Is Hela Stronger Than Thor?
That's Because Thor Engineered Hela's Fall by Having Surtur Kill Her. This Means That Thor Never Technically Defeated Hela. in Fact, He Came Closer to Beating...
That's because Thor engineered Hela's fall by having Surtur kill her. This means that Thor never technically defeated Hela. In fact, he came closer to beating Thanos in Infinity War than he ever did with his sister.
Why Hela is stronger than Thor?
Plus, Hela being the Goddess of Death. That's why Ragnarok had to end it all, or else, yeah, Hela would've murdered the Nine Realms. It's why Thor was still weaker, but grew immensely stronger once the people saw that he was trying to save them. The Odin-Force was inside him at Sakaar, but came alive in Asgard.
Can Thor beat Hela?
Thor realized he was not going to be able to defeat her, and in an interesting turn of events, he ended up restoring Surtur's power by having Loki drop the crown in the Eternal Flame. This unleashed Ragnarök, which was the only way to defeat Hela as Asgard was her power source.