Yeah ngl, WCI for example made it perfectly clear there wont be any fighting involving BM, and we still got the amazing Luffy vs Katakuri fight
This arc was bunch of doo doo, it's a shame we got all these characters, I like Gorosei as villains, Kizaru, but they were handled like trash. Luffy is handled like trash, Vegapunk handled like trash, outside events carried the arc only, and some little bits here and there.
Master of stalling, all this could have been concluded in less chapters.