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At the beginning it was assumed that Paul was a trainer just starting out. However this was proven untrue in ''[[DP040|Top-Down Training]]'' where he revealed that he had already traveled through [[Kanto]], [[Johto]], and [[Hoenn]] and participated in their respective leagues before coming back to [[Sinnoh]].

Paul feels that Ash is a weak trainer and can easily bring on Ash's anger by stating it. Ash's very different attitude towards being friends with Pokémon also provides much fuel to their rivalry. Paul barely recognizes their rivalry and Ash as a trainer and ignores Ash's speeches about loving his Pokémon. Ash on the other hand has a near hatred of Paul that flares up at Paul's indifference to his Pokémon. However Ash accepts that Paul is a strong trainer but considers himself on the same par as him. Paul disagrees. However it could be stated, based on their current battle record against each other that Ash and Paul are equally skilled trainers but Paul's team is overall stronger at the present time. This is only because Paul has kept more or less the same team throughout his journey while Ash has started again with Pikachu once every two major region challenge. Although Paul finds most of Ash's Pokémon weak, he has shown a particular interest in his {{AP|Pikachu}}. Paul is also angered by Ash's criticism of his training, then Ash proceeds to use similar training methods, such as entering the [[Wallace Cup]].