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EA’s Weekly RAW YouTube Report (12/10/18)

Published

5 years ago

December 12, 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 incluode cable television.

As you’ve become accustomed to, here is this week’s RAW YouTube Report (2:30 PM EST, 12/12/18):

TLC Match: Seth Rollins vs. Baron Corbin – 1 million views
Ronda Rousey & Nia Jax go face-to-face – 644k views
RAW Tag Title Match: AOP & Maverick vs. Roode & Gable – 568k views
Seth Rollins addresses Baron Corbin’s failures – 546k views
Drew McIntyre vs. Dolph Ziggler – 373k views
Ember Moon vs. Tamina – 320k views
Seth Rollins feels the effects of a TLC Match – 308k views

Much like the ratings and Cable Top 150 Rankings this week, RAW sees some pretty big drops on YouTube for a go-home pay-per-view show. Unseating Ronda Rousey and dominating our list this week is Seth Rollins, who shows up three times, but appears at number one with the RAW main event Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match for his Intercontinental Title. Everything surrounding Rollins and Corbin was the main storyline of the whole show, also putting it at number three and seven as both guys are on the brink of big matches at TLC.

Sliding down to number two this week is our RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey. Any guesses as to why? Bueller? Anything we’ve discussed regarding Ronda’s YouTube clips before? Physicality. When she’s not getting physically involved, her YouTube numbers fall significantly, as evidenced again this week. Now on the other hand, numbers for every clip seem to be down, so there’s another factor to add in with regards to why she’s not number one this week. Her effect is still there though, helping pull Ember Moon vs. Tamina into the sixth spot.

At number three this week comes some unfamiliar names in our YouTube Reports, as AOP defended their RAW Tag Titles alongside Drake Maverick in a Handicap Match against Bobby Roode and Chad Gable. Aside from overall numbers being lower, much like Rousey there is another reason I’ve discussed before why a clip like this would be ranked so high up for those who follow along every week. The key here is the title change. Always a help when it comes to YouTube regardless of the participants.

Lastly, down at number five this week was my favorite match from RAW as former friends Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler put on a tremendous match. You know, Dolph Ziggler is STILL so underrated. Just look at the performances he’s had over the past…Hell, just the last month. This was no different, as it made both guys look strong with McIntyre essentially escaping with a victory. Unfortunately, the low views will have to change for Drew should WWE want to keep heading towards having him at the top of the card.

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!