The answer it's pretty much clear if you read the story and Oda's notes so maybe you should do a research first. WG gave him the title of Warlord to spare Marines, as he hunted them like a hobby. Was not until the Seraphim program was ready and because the events of the last Reverie that WG...
The problem with Blackbeard is that right now, he doesn’t have anything like the infrastructure Imu’s been building for basically a millennia. If BB somehow manages to pull off his dad’s plan, maybe then he’ll be a real threat. But for now? Imu’s got the whole package for a better villain...
We know Oda-Watsuki thing and we are seeing now how top swordsmen are showing up now, Mihawk is basically One Piece’s Seijuro Hiko. Ridiculously strong, couldn’t care less, and kept out of the plot because he’d fix everything in one slash. Let’s see what Oda does, but the parallel’s kind of obvious
Luffy without his Nika form is still pretty consistent. But the moment he switches to Nika mode, everything goes downhill. Oda’s weird fetish for Looney Tunes has completely ruined the fights, no tension, no sense of difficulty, no drama. Just pure cartoon nonsense
Knowing Oda, wouldn’t be surprised if Zoro and Sanji are used as hypetools since Nika’s falling behind. Especially since Gaban said Zoro still hasn’t mastered his CoC. Wouldn't be a shocker if Zoro’s out until Nika shows up, just like in Thriller Bark. Only then things could be different.
It doesn’t really make sense that Zoro didn't knew he had Conqueror’s Haki. Even Luffy’s reaction felt off. Like, do they barely talk to each other and only interact in the panels we see? Do they just not exist outside of that? And what about his training with Mihawk? Did Mihawk not say anything...
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