Battling as Hard as Stone! The final match of the first round of the Masters Eight Tournament between the Alola Champion Ash and the Hoenn Champion Steven begins. Ash's Dracovish initially goes up against Steven's Metagross, but Metagross is swapped for Aggron, who then proceeds to knock out Dracovish. Ash's Gengar slows down Steven's momentum by firing Aggron's Rock Tomb back at it, resulting in Aggron's defeat. However, Gengar is eventually taken out by Steven's Cradily, giving Steven's his second lead of the battle. Pikachu is able to avenge his fallen teammates by eliminating Cradily. In response, Steven unleashes Metagross's Mega Evolution into Mega Metagross, but it is unable to withstand Pikachu's 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt. Ash defeats Steven and moves on to the next round to face Cynthia.