srankmissingnin
VP of Comic Knowledge
*sigh*
I don't even know why this needs to be explained.
HoM totally retconned the history of the Marvel Universe. Magneto was attacked by Sentinels in the 70's (at which time there were no active heroes/mutants) and exposed a mutant conspiracy, everything from that point on ward is totally different. Most importantly (for this thread anyway) there was no Weapon X! We know nothing about HoM Sabretooth's past. Did he have any formal training before he came to work for Magneto or did you just use his natural abilities and fall into the role of mercenary? We don't know. What we do know is he never recieved any Weapon X training (since Weapon X didn't exist), he missed out on two upgrades and unlike HoM Logan he was never a member of HoM S.H.I.E.L.D.
So why is Black Panther vs. HoM Sabretooth not at are relevant to Black Panther vs. 616 Sabretooth? Because they aren't the same character. Sabretooth's history is what shapes his character, he isn't the same person he was when he was beating Wolverine around in Frontier days Canada in personality or abilities.
HoM happened - its in continuity - BUT HoM reality characters have totally different back grounds and histories then their 616 counter parts. HoM Sabretooth is much 616 Sabretooth as HoM Captian America was 616 Captain America.