I think this chapter seriously forces us to reconsider Zoro vs King. With marco around, the chances of Zoro fighting King has dropped dramatically imo.
This fight was already problematic on several fronts. One being that Zoro has never fought a single high tier before and another being that King can fly whereas Zoro couldn't.
Marco being in wano is the final nail in the coffin for this fight imo. Marco has so many parallels with king. Both are YC1s, both are associated with fire, and both and flying zoans. In the latest chapter, Oda drew a direct parallel between marco and king by having marco kick the big mom pirates off the waterfall.
Its almost as if they're foils of each other. King is the evil, darker version of marco. I think it would honestly be a waste if they didn't fight. it would be much more interesting to see a sky battle between king and marco then have king fight Zoro.
as for Zoro, there are still options for him. We could get:
- Zoro vs Queen
- Zoro vs Smoothie
- Zoro vs Jack
I feel like its probably going to be one of these 3. While Jack does have his conflict with Inu and Neko, Oda could just make Inu and Neko fight the numbers as they did so in the Oden flashback.
we could also get Zoro tag teaming big mom with other worst gen members or alternatively we could get him fighting Who's Who. I don't like either of these options nor do I think they are very likely, however I think they're still possibilities.