User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Chapter 472: Laxus vs. Wahl, Review/@comment-1153699-20160208202815/@comment-1153699-20160208230013

Laxus won against Jura because Hiro planned him to be just slightly stronger than him. Jura himself admitted he lost. And this whole "Because he's/she's *insert name here*" thing can be used on anyone actually. Natsu beating Gajeel during Phantom Lord arc? Because he's Natsu. Goku beating Frieza on Namek? Because he's Goku. And don't even get me started on Saitama.

I admit I didn't really like that fight as well but not because Laxus won, but because most of the fight was off-paneled. And the 10 or so pages he gave us were rushed af too. I believe people wouldn't have complained as much as they did if Hiro spent like 3 intense chapters focused on Laxus and Jura going back and forth destroying everything around them in the process.

And well, we don't know how strong Laxus or Wahl really are yet. We don't know their limits. Hiro could have very well planned current Laxus (without MBP limiting him) to be on August's level, for all we know. That certainly could explain why Hiro felt it was needed to nerf him and put him up against someone who has a specific resistance to Lightning, like I mentioned in my first post above.