User blog comment:CoolJazzman/Why do you think Yamamoto wasn't giving a promoted to become a royal guard./@comment-8295743-20130417035134/@comment-5551986-20130417193649

@RobertG22 Byakuya didn't kill the wrestler, as he later attacked Renji after Byakuya's defeat.

@SenNoKuroiHonoo The Quincy are in no way OP. The only reason they are really destroying Soul Society is that they can steal the Bankai. Kenpachi and Yamamoto took out quite a few with Shikai alone. Heck, if Quilge Opie didn't use Letz Stil, im pretty sure Ichigo would have killed him without using his bankai. The Quincy are tricky opponents with their Blut. Though, in all fairness I think Yhwach is hiding something up his sleeve, I think the Stern Ritter are not quite Captain level, just their Blut techniques cause the Shikai difficulty. But i think Yhwach is hiding more powerful fighters still.

@CoolJazzman Yamamoto is "stronger" (I used " because he never showed his Bankais full power) than he was 1000 years ago. He has the strongest Bankai seen thus far in the series in my opinion, maybe hinting at a "strongest weapon/ strongest shield" reference. He just got soft, and didn't make use of anyone, he kept Unohana out of the way despite her fighting skills, and didn't use anyone outside of Soul Society to his full advantage.

The only reason Yamamoto didn't want to use his bankai straight off the bat against Aizen was maybe because he knew Aizen might plan something, he stated his Bankai could destroy Soul Society itself, if Aizen turned that against him, like he uses Ryujin Jakka... it would have been game over for most people.