>challenging a Gym leader in galar requires getting a sponsorship and being famous rather than any actual merit and skill in battle
>all gym battles are televised
>they shoe horn gigantimaxing just for ratings
Galar is 100% objectively the most shallow region in the entirety of the Pokemon world. I wouldn't be surprised of a lot of would be trainers from Galar moved south to Kalos in order to actually be able to face gym leaders, without having to jump through a lot of corporate hoops.