EA’s Weekly RAW YouTube Report (8/13/18)

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, 8/15/18):

1. Dean Ambrose returns – 4.3 million views
2. Brock ambushes Roman/Ronda destroys security and Alexa – 2.3 million views
3. Braun Strowman & Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens & Jinder Mahal – 521k views
4. Bobby Lashley lays out Elias’ biggest fan – 478k views
5. Ember Moon vs. Alexa Bliss – 395k views
6. Ronda Rousey honors Jim Neidhart – 373k views

The moment many fans had been impatiently waiting for finally happened this week, dethroning the usual suspects for the number one spot in our YouTube report as Dean Ambrose made his return to RAW. While I personally felt like Ambrose had been stale for an extremely long time prior to his injury, there’s no denying his popularity and this was a huge moment for his fans. Now, that doesn’t mean I see him becoming one of the top draws on YouTube on a weekly basis, but it’s good enough to rake in over 4 million views this week.

At number two we have a tie between the people you’ve come to expect at the top of our rankings with Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman’s setup of Roman Reigns deadlocked with Ronda Rousey going H.A.M. on security, Alexa Bliss and Alicia Fox. These parties (minus Alicia and Alexa) consistently draw in the millions and this week was no exception with two hot segments that had big SummerSlam implications. At number six however, we see Rousey again with her opening to show to honor the late, great father of her friend Natalya, Jim ‘The Anvil’ Neidhart.

The rest of our list is another example of the “best of the rest”, as RAW was really centered around the top three clips while the rest consisted primarily of filler. Braun Strowman sees a major drop from his usual numbers at the number three spot, Bobby Lashley absorbs a guitar show to send another message to Elias at number four and the follow-up to the opening segment with Ronda Rousey, Ember Moon vs. Alexa Bliss slides in at number five.

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