@xHawkeye:
I think Phoenix Zoan is the only sane person in this thread. Rebecca has to be the winner of that fight because if that isn't the case, the Toy Soldier's story, everything from page 12 and after it, of chapter 733, is completely and utterly useless.
Not necessarily.
I saw it as Oda trying to get more emotional investment from us on Toy Soldier and Rebecca's collective struggle to be together, as opposed to building Rebecca up. Plus something that would push the both of them if ever they'll encounter their limit in their respective battles which is why I'm expecting Rebecca to be the one who was getting up amidst the defeated competitors and get a final confrontation with the strong "random unknown" character.
I dont think it can be a super plot twist from Oda to bring a random unknown character (Meadows) out of nowhere to knockout everybody just for shits and giggles.
But it isn't for shits and giggles.
This is the New World and given how Oda has raised the stakes this Dressrosa arc with the involvement of an Admiral, a severe beating of a vice-admiral, a veteran Vice Admiral in the sidelines, Big Mom's crew involved in the Caesar sweepstakes, Doffy's complex connections and backstory, Revolutionaries, then introducing someone from Block D as possible Yonko commander would add up to what he's already done.
Outside of the five page "build -up" of Rebecca's supposed beast move, how has she been portrayed? Seems to be struggling along with the rest of the D-Block, the gladiators commenting of the difference in strength between her and Luffy, and greatly surprised and amazed(While Cavendish, Diamante, Bartolomeo, and Burgess weren't) with Lucy's feats in his block.
Burgess was the only one given the privilege of destroying an entire Block, but those were against unnamed characters. Luffy and Barto didn't(And Barto's been built up prior to making his way to B-block). Why should Rebecca be getting the same privilege only this time, against named characters?