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EA’s Weekly RAW YouTube Report (1/7/19)

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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, 1/9/19):

  1. Hulk Hogan pays tribute to Gene Okerlund – 1.5 million views
  2. Cena, Rollins & Balor vs. McIntyre, Ambrose & Lashley – 1.1 million views
  3. Braun Stroman & Brock Lesnar go face-to-face – 1.095 million views
  4. Intercontinental Title: Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose – 1.015 million views
  5. John Cena announces his entry into the Royal Rumble – 1.001 million views
  6. Banks vs. Jax for a shot at Ronda Rousey at Royal Rumble – 705k views
  7. Seth Rollins & Bobby Lashley brawl to kickoff RAW – 595k views

This week’s RAW YouTube Report is a great example of what I’ve said for weeks with regards to the usual top draw, Ronda Rousey. When she gets physically involved in a segment, it usually draws well. That didn’t happen this week and instead, the RAW return of Hulk Hogan in what was an excellent tribute to Gene Okerlund, regardless of your feelings on The Hulkster. If this was a way for WWE to get him back on TV without getting booed, it certainly worked, but at the same time the segment was done perfectly and it was all about Okerlund.
Coming in at number two is part of the start of RAW, which was the main story of the night and really bled over into multiple segments, taking up multiple spots in our rankings. Number seven kicked off the show, which was followed by number five, which then led into number two and finally, concluded with the number four spot. We’ve had episodes of RAW that focused primarily on one thing, but I thought this was great storytelling to weave all of this together.

With so many clips all being associated with one another, that leaves us with only a couple that we have yet to talk about, one of which being number three that gave us Braun Strowman and Brock Lesnar’s return. I’m all for Braun as the champion and honestly, I think WWE should have pulled the trigger on it sometime within the last two years, but have still yet to do it. Perhaps this segment showed us a reason why because it was awkward and whether Strowman forgot what he was supposed to say or there was some type of miscommunication, he didn’t come away from it looking great.

Lastly this week, our number six is all centered around the Royal Rumble and the aforementioned Rousey. A lot of people are going to be happy that Sasha Banks is finally getting an opportunity here, but I’d pump the brakes. As great of a match as I think she could get out of Ronda, I see no way she’s taking the title here. That makes it hard for me as a fan to get invested.


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Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

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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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AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

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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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