Isenberg Reacts: WWE RAW “Aborting The Beast and The Power of Jericho”

October 25, 2016

Triple Threat Main Event/Women’s Hell in a Cell

Owens rolls out of the ring as soon as the bell ring. Chris Jericho rolls out after him. Owens says he thought Jericho was going to start. Kevin Owens and Jericho surround Rollins. Rollins rolls out of the ring. Owens and Jericho follow. Owens acts as if he is going to get back in the ring, but Jericho slides in by himself. Rollins hits a blockbuster off the top. Owens drags Rollins to the outside and tosses him into the barricade. Rollins tosses Owens into the barricade. Rollins lands a dropkick. Jericho attacks Rollins from behind. Jericho throws Rollins into the crowd. Seth Rollins dives off the barricade and takes out Owens and Jericho. Rollins throws Jericho into the crowd. Back in the ring, Owens misses the cannonball.

Rollins lands a springboard knee. Rollins sets up the Pedigree but Owens fights out of it. Jericho hits the ring and almost gets Pedigreed, but Jericho reverses it and almost locks in the Walls of Jericho. Owens hits the ring and he and Jericho take turns beating down Rollins. Rollins surprises Jericho with a head kick. Rollins hits a topé suicida onto Owens. Jericho manages to hit the Codebreaker, but Rollins kicks out. Jericho and Owens set Rollins on the top rope for a double superplex. Rollins drops down and rolls up both Owens and Jericho at the same time for the win!

After the match, Owens and Jericho beat down Rollins. Jericho leaves as Owens is walking up the ramp. Rollins runs up behind Owens and attacks him. Owens and Rollins have to be separated by security. Owens powerbombs Rollins on the apron. Rollins is out.

The main event delivered in a good way. I love Chris Jericho right now, but I am not sure why the whole night was built around him. He has no match at Hell in a Cell, which is a travesty. I do think there will be some sort of in-ring segment with him at WWE Hell in a Cell, but they needed to do more with him for Sunday.

The night did what it needed to do. You had the physicality of Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins to end the night, teasing a turn from Chris Jericho and also giving the big matches on Sunday the most time. I am excited to see what both men can pull off on Sunday, as well as Charlotte and Sasha.

Speaking of the women, they are the story and not Mick Foley. I felt like he tried too hard to be the focal point of their contract signing and he constantly yelled about it. I wanted the women to do the telling and not him. Maybe it was not his fault, but maybe it was. Maybe WWE needs to realize that there is more than Mick Foley to sell a Hell in a Cell match. Isn’t this a big deal because of WHO is involved SUNDAY and not a decade ago?

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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.

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