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EA’s Weekly SmackDown Live YouTube Report (12/11/18)

Published

5 years ago

December 13, 2018

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

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, 12/13/18):

Rey Mysterio gets some revenge on Randy Orton with a chair – 867k views
Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka – 865k views
Mustafa Ali interrupts Daniel Bryan – 649k views
Mustafa Ali vs. Daniel Bryan – 641k views
Shane McMahon & The Miz vs. The Vegas Boys – 451k views
The Usos face The Bar in a Rap Battle – 424k views
Jeff Hardy & Rusev vs. Samoa Joe & Shinsuke Nakamura – 406k views

While no clips hit the million mark for the blue brand for the second straight week (see last week’s report), it’s a dogfight for the top spot that goes to the last step in Randy Orton and Rey Mysterio’s feud before their Chairs Match at TLC on Sunday. To be frank, there’s really not any one thing that gave this the edge over our number two spot, which goes to the SmackDown Live main event, a WrestleMania rematch between Charlotte Flair and Asuka. Although, if you were to present fans with the question about which one they would predict would finish number one, the most common answer likely would have been the Women’s Match.

At numbers three and four was a fresh match-up that is one of many things people who have been bashing the company lately for their ratings have said they want. So I’m not sure why they aren’t tuning in for it, as it doesn’t even hit 700k at number three or four. The outcome was predictable, yet the right call as well, as Bryan is still in the beginning stages of not only his WWE Championship reign, but a new evolution of his character as well, on top of heading into a big PPV title defense on Sunday. Mustafa’s great and I love 205 Live, but he should not be getting any kind of win here whether it be count-out, DQ or whatever.

The rest of this week’s list is “best of the rest” worthy, although in my mind the number six spot was the easily the most entertaining of the three. At number five we have the SmackDown Live feud I’m least interested in, but it does involve some mainstream appeal with Shane and The Miz. Number seven is merely a case of lack of competition and sixth was our Rap Battle. You know, there was nothing wrong with this segment. Was it as good as the first one last year between New Day and The Usos? Of course not, that one will never be replicated and for anybody to expect it is completely unreasonable. However, the segment did what it was intended to do and that was garner laughs. I’m sorry, but if Sheamus and Cesaro wearing track suits and rapping their own remix of ‘Ice Ice Baby’ doesn’t get a laugh out of you then just shut the TV off. This is sports-entertainment and it was entertaining. I’d be willing to bet that a lot of the people complaining would have applauded if it were The Guerrillas Of Destiny and The Young Bucks doing the same thing. “Ice, Ice, Matty.”

What do this week’s YouTube results for SmackDown Live 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!