In Street Fighter V there are plenty of names in the running for the top player. You have players like Echo Fox Julio and Tokido, both top two finishers at multiple tournaments. Chris Tatarian and Liquid NuckleDu who have both placed high fairly consistently. But right now there are two who stand above the rest who have not yet faced off during Capcom Pro Tour 2016.

EG’s Justin Wong has just recently won Dreamhack Austin, and has previously won 2 other Street Fighter V tournaments. (Justin’s Records) Razer’s Infiltration has won every Street Fighter V tournament that he has entered. (Infiltration’s Records) But they have yet to meet in CPT 2016.

History would tell us that Infiltration may have Justin’s number, after meeting him many times in Street Fighter IV and winning at events like Churning the Butter #49, Toryuken 2015, and NCR 2014. But Street Fighter V is a new game, and Justin Wong has been on a hot streak recently.

There are plenty of opportunities for them to meet up throughout the year at various Ranking and Premier Tournaments. From recent tweets Justin seems to think that he may have a way to beat him. (Justin’s tweet) Will he pull it off and in doing so dethrone the current Street Fighter V champ? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

For Justin Wong he’ll be looking for a chance to prove himself at a tournament with international competitors, as there are still some who question him, due in part to his failure to make the Grand Finals in multiple Premier Events. We’re still pretty early on in Street Fighter V, but getting momentum through winning tournaments can be just as important as momentum in a match. The confidence you get from winning should not be underestimated.

Regardless of the outcome, I’m pretty excited to see what 2016 has in store for Street Fighter V, and Justin Wong vs. Infiltration is one of the reasons why.