(3)Ryu Hayabusa vs (14)Jill Valentine 2004

Ryu Hayabusa vs Jill Valentine (2004 Characters)

One of the biggest tossup matches in Round One of 2004’s contest (and heck, one of the only tossup matches in the entire friggin’ thing) actually managed to live up to the hype. Jill and Ryu fought back and forth all damn day, and just as Ryu pulled ahead, with Jill pulling ahead first and Ryu eventually gaining the lead. Back and forth, back and forth, and… what’s this? A glitch in the poll? Turns out on half of the servers, the previous day’s match was still being displayed. Whoops!

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"What happen" indeed. The match was reran the next day, with the hype factor being even louder. According to Ulti, taking both matches into account, there were a total of eight comebacks throughout the match. That’s absurd, and easily worthy of being one of the best matches in contest history.