The 2008 UK Heavyweight Championships was the 3rd biggest event to be held outside Robot Wars and also the 5th UK Championships for Heavyweights since Robot Wars. It was held at RAF Fairford and due to be held within the Royal International Air Tatoo (AKA RIAT) but because the air show got cancelled due to bad weather, the only audience the show got were from roboteers, army cadets and first aiders within the RAF base. There was due to be 10 heats each with 2 robots and a seed competing throughout the Friday but with the whole tournament being sqaushed into one day instead of two, it had to be qualifiers and then the tournament. The competition was well fought for and was won by Iron-Awe 5.