It was questionable pre-gear 5. CP0 thought it enough of a possibility to interfere.
He's definitely stronger after his awakening. As for Kaido fighting everyone else, Zoro is pretty much the only person other than Luffy to actually damage him.
AOT went to shit as soon as they reached the basement. The series was always going to hinge on that reveal, and it didn't land well.
One piece has been frankly amazing since the end of wano even with the pace accelerating.
There are spreads where I have to read the panel more than once. That's not exactly uncommon with manga for me though.
I had this issue with Naruto as well.
We didn't "get" to Elbaf, we just showed something happening at Elbaff.
Anyway the world events of One Piece seem to be accelerating at this point, I can actually see the 5 year prediction being true.
I can only imagine how strong prime Garp must have been.
So Law faired just barely better than Kid did. Such a shame to see one of the coolest ships in one piece destroyed.