Isenberg Reacts: WWE Payback “Braun Strowman Soars Past Roman Reigns”

May 1, 2017

WWE Made The Right Call

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The main event showed Roman Reigns try to survive The Monster Among Men. Braun Strowman has lost 5 straight PPV matches, even though two of them were the Battle Royal and The Royal Rumble match. He needed a win and needed it badly. With Roman Reigns coming in at less than 100 percent, you had that feeling that Super-Roman would win and move onto a championship opportunity. WWE Payback was more about the big win from Strowman. He destroyed him for a while, let Roman Reigns hit a few Superman Punches and Spears, and then came back with a submission hold. If Braun lost tonight, his destruction from the previous few weeks would be for naught.

It is as simple as this: Roman Reigns did not NEED to win. Braun Strowman needed to win. Plain and simple. Thank you, WWE, for doing what needed to be done in the main event.

WZ 7

@JoshIsenberg4 on Twitter. WWE Payback Rating:

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.

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