How on earth did the #2 get paired with last place in the final week? Geeze, I want in on some of that matchmaking.
That was literally the only set up where no one would play someone they had played before in an official game. That's kind of how it works when people need to play 8 official games in a month where there are 9 other opponents.
If The Guardian hadn't been Swiss paired with The Warrior, he would have been one of the only people available for him to challenge anyway.