I have the same sentiments Kid A, the player match ups really do matter. I don't buy into the "he was unstoppable that day, no one could have beaten him". I called Momochi going 1-2 when I realized he was going to play Luffy, I called Kazunoko winning the whole thing when Infiltration was eliminated because who else was going to beat him? Snake Eyez maybe? But I saw no chance of Snake Eyez getting past Daigo for the same reasons.
Huge props to Kazunoko for taking it, but not running into Bonchan and Momochi played a huge role in that. Same way it was unfortunate for Daigo to have to get through Kazunoko to take the whole thing and that was the only guy in this tourney that I was hoping Daigo could avoid because he's gotten bopped over and over by Kaz since beating him in Canada Cup Masters Series.
But anyways I blame myself for Daigo not winning. Evil Ryu has a corner fake cross up against Yun that is unescapable unless he blocks correctly. Yun can't reversal, but he can dash out and take a small punish though. I blame myself for not getting this tech to Daigo. It could have changed the match up entirely. I don't know how Daigo is going to corner Kaz and put him in that situation. But who cares, it could have won him the match if he knew this.