Originally Posted by
Morning
In the Whedon cut, the trident went through Steppenwolf's armor, wounding him. In the snyder cut, he completely impaled him, though his armor was notably torn off already. It cuts through rock like it's barely there. It's worth noting that Aquaman is resistant to cutting and piercing, no selling a human sword thrust, but atlantean tridents are still treated like lethal threats.
But yeah, it is impressive that you found such a close fight. Especially since Zoro and Luffy at that time are presented in the narrative as being around Sanji's level, but actually have much better speed feats already that would have made this uncompetitive.