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EA’s Weekly SmackDown Live YouTube Report (9/11/18)

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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, 9/11/18):

  1. Jeff Hardy vs. Shinsuke Nakamura – 1.2 million views
  2. Rusev Day vs. The Bar – 1 million views
  3. Brie Bella vs. Maryse – 973k views
  4. Charlotte Flair vs. Sonya Deville –  464k views
  5. AJ Styles talks candidly about Samoa Joe – 281k views
  6. Samoa Joe has a bedtime story for AJ Styles – 260k views
  7. Asuka reveals why she helped Naomi – 198k views

A stark contrast once again this week for the SmackDown Live YouTube numbers compared to Monday Night RAW. An edition of the blue brand that was similar to RAW with a lot of video packages and segments, the action from SmackDown Live controls the board this week. Number one is taken by our opening contest as the Hardy/Nakamura feud was revitalized for the night. It was a great match and you knew Randy Orton would get involved in some fashion.

Our second spot is for the finale of the SmackDown Tag Title #1 Contenders Tournament, as Rusev Day continues to roll with a big win over The Bar. While the participants here are not known for drawing well on YouTube, it was a match with Hell In A Cell implications and as we all know by now, anything with an affect on an upcoming pay-per-view usually gives any clip a boost. Add that to the fact that SmackDown Live seemingly mailed it in for the most part this week (similarly to RAW) and you’ve got a great week for Rusev Day.

Number three is set aside this week for a match that showcased the blue brand roster’s small amount of mainstream appeal with Brie Bella taking on Maryse. This is about as big of a “mainstream media” match as you can get on SmackDown Live, as evidenced by it having the main event spot on the program. While I personally had no interest in Brie and Maryse being infused to the angle between their husbands, it has certainly added a new layer to the rivalry and given it longer legs.

Sliding into fourth is almost a default this week with the only other match on the show. Charlotte Flair vs. Sonya Deville isn’t very appealing, but again, it wasn’t the blue brand’s best effort this week. Perhaps the expectation of Becky Lynch getting involved, a feud with Charlotte that has had its ups-and-downs on YouTube Reports, may have helped out a little with this getting the fourth position.

The Charlotte/Sonya match could probably also fall under this umbrella, but numbers 5-7 are for the weekly “best of the rest”. It didn’t take a whole lot to make our top seven as we see with all of these clips falling under 300k views. It has been a bit of a trend with the final couple of spots when it comes to SmackDown Live the last couple of weeks, meaning to me there has been too much filler content of late.

 

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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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