Does it really matter? For better or worse, Dominion and the novelizations are canon.
Is Godzilla the World's Strongest Monster or the World's Best Warrior? Remember: the former applies to raw strength, the other applies to combat ability.
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I'd say he's definitely outmatched in terms of raw strength by Ghidorah and possibly also by Mechagodzilla.
But the issue there is that Ghidorah is not of this world, so his existence may not disqualify Godzilla from the trope (unless one uses the "strongest in the universe" definition).
According to Adam Wingard, director of Godzilla vs. Kong, Big G had tired himself out after fighting Kong, so he wasn't fighting Mechagodzilla at full strength.
That said, he did have trouble fighting the MUTOs back in the 2014 film and only defeated them through some quick-thinking and convenient human interference.
I think Godzilla could qualify for World's Best Warrior, but he is definitely not World's Strongest Man when you compare his (non-Super Mode) abilities to the Super Power Lottery standard abilities of Ghidorah and the Mecha. I'd also say Ghidorah shouldn't be disqualified due to being an alien, since regardless of its origin, Ghidorah is part of the setting.
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Check out this ATT query: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?parent_id=104755&type=att
According to this Twitter post quoting Greg Keyes (who was hired to write Godzilla Dominion and some of the novelizations) — https://twitter.com/Driscoll23Jack/status/1606556758914236418
— Legendary never intended for Godzilla to be 250+ million years old — that was in-universe speculation on Dr. Serizawa's part from when he knew next to nothing about the Titans.
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