1 deadly Titan challenged Godzilla before Kong.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT While King Kong is perhaps the most iconic challenger to Godzilla’s ‘King of the Monsters’ throne, he’s far from the only one. In fact, right before Godzilla’s most recent battle against Kong within the MonsterVerse continuity, another Titan challenged Godzilla’s alpha status - and she almost won, too.
Godzilla vs Kong is a 2021 film that was the culmination of the MonsterVerse saga up until that point. The MonsterVerse began with 2014’s Godzilla and then continued with 2017’s Kong: Skull Island, which had a post credit scene teasing Kong’s battle with Godzilla. However, fans had to wait for one more film before that battle actually happened, as 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters was the next MonsterVerse installment.
Godzilla Fights Tiamat Before Facing King Kong In Godzilla: Dominion by Greg Keyes and Drew Johnson, readers learn what Godzilla was doing between the events of King of the Monsters and Godzilla vs Kong. Since his ancestral home was destroyed in King of the Monsters, Godzilla was on the hunt for somewhere new, where he could rest and rebuild his strength. As fans know, the battle with King Ghidorah nearly killed Godzilla, so the aftermath of that fight left him greatly weakened.
While this battle is overall pretty inconsequential to the wider MonsterVerse lore, it is an interesting inclusion, as it shows Godzilla’s constant struggle to maintain his alpha status. Not only that, but it’s cool to consider that, anytime Godzilla isn’t on-screen in any given Godzilla movie, that he’s out fighting another kaiju in a battle that has no immediate impact on humanity, but one that has immense repercussions on the Titan hierarchy.
Indeed, fans were almost robbed of the epic battle that ensued between King Kong and Godzilla, as before those two Titans even met, an arguably deadlier MonsterVerse kaiju challenged Godzilla for that King of the Monsters title - and, due to his weakened state, she nearly won.