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PlotThe Hulk awakes on board a shuttle which crashes on the planet Sakaar. Imperial guards appear and attach an obedience disk to the Hulk, and is able to communicate. From here the Hulk later wakes up on an imperial transport enroute to a colosseum, weakened after coming through the portal and imprisoned with Hiroim, Korg, Miek, Elloe Kaifi, Lavin Skee, an Android and a few hived natives.

The slaves are forced to fight for their freedom in a succession of 3 fights. Lavin Skee takes charge, making battle plans for when they reach the colloseum for which Hulk shows no interest. Their first opponents are Korg's brothers. Despite Korg's refusal to fight, the Kronans attack his team. The fight leaves Lavin Skee impaled and the natives dead before Korg decides to destroy them, and sees Hulk trying to escape. But, when he realises the leader is the Red King he tries to attack him after killing the Great Devil Corker, and ends up fighting the Emperor's lieutenant, Caiera. Red King shoots the Hulk, but doesn't kill him due to the displeasure of the crowd. The Red King secretly plans Hulk's death.

The other gladiators hold a service for Lavin Skee and form Warbound, revealing their pasts to each other. Elloe also tells Hiroim that some civilians believe the Hulk is the true "Sakaarson," a title the Red King claims. The next day a crowd outside of the arena chants the name "Sakaarson" for the Hulk, who doesn't accept the title. The other gladiators ask him to fight with them until they can win their freedom, and Hulk his own. They fight the Wildebots, and succeed.

Later, Caiera tells the Hulk her story: as a child, creatures known as "Spikes" attacked her home-town and the Red Prince (now the Red King) emerges, killing off the Spikes with his Death's Head guards, after which Caiera pledges allegiance to the prince. She worries Hulk's popularity will turn the people away from the Red King. She encourages him to escape that night but Hulk refuses. That night the resistance comes to rescue the gladiators but the Hulk refuses to go, warning there's a trap. Elloe leaves, and the rest of Warbound are forced to listen to the resistance fighters being attacked.

For the third fight, their ultimate challenge is revealed to be Beta Ray Bill. Bill is forced by his obedience disk to kill or be killed. The Hulk and Bill fight a fierce battle. During their fight Hiroim notices Hulk's blood on the dirt is bringing plants to life - a sign of the Sakaarson. In the fight, Hulk destroys Bill's obedience disk, freeing him from forced fighting. Despite this, Hulk continues his attack and pummels Bill to near-death. The Red King announces Warbound as free citizens, but stipulates they should show loyalty to the emperor by executing the captured enemy of the empire; Elloe. They refuse and the Red King orders their execution for sympathizing. However, Beta Ray Bill awakes, using the power of his hammer he destroys all obedience disks in the colosseum. Freeing the gladiators, Bill offers to take Hulk back to Earth, which he refuses. Bill leaves the planet as Warbound escape to the resistance's hideout at a nearby town, but the Hulk goes his own way.

Caiera catches up to Hulk, ordered to kill him and they fight until Caiera spots a Spike ship which they follow to the same town where Warbound are. Earlier, Miek had realised that they had been betrayed by Governor Churik, and decide what to do next when the Spikes hit. They all fight the mutations and the spikes, and while Hulk and Warbound try to move the unmutated civilians in a cave, it's revealed to Caiera by Red King that the Spikes are his creation which devastates her. A bomb then hits, destroying almost everything except the protected civilians of the cave. After the smoke clears, the unharmed Caiera finds the Hulk's body and informs the Red King he is dead. The King demands Hulk's body.

Caiera, the shackled Warbound and the Hulk's corpse are brought to the Red King, who is wearing his imperial armor and ready to execute. As he gloats over the Hulk's death, Hulk's eyes open and punches the King in the face. Caiera sets the rest of Warbound free and they fight the guards. The Hulk and Red King continue to fight, and Hulk overpowers him. The Red King is given a piece of his legacy, a spike bug. As the Red King mutates, and is killed by the Death's Head guards per their programming.

Order is restored to Sakaar and the Hulk accepts being the Sakaarson and the ruler of Sakaar. He, his love Caiera and the Warbound now stand as heroes in front of the whole world.