Did the plot help Luffy show his dominance over Zoro in Whiskey Peak or it helped Luffy survive thanks to magical flip-flops?
Plot did help him in WP and plot conveniently keeps him away from swordsmen. Luffy's superiority is just an illusion.
Zoro is not Rayleigh, Ray wasnt the WSS. Zoro is more Roger than Rayleigh but best parallel is Ryuma himself.
Zoro isnt Beckman, Zoro isnt Katakuri, Zoro isnt King, Zoro isnt Marco/Oden.
The only time manga itself has compared Luffy and Zoro it ended in a draw and only thanks to magical flip-flops.
Your logic and reasoning are nowhere to be found in Whiskey Peak.
Zoro is more like Roger than Rayleigh. Yes, I do think Zoro is stronger and it's not even a contest. It is obvious, just look how many power-ups Oda is shoving down Luffy's throat to make him relevant in the end-game while Zoro doesnt even need his EL PU while Luffy's EL PU makes him basically a fodder in NW, only good enough for fodder like Hody, Caesar and old weakened Chinjao.
Zoro sees Luffy blasted away by an Admiral and says this:
Are those the words of someone who thinks he cannot do better than Luffy?