Not sure this is the right place to ask...
Assuming Gen VIII does not have the removed stuff in its data, thus forcing it all to be removed from the meta, would it be possible to have a version of BH that still includes all the removed stuff as a challenge meta, part of the rotational ladder, leader's choice, or what-have-you? As kind of exciting as the prospect of BH going back to the wild west when a lot of staples get removed, it'd still be interesting to see how all the Gen VIII stuff would play out when layered upon what we have now.
I know, I'm greedy and want to see both results. But, assuming the worst comes to pass, it'd be neat to be able to see what could have been in at least a non-ladder format without having to fiddle with custom games.
And before anyone asks, no, I don't know what is and isn't being removed. But let's be honest, legendaries and their signature moves are probably the most likely to be cut and BH is like... 90% legendaries and 50% signature moves, so a cut content VIII BH is likely going to be a veeeery different experience.