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EA’s Weekly RAW YouTube Report (12/31/18)

Published

5 years ago

January 2, 2019

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, 1/2/19):

Ronda Rousey & Natalya vs. Nia Jax & Tamina – 1.3 million views
Triple H wonders if Seth Rollins is still driven – 992k views
Seth Rollins vs. Bobby Lashley – 915k views
Fresh Start Intercontinental Title #1 Contender’s Battle Royal – 778k views
Intercontinental Title: Dean Ambrose vs. Apollo Crews – 627k views
Steel Cage Match: Dolph Ziggler vs. Drew McIntyre – 580k views
A look back at Braun Strowman’s 2018 – 552k views

For the second straight week we had a taped episode of Monday Night RAW and for the second straight week, our RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey tops the YouTube charts. It’s a proven formula at this point, put her in the ring and you’re guaranteed at least a million views. She’s your top draw for the moment, but with so much on tap for next week’s first red brand of the New Year, I think this two week streak will come to an end.

Only our top spot eclipses the million view mark this week, although Seth Rollins made a pretty close play for it at numbers two and three. The show really lacked in star power and the appearance of Triple H certainly vaults the number two clip to that slot as opposed to the follow-up match. ‘The Game’ and Rollins just have this aura about them that when they’re in the ring together like that, it’s just plain-old-damn interesting.

Sliding into the fourth and fifth positions this week is the Intercontinental Championship, as a Fresh Start Battle Royal was made by Shane McMahon to give someone new an opportunity at Dean Ambrose later in the night. Great idea, but unfortunately when the Battle Royal is filled with guys who have done next-to-nothing for months, vaulting them into an Intercontinental Title Match that they very obviously aren’t going to win isn’t for me. Again, I think on a week where there’s more star power on RAW, this may not even sniff the top seven.

Another big match on the list this week at number six, as we get what appeared to be the blow-off for former partners Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre. I’ll forever think Ziggler is one of the more underutilized underappreciated performers in WWE history, but let’s be honest…we know WWE’s not going to do anything with him, therefore making it more difficult for fans to support what he’s doing. Great match, but two guys who have definitely cooled a lot. I’d expect maybe WWE starts heating McIntyre up again now that the holidays are passed and this feud with Dolph looks like it may be at or nearing its conclusion.

Rounding out our YouTube Report this week is evidence of what I discussed last week and that’s the WWE Universe’s anticipation of Braun Strowman’s return. While there’s wasn’t a lot of competition for the final spot this week, the fact that over a half-million people tuned in simply for a promo video of ‘The Monster Among Men’ is telling. Hell, all he did was appear last week and put home a million!

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!