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EA’s Weekly RAW YouTube Report (10/1/18)

Published

6 years ago

October 3, 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, 10/1/18):

The Undertaker & Kane lay out Shawn Michaels & Triple H – 3.5 million views
Dean Ambrose’s loyalty to The Shield is questioned – 1.8 million views
Ronda Rousey vs. Ruby Riott – 1.5 million views
Roman Reigns vs. Dolph Ziggler – 1.1 million views
Dean Ambrose vs. Braun Strowman – 875k views
Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre – 668k views
Elias & Kevin Owens get showered with boos – 387k views

The Shield’s streak at the top of our YouTube reports ends this week with the main event segment that saw The Undertaker and Kane drop Shawn Michaels and Triple H with Chokeslams. As we’ve seen over the past few weeks, legends draw and for every fan that thinks these guys are taking away time from the younger talent, there is probably 2-3 more people who are interested. With all of this leading to Michaels’ eventual ring return, any time you put these four together it will top the YouTube charts.

They may not be at number one this week, but that doesn’t mean The Shield’s presence isn’t felt as they take home spots 2, 4, 5 and 6 this week. You’ve got your usual strong showing from Roman Reigns, but the angle surrounding Dean Ambrose’s possible turn is the reoccurring theme for the night once again, helping Ambrose slide into the numbers two and five spots. Does anybody else feel like Rollins is the one becoming a little bit of the “odd man out”?

Returning to RAW this week means returning near the top of our rankings for RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey, giving us a preview of Super Show-Down on Saturday in a one-on-one match against Ruby Riott. Due to how Shield-heavy the red brand has been in recent weeks, this is probably the least interesting feud Ronda’s been involved with, but her name value is of the caliber that loads of people will still check in on YouTube to see what she’s up to. I’d imagine her numbers will get stronger again once the build to Evolution starts, especially if she faces Nikki Bella like it seems.

With The Shield dominating again this week, that leaves only one more spot in our countdown with quite possibly the most entertaining segment of the night. Kevin Owens and Elias were able to get heat from the Seattle crowd that you almost never hear any more, which thus led to people talking about it. Word of mouth is always a good thing for YouTube clips and while this one doesn’t get a strong showing, its good enough to beat out every other video including the follow-up match with Owens facing Bobby Lashley.

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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.

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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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