Walker begins his training with the shield

feeling that he could not fulfill Rogers' legacy. Sam Wilson, who had been trusted to become the next Captain America by Rogers himself, had donated the symbolic Captain America's shield to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. In the months following the retirement of Steve Rogers, the American government became aware of its need for a new symbolic hero to take his place. Join me in welcoming your new Captain America.' ― Government Official 'On behalf of the Department of Defense and our Commander-in-Chief, it is with great honor that we announce here today that the United States of America has a new hero. 1.3.3 Battle for Captain America's Shieldīiography Early Life Custer's Grove High School.Despite his discharge, Walker was recruited by government agent Valentina Allegra de Fontaine to continue serving America in secret as the U.S. Walker confronted Morgenthau again in New York City, before abandoning his revenge to join Wilson and Barnes in thwarting her attack on the GRC. When his partner and best friend Lemar Hoskins was killed in action, Walker brutally murdered a surrendering foreign national, leading to him being publicly stripped of his mantle and discharged with total loss of rank. However, his aspirations of living up to Rogers' legacy attracted the ire of Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes in their pursuit of the Flag Smashers, during which he took the Super Soldier Serum after failing to apprehend Karli Morgenthau. 'John' Walker is a former Captain of the United States Army's 75th Rangers Regiment who was chosen to succeed Steve Rogers as the second Captain America. As he said later on in the same Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode, he feels like the Winter Soldier is still inside of him, and he's afraid that one lapse in judgment would release the killer.'Mercy bears richer fruit than strict justice.' ―John Walker to the Flag Smashers

As someone who's still struggling to move past that, he's careful not to slip back into his old ways, potentially undoing all the progress he's had ever since he started his rehabilitation. Over the years as the Winter Soldier, Bucky operated ruthlessly, killing anyone who stood in his way. It's likely because he was still exercising some self-control throughout the whole ordeal. Seeing him taking down goons in Madripoor earlier in Falcon and the Winter Soldier proves that he has the ability to go on a slugfest but, for some reason, he wasn't able to quickly take down Captain America. What's interesting, however, was seeing Bucky struggling against their adversary considering that he, too, was enhanced by a different kind of Super-Soldier Serum. Sam made some solid hits and, for someone whose physicality is not enhanced, he did a good job against Walker. Related: Marvel Retconned Avengers: Endgame's Biggest Captain America/Bucky Problem So in the end, Sam and Bucky had to partner up to take him down, although they did have their separate chances during the skirmish to fight the new Captain America. After his humiliating fight against the Dora Milaje of Wakanda in episode 4, followed by the opportunity to inject himself with a dose of Super-Soldier Serum that the Flag-Smashers had yet to use, he had become much stronger. While he was trained as a military man, before he became enhanced he couldn't hold his own against physically enhanced beings and proper superheroes, which wasn't good for his ego.

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