>>50393172They put him in, as he was the only non-who League winner in the 25 years of the series anon. They got rid of raihan, as Raihan canonically loses to the MC of SS (and Ash is the game MC expy for the anime, so wan't going to the game character).
Moot point anyway, Leon's bracket is irrelevant, Ash's is irrelevant, in as much as the goal is Ash vs Leon, so whoever else is there just to make up numbers anyway. But if they're going to be memes, may as well pick the two champions the majority of people who know about the anime would care about (as mentioned, only XYgotes feel the need for "revenge").
