Isenberg Reacts: Previewing SummerSlam From The Smackdown Live Side

August 16, 2017

Smackdown Women’s Championship

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This is the least interesting match on the card for me because Smackdown went with their fourth most talented women’s performer to battle for the title. Becky, Charlotte and even Carmella would be a more intriguing match, but I am going to focus on the build more here as well. Natalya is a good wrestler, without a doubt. Her heel persona just does not click with me, especially when she takes pictures of her cat every day and talks about how much she loves everyone at nausea. She does not LIVE her heel gimmick. Naomi, on the other hand, is an athletic champion that WWE has wanted to invest in. Her entrance is great. Her skill set is average. Should she be champion? That is questionable, but she has done all she can to be interesting on a weekly basis.

Unfortunately, when you have other talented performers on the sideline for this SummerSlam match, I fear fans will use this as a beer and bathroom break. Sadly enough, this should be on the Kickoff show, but a tease of a Carmella cash-in will likely keep it for the main card. Does Carmella cash-in? I think Ellsworth tries to help her, we get a tease and Ms. Money in the Bank eventually runs off before the match starts.

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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.