Hachi was stuck in the ground for at least a week, maybe more after the blast he took at Honmaru...
Hachi mentioned "i was unconcious for weeks". so yeah he's a tough son of a gun. you don't beat lazer shooting demons with your barehands if you aren't. Namco clearly stated that Hachi is "no ordinary man."
Not Owned. Any way, kyo survived in the fight against Rugal, could Heihachi, no.
The point is not all of Kyo's fights against Iori ended with him losing. Heihachi would be defeated by Iori. You don't have to die to lose a fight, you just have to get KOed. Heihachi is more than capable of being KOed.
Its a general KoF fandom belief that Iori always held the upperhand. in KoFXI he beat him to unconsciousness.
I honestly think Iori can't beat Hachi. What's he gonna do:
-cut him up: too bad. Hachi can take on bears, people with katanas, people with knives, 8foot robots with bullet proof armors and beat them all.
-flame him: too bad again. Hachi survived the honmaru blast without serious burns. he even took on and beat Devil...and Devil Jin, who only possesses a part of Devil was able to wreck a whole forest. Hachi beat him with his BARE HANDS.
-beat him: too bad again. the only people to be able to KO hachi are Kazuya and Jin....and i don't see Iori winning against those two either. If Iori can break bulletproof armored 8foot robots with ONE PUNCH then fine he has a chance, but otherwise, no way.
To me, Kazuya versus Iori will be the greatest fight of all time. IMO.
since by KoFXI its obvious who the stronger is between Iori and Kyo, the way to look at it would be "if iori gets pwned then the person he is capable of pwning will also get pwned".
Hachi will probably lose to Rugal but Kyo didn't take on Rugal on his own you know. Regular Rugal, i think hachi can take him on and even beat him.
Hachi: you loser! you're dressed up like my son only you're wearing red. you even have a red eye! SHORYA!
*Rugal is pwned*
~The Invincible Sado-sama