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Andrew’s IMPACT YouTube Ratings & Analysis (3/8/2019)

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

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4 years ago

March 11, 2019

Andrew Balaz

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

As we all know, social media and other outlets have become a huge means of drawing in interaction and viewers for wrestling. 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 this with WWE product, let’s continue the Impact YouTube! Here is this week’s IMPACT YouTube Report, compiled approximately 48 hours after IMPACT went off the air:

Team Rosemary vs Team Su Yung: THE DARK WAR | IMPACT! Highlights Mar 8, 2019 – 105k
Scarlett Bordeaux Reveals Her SHOCKING First Opponent! | IMPACT! Highlights Mar 8, 2019 – 101k
Rich Swann Joins Sami Callihan & oVe?! | IMPACT! Highlights Mar 8, 2019 – 90k
Glenn Gilbertti Runs Into “Matt, Nick and Cody” | IMPACT! Highlights Mar 8, 2019 – 74k
Rosemary’s Special Entrance for Her In-Ring Return! | IMPACT! Highlights Mar 8, 2019 – 69k

Ratings Analysis:

This is actually really easy analysis. Rosemary and Scarlett are two of the hottest acts in IMPACT literally and figuratively, so they’ve drawn most of the eyes since we’ve gone back to doing these numbers.

Sami is also a big draw, ” The Draw”, so he keeps people’s attention. Plus if you look at the way the video is phrased, people were probably just curious if Swann joined oVe.

Glenn though is comedy gold, plus he’s a well known name, coupled with Konnan’s Keepin it 100 podcast – Glenn has a solid footprint.

So we’ve got the Knockouts, Glenn and Sami at the top and nothing about that is surprising.

Overall Views:

2.1.2019 – 311,000
2.8.2019 – 293,000
2.15.2019 – 396,000
2.22.2019 – 368,000
3.1.2019 – 354,000
3.8.2019 – 439,000

Well now, the numbers don’t lie and the top videos pulled in their best weekend numbers since we’ve been back to this. The Dark War was definitely a spectacle to behold so I can understand how it drew some extra attention. All of that said, I’m curious where we’re going with all this.

By that I mean, Twitch numbers spiked and then basically went back to the average/normal. That being said, with the spike mostly due to spectacle, I wonder how much attention is sticking around.

IMPACT is in an interesting spot since they seem to spike attention but the lack of them having Video on Demand on their Twitch Channel hurts their overall reach. Since Pursuit is watched by 5 bums in a dumpster behind a Wawa, and the lack of utilizing all of Twitch is a missed opportunity.

It’s always nice to see spikes in various numbers. So it’s time to drop in that Dark War video:

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

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King’s WrestleMania Rewind: Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka from WrestleMania 34

Chris king is back with one of the most underrated matches in WrestleMania history–Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka!

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2 months ago

April 2, 2023

Chris King

WWE WrestleMania 34 Charlotte Flair Asuka

Chris king is back with one of the most underrated matches in WrestleMania history–Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka!

We look back at Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka at WWE WrestleMania 34. ‘The Empress of Tomorrow’ put her unprecedented and historic undefeated streak of 914 days on the line against ‘The Queen’s’ SmackDown Women’s Championship.

For years, this was considered a dream match while Asuka dominated the roster in NXT, while Flair won numerous championships on the main roster on both Raw and SmackDown. The Empress made her long-awaited debut on the September 11th episode of Raw and began to tear through the competition.

Asuka outlasted all twenty-nine other women in the historic first-ever Women’s Royal Rumble match to challenge for the title of her choosing. At Fastlane, she made her choice.

The WWE Universe was so excited for this match myself included. Both superstars delivered a fantastic performance on the Grandest Stage of Them All executing counter after counter. Asuka showed off some nasty-looking kicks to her opponent, and Flair hit a thunderous Spanish Fly off the top rope. Flair was seconds away from defeat at the hands of The Empress but she locked in Figure Eight and Asuka was forced to tap out.

I can’t even begin to explain how shocked I was at this outcome, as nearly everyone expected The Empress to continue her undefeated streak and walk away with the women’s title. This controversial decision was the downfall of Asuka’s momentum. She would ultimately win the SmackDown Women’s Championship at the 2018 TLC pay-per-view in the triple-threat ladder match.

Fast forward to this year when Asuka has recently returned with her Japanese-inspired persona Kana. Kana is dangerous and ruthless and is heading into a championship with Bianca Belair at WrestleMania 39. The Empress has regained all her momentum and is highly favored to walk away with the Raw Women’s Championship. Let’s hope that Asuka and Belair can tear the house down and deliver an A+ grade match both women are fully capable of.

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

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King: Dominik Mysterio Needs To Do This At WrestleMania

Chris King is here with what WWE should do with Dominik Mysterio at WrestleMania in his long-awaited match against his father Rey Mysterio Jr.

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2 months ago

April 1, 2023

Chris King

Chris King is here with what WWE should do with Dominik Mysterio at WrestleMania in his long-awaited match against his father Rey Mysterio Jr.

On this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown, Rey Mysterio finally snapped and beat some sense into his disrespectful punk-ass kid Dominik. The member of the Judgement Day came out to push his father again for a match on the Grandest Stage of Them All, this time with his mother and sister at ringside. The ungrateful punk told his mom to “Shut Up,” as a father even I wanted to jump through the screen and whoop his ass.

Back in October of last year, Mysterio made the emotional decision to possibly quit the company but, instead, Triple H persuaded the Lucha libre superstar to move over to SmackDown to avoid his son. This came after Dominik shockingly turned on his father at Clash at the Castle. Mysterio did everything he could to refuse his despicable son’s challenge for Mania but, a man can only be pushed so far. Mysterio will be inducted into the 2023 WWE Hall of Fame and I expect Dominik to embarrass his father during his speech to further this personal feud.

Yes, the WWE Universe hates Dominik and wants to see him get the ever-loving crap kicked out of him but, this feud is missing a special ingredient to capitalize on the biggest heat possible. Throughout this feud, Dominik has made mention of the legendary Eddie Guerrero on several occasions going back to the “iconic” 2005 feud.

I know WWE might not want to go this route but, Dominik MUST come out to Eddie Guerrero’s theme at Mania. The disrespectful punk needs to come out in a lowrider to garner nuclear heat. It doesn’t matter if The Judgement Day comes out and causes interference for Dominik to get the win, all that matters is that both superstars get the biggest payoff of this nearly year-long feud. Just imagine the Roman Reigns heat after he defeated The Undertaker and multiply that by ten. Dominik portrays the perfect heel and he truly is the missing ingredient that The Judgement Day needed to grow and evolve into a top faction.