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Isenberg Reacts: WWE Smackdown Live “Not So Fabulous Decision From Daniel Bryan”

June 21, 2017

Jinder Mahal vs. Luke Harper

Smackdown Live ended with a main event between Jinder Mahal and Luke Harper. As much as I enjoy Luke Harper in the ring, this was an odd pairing to main event after Money in the Bank. With the champion on the ropes, Mahal turned up the offense. At that time, Baron Corbin’s music hit and distracted the champion. Harper hit a spinning clothesline and got an extremely close two count. Jinder was able to survive, hitting his finisher and not having to worry about Baron Corbin. He did, however, have to worry about Randy Orton.

Orton came out and attacked The Singh Brothers. A few RKO’s sent a strong message and Mahal was able to escape without harm.

Randy vs. Jinder isn’t over and I understand it. I just do not love the idea of them continuing this as a main event match for the third Pay-Per-View in a row. If they do, there needs to be some sort of stipulation. Also, with Smackdown Live having a ton of controversies, how is this not addressed yet? Why hasn’t Shane or Daniel interrupted this feud and made some stipulation for them? If anything, add a gimmick at WWE Battleground to at least make it different from what we have seen over the past 2 months.

Smackdown Live was solid, but WHERE WAS MIKE AND MARIA KANELLIS? How in the hell do you not have mention of them 2 days after their debut on WWE and the Smackdown Live brand? This made absolutely no sense to me and was a complete letdown. If anything, at least mention or hype them for next week. That would be the absolute least they could do, but they could not even do that. A very perplexing decision made by the writing team and they could have carved out 3-5 minutes on Smackdown to spotlight a pair that could really make some noise and be different.

WZ 6

@JoshIsenberg4 on Twitter. WWE Smackdown Live 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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