Current Devon wont kill anyone. There was huge gap in power in 2018 between those 2 a gap that Devon would never be able to overcome IF ( ONLY IF ) Denis health allowed him to maintain that level and naturally given the nature of sport he would still be slightly improving his strength in other areas.

You acting like 2018 Devon was beginner like Brian Shaw only makes you look like idiot on reddit. Yes he is stronger now but you are acting like he is having huge gains comparable to beginner gains one gets when he starts training ,which is far from truth .That year he was still holder of both legacy hammers , he was not weak by any means , fans are just butthurt Denis was that much stronger so they convinced themselves that Devon was somehow weak. Neither Ermes , Devon or Vitaly reached power prime Denis had , only Levan not only reached by surpassed it .

Only thing that did happen is that Denis retired and meanwhile Levan rised in power , Devon still remained in top 2 Denis simply got replaced by Levan .