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EA’s Weekly RAW YouTube Report (9/10/18)

Published

6 years ago

September 12, 2018

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 RAW YouTube Report (2:30 PM EST, 9/12/18):

The Shield returns fire against their attackers – 3.3 million views
Roman Reigns gets his hands on Braun Strowman – 2.5 million views
*TIE* Baron Corbin forces The Shield to leave/Braun rises from wreckage – 1.6 million views
*TIE* Ambrose & Rollins consider pressing charges/Alexa & Mickie vs. Ronda & Nattie – 1.3 million
Mick Foley interrupts Elias – 809k views
Triple H speaks to The Undertaker – 777k views

While last week’s RAW YouTube Report saw the surprise return of The Undertaker neck-and-neck with The Shield, that’s not the case this week as ‘The Hounds Of Justice’ dominate. Taking the top four spots (with two tied at number three) solidifies the consistency of The Shield and anything they’re involved with to pull big numbers. Despite what a lot of people thought, it’s certainly made Roman Reigns more interesting and I’ve heard a lot less boos from the crowd for the time being. At this point, there’s really no good argument against Reigns being in the spot he’s at too. Not if you #UseYourHead.

The only other clip to top a million views this week is also no surprise, as the Ronda Rousey/Natalya vs. Alexa Bliss/Mickie James match ties for fourth with 1.3 million views. If I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, but it’s all about Rousey’s name value and mainstream appeal. Nobody can give me a reason otherwise as to why this simple tag match would draw that well, especially given since nearly every angle on the red brand has taken a back seat to what The Shield’s up to and Undertaker/Triple H.

The last two spots this week are reserved for another returning legend, as well as a rare RAW appearance from Triple H at five and six respectively. It’s been a long time since we last saw Mick Foley on a Monday night and his segment included a big announcement for Hell In A Cell, two things typically a recipe for at least a million views. Meanwhile, Triple H simply cut a promo, however a promo coming off of a hot segment last week. Therefore, both of these clips only coming in the 750-800k range strikes me as a surprise. I felt that this week’s report really had a shot for a million per clip.

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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.

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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!

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!