
Wrecks' Season 2 appearance.
Wrecks is a heavyweight robot which competed in the first two seasons of ABC's BattleBots reboot. Wrecks was one of the few walkerbots for the reboot. Unfortunately, Wrecks did poorly in the competition, losing both of its two fights.
After Season 2, Team Wrecks would split up, with Dan Chatterton (lead designer of the robot) being the current owner and only known member of Wrecks and its team. Dan would later join team Skorpios. Adrian Bunny Sauriol would apply with Team Bots FC and their bot, Doomba and Friends. Doomba was ultimately rejected.
Wrecks is the brainchild of Dan Chatterton, who prototyped this design on an antweight named Gyrobot. Gyrobot's unique design gave it an honorable mention in the Combat Robot Hall of Fame.
While Wrecks did not make its return, the team has entered with Shatter! and made its debut as Wrecks' replacement in Season 4.
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Design

Wrecks in the red square during Season 1.
Wrecks is a green walkerbot build to look like a dinosaur. Its main weapon was a large vertically-spinning steel disc which also provided the motion for its forward movement. Wrecks had no wheels, instead operating on the principle of gyroscopic procession. Its weapon was attached to an apparatus which tilted it back and forth. This rocking motion caused a large "foot" mounted at the back of the robot to move, causing the robot to move forward.

Wrecks in the red square during Season 2.
For Season 2, Wrecks got a new paint job, being red and black. The blade was now different and could spin slightly faster The legs of Wrecks were changed from yellow to silver and could now walk faster. It also had extra steel armor in the front and around of the bot.
Robot History
ABC Season 1 |
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Wrecks vs. Plan X ![]() Wrecks' Season 1 appearance. ![]() Wrecks tears into Plan X's left rear corner. ![]() Wrecks digs the floor as Plan X pushes it around ![]() Wrecks tears off the entire left side of Plan X Wrecks was due to compete in a nine bot rumble at the end of the tournament, but due to time restraints in filming, the rumble never happened. |
ABC Season 2 |
Wrecks vs. Red Devil ![]() Wrecks has Red Devil under the pulverizer. ![]() Wrecks being grappled by Red Devil before getting shoved into the wall. |
Wrecks vs. Bite Force vs. Witch Doctor ![]() Wrecks' shot on Witch Doctor sends it out of the arena. ![]() Bite Force almost sends Wrecks out. Despite this, Wrecks was still not finished and competed in a rumble which featured two other vertical spinners, former BattleBots champion Bite Force and Witch Doctor, another robot that fallen to Red Devil. During the introductions for the robots, Wrecks was mocked by Kenny Florian and Chris Rose for not being able to make it into the green square and very nearly tipped over at the start of the match. Wrecks did however redeem itself by first attacking Witch Doctor, ripping off one of its top panels and disordering the purple machine. After Bite Force attacked Witch Doctor and turned it over, Wrecks attacked the purple machine again, ripping off its self-righting mechanism and then throwing Witch Doctor out of the arena, eliminating it from the match. Bite Force then attacked Wrecks' weak point - its apparatus, tossing the red machine up in the air and causing it to land awkwardly. Wrecks did however get its own attack in, ripping off one of Bite Force's wedges and throwing both robots away, with Wrecks ending up near a corner with a out of the arena zone. Wrecks seem to have problems moving after this attack and Bite Force proved this, first by self-righting and approaching the walkerbot with absolutely no fear and then by tossing Wrecks out of the arena. However, this did not defeat the machine, as Wrecks was able to climb out, becoming one of the few robots in the entirety of robot combat climbed back in to the arena after being flipped out, despite its hindered mobility. Wrecks was then counted out, despite many attempts to show that it could move forward, allowing Bite Force to become the winner of the rumble. |
Wins/Losses
- Wins: 0
- Losses: 3
Competition | Wins | Losses |
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ABC Season 1 | None | Plan X |
ABC Season 2 | None |
Bite Force (Rumble) |
Faruq Tauheed Introductions

Wrecks in 2018
"Its a modern day dinosaur, with an appetite for destruction. Here to make a Jurassic mark in the competition, it's WRECKS!"
"It's in a 12-step program because it's a wrecks addict. It's WRECKS!"
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