>>52166699>extremely valuable to just lose in a miserable wayAsh has lost before, and losing against Red isn't a miserable way to lose. Nobody would be outraged if Red cucked Ash. Well, so long as they didn't tease that Ash would win with AMVs and advertisements hinting he beats Red, set the episodes title to "Ash beats Red and becomes the world champion", etc, only to pull the rug at the last moment like they did with XY.
Also, imagine if Gold wormhole'd in right after and smacked Red into the ground. The spics obsessed with power scaling would probably die from overhype
