User blog comment:ImperiexSeed/Supernatural Mysteries/@comment-3481504-20120404154634/@comment-3481504-20120408202646

Exactly. About that, Ruby's exact quote was, "No demon can swing that. Not Lilith, not anybody", who ever is the King of Hell, is still a demon.

That's all besides the point, how did Crowley go about taking a soul from Heaven, a place more intricate than Hell.

Whatever the case, Azazel is stronger, a better ruler, it was also said that he even held them all together. While Crowely can't keep order.