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EA’s Weekly RAW YouTube Report (11/26/18)

Published

5 years ago

November 28, 2018

A look at the YouTube performance for this week’s WWE RAW!

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, 11/28/18):

Ronda Rousey & Natalya fight off The Riott Squad – 1 million views
Intercontinental Title: Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler – 699k views
Sasha Banks & Bayley get ambushed – 548k views
Finn Balor vs. Drew McIntyre & Baron Corbin – 540k views
Baron Corbin says his match with Braun Strowman at TLC is still on – 481k views
Dean Ambrose is away getting immunized – 458k views
Baron Corbin puts Alexa Bliss in charge of RAW’s women – 445k views

Overall, it’s a pretty putrid effort not only on the screen this week for RAW, but in the YouTube numbers as well. Compared to last week where multiple clips surpassed the million mark (see last week’s report here), only one hits that number this week. To no surprise, that goes to our RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey who can hit big numbers on any given week as long as she gets physically involved with someone. With no Roman, no Strowman, no Lesnar…there’s no chance for anyone to keep up with her this week.

Coming in second is by far the best match from RAW, despite the groans of fans on social media that we’ve seen it too many times, as Seth Rollins retained his Intercontinental Title over longtime rival Dolph Ziggler. Personally, I felt like it was not a smart move to not have Dean Ambrose appear in the arena and found his promo, which comes in at number six, to be too corny. I do not understand why Ambrose has to continue trying to be funny. I don’t find him humorous AT ALL, so why can’t we just make him the sick bastard character that he should be?

Sliding into third this week was a bit of an unusual segment where the new boss of RAW’s Women’s Division brought Sasha Banks and Bayley into the ring for a Q and A with fans in the arena. Of course it was all just a setup in the end, but it wasn’t anything to write home about. With Bliss’ return to the ring still completely up in the air, it looks like they’re going to try and use her to help get some of the other girls more opportunities during her absence. You know, like the Dana Brooke’s or Alicia Fox’s. The only problem is, I don’t think anybody cares.

Finishing out spots four, five and seven was the running theme for the evening, as the show was dominated by the power hungry Baron Corbin. There’s really not a lot to say about the numbers here, RAW was just plain bad this week outside of a couple of segments. I enjoy what they’re doing with Corbin as long as it helps elevate guys like Balor and Elias. Unfortunately, I don’t think that will be the case and we’re simply seeing those two get involved so that WWE has a backup plan in place if Braun misses TLC. Great heels create great babyfaces, but sometimes they lead to dud shows like we got on Monday. If you watch Austin Creed and Tyler Breeze’s GM Mode series on Up Up Down Down, they’d refer to this as a “building show”.

What do this week’s YouTube results for RAW tell you? Let us know on social media @theCHAIRSHOTcom and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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

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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!

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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!

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