The issue of the last 10 years was not Oda showing some characters being able to hold their own against a main character but Zoro fans downgrading characters non named Zoro or that were not Zoro's opponents whatever the situation because they were not able to understand that Zoro might be the one to take various Ls (according to their own definition of L) one after the other in the future
Being captured by Hody's crew and being defeated by the Yeti Cool Brothers weren't enough
Any character might be used as a hype tool, i don't care if they are not named Sanji. He has been one almost as much as Zoro, i think that's enough