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By request, here's the beginning of how the Noble Nine looked against themselves:

The Noble Nine against themselves in full-day one-on-one matches with regular vote counts:

Link - 23-1

In 2002: 2-0
In 2003: 1-1
In 2004: 3-0
In 2005's full contest: 2-0
In 2006: 15-0

Cloud - 15-8

In 2002: 0-1
In 2003: 3-0
In 2004: 2-1
In 2005's full contest: 0-1
In 2006: 10-5

Sephiroth - 10-11

In 2002: 2-1
In 2003: 2-1
In 2004: 0-1
In 2005's full contest: 1-1
In 2006: 5-7

Mario - 7-12

In 2002: 2-1
In 2003: 1-1
In 2004: 0-1
In 2005's full contest: 3-1
In 2006: 1-8

Solid Snake - 6-15

In 2002: 0-1
In 2003: 0-1
In 2004: 0-1
In 2005's full contest: 0-1
In 2006: 6-11

Samus - 3-9

In 2002: 1-1
In 2003: 0-1
In 2004: 1-1
In 2005's full contest: 0-1
In 2006: 1-5

Crono - 3-5

In 2002: 1-1
In 2003: 0-1
In 2004: 1-1
In 2005's full contest: 1-1
In 2006: 0-1

Mega Man - 3-5

In 2002: 0-1
In 2003: 1-1
In 2004: 1-1
In 2005's full contest: 1-1
In 2006: 0-1

Sonic - 1-5

In 2002: 0-1
In 2003: 0-1
In 2004: 0-1
In 2005's full contest: 0-1
In 2006: 1-1

2006's Battle Royale makes several of their numbers look funky, but you can get the general gist here. Outside of Mario > Cloud and Link > Cloud > Solid Snake > Sephiroth, Clinkeroth was untouchable and beat down the rest of the field. It was so bad in fact, only Link and Cloud kept above 50% in their matches against fellow Noble Niners.

Solid Snake and Sonic each had no wins at all until 2006. When Snake beat Mega Man and Sonic beat Crono though, they finally sealed the deal on why they were considered in the Noble Nine for years before. They might have been at the bottom of the Noble Nine and often been at risk of losing to outsiders, but now they finally had definitive internal victories to earn their place within the Noble Nine. Without this, they could have been possibly dropped on their first loss to an outsider (which they both lost to L-Block in 2007, so they got their wins just in time).
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