As I explained, Bee stabbed Sasuke because of the opening created through Raiton; Sasuke had no intel on this.Tobi planted the mines as well as warned Deidara of Sasuke's attempt to behead him. Itachi one shotted him because he's one of the most powerful genjutsu users to date, and anyone bar Jinchuriki and a few select shinobi can hope to overcome his prowess. Deidara is Kage level, despite his mindset. He was far above many people, though his personality was definitely what you state it to be, many shinobi including Madara himseld have let their arrogance and superiority complex get the best of them.
I also never stated Hebi Sasuke would beat Bee, I just pointed out he wasn't in the best shape and he was basically Base Sasuke until he achieved usage of Amaterasu. Plenty of people, including yourself take that fight out of context.
PS: It is painfully obvious Obito was testing his ability, but in the process of doing this, he very well could have indirectly killed Sasuke.
Stating Hiruzen is a Hokage and should be stronger is valid when MS sasuke was shown to struggle against each of the kage, and kabuto clearly stated that Hiruzen at his old age was still superior to all of them. That makes it a valid claim, but I wasnt only using that as a excuse as to why hiruzen would win.^ Stating that Hiruzen is a Hokage and hence superior is not even a valid claim. His Edo feats also far outclass his feats when he was alive, hence that is another invalid argument. Enma is not going to save him from Genjutsu, when Sasuke can restrain him using snakes just like Ororchimaru did.
Assuming that Horuzen has better CQC is pure assumption, not backed by a single manga scan. Let's drop the hype and look at facts.
There was not a single Kage at the summit who took Sasuke alone. Your argument is again nothing but pure speculation. Ae took him on with Chee and Darui. Sasuke ended up taking his arm. Gaara intervened to save Raikage from getting skewered, and he finally attacked him together with both his siblings and Darui as well.Stating Hiruzen is a Hokage and should be stronger is valid when MS sasuke was shown to struggle against each of the kage, and kabuto clearly stated that Hiruzen at his old age was still superior to all of them. That makes it a valid claim, but I wasnt only using that as a excuse as to why hiruzen would win.
Edo Hiruzen is the exact same as Hiruzen who fought orochimaru. The definition of Edo's are shinobi who are ressurected with the same power they had when they died. So any feat that edo hiruzen shown is the same that alive hiruzen could do, and edo hiruzen is actually weaker than alive hiruzen asYou must be registered for see links.
You implying hiruzen could not perform edo feats is also stating that hashirama cant useYou must be registered for see linksor that Tobirama cant useYou must be registered for see linksand FTG, because they were only shown using these techniques as edo's. That logic doesnt make since.
Sasukes snakes cant stop Enma from using Diamond Prison when Enma is already in close proximity of hiruzen.
The databook supports my claim of Hiruzen being superior in CQC, as Hebi sasuke only has a 3.5, while Hiruzen has a maximum 5. That is canonical evidence of who is superior in CQC.