That's strictly not true. What more do you want than them straight up confirming how it works? Not that it's impossible for them to do something different, but without a single drop of evidence supporting this, there's no reason for us to distrust the information we've been given.
How much do you think Lance’s Dragonite sulks in the corner at having been replaced as Lance’s ace by a Pokémon that isn’t even a dragon?
They changed a lot of things from the beginning of the series, like deciding not go follow through with Gmax Pikachu since it's too hard to animate. The 5 seconds we saw of a bracket tournament from 2019 can easily be changed 3 years later. I doubt back then the writers had every character they wanted Ash to battle already mapped out.
Especially since having a Red Gyrados doesn't mean as much anymore...
It's presumptuous to assume Pikachu was ever meant to be Ash's prime Gmax candidate. They were obligated to show it off because it was a new form, that's it. I doubt it's a coincidence that Ash got a Gengar quickly after acquiring his dynamax band.
Except they could have fit every trainer they wanted Ash to battle in simply by altering their rankings. If they really cared about Ash battling more than 2 Champions, they could have easily stuck Alain in the Ultra Class, rather than blatantly contradicting the rules they've already established. I'm not saying it couldn't happen, but your justification for it's likelihood makes no sense.
Whatever you say, bird keeper.
I mean if drapion is considered a bug pokemon i think we can let gyarados slide for now
Slenderman-ass looking mfs
Which was obvious, the whole preview looks to be from that opening episode so the champions can test each other out.
