Awakening is a top tier ability. Being a top tier doesn't mean you need all the top tier abilities, for that reason is that they are different levels between top tiers.
Kaido had everything and you cry just because he doesn't have Awakening? Lol.
He had FS, adcoa, Adcoc, had hybrid form, had the best durability in one piece, had insane speed where he could blitz a FS user, had amazing attacks, but no Awakening? He was strong, not perfect.