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Isenberg Reacts: WWE Smackdown “Seth and Sami Shine on Smackdown”

June 24, 2016

AJ Styles defeated Jimmy Uso

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WWE is going back to the well here with a family member vs. a Club member. I am not sure I liked this match for Styles because I fear WWE using Jimmy and Jey with John Cena, something I have ZERO interest in. Let Styles and The Club work with Cena and new talent, not repetitive and unoriginal teams.

A great spot in the match was Jimmy hitting a superkick onto Styles from the top rope, which got him a close two count. Obviously, it was not enough and the great selling from Styles helped this match be better than an average one-on-one contest. Smackdown was not about Styles tonight, but that was just fine! He is doing some of his best heel work in quite some time and it is imperative they let him do his thing and not completely overexpose himself.

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Tag Team Slowing Down?

The Vaudevillians took a pretty quick loss to Big E and Kofi Kingston on Smackdown. This was not the big topic of the night, with The Wyatt Family cutting one of their normal promos on the screen. I am still uncertain about this. First off, I really wanted The Wyatt Family to return in a high profile match, but The New Day are very over to the crowd. Bray got cheered on Monday and will always be a tweener. This isn’t good for New Day, though. They are so different, so will this backfire to the point where the fans do not care about the comedic relief from Woods, Kofi and Big E?

Also, I hated how this was booked. It was quick and made Gotch and English look weak. Believe it or not, they could be one of the best heel tag teams in WWE. This does not help at all, giving them a chance to shine and pick up a win in a non-title match. Instead, The Wyatt’s appear after the match. Come on! At least cause the distraction so the heel team can get a win.

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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.