Malicious Mischief

Malicious Mischief was a heavyweight robot built by Team Malicious that competed in the first two competitions of BattleBots. It was armed with a spring-loaded axe weapon. At Long Beach, it won three of its fights and at Las Vegas, it both won and lost a fight. It was converted into the superheavyweight Grendel afterwards, which competed in Season 1.0 of BattleBots.

Robot History[]

Long Beach 1999[]

Malicious Mischief vs. K.I.S.S.

Malicious Mischief's first ever match was against K.I.S.S.. Malicious Mischief won the fight by KO and advanced to the next round, where it faced Vlad the Impaler.

Malicious Mischief vs. Vlad the Impaler

Malicious Mischief fighting Vlad The Impaler.

Vlad the Impaler won the fight by crowd vote and Malicious Mischief was now in the loser's bracket.

Malicious Mischief vs. Exterminator (Forfeit)

Malicious Mischief was scheduled to fight Exterminator next, but Exterminator had technical issues and was forced to forfeit. Malicious Mischief won by default and advanced to the next round, where it faced Juggernaut.

Malicious Mischief vs. Juggernaut

Malicious Mischief strikes the axe into Juggernaut.

Malicious Mischief won the fight by crowd vote and advanced to the next round, where it faced Nightmare.

Malicious Mischief vs. Nightmare

Nightmare won the fight by KO and Malicious Mischief was eliminated from the tournament.

Gigabot Royal Rumble

Malicious Mischief wasn't finished however as it participated the gigabot royal rumble at the end of the tournament.

Las Vegas 1999[]

Malicious Mischief vs. Mr. Bonestripper (Forfeit)

Malicious Mischief was scheduled to fight Mr. Bonestripper first, but Mr. Bonestripper had technical issues and was forced to forfeit. Malicious Mischief won by default and advanced to the round of 16, where it faced KillerHurtz.

Malicious Mischief vs. KillerHurtz

Malicious Mischief lands an axe blow on KillerHurtz.

During the match, Malicious Mischief managed to nail at least one axe blow on KillerHurtz. In return, Malicious Mischief received a massive slam across the front from KillerHurtz, knocking off the axe tip.

KillerHurtz slams into and snaps the tip off of Malicious Mischief's axe.

This was later followed up by a slam into the spikestrip from the left side.

Malicious Mischief gets pushed into the spikestrip by KillerHurtz.

Malicious Mischief received another slam from the left side before moving out of its square to come face-to-face with KillerHurtz, where it managed to counter KillerHurtz' ram by impaling the latter's front with its forward facing spike as it got shoved into the spikestrip. Malicious Mischief spent the rest of the fight getting completely outmaneuvered and out-slammed by KillerHurtz, which never fired its own axe the entire fight. KillerHurtz won the fight on a 7-2 judge's decision and Malicious Mischief was eliminated from the tournament again.

Heavyweight Royal Rumble

Malicious Mischief wasn't finished however as it participated the heavyweight royal rumble at the end of the tournament.