Isenberg Reacts: Previewing SummerSlam From The Smackdown Live Side

August 16, 2017

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To read the SummerSlam preview from the RAW brand, click here. The Final Smackdown Live before SummerSlam certainly delivered on adding the final pieces to feuds, as well as shocking the WWE Universe with a failed cash-in from Baron Corbin.

This article is to preview the Smackdown side of SummerSlam, which currently has 6 confirmed matches. Let’s break down the 6 matches from WWE Smackdown Live, with predicted winners and outcomes.

Smackdown Tag Team Championship Match

The New Day will defend their WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championships against The Uso’s. This feud has been nothing but consistent since they let both teams go wild during a rap battle. The Uso’s have a gimmick that is natural for them and is the perfect heel team against The New Day. We finally got to see The New Day act tough and intense, attacking the brothers a few weeks ago upon their return. They showed an edge and some energy that felt like this feud was personal.

The match at SummerSlam will be really good and that is all we could ask for. The build was much more important than the actual outcome of the match, something that is rare to see these days. Does this feud finish at SummerSlam? I doubt it, but it would be nice to see The New Day get a championship reign that lasts more than a few weeks. Let them reestablish themselves on Smackdown while making sure The Uso’s are those pesky rodents that you cannot get rid of.

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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.

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