User blog comment:Fliu/Chapter 945 Wano Wars: The Big Mom Menace/@comment-25654036-20190607134126/@comment-2600:1702:3C50:A6E0:195A:905B:DAF4:1D92-20190608204108

First I never said that the Strawhats were spreading word of their rise, only that their fleet commanders were. Since we know that Morgans presumably sent people to talk with them. Second, Mihawk had good reason to state that Zoro was weak since he has faced many of the Strong Swordsmen in the world and Zoro had little experience. At the same time, he has something that Big Mom and Kaido lack, an understanding that his place on top is not going to last forever. Whitebeard knew that he would eventually lose his strength that made him considered the worlds strongest. Shanks is likely aware of this two. Big Mom and Kaido think that because they have not yet faced someone new who can challenge them that it will never happen. Sooner or later they were going to face someone who would challenge them and be able to do something like this to them. If not Luffy then someone else. Challenging Big Mom alone would not be such a big deal if Luffy and his crew along with their allies didn't make her look like a fool. Same with Enies Lobby, it wouldn't have been such a big deal that they challenged the world government if they had been killed. The problem is that now as well as then, they faced some of the elites of each organization, thumbed their noses at them, hindered their plans, humiliated them, and ultimately escaped without being punished. The Yonko as well as the world government are seen as a natural part of the world, as forces of nature. It is seen to the world that you cannot challenge either of them anymore then you can prevent the seasons from changing or the rising and setting of the sun. This is the image of invincibility that they presented to residents of the One Piece world, and to us as well. Now that image has been shattered, and so others will see that they can be challenged.