WZ’s “Top Ten” Returns: WWE Hell in a Cell Matches

October 2, 2011

Number 9: Undertaker/Austin vs. Kane/Mankind "Raw is War" San Antonio 1998

In the Attitude Era, there never was a more important event each week than Raw is War, as Nitro tried to continue its hold as Number one. WWF, at the time, looked for star power, and nobody was more popular than Stone Cold. His teaming with The Undertaker was diffferent, was unique, and was a perfect combination to pair against Kane and Mankind. You have two established stars working with two guys who have yet to prove themselves in the Machine. Having this type of match on Raw gave you a belief that anything could happen on cable television. It propelled matches like TLC, Ladder matches, and more championship title matches on Raw, giving it a reason why you could not miss an episode. The match was solid, featured your typical Undertaker dominance, but did showcase Kane as a real threat to Taker.

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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.