The Balrog vs The Witch King

Originally Posted by Morthoron

If one really considers the story itself in its entirety, then the answer and the question itself is superfluous.

I am proud of the majority of the forward thinking and creativity that this thread has encouraged.

Originally Posted by obloquy

It doesn't matter how Legolas knew: Tolkien told us unequivocally that Sauron was greater than the balrogs.

A Balrog versus Sauron would still be a tightly fought contest, and the comparably sourced dark power they would have used may have largely cancelled each other out. Was Sauron mightier than a Balrog without his Ring?