Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4548390-20151121015752/@comment-16461120-20151121053742

To repeat what I previously said on this topic in another thread:

The difference that can't really easily be explained away is that Richard Jones (Earth-9200) was impaled upon Wolverine's skeleton by Maestro, then cremated by his granddaughter before his ashes were poured into Captain America's Shield and hurled into space by the Hulk at the end of, yet Richard Jones (Earth-BW02) appears in and.

If it weren't for the whole cremation and spreading the ashes deal, you could assume Rick Jones miraculously didn't die of the injuries that looked fatal, so at that point it's a huge stretch for it to be the same reality unless it's another unexplained resurrection like Star Brand, Hyperion, not-so-Superior Iron Man, Supreme Power Squadron Supreme, Auron, Cap & Ultimate Cap, Unworthy Odinson, etc.

I had messaged PAD on Twitter to see if maybe he'd address it for us, but he never applied; however, the interview you dug up seems to answer the question that he definitely intended Dystopia (Battleworld) to be the remnants of Earth-9200.