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EA’s Weekly SmackDown Live YouTube Report (6/19/18)

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As we all know, social media and other outlets have become a huge means of drawing in interaction and viewers for WWE. Most people will point to television ratings like they did during the Monday Night Wars in the late 1990’s, however that can be skewed with so many various means of watching today that do not include cable television.

As you’ve become accustomed to, here is this week’s SmackDown Live YouTube Report (2:30 PM EST, 6/21/18):

  1. Asuka confronts Carmella & James Ellsworth – 1.5 million views
  2. Rusev vs. The Miz (Gauntlet Match) – 910k views
  3. Jeff Hardy “sees” Shinsuke Nakamura now – 749k views
  4. Daniel Bryan vs. Samoa Joe (Gauntlet Match) – 648k views
  5. Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz (Gauntlet Match) – 569k views
  6. SAnitY debuts and leaves The Usos laying – 566k views
  7. Daniel Bryan vs. Big E (Gauntlet Match) – 408k views

A better week at the top of our leaderboard as the opening segment for the blue brand clocks in at over a million views, unlike last week when 921k was good enough to be number one. I’ll probably get some grief over this (in my position you have to get used to it as best you can), but Carmella’s got a lot of momentum right now. Call it “go away” heat all you want and I’ll continually tell you that you’re incorrect. Asuka’s also been a player as well, but I do think Ellsworth too gets a little bit of credit just to see what he’s up to in his return. Why do I say this? Out of everything that happened at Money In The Bank on Sunday, his return would have been good enough for fourth on a YouTube Report. Before I get misconstrued, I’m not calling James Ellsworth a YouTube draw. Just that I believe there was some interest in his return to SmackDown Live.

The vast majority of the SmackDown Live broadcast was dedicated to the main event, a WWE Championship #1 Contender’s Gauntlet Match which occupies spots two, four, five and seven. You may find it interesting that Daniel Bryan’s involvement in the match is actually NOT what comes in at the second spot, however its taken up by the finish of the match and that’s my explanation for it. Rusev gets arguably the biggest win of his career, earning his chance at AJ Styles’ WWE Title at Extreme Rules. What’s surprising is Bryan’s decline. The only sense of it I can make would be if you see that he’s in clips with multiple opponents, perhaps there’s no need to check them out since you know he’s the one advancing. Just a theory.

The man at number three is our United States Champion, pulling in a pretty good number for what was merely a backstage promo, albeit a pretty exciting one for the WWE Universe. ‘The Charismatic Enigma’ brings back his old facepaint and eye contacts, looking more like Brother Nero and it definitely got people buzzing, which I believe is reflected here.

Finally, the long awaited debut of SAnitY slides in at number five after being called up to the main roster two months ago. I know that people have been displeased with it taking so long and reportedly, they were basically called up without any plans. Everyone loves a debut, but I don’t see SAnitY becoming a weekly draw anytime soon. Not unless they’re working with a “heavy hitter”, but it doesn’t seem like SmackDown Live has a consistent one lately.

 

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Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

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Did your picks win points?

The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

  • Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
  • Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
  • Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
  • Rush: 0-1, 0 points
  • Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
  • Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

 

Here are your Blue League standings!

  • Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
  • Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
  • Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
  • Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
  • Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
  • Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

 

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.


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AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

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Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”

Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:

Blue League

  • Bryan Danielson
  • Andrade El Idolo
  • Brody King
  • Claudio Castagnoli
  • Daniel Garcia
  • Eddie Kingston

Gold League

  • Jon Moxley
  • Swerve Strickland
  • Rush
  • Mark Briscoe
  • Jay Lethal
  • Jay White

 

Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:

  • Every match has a 20 minute time limit
  • The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
  • EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action

 

Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!


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