Contest of Champions

The **Contest of Champions** was a huge battle from Marvel's *Ultimate Spider-Man*. It deals with Spider-Man working together with the Collector and his army of heroes to fight against The Collector's evil older brother the Grand Master and his army of villains. The battle takes place in the four-part Season 3 finale, "The Contest of Champions."

## History

### Background

It all started with an ancient alien being named the Collector who had previously arrived on Earth to kidnap and collect every single hero using his robot probes and placed them all in stasis pods onboard his ship after researching the Earth to know which ones to collect. However, he didn't collect Spider-Man or Hulk because they weren't seen as heroes according to J. Jonah Jameson. But Spider-Man and Hulk freed the Hulk's team the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. which consisted of Red Hulk, A-Bomb, She-Hulk, and Skaar who were also imprisoned onboard the Collector's ship. Then they all defeated the Collector and rescued all the heroes before the Collector could destroy the Earth with a bomb to make his collection priceless which they used to destroy his ship. However, their actions had convinced the Collector that both Spider-Man and Hulk were indeed heroes which he vowed to collect first the next time. The Collector also had an older brother named the Grand Master who would always challenge the Collector to play games where he would always win and break the Collector's stuff. But then one day, both the Collector and the Grand Master came to Earth, collected everyone in New York City, put them into stasis pods on the Grand Master's ship, and placed a huge forcefield around the city. When Spider-Man was beamed onboard the Collector's ship after fighting off Abomination, Beetle, and Skurge the Executioner, he met up with the Collector and the Grand Master who both explained to him that they were going to play a game called the Contest of Champions with heroes vs. villains. The Collector would play with the heroes while the Grand Master would play with the villains and whoever won got to take the loser's pieces. With the villains ruling over Earth if the Grand Master wins and the people of New York City being released if the Collector wins. The Collector revealed that they captured the people of New York City because they didn't want them getting hurt during their game. But the Grand Master stated that it was because they didn't want them getting in the way of the game and to give the heroes a motivation to play it. The Collector also revealed to Spider-Man that he didn't want to play the game in the first place but the Grand Master forced him to or else he would break the Collector's stuff. Although Spier-Man didn't want to play the game either he had no choice in the matter as it was the only way to save the people.

### The Battle

The first round of the game is a fight with Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Hulk vs. Kraven the Hunter, Molten Man, and the Wendigo King in Central Park. During the round, Kraven defeats Hulk and Molten Man defeats Iron Man but Spider-Man is able to defeat all three villains by himself and wins the round. After he wins, Spider-Man orders the Grand Master to let everyone go but he forces Spider-Man to keep playing or he would hurt the people of New York City by firing them out his ship's airlock. The second round is a capture-the-flag game with Spider-Man, Iron Fist, Captain America, and Red Hulk vs. Sandman, Blastaar, and Ymir in New York City. However, The Grand Master also added pods that could modify the city at the Grand Master's command to make the game more interesting. During the round, Red Hulk defeats Sandman, the Grand Master takes away the city's gravity, Ymir freezes and defeats Captain America, the Grand Master covers the city with lava, Ymir defeats Red Hulk, Iron Fist defeats Blastaar, Ymir defeats Iron Fist, and Spider-Man defeats Ymir winning both the flag and the round. The third round is a last-team standing fight with Spider-Man, Power Man, Black Widow, and Skaar vs. Zzzax, Absorbing Man, and Doctor Octopus in New York City again. During the round, the Grand Master floods the city, adds some of the people in it to act as hostages for the game, the Collector accidentally adds giant sharks, Spider-Man defeats Zzzax, the hostages get saved, the Grand Master sends meteors onto the city, both Skaar and Power Man get defeated by the meteors, Spider-Man defeats Doctor Octopus, destroys one of the pods to stop the meteors, and Black Widow defeats Absorbing Man thus winning the round.

During the game, Spider-Man tries to convince the Collector to stand up to the Grand Master and plans to rescue all the prisoners without winning the game. The fourth round is another fight with Spider-Man, Iron Spider, Agent Venom, and Thor vs. Annihilus, Attuma, and Terrax in the New York City subway tunnels. However, during the fight, Spider-Man comes up with a plan to secretly rescue the people of New York from the Grand Master's ship. To do that, he replaces himself, Iron Spider, and Agent Venom with L.M.D.s from the Triskelion who would fight alongside Thor. While the real Spider-Man, Iron Spider, and Agent Venom go to rescue all the people from the Grand Master's ship after breaking through the forcefield using a S.H.I.E.L.D. jet. They take out the ship's communication array but get blasted down which causes them to crash right into the Grandmaster's ship. Then they sneak through the ship, fight off the Grand Masters' probes, find the prisoner vault, and Spider-Man has Iron Spider place a program on the ship's main computer. Meanwhile, both the Agent Venom and Iron Spider L.M.D.s get defeated and the Collector adds in A-Bomb, Hawkeye, and She-Hulk. While Spider-Man, Agent Venom, and Iron Spider search for the people of New York, they are confronted by holographic projections of M.O.D.O.K. and Leader who are using their mental powers to project themselves through Spider-Man's watch. So Spider-Man decides to make a deal with them that he'll let them out of their stasis pods and in return they will help him, Agent Venom, and Iron Spider find the people and send everyone back home to Earth. After they accept, Iron Spider frees M.O.D.O.K. and Leader from their stasis pods and they are all about to use the teleport hub to free everyone when the Grand Master shows up after finding out about the L.M.D.s and accuses him of cheating. But Spider-Man declares that they are all done with playing his game but the Grand Master attacks them so Spider-Man, Agent Venom, and Iron Spider fight off the Grand Master to distract him while M.O.D.O.K. and Leader get the teleport hub working. When the teleport hub activates, it sends all the people back to Earth including the heroes and villains. Then M.O.D.O.K. and Leader escape through it and Spider-Man activates the program that Iron Spider put on the ship's main computer which causes the Grand Master's ship to self-destruct. However, some of the people get left behind so Spider-Man goes to save them while Agent Venom and Iron Spider fight off the Grand Master. During which, Spider-Man finds Aunt May who reveals that she knows he is Peter Parker then after she leaves, Iron Spider and Agent Venom find out too and they all continue to fight off the Grand Master. After all the prisoners are free, Spider-Man, Iron Spider, and Agent Venom escape before the whole ship gets destroyed. However, when Spider-Man, Agent Venom, and Iron Spider return to Earth and New York City, both the Collector and the Grand Master reveal that while they were saving the people, Thor, A-Bomb, Hawkeye, and She-Hulk were defeated by Annihilus, Attuma, and Terrax. While the Grand Master declares that he has now won the game and claims New York City as his prize by making it float out of the ground and into space.

The Grand Master also claims all of the villains and heroes but he rejects Spider-Man to let the Collector keep as a consolation prize. When Spider-Man speaks out to the Grand Master about taking the city, the Grand Master reveals that he did it out of retribution for Spider-Man destroying his ship and claims that New York City is his new ship now. On the Collector's ship, Spider-Man tries to convince the Collector to help save the city but he claims that there is no way and that they are no match against the Grand Master but Spider-Man is able to convince the Collector to stand up to his brother. The Collector manages to get both Spider-Man and himself into the city but meanwhile, the Grand Master plays with both the heroes and villains by having them fight against each other. Until Spider-Man and the Collector show up and challenge the Grand Master to a winner-take-all rematch where the winner gets both the city and everyone in it which the Grand Master accepts but on two conditions. The winner will also get Spider-Man and that the Collector will also be playing within the game which the Collector reluctantly agrees on. The rematch is another fight with Spider-Man and the Collector vs. Absorbing Man, Doctor Octopus, and Skurge the Executioner. At first, the Collector is hesitant since the Grand Master always finds a way to beat him but Spider-Man manages to convince the Collector to not overthink things and help fight off Absorbing Man, Doctor Octopus, and Skurge the Executioner alongside him. During the battle, Spider-Man gets pinned down by Absorbing Man until Aunt May arrives to help him out which causes her to be ganged up by the villains but Spider-Man saves her and brings her to safety then Spider-Man helps the Collector gain the confidence he needs to fight off the villains at full power. Spider-Man then gets an idea and frees She-Hulk who helps him fight off Doctor Octopus then they free all the other heroes and Spider-Man goes back to help the Collector. Then the other heroes arrive to help them out but then the Grand Master arrives and tries to summon all the villains throughout the Universe but then Spider-Man challenges the Grand Master to fight against him and some of the heroes with the Grand Master playing within the game as well. If the heroes win, the Grand Master has to give back the city and leave Earth forever and if the Grand Master wins, he gets Spider-Man and all of the Collector's stuff which the Grand Master accepts. Before the fight, the Collector talks to Spider-Man about Aunt May risking her life to save him which Spider-Man reveals is because of a special relationship they both have which is something the Collector doesn't have. But then the fight begins with Spider-Man, Captain America, Hulk, White Tiger, and Agent Venom vs. the Grand Master. The heroes fight off the Grand Master with everything they got with the Collector fighting alongside them but the Grand Master defeats them all except for Spider-Man and the Collector. Then Spider-Man fights off the Grand Master throughout the city himself until the Grand Master corners Spider-Man and reveals that he doesn't want him, he only wants to punish and break him permanently. But then the Collector finally stands up to the Grand Master and fights him off then Spider-Man takes the Grand Master's staff and both he and the Collector are able to knock him down, destroy his staff, and defeat him at his own game.

### Aftermath

With the Grand Master defeated, everything returns to normal with the city and all the people being returned to Earth. The Collector goes to leave Earth and collect new things Spider-Man has shown him like relationships and experiences. The Collector also tells the Grand Master that he is officially retiring from playing games when the Grand Master challenges him to play another one, much to his dismay. Then they both leave on the Collector's ship with the Collector promising never to collect anything on Earth again.

## Belligerents

### Heroes

* The Collector
* Spider-Man
* Iron Man
* Hulk
* Captain America
* Iron Fist
* Red Hulk
* Black Widow
* Skaar
* Power Man
* Iron Spider
* Agent Venom
* Thor
* A-Bomb
* Hawkeye
* She-Hulk
* Falcon
* White Tiger
* Rhino
* Whizzer
* Ka-Zar
* Zabu
* Cloak
* Dagger
* Squirrel Girl
* Nick Fury
* Aunt May
* L.M.D. Spider-Man
* L.M.D. Agent Venom
* L.M.D. Iron Spider

### Villains

* The Grand Master
* Abomination
* Beetle
* Skurge the Executioner
* Kraven the Hunter
* Molten Man
* Wendigo King
* Sandman
* Blastaar
* Ymir
* Zzzax
* Absorbing Man
* Doctor Octopus
* Annihilus
* Attuma
* Terrax
* M.O.D.O.K.
* Leader
* Titus
* Nightmare
* Electro
* Taskmaster
* Mesmero
* Boomerang
* Grizzly
* Scorpio
* Shocker
* Batroc the Leaper
* Scorpion
* Vulture

### Other

* Harry Osborn
* Agent Coulson
* People of New York City

## Videos

Spider Man Contest Of Champions Part - 1 Ultimate Spider Man Season - 3Ultimate Spider Man - Contest Of Champions - Part 3 - Avengers And Iron Man.Ultimate Spider Man - Contest Of Champions Part - 2 - Spider Man Teams Up with Captain, Red HulkUltimate Spider Man - Contest Of Champions Part - 4 - Teams Up With Black Widow, Skarr & Power ManUltimate Spider Man - Contest Of Champions Part - 6 - Teams Up With Iron Spider And Agent Venom.Aunt May Finds - " Peter Is Spider Man" - Ultimate Spider Man - Contest Of Champions Part - 7Ultimate Spider Man - Contest Of Champions - Part 5 - Spider Man Teams Up With She Hulk.Collector Vs Grandmaster - Ultimate Spider Man - Contest Of Champions - Final Episode.
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