the world, a new tournament kicks off for robotic combat’s hottest trophy: The Golden Bolt. ![]()
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