User blog comment:RageMage11/The Thing that stops garmadon and smukai from winning/@comment-37721371-20181205153158

Garmadon never intended for Samukai to win. Garmadon was just using Samukai and the Skulkin as a means to an end, just so he could possess the Golden Weapons and escape from the Underworld. Samukai was just kind of stupid and very selfish, so he unwittingly let Garmadon succeed.