Originally posted by jinzin
Held back? He struck him through the heart... And the whole point was how fast Creed took him out. He clearly had no time to defend himself against a serious Sabretooth.
Okay, I exaggerated with "held back". But the fact is that he was trying to get some info from him. Spent too much time talking instead of fighting. And that whole new scent made him unfocused, Wolverine was like "wtf" during that fight.
Was Creed fast? Undoubtedly. Should Logan go down that easily, though? He's taken worse that "just" sliced throat, gouged eyes, one headbutt and one superhuman punch and kept going.
And of course you know about him missing a portion of his soul. Guggenheim's story came right after Evolution (skipping A Man in the Pitt).
Just pure speculation, was that real Sabretooth? I mean, if Marvel ever decided to bring Sabes back, they would mention the different scent and announce that Romulus cloned him.