Wrestlezone’s Top 10: Gimmick Changes to Championships

By Josh Isenberg

Number 10: Deacon Batista to Batista

Batista

In 2002, Deacon Batista debuted as a bodyguard for D-Von Dudley. On the Smackdown brand, this was at a time of constant main event changes. With Dudley pursuing a single’s career as a spiritual leader, Batista had no character and no personality. He was a bald and muscular force that held a box around his neck. With one punch, he was gone from television and later debuted as Batista. He became a member of Evolution and would ultimately main event Wrestlemania’s, become World Heavyweight Champion, Tag Team Champion, Royal Rumble winner, and WWE Champion. He always had the look, but it took him a while to find the gimmick.

Josh Isenberg
Josh Isenberg

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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