Isenberg Reacts: WWE Smackdown Live “Women Dominate The Night”

February 22, 2017

Nikki Bella vs. Natalya

Nikki starts attacking Natalya with a kendo stick. Nikki goes for the cover, but Natalya kicks out at two. Nikki whips Natalya back first to the barricade. Nikki proceeds to launch Natalya into the crowd. Natalya does the you can’t see me hand gesture. Natalya sends Nikki to the production area. Natalya says that Nikki is pathetic.

Natalya goes for a vertical suplex off the barricade, but Nikki counters with a big boot. Nikki with a flying roundhouse kick off the barricade for a two count. Nikki tosses Natalya back to ringside. Natalya regains momentum by tossing her back first to the barricade. Natalya irish whips Nikki shoulder first to the steel ring steps for a two count. Natalya clears the announcers table. Nikki fires up with a series of forearm strikes. Natalya with a shoulder block to the midsection of Nikki. Natalya goes for a powerbomb, but Nikki gets back on her feet. Nikki with an Alabama Slam across the table for a two count.

Coming out of the commercial break, Natalya connects with a snap suplex on the ramp. Natalya with the cover for a two count. Nikki goes for the Rack Attack 2.o, but Natalya gets back on her feet. Natalya sends Nikki to the backstage area. Nikki bounces Natalya head on one of the production crates. Natalya drives Nikki into Maryse. Nikki with a knee strike to the gut of Natalya. Nikki whips Natalya face first through a frame for a two count. Nikki brings Natalya back to the ramp. Nikki Spears Natalya for a two count. Natalya with a double leg takedown. Natalya goes for the Sharpshooter, but Nikki counters with the Fearless Lock. Maryse comes down to the ring and repeatedly attacks Nikki with a led pipe. Miz tries to get Maryse off of Nikki. Natalya takes advantage of the beatdown and scores the pinfall.

A surprisingly good No Disqualification match that had some nice moments to it. I enjoyed the Alabama Slam and the glass breaking the most, with Natalya taking the shot to the face. Nikki and Natalya needed some sort of finality so both women can move on. Like previously mentioned, Natalya in a title match would not be the worst thing. Nikki will now move her focus to The Miz and Maryse, as the latter attacked her with a steel pipe. I would have loved Maryse actually following through on her hits the back and stomach with the pipe.

If you think this is not a good match for John Cena, I think you need to realize that it’s going to benefit The Miz so much more than anything else. This mixed tag team match will potentially be Nikki’s last and WWE has done a great job at not using Cena and Nikki in a ring together. We know their story, but WWE has not put that story inside the squared circle. Now is the time and I am actually interested to see how the next 4 weeks come off with The Miz at his best and John Cena still doing what he does.

WZZ 6.5

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.