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EA’s Weekly RAW YouTube Report (10/15/18)
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, 10/17/18):
- Ronda Rousey verbally bashes The Bellas, then destroys security – 3.1 million views
- Kurt Angle gets retribution on Baron Corbin – 2.1 million views
- The Shield vs. Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre – 1.8 million views
- Dean Ambrose says he’s not a “lunatic” – 1.3 million views
- Alexa Bliss & Mickie James think Lita & Trish Stratus’ time is over – 684k views
- Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler – 680k views
- Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre – 671k views
For the second straight week, RAW’s YouTube is ruled by the ladies, namely Ronda Rousey, as the RAW Women’s Champion’s feud with The Bellas cracks 3 million views once again. I’d argue this was the most entertaining segment of the entire show and after their performance last week, the number of views is no surprise to this guy. Especially some of the zingers Ronda hit The Bellas with. We all know it’s a work and she was using the same types of things the IWC say about The Bellas, but it still got a chuckle out of me.
Sliding in at number two, RAW General Manager Kurt Angle, who was dressed more like Armando Estrada or as our Christopher Platt put it, Robert DeNiro in Cape Fear, gets his retribution on Baron Corbin with an Angle Slam on the stage. This is the second week in a row for the WWE Hall Of Famer at the number two spot AND garnering two million-plus. I think it’s safe to say fans have missed our RAW General Manager and have had enough of Baron Corbin’s tenure, but does this feud have the legs to get to Survivor Series where the eventual showdown is speculated to take place?
Monday Night RAW’s ‘Hounds of Justice’ fill out nearly all the remaining spots this week, as has been the case quite frequently in their feud with Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre. Fans do seem to be getting tired of the angle however, if it were a rivalry in SmackDown vs. RAW’s General Manager Mode, it would probably have turned sour by now. Regardless, the popularity of The Shield and interest in what’s going on with Ambrose puts them at numbers 3, 4, 6 and 7.
Lastly, our final clip that isn’t The Shield is one of what I think is three feature matches at Evolution, with Alexa Bliss and Mickie James taking on Lita and Trish Stratus. Personally, I thought Lita and Trish didn’t come off too well here while Mickie and mainly Bliss, stole the segment. I’m wondering how much longer this goes without any physical altercation. There’s only another week of television to go before Evolution, but I’d like to see it break down in some fashion next week whether it’s Alexa delivering a cheap shot, a brawl, something.
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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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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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