The Powerbombcast Episode 5: Animal Kingdom

@sammo21: Yeah, you're absolutely right.

Last night was the first wrestling I've watched since Wrestle-mania was here in Seattle (maybe 2003?), and even with a hiatus like that, it was entirely predictable. I can't speak to the Daniel Bryan thing, but his match with "Wyatt" was awesome, and I thought that was better than him coming in and then getting tossed out after a few minutes...? Not sure. But that match was the most entertaining part for me.

Also hilarious that guys like New Age Outlaws, Goldust, Kevin Nash, Kane, and JBL (who was an "Acolyte" when I watched haha) are still around.

Also, when that dude came into the rumble and just swung that dude around the ring like a helicopter for 45 seconds was amazing... I haven't laughed so hard in recent memory. The Kofi Kingston acrobatics were also highly entertaining. Great that they predicted that jump here, though.

Why was CM Punk left in for the entire time (doing nothing exciting for the entire 45min+) just to be anticlimactically eliminated by Kane?

No VGCW talk? LAME!

Yeah I'm on the fence about whether keeping Bryan out (and making the fans wait, teasing them so, so much) is good or not.

New Age Outlaws aren't regulars, it's not like they've had an iron grip on the tag titles forever. Goldust came back to support his brother, Kevin Nash was a surprise Rumble guy, Kane is now out of the ring in a role, and JBL went from Acolyte to ass-kicker to Wall Street investor to now a commentator.

The dude swinging people is Antonio Cesaro, who is pretty amazing.

CM Punk is feuding with Kane and "The Authority" (see: The Corporation), and Kane screwing him continues that feud.

@harperdc: Ah, OK. Thanks for the insight. I think I'm going to start watching again (or paying attention, somewhat) when the network launches. Thanks again!

Asking what getting you wig split means is the whitest thing I have ever heard.

I am pretty sure that the WWE Network will have all episodes of Raw and Smackdown (and presumably, Nitro and Thunder, etc.) on the service by the end of the year. I remember reading that it's a "goal" of theirs to have those on access.

Also: Batista is fucking awesome.

CM Punk left WWE after the Rumble lol.

It didn't actually have anything to do with Attack on Titan, it was Carnage (the Spider-Man villain). He followed it up with some sick Venom body paint at a show in the UK a few weeks later:

The coffin bit and shambling down the ramp like a zombie was pretty baffling, though. I guess he just thought it would look neat (he wasn't wrong).