At first I also thought it was nothing but when Kaido hit Luffy with TB, the usual black lightning stuff appeared again and considering how ACoC wasn't visually a concept back then, I do believe it wasn't farfetched to believe Kaido used ACoC but I could also be mistaken about this part, I do agree.
But Queen is not Sanji, the latter has higher durability and is now stronger than Queen. Plus, Queen was just acting there, waiting for an opportunity against Big Mom.