Man I gotta say, they better not take the wing fest from T'Challa and give it to Shuri. I mean, that would definitely be insult to injury if they is the gift Sam received. That would really just sell the fact that "Because comics" is BS
I dont see him doing it. The first time was in the 70s when Tchalla was just a background character. Doing it now seems like something somebody who works for him would do.
In Infinity War he just said " get that man a shield" and there it was. He didnt go to the lab and make one.
And considering Sam's original set were already built by the military, Wakanda probably already had something similar before Tchalla was born. Lol
Yeah but that was also because they were literally just about to be invaded. Having T'Challa set up the gift is comic accurate (Because people love to call for it so much) whole also keeping T'Challa relevant even though he isn't around. If it goes to Shuri all it will do is just show everyone that the MCU has zero issues taking T'Challas feats and possibly stories and importing them to Shuri without hesitation or issue
The reason I see Falcon getting dogwalked by Walker is because Sam was never established as a h2h threat. He was the flyer, the shooter [ comic book accurate in The Ultimates ], the surprise threat. The speed aerialist without the arsenal of Iron Man or War Machine. Even his most impressive h2h feats were actually centered on the use of his wings.
There IS a way that Sam could beat John. The first thought that come to my mind? Nerve strikes. Eye strikes. Unbalancing, sweeps, throws. Use John Walker's rage and strength against him. If Sam trained with Elijah Bradley, received the direct experience of rockin with Bradley and the quintuple OG Bradley's wisdom along with his own training montage? I definitely could see him now being able to stand and deliver a serious threat to John. Bradley would be able to give Sam...who is already formidable...the benefit of Bradley's battle and prison fighting experience. Sam would have added 52 Blocks and the Osoosi form of Kipura to his already impressive h2h skills.
However. John is still a THREE TIME MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT. He is ridiculously dangerous. There is only one form of warfare that Sam is better than John at: fighting super criminals. And in most of those encounters? Killing the supercriminals wasn't an option.
I exclude the alien invasion because killing the aliens was both required and expected.
John, however, is an expert in lethal force. Most of his missions either required lethal force or the understanding that lethal force would/could be used as an incidental part of the accomplishment of his mission. He is extremely well versed in stealth, having to sneak up on opponents armed with advanced detection tech and alert guard dogs and guards in order to achieve his goal. John is literally an unequaled, unsurpassed Special Forces officer. He makes Rambo look like Sambo. He'd punish The Punisher without effort. Had he not been caught completely unawares [ something I find very hard to believe in a specops warrior of his caliber, as I have several specops family members and even decades after two of them left the service, their habits of mind and lifestyle made sneaking up on them both nearly impossible and a potentially very dangerous endeavor ] he would have acquitted himself better in a losing effort vs The Dora Milaje. John Walker. Without exaggeration. Is the greatest soldier this nation has produced thus far. That's saying a whole. Whole lot.
I look forward to seeing how this is resolved, but since the writers in all likelihood have zero advanced h2h training like yours truly? I expect to see some form of [ what would be in my eyes and the eyes of most of us with both advanced training and a range of h2h experience including everything from winning tournaments to engaging in armed and unarmed fights vs gangmembers and cops to arresting criminals to fighting ex-penitentiary enforcers, etc ] PIS. I would take about two weeks to script the h2h between Sam and John, taking great care to include the specific factors of the lead up to their confrontation, the character motivations, and most especially the environment surrounding them, any form of troop support, the defensive capabilities of both men and the weapons they brought with them.
The arrival of USAgent on his lethal mission would imo force Bucky to the very dangerous inner confrontation with his Winter Soldier persona, because imo Winter Soldier has the ability to kill Super Soldier USAgent and Karli. The Winter Soldier went h2h with Steve Cap quite convincingly, shot The Black Widow, and was all kinds of dangerous to Steve Cap, Black Widow, Sam AND Iron Man. We need the Good Guy version of that guy. Bucky/Winter, or something.