Isenberg Reacts: WWE NXT “Takeover By The United Kingdom”

February 16, 2017

WWE United Kingdom Championship

WWE United Kingdom UK title

Bate hits a dropkick that sends Seven outside the ring. Bate retrieves Seven after flooring him with a clothesline.

After a short break, Bate is working a hammerlock. Seven fights out of it. Bate and Seven trade European uppercuts. Struggle backslide spot leads to Seven taking Bate over for a two count. Bate nails Seven with a top rope European uppercut. Seven ends up outside the ring again. Bate dives over the top onto Seven. Bate rolls Seven back into the ring. Seven surprises Bate with a Fireman’s carry into a Michinoku driver for a near fall. Bate manages to pick up Seven and airplane spin (both directions). Bate attempts a deadlift German suplex, but Seven reverses it into a snap dragon suplex. Seven immediately picks up Bate and powerbomb holds him. Bate kicks out, but Seven transitions into a single leg crab.

Bate boots his way out of the hold. Bate lands a few strikes. Seven misses a spinning back fist. Bate hits his patented fake out right hand. Bate fires up. Seven pops up and hits the Seven-star Lariat! Bate somehow manages to kick out. Seven goes up top. Bate dropkicks Seven. Bate tries to set up a top rope exploder, but Seven punches out of it. Seven tries to suplex Bate to the outside but Bate fights out of it. Bate hits the exploder off the top, but Seven kicks out! Bate calls for the Tyler Driver ’97, but Seven fights out of it. Seven hits a spinning back fist. Bate stumbles into the ropes. Bate bounces off the ropes and levels Seven with a koppo kick. Bate grabs Seven, hits the Tyler Driver ’97 for the three count!

I am a huge fan of the WWE United Kingdom Championship being defended in NXT. For so many years, there has been a need for an alternative championship of some sorts and this is a perfect fit. With Tyler Bate, Trent Seven, Mark Andrews and Pete Dunne being infiltrated into the brand, you have fresh faces and the PERFECT crowd to welcome them into WWE. Tonight’s main event was excellent, a combination of Bate’s strength and endurance taking the victory over the viciousness and intensity of Trent Seven. I can easily see the WWE U.K. Championship being defended at upcoming NXT Live events, as well as NXT Takeover specials on the WWE Network. WWE NXT Tonight had no Roode, Nakamura, Dillinger, Jose, Almas or Strong. It still delivered and showed a full night of action.

WZ 8

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WZ 7

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.