World Championship 8

World Championship VIII (also known as Discovery Season 8 and the 2023 season) will be the upcoming eighth season of BattleBots since its return to television in 2015, and the sixth season since the Discovery network picked the show up from ABC.
In January 2023, BattleBots confirmed on their official website that they planned to film World Championship VIII in the summer of 2023 and after the first wave of BattleBots: Destruct-A-Thon live shows, although this is a tentative plan and is subject to change.https://battlebots.com/wcviii/ In Episode 52 of the Outside of the Box podcast, co-creator and producer Greg Munson originally stated that attention would begin gearing towards filming for World Championship VIII around May.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDvZldW5mUY However, filming is likely to take place later than the previous season due to the need for Koval Lane, the street on which Caesars Palace is located, to be reworked ahead of a Formula 1 race in Las Vegas, Nevada across November 16-18, 2023.https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2023/Las_Vegas.html As a result, filming may be pushed to late 2023 or even early 2024.
Much like the 2022 competition, World Championship VIII is set to feature a total of 50 competitors. Tickets are not yet available for the competition, and it is not yet known when applications will be accepted.
Its currently unknown if the changes from the previous season such as the Pre-Season Power Rankings, the public reveal of each competitor's full Fight Night Schedule prior to the season premiere and four guaranteed Fight Night battles per competitor will return for World Championship VIII. 
== Rule Changes ==
=== Code of Conduct ===
Though not yet confirmed, Greg Munson revealed in a March 2023 RoboCast episode that the idea of penalties to punish teams thought to be showcasing poor sportsmanship has been considered. He also stated that an official Code of Conduct was being written as a collaboration between Match Steward Mike Jeffries and CRAB (Combat Robotics Association of BattleBots) president Adam Wrigley.https://youtu.be/bbHV28a0l1I?t=6967 
Please note that the following lists are subject to change as new information is revealed. All edits to the lists below must be sourced in the appropriate column:
==Confirmed Applicants==
Robots and teams which have confirmed their submissions and applications to World Championship VIII.
Robot 	Team 	Image	Source 	Notes
Disarray 	Team 23037 	 	EI Inde articleApplication video	2-0 record at Proving Ground May 6-7, 2023.
Ogrekill 	Team All-Star 	 	Facebook 	Multibot designed and built by a UK super team.
Manta 	Team Tanto 	 	Instagram
Discord 	RoboGames 2023 champions.
Max Q 	North Street Labs 	 	Application Video 	New entry from the Hot Pizza team.
Roundhouse	RoboGym Robotics 	 	Facebook 	From the Deadlift team.
Subatomic 	Bots 'n' Stuff Robotics 	 	Application Video 	From the Bloodsport and Retrograde team.
Switchback	Team Midnight Invention 	 	Greg Needel on Discord 	Brand new build.
Terrortops	Team Terrortops 	 	Ben Burton on Discord 	RoboGames 2023 semi-finalist.
The Twins 	Seems Reasonable Robotics	 	Outside of the Box Ep.78 	Multibot entry from former Giant Nut winners.
Orion 	Team MAD 	 	Facebook 	Former Robot Wars champions.
Maharana 	Team XENON 	 	Instagram 	Team from India.
Monsoon 	Team Monsoon 	 	Reddit 	Most successful British robot in modern BattleBots.
==Rumored Applicants==
Robots and teams whose intention to compete in World Championship VIII has been either stated or heavily inferred in the way of design developments or comments from team members.
Robot 	Team 	Image	Source
Slammo! 	Team Danby 	 	Instagram
Malice 	Team Malice 	 	Instagram
Spartacus 	Sinclair Robotics 	 	Reddit
Gigabyte 	Robotic Death Company 	 	Reddit AMA
Cobalt 	Robotic Death Company 	 	Reddit AMA
Lucky 	TKO Robotics 	 	Reddit AMA
Valkyrie 	Team VALKYRIE 	 	Instagram
Claw Viper 	Team Bad Ideas 	 	Reddit AMA
Banshee 	Team Small Robots 	 	Reddit AMA
Tombstone 	Hardcore Robotics 	 	Reddit Post
Shatter! 	Bots FC 	 	Reddit AMA
Emulsifier 	Bots FC 	 	Reddit AMA
Horizon 	Team Horizon 	 	Dylan McKenzie on Discord
Captain Shrederator	Team LOGICOM 	 	Nick Nave on Reddit
Hydra 	Team Whyachi 	 	YouTube Livestream
Fusion 	Team Whyachi 	 	YouTube Livestream
Kraken 	CE Robots 	 	Reddit AMA
RIPperoni 	Omega Team 	 	Reddit AMA
Starchild 	Omega Team 	 	Reddit AMA
Ominous 	Team Ominous 	 	Reddit AMA
JackPot 	Vegas Combat Robotics 	 	Reddit AMA
Bloodsport 	Bots 'n' Stuff Robotics 	 	Facebook Post
Glitch 	Combat Robotics at Berkeley	 	Reddit AMA
Gruff 	Team Gruff 	 	Reddit AMA
Big Dill 	Team Food Fight 	 	Reddit AMA
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Triton 	Team Overboard 	 	Reddit AMA
Whiplash 	Team Fast Electric Robots 	 	Reddit AMA
Defender 	Team Fast Electric Robots 	 	Reddit AMA
Blacksmith 	Team Half Fast Astronaut 	 	Facebook
==BattleBots: Fight Night==
===Episode 1: World Championship VIII has BEGUN!!!===
Lock-Jaw vs. Defender
Big Dill vs. Malice
HUGE vs. Blacksmith
Hydra vs. SubZero
Gigabyte vs. Glitch
Copperhead vs. Tantrum
SawBlaze vs. Minotaur
===Episode 2: Battles Big Top===
Disarray vs. Riptide
Yeti vs. Whiplash
Shatter! vs. Mammoth
Blip vs. MadCatter
Ominous vs. Snakebyte
Overhaul vs. Beta
Lucky vs. End Game
===Episode 3: Battles go from 10 to 20===
Rusty vs. Cobalt
HyperShock vs. Blip
Claw Viper vs. Slammo!
Hydra vs. Malice
Emulsifier vs. MadCatter
Black Dragon vs. Skorpios
Ribbot vs. SawBlaze
===Episode 4: 2-0 Favorites?===
Doomba vs. Overhaul
Fusion vs. Lucky
Deep Six vs. Starchild
Copperhead vs. Big Dill
Kraken vs. Captain Shrederator
Valkyrie vs. Triton
Horizon vs. Lock-Jaw
===Episode 5: Ugly Blood Time Am I Through?===
Bloodsport vs. HUGE
Hydra vs. Ribbot
Whiplash vs. Blip
Switchback vs. Manta
Defender vs. Witch Doctor
Riptide vs. Minotaur
Gruff vs. SawBlaze
==Trivia== 
*The eighth reboot season of BattleBots will mark the longest stint of a robot combat show in the sport's history, eclipsing the original five televised Comedy Central BattleBots seasons, as well as the seven main series of the original UK Robot Wars before their respective cancelations. 
**Although there was no 2017 BattleBots season, the production team remained the same between 2016 and 2018, with Discovery simply adopting the show from ABC in the same year it was dropped.
**Additionally, World Championship VIII will be the sixth BattleBots season in a row to air on the same network, surpassing the number of seasons aired during the original Comedy Central run.
==References==
Category:Competitions
Category:Reboot Era Competitions