The Action Battle Team was originally hosted by just Matt and Dan and ran as the Nova 937 nights show in 2008-2009.

DMG Radio Australia announced on 23 November 2009 that the show would move to the national late night shift for Nova FM in 2010.

Matt Saraceni and Dan Debuf met in high school at John XXIII College and attended the University of Western Australia together.

By the end of 2009, former MTV presenter Maz Compton was asked to join the team and leave her former position of hosting the Nova 969 nights show with James Kerley.

The team have interviewed the likes of Kanye West, Andrew Stockdale, MGMT, The Prodigy, Florence Welch, Arj Barker and adult entertainer Belladonna.