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EA’s Weekly SmackDown Live YouTube Report (9/4/18)

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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, 9/4/18):

  1. AJ Styles gets retribution on Samoa Joe – 1.4 million views
  2. R-Truth vs. The Miz – 854k views
  3. The Usos vs. Rusev Day vs. SAnitY – 480k views
  4. Daniel Bryan vs. Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas – 465k views
  5. Charlotte Flair & Becky Lynch war of words – 390k views
  6. Naomi vs. Peyton Royce – 362k views
  7. Daniel Bryan & Brie Bella call out The Miz & Maryse – 309k views

Well, if you compare this week’s SmackDown YouTube to RAW’s, the difference is disparaging to say the least. Two clips tied at the top with over 3 million views for RAW, meanwhile our SmackDown YouTube Report it only takes 1.4 million for AJ Styles and Samoa Joe to hold the top spot. This was by far the hottest storyline of the evening and the blue brand didn’t have the luxury of trotting out more legends like they did on Monday. These are the best numbers we’ve seen out of the Joe/AJ rivalry, coming on a night that was primarily dominated by in-ring action.

Number two is a bit of a surprise in a sense with the main event of The Miz versus…R-Truth?! Now remember, Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella also played a role here, plus the added elements of Carmella to the mix. At the same time, R-Truth has been pretty hilarious of late and I do think that plays a small role as well.

The third spot is reserved for the next match in the tournament to crown The New Day’s number one contenders for Hell In A Cell. An entertaining match and a big win for Rusev Day, but look at the numbers. Not good there and the remainder of the list is only within 180k of having their rankings swapped. Occupying two of those spots is more Daniel Bryan, featuring the opening segment of the show at number seven while Bryan’s rematch with Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas slides in at number four.

The final two spots this week at five and six are an interview with SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch, then Naomi vs. Peyton Royce, respectively. Positions two through seven would generally fall into my “best of the rest” category, but it’s not quite the case with only the top two spots of our rankings cracking 800k. Naomi against Peyton was another rematch, but also gives the return of Asuka which clearly did nothing to help views. Charlotte Flair and Becky have had unquestionably (in my opinion) the most interesting rivalry over the past couple of weeks, but after a good performance of one million last week, a major drop for Tuesday. Granted, it was merely an interview segment where neither Superstar was even in the arena. I feel like when you take away the chance of physicality, that immediately decreases interest.

 

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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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