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WWE News: SmackDown Live Rating Increases Again, Stays Ranked #1 (7/17/18)

Published

6 years ago

July 18, 2018

With the WWE in the wake of this past Sunday’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view, Monday Night RAW saw an increase in viewership this week despite being matched up against the MLB Home Run Derby (read more about that here). SmackDown Live has also struggled over the past few weeks, so could the blue brand also turn it around? The numbers are in for last night’s show and it’s more good news.

Last night’s edition of SmackDown Live came in with a 2.293 rating, a 5% increase from last week’s 2.183 and a 13.9% increase over the past two weeks. Here’s a look at the last four weeks of ratings for the blue brand:

June 26th: 2.135
July 3rd: 2.013
July 10th: 2.183
July 17th: 2.293

SmackDown Live also remained at the number one spot in the Cable Top 150 Rankings for the 18-49 demographic (many may wonder where the MLB All-Star Game ranked, however that was on Network television, not cable). This is now the second week in a row that SmackDown came in at number one. Here’s the top five along with their share of the 18-49 demo:

WWE SmackDown Live – USA Network – 0.74
Haves & Have Nots – Oprah Network – 0.51
Chrisley Knows Best – USA Network – 0.50
The Challenge: Final Reckoning – MTV – 0.49
Below Deck Mediterranean – BRAVO – 0.47

EA’s Take: This is one of those rare weeks where I was only half-tuned into SmackDown Live, a program which nine times out of ten, I find to be more entertaining than RAW. That doesn’t always necessarily reflect in ratings and I do think the number for this week’s episode would have been higher had it not been for the MLB All-Star Game which pulled an 8.342 and averaged a 1.53 in the 18-49, nearly double that of SmackDown Live. A lot of times people look at these and think doom and gloom, but forget that it’s JUST CABLE. It doesn’t take into account streaming services or any other way people consume television now. Just a point that gets completely lost on those who take a negative viewpoint on seemingly everything.

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AEW Coverage

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

What a start to the tournament!

Published

5 months ago

November 27, 2023

Steven Mitchell

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 Coverage

AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

Published

5 months ago

November 22, 2023

Steven Mitchell

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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