Isenberg Reacts: WWE Raw “A New Champion, A Familiar Beast”

January 12, 2016

Dean Ambrose vs. Sheamus

Sheamus starts the match in complete control after blindsiding him. Chops to the chest and sledgehammer hits with his massive arms give the Celtic Warrior plenty of offense. Ambrose is able to finally reverse an attempted Brogue Kick and Sheamus heads to the outside towards a commercial break. When they come back, Dean Ambrose gets caught into an Irish Curse backbreakers and a two count.

Dean reverses a White Noise into a rollup and nearly gets the former champion. Sheamus stops Dirty Deeds and hits White Noise for two. Both men fall to the outside and Ambrose rams his head into the steel post. He busts open Sheamus and both men are counted out. This gives us a double count-out and Kevin Owens attacks. He lays out Dean Ambrose.

Great match and a great ending adding Kevin Owens. He needs to continue to become this street fighting type of character. He should not be doing submission moves and technicality until he NEEDS to. Right now, focus on stripping his character down to the simplicities. Brock Lesnar is such a simple character. So can Kevin Owens. Continue the assaults and let him speak for himself before proving he can be aggressive and intense at the drop of a hat. Good stuff all around from these three guys.

WZ 7.5

Titus O’Neil defeated Stardust

For the second consecutive week, Titus picks up a pretty easy win over his “rival.” Again, I like both men but am not sure why I am supposed to be invested in this feud. What is the point if Stardust does not put up a legit fight? He continues to lose and Titus makes quick work of him each time. So? The point is what then?

WZ 3.5

Josh controls most of the creative writing and ideas for the show on a weekly basis, as well as an on-air talent.

Aside from working with WrestleZone, Isenberg began his career in Broadcast Journalism interning at ESPN and worked with CBS Radio for three years. He has also had the opportunity to interview some of the best athletes and performers alive, including Andrew McCutchen, Ben Roethlisberger, Chris Jericho, Billy Gunn, Karl Anderson, Matt Hardy, Steven Strasburg and others.

Currently, Josh Isenberg works for Major League Baseball in their Advanced Media Productions. He grew up in Pittsburgh and went to Point Park University, which is where Chair Shot Reality is filmed each week.

His life outside of his obsession with wrestling include being a savant for Seinfeld, NFL, NBA, MLB and many television shows. He also has an undying love for musicals, which includes many shows he was a part of in high school. Some of his favorite wrestling moments can be linked to such superstars as Edge, The Rock, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and The Great Khali.