So I realized that Kratos vs Asura is the first time...

That the team pretty much said they'd be down for a rematch if Asura got a new game/new feats. I mean I want to be 100% clear with this, to my knowledge, they have never said anything like this before. Think about it, even with series that are constantly getting new media they haven't suggested the chance of a rematch, but here they were open to it, if we ever got Asura's Wrath 2.

I mean look at the second Goku vs Superman. It came out just when Super was airing, and they flat out said they wouldn't run the fight again since it wouldn't change much (of course they lied but they didn't know at the time.) Hell even with characters from series which were ongoing (Zoro vs Erza, Deku vs Asta, ) they never mentioned running the fight back if the characters got new feats.

I feel like this is their way of saying they really wanted Asura to win, either that or they are over compensating to make it seem like they wanted him to win.