Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32900772-20170904113855/@comment-25122992-20170904153833

If Madara wasn't a TTJ during the time of the interview, it doesn't automatically mean that Kishi's statement is debunked. In fact, it just means that Kishi already couldn't imagine a way for Madara to be defeated aleady then. Plus, "Guy almost defeated Madara" means absolutely nothing, since Madara survived pretty casually. The same way, we could say that "Sasuke almost defeated Madara" since he sliced off his lower half of the body, but as in the case of Guy, Madara easily managed to regenerate the missing body half.