The fight went to the judges and Hydra won by a unanimous decision, putting it through to the Top 16.

Hydra vs. End GameReturning for World Championship VI, Hydra started its campaign with a Main Event against the reigning champion End Game. For this battle, Hydra and End Game both teased extremely long fork additions to the front of their bots, though only End Game followed through with the idea. Hydra vs. UppercutFor Hydra's final match of the 2020 Fight Night season, they were placed against a mightily impressive Uppercut. WAR Hawk's drive pod, removed by Hydra.Hydra retaliated by throwing WAR Hawk upside down near the pulverizer. WAR Hawk escaped, so Hydra threw it in the air again, this time snapping the rubber wubs holding WAR Hawk's modular chassis together, splitting off the left drive module. With WAR Hawk's mobility limited, Hydra threw it in the air again, separating the other drive module and leaving WAR Hawk unable to move in three different pieces. Hydra was counted out with under a minute to go, ending Team Whyachi's season at the quarter-final stage. Despite its exit, Hydra finished as the only robot to defeat the eventual season champion, SawBlaze, during the competition.

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This fight proved to be incredibly controversial, leading to ill-feeling among fans and builders alike. Ultimately, though the attachment was within the BattleBots rules for the 2020 season, changes to rules concerning corralling and additions to a bot to encourage this were made for World Championship VI. Hydra performed well in the 2019 season, becoming the fourth unbeaten robot in the opening stages of the tournament. Despite its undefeated Fight Night record, it suffered an early exit after its loss to Minotaur in the Top 16.

Terry and Jake Ewert also brought Hydra to make guest appearances at the live show BattleBots: Destruct-A-Thon beginning in February 2023. Hydra is known to have taken on OverKill in at least one fight - a ShowBot based on Christian Carlberg's Comedy Central BattleBots heavyweight design which was estimated to weigh around 50lbs more than Hydra itself. For several battles, Hydra was driven by Trey Roski. [3]

Hydra watches on as Whiplash is counted out.With just over a minute gone, Whiplash appeared unable to self-right and a count began, ending the team's season at the Round of 16 stage. Hydra fired its weapon once more, and threw Gruff out of the arena, right by the entrance for the BattleBox. Gruff was counted out and Hydra won by KO in a much-needed victory, setting its record to 1-1.

Hydra charges down Petunia from the start of the match.Jake Ewert's bot missed with its first flip and was almost grabbed by Petunia for its trouble. Hydra missed again and narrowly avoided a grab once more. Hydra got underneath its opponent and threw Petunia into the air, but the Dutch robot landed right-side up. Hydra got in position and threw Petunia on its head, but it self-righted and the fight continued. Hydra's special configuration for HUGE.Hydra's second opponent was Jonathan Schultz and HUGE. Before the fight, Team Whyachi installed an attachment dubbed the "Hydragate" - 28lbs of steel tubing capitalizing a design flaw in HUGE in that its weapon is shorter than its wheels. The attachment was designed to be wide enough catch HUGE by the wheels and push it around the arena while HUGE was unable to flank around it. In a March 2023 Team Whyachi livestream, the Ewert family revealed the fight had to be paused momentarily as Gigabyte was thrown into an area of the BattleBox which yanked out an extension cord, leaving wiring strewn across the arena floor.This bot comes from Wisconsin, the land of cheese and dairy. If you're lactose intolerant, this might be kind of scary. It'll turn you into swiss, cause its flipper doesn't miss. Make you crumble like ricotta, it's one. Big. Botta. It's HYDRA!" We're gonna go with our SawBlaze config, where we go with the piano key wedgelets. I'm gonna have to try to sideswipe them and get to them before he can come around my side. I'm hoping to break that arm so he can't self-right anymore." — Jake Ewert pre-fight Hydra throws Blip early on.As the fight began, both robots approached the center of the BattleBox as their ground games were tested. Blip found itself manoeuvred into Hydra's starting square and Jake Ewert's bot was able to breach the front of its opponent, throwing it against the wall. In spite of this, all three judges voted in favor of Hydra, pushing it to a 3-1 record to round out of its Fight Night schedule. Hydra vs. WhiplashNext up for Hydra was the Vasquez family and Whiplash, who were looking stronger as the season went on.