Which of the past rivals could have won the Unova League?

[P0KEM0N]

I saw a tupic like this on Serebii and thought I could post it here.

Which of the past rivals from previous sagas could have beat the Unova League?

 

[GibleKidd]

Tobias, Tyson, and Paul for sure.

Gary, Ritchie, Barry, and Harrison im gonna say probably. Virgil underwhelmed me, from his battles we did see.

Its sad when you think about it. We've seen Ash beat the likes of Paul and I would wager most fans would also pick Paul in a battle over Virgil and ESPECIALLY Cameron any day of the week.

 

[Almonds]

Everyone except maybe Nando, because he is more focused on contests.

 

[Supreme Leader Palpitoad]

Tobias, Tyson, and Paul for sure.

Gary, Ritchie, Barry, and Harrison im gonna say probably. Virgil underwhelmed me, from his battles we did see.

Its sad when you think about it. We've seen Ash beat the likes of Paul and I would wager most fans would also pick Paul in a battle over Virgil and ESPECIALLY Cameron any day of the week.

Paul would only need to use Drapion, Electivire, Torterra or Ursaring to defeat Cameron. Only one of them. Or maybe two when I think of Hydregion.