ONE PIECE GOLDI’m not going to go so in depth as to why I believe this, but here are a couple important things to help back up my claim:
It’s been a week since they first set sail to Zou. Kaido definitely knows what happened to Doflamingo and who brought him down by now.
Not only that, but I bet he’s also been told about the location of “The Curly Hats” most likely from that woman.
Basically what I’m getting at is that Edward Weeble looks lame as hell and even his name sounds lame as hell. Plus, we’ve just seen Luffy take down a shichibukai in the previous arc so what would be the point in Luffy defeating another so quickly? I just really don’t see the point of Weeble being added to the story right now other than to feed Kaido’s hype.
Right here we have Kizaru hyping him up to be at the level of a young Whitebeard. Also, think about it…he’s a self proclaimed son of Whitebeard, tries to look like Whitebeard, and around the strength of a young whitebeard?…And who do we know to have a grudge against Whitebeard?
Kaido, of course. Many speculate it’s because he’s jealous of Whitebeard being able to die and him not being able to, but we don’t know for sure. Kaido also tried to intercept Whitebeard before the Marineford war happened for an unexplained reason too. I’m not saying he’s going to destroy Weeble as an act of revenge, but as OJ loves to say…IT’S FORESHADOWING.
How I see it playing out: Luffy and co have a mini scuffle with Weeble (Who Displays incredible power and gives them a good fight) to where it eventually ends (By Weeble realizing what his mom is trying to do and becoming friends with the minks or something) and the Straw Hats decide to leave Zou and head for Wano. Just as they leave for Wano, Kaido arrives at Zou claiming something like, “Damn, where the hell are they? Would have gotten here sooner if this stupid Elephant wasn’t constantly on the move.” He ends up running into Weeble (who gave Luffy and co a good fight) and immediately Kaido’s fueled with rage because of Weeble’s resemblance to Whitebeard (which reminds Kaido of the hatred he has for him). Because of this rage, Kaido decides to attack Weeble and destroys him with ease thus fueling the Kaido Hype Train even more.
It’ll most likely play out a bit differently than what I posted above^, but the point I’m trying to make is that Weeble is nothing more than fodder to help fuel Kaido’s hype. He’s going to look tough in the Zou arc when he fights Luffy, but will be destroyed with ease by Kaido in the end. And we may even get the explanation for Kaido’s grudge against Whitebeard in the process.
*Theory by DJ_Punk
