>>55729217Paldea keeps a special champion to gatekeep others from the title (Geeta, the Top Champion) but anyone who clears that challenge is officially a Champion, you don't strip others of the title, multiple champions can simply coexist. You and your rival Nemona are champions.
Kieran and Drayton on the other hand are the former champions of Unova's elite battling academy that has its own league (althought you never fight Drayton in quality of champion, only as Elite 4 because by the time you join the league Kieran has already beaten him and taken his place).
