r/whowouldwin • u/Historical_Ostrich • Aug 02 '25

Battle An unarmed Captain America (MCU) replaces Robb Stark at the Red Wedding - can he fight his way out?

Cap doesn't have his shield or suit, and he doesn't know that the betrayal is coming. The Freys are not aware of his upgraded abilities.

Can Cap fight his way out? Bonus points if he can keep Catelyn and Robb's wife safe. Double bonus points if he can kill Walder Frey and Roose Bolton.

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u/AmNoSuperSand52 Aug 02 '25

Considering that Cap:

  • fought a dozen Shield/Hydra agents that ambushed him in hand to hand combat without his shield for most of it and won
  • bicep curled a helicopter (and subsequently had me questioning my sexuality)
  • went the full 9 rounds with Thanos

I think he could survive the Red Wedding pretty handily. If he gets his hands on one flimsy shield it’s absolute game over for the Freys/Boltons

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u/delulumans Aug 02 '25

I kinda hate that people use his helicopter feat mostly when he has way better ones like deadlifting a part of a steel beam off Bucky at the end of The Winter Soldier

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u/SuperMajesticMan Aug 02 '25

Nah, the beam is definitely not his best feat. He didn't really lift it like a deadlift, he wedged it up an inch so that Bucky could slide out. That's very different. It's not like he picked up. And since it's on an aircraft its mostly like made from lightweight materials.

Trust me, I work in a metal shop and we deal with long heavy stuff like that all the time. Theres many heavy pieces that I could lever up one end like Steve, but not come close to actually "lifting" it in any way.

The AIRBUS AS350 is the helicopter, and has a lifting capacity of about 3000 lbs (and the real lifting capacity would be slightly higher than the listed) . So he was holding back ~3000lbs, and he pulled it down with a move that was basically a bicep curl which people normally have to use really small weights for comparatively.

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u/delulumans Aug 02 '25

Fair enough

Out of curiosity what do you think is his best feat?

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u/Bobcat2013 Aug 03 '25

Curling a helicopter with one arm is way more impressive than deadlifting some metal an inch.

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u/GenoThyme Aug 02 '25

That’s the scene with Chris Evans that made you question your sexuality? Not Another Teen Movie was the scene for me, but hey, to each their own

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u/garfunkle21 Aug 02 '25

I just had a vision of cap throwing one of those rectangular shields because they don't have any round ones 😂

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u/Volsnug Aug 02 '25

He gets shot up by crossbows even if he escapes the keep. Superhero movie bs plot armor is the only reason Cap doesn’t die by getting shot at from multiple directions at once (kinda common sense for someone with a shield)

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u/Cobelat Aug 02 '25

If he can tank getting some Chitauri laser gun shot slamming into his guts then I’m confident that crossbows (unless aimed really close range and right on his head) won’t do much. Even then, with all the chaos happening in the Red Wedding, there’s little chance of the Freys actually cohesively forming up to try and kill him. He’d be fighting separated groups at most