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Avengers : eternity Warpromised to be the culmination of every MCU movie that predate it , and in many means , it was . It add all the part together in the same movie at last – the Avengers , the Guardians of the Galaxy , Doctor Strange , Black Panther etc . – but we would n’t getthe true culminationuntil a twelvemonth later inAvengers : Endgame .
That was the movie that truly ended the report and lead to some ( probably ) permanent character deaths : one celebrated death , one controversial death , andone really , really sad death . This means we may never get to see replay of some of these climactic MCU showdowns ( as you ’ve credibly pretend , there ’ll be spoilers throughout , so head off your eyes if you ’re still not up to velocity withEndgame ) .
Hulk vs. Thanos
At the get-go ofInfinity War , we see Thanos on board the ship that Thor and the Hulk exit Asgard with at the end ofThor : Ragnarok . He ’s wipe out most of the surviving Asgardians and also kill Loki ( as it turned out , hedidfully kill him and itwaspermanent , but thenhe escaped from the past into an alternate timelineinEndgame ) . The Hulk tries to fight him andThanos kills him , leaving him to be resurrected and broadcast to Earth by Heimdall .
In the comics , there’san on-going discussion about whether or not the Hulk is solid than Thanos . A replay could ’ve settled this if the Hulk did n’t outgrow blast thing and Thanos did n’t sour to dust .
Captain America vs. Red Skull
Captain America has appeared in major role in three of his own solo movies and all fourAvengersteam - ups . He only fought his most iconic foe from the strip , Red Skull , in one of them .
Red Skull ’s surprisal reappearance inInfinity War , as well as the hope thathe could leave Vormir as soon as the Soul Stone was taken , seemed to set upa grand replay that was 80 years in the makingforEndgame . However , it never happened , and now that Cap is super sure-enough , it ’s fair to say we ’ll never get to see that rematch after all .
Thor vs. Thanos
One of the most scandalous plot ontogenesis inEndgameis thatThor take Thanos ’ nous off in one fell swoopin an other scene . We expected him to be the gravid bad – which he is , but only when his past self shows up – and or else , the God of Thunder trim his forefront off in the opening human activity .
They had a pre - existing feud fromInfinity War , where Thorcame incredibly near to killing Thanos with Stormbreaker , except he did n’t aim for the head . We never got to see the two have a real physical replay inEndgame , what with all the other hero involved , and now , we never will . It could ’ve gotten Thor out ofthe Lebowski funk he ’s fallen into .
Black Widow vs. Proxima Midnight
InInfinity War , we saw Black Widow push Proxima Midnight twice . However , inEndgame , she polemically give way on Vormirin parliamentary procedure to get the Soul Stone for the Avengers ’ homemade Infinity Gauntlet . So , she was n’t around for the big final battle at the last – which is being called “ the Battle of Earth ” in MCU canyon – to have a rematch with the 2014 version Proxima Midnight .
In fact , we might never get to see Natasha Romanoff fight anyone ever again , since her decease seems pretty permanent . smuggled Widow might still get a solo pic , but we ’ll likely never see a rematch between these two characters .
Doctor Strange vs. Thanos
The Ancient One , the wise Gaelic illusionist who taught Stephen Strange in the way of the mystic humanities , would’ve killed Thanos in seconds . unusual does n’t have as inviolable of a range on his wizard powers as she does , but he ’s bring there . We get a line that he was a formidable enemy for Thanos during their combat on Titan inInfinity War .
However , in the concluding struggle ofEndgame , the Sorcerer Supreme was too fussy bringing back the drained , summoning entire armies with Sling Rings , holding off a tidal waveandensuring that everything happened according to his one - in-14 - million planto actually have a rematch with Thanos , which is a disgrace .
Iron Man vs. Ultron
Of all the villain that Iron Man has faced , the peachy has to bethe one he create himself , Ultron . The shame of it is that Ultron is also the baddie whose portrayal on the concealment was the most dissatisfactory . He proved to be incredibly promiscuous to beat , asone Tony Stark creation destroy another in seconds .
It seemed as though Marvel would fix this when the Ultron head word was shown in a warehouse inSpider - Man : Homecomingand the fourthAvengersmovie was refer after a quote inAge of Ultron , suggestingit would give offby having Iron Man take down his own monstrous universe once and for all . However , this Easter nut has gone nowhere , and now , Tony Stark is bushed .
Gamora vs. Nebula
InGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2 , Gamora and Nebula have an unbelievable engagement succession that ends up bring them together as sis . It was a stunningly choreograph , crimson representation of the kind of fights Sister have . alternatively of smoke and spaceship crashes , it ’s words .
However , the death of Gamora inInfinity Warmade their bond short - lived and her past self ’s reappearance inEndgamemade it seem as though Nebula would have to start from scratch line with their sisterly relationship . At the end of the movie , Gamora was nowhere to be see andmight have been turn to dust . Nebula is seen with the other Guardians , but either agency , it does n’t seem like these characters will be having a rematch any time before long .
Hulk vs. Surtur
By the remainder ofThor : Ragnarok , the unholy Surtur ’s skull is floating through the vacuum of quad . He ’s not an prompt menace , but if he somehow make do to merge with the Eternal Flame , he ’ll be back in fight form .
MCU fans might have hope that if this did materialise , he would have a rematch with the Hulk followingtheir epic showdown inRagnarok . However , now that the Hulk has all but given up battle andmade serenity with Banner in the “ Professor Hulk ” part , even if Surtur does return in the MCU , he belike wo n’t be fighting the Hulk again .
2. Captain Marvel vs. Thanos
Going intoEndgame , a lot of fansexpected Captain Marvel to be the one to take down Thanos . She ’s the most herculean Avenger and everyone else die to take him down a class earlier when she was n’t there , so it made sense that she would be the one to do it .
But then Thor beheaded him before she had a fortune . In the later engagement scene when past Thanos render up and she has another chance , despite her best efforts , he beat her in hand - to - handwriting fighting . A few year down the line ( as Captain Marvel discoversmore of the powers she acquiredfrom the Space Stone energy that got imbued in her DNA ) , she might have been able to take him . But we ’ll never know .
Iron Man vs. Captain America
In 2016 , we saw two superhero face - offs that we ’d been wait for year to see : Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice , which was a bitter letdown , andCaptain America : Civil War , which might as well have been calledIron Man v Captain America : Dawn of Justice . The battle was never really resolved .
Iron Man stole Cap ’s carapace , whichhis father made for him in the 1940s , and they did n’t spend time together untilEndgame . Iron Man afford the buckler back and they agitate together , without decidingwho was really right in theCivil Wardebate . Now that Iron Man is dead and Cap is elderly , we ’ll never see this fight resolved with a replay .
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