यह viewership न केवल डब्ल्यूडब्ल्यूई के लिए एक बड़ी सफलता है, बल्कि यह नेटफ्लिक्स के लिए भी काफी मायने रखती है। यह दिखाता है कि कैसे नेटफ्लिक्स, जो मुख्य रूप से फिल्मों और टीवी सीरीज के लिए जाना जाता है, स्पोर्ट्स एंटरटेनमेंट जैसे लाइव कंटेंट को भी प्रभावी ढंग से स्ट्रीम कर सकता है और बड़े दर्शक वर्ग को आकर्षित कर सकता है। 30 लाख व्यूज की संख्या किसी भी स्ट्रीमिंग प्लेटफॉर्म पर एक सिंगल एपिसोड के लिए काफी प्रभावशाली मानी जाती है, खासकर जब यह अभी साझेदारी की शुरुआती अवस्था में है।

डब्ल्यूडब्ल्यूई और नेटफ्लिक्स ने एक बड़े, मल्टी-ईयर करार की घोषणा की है जिसके तहत डब्ल्यूडब्ल्यूई का प्रमुख शो ‘रॉ’ 2025 से विशेष रूप से नेटफ्लिक्स पर स्ट्रीम होगा। हालांकि, इस पूर्ण बदलाव से पहले, कुछ अंतरराष्ट्रीय क्षेत्रों में चुनिंदा ‘रॉ’ एपिसोड को स्ट्रीमिंग के लिए उपलब्ध कराया जा रहा है ताकि दर्शक इस नए माध्यम से परिचित हो सकें। 28 अप्रैल का एपिसोड इसी शुरुआती चरण का हिस्सा था, और मिले जबरदस्त व्यूज ने भविष्य के लिए मजबूत नींव रखी है।

यह सफलता कई कारणों से महत्वपूर्ण है।

पहला, यह डब्ल्यूडब्ल्यूई की अपने कंटेंट को डिजिटल प्लेटफॉर्म पर ले जाने की रणनीति की पुष्टि करता है। दुनिया भर में पारंपरिक टेलीविजन दर्शकों की संख्या में आ रही गिरावट के बीच, स्ट्रीमिंग प्लेटफॉर्म पर जाना डब्ल्यूडब्ल्यूई को एक व्यापक और युवा वैश्विक दर्शक वर्ग तक पहुंचने में मदद करेगा। दूसरा, यह नेटफ्लिक्स के लिए स्पोर्ट्स एंटरटेनमेंट सेगमेंट में अपनी स्थिति मजबूत करने का अवसर है। डब्ल्यूडब्ल्यूई जैसे बड़े ब्रांड के साथ साझेदारी नेटफ्लिक्स को स्पोर्ट्स स्ट्रीमिंग स्पेस में अन्य प्रतिस्पर्धियों से अलग पहचान दिला सकती है।

हालांकि, यह ध्यान रखना महत्वपूर्ण है कि स्ट्रीमिंग व्यूज की गणना पद्धति पारंपरिक टेलीविजन रेटिंग से भिन्न हो सकती है। फिर भी, 30 लाख का आंकड़ा इस बात का ठोस सबूत है कि एक बड़ा दर्शक वर्ग डब्ल्यूडब्ल्यूई रॉ को नेटफ्लिक्स पर देखने में रुचि रखता है। यह डब्ल्यूडब्ल्यूई की ब्रांड वैल्यू, उसके सुपरस्टार्स की लोकप्रियता और उसके द्वारा पेश किए जाने वाले एक्शन पैक्ड मनोरंजन की enduring appeal का प्रमाण है।

कुल मिलाकर, डब्ल्यूडब्ल्यूई रॉ के 28 अप्रैल के एपिसोड को नेटफ्लिक्स पर मिले 30 लाख व्यूज इस नए साझेदारी की शानदार शुरुआत का प्रतीक हैं। यह न केवल दोनों कंपनियों के लिए एक जीत है, बल्कि यह स्पोर्ट्स एंटरटेनमेंट के उपभोग के तरीके में हो रहे वैश्विक बदलाव को भी रेखांकित करता है। भविष्य में, जब ‘रॉ’ पूरी तरह से नेटफ्लिक्स पर स्ट्रीम होगा, तो यह देखना दिलचस्प होगा कि viewership के आंकड़े कैसे विकसित होते हैं और यह स्ट्रीमिंग परिदृश्य को कैसे प्रभावित करता है। यह सफलता अन्य स्पोर्ट्स लीग्स या एंटरटेनमेंट कंपनियों को भी अपने कंटेंट के लिए स्ट्रीमिंग प्लेटफॉर्म पर विचार करने के लिए प्रेरित कर सकती है।

– Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Reports that Ronda Rousey’s dinner meeting with Triple H that was reported by TMZ was a plant. It’s believed they did the story to get publicity for her pending arrival to WWE.

– The 25th Anniversary of RAW is expected to have two-hours from the Barclays Center and one-hour from the Manhattan Center. It’s believed that some talent may appear at both locations.

– There is talk that WWE may be filming backstage at the 25th Anniversary show for a documentary for the event.

– Ticket demand for the Royal Rumble event in Philadelphia is said to be an “all time record high.”

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Alexa Bliss is closing in on Charlotte Flair’s RAW Women’s Championship record.

Charlotte, who currently holds the record of being the longest reigning champion of 113 days, has a good chance of being passed by Bliss who is sitting at 110 days as Women’s Champion. If she loses the title on Monday’s RAW, she’ll miss out on breaking the record by only one day for the second time.

If Bliss hangs onto the title for the next three and a half weeks, she’ll have the longest combined reigns of any woman since the title was created last year at Wrestlemania 32, in half the amount of reigns that Charlotte had (four).

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Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host Jeff Lane and Glenn Gilbertti (Disco Inferno).

Lane mentions that Triple H defeated Jinder Mahal in India last weekend and became the first opponent to kick out of Mahal’s finisher. Gilbertti points out that a bunch of wrestling fans were livid about this online, when a few weeks ago those same people were complaining about Mahal being the WWE Champion. He adds that Mahal was only elevated to the main event picture within the last year, so perhaps WWE thought he wasn’t ready to pin Triple H yet.

Russo argues that from a business perspective, WWE should have wanted Mahal to look strong which would have captivated his hometown audience and helped their business in India. Instead, they beat Mahal clean. Gilbertti mentions that Triple H is still a bigger star than Mahal, even when they’re in India, and Mahal can’t be having that big of a positive influence on WWE’s business in India because they actually had to cancel one of the live events there.

Lane mentions that a former soap opera writer who worked for WWE for 5 years recently parted ways with the company. The writer went on the record saying that Vince McMahon would get lost when he tried to pitch year-long story arcs to him. McMahon wanted 3-month arcs and nothing longer. Russo says that his experience writing for McMahon was very similar.

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At Survivor Series, both Raw and Smackdown will face each other. It’s the one time of the year where both brands compete head to head, or so the commentators have told me. On multiple occasions. Neither team is fully formed yet, that’s for sure. That still doesn’t change the fact that Randy Orton is one of the best Survivor Series performers. Ever. If we look at the statistics, it’d be hard to argue that Raw even has a chance of winning. The numbers don’t lie (and they spell disaster). Statistically speaking, Raw’s probably losing at Survivor Series. Here’s why.

Randy Orton’s Survivor Series Record: 8 – 4

Yes. In Randy Orton’s 12 Survivor Series appearances, he’s won 8 times. That’s a record that’s nearly unmatched. No one comes close to such a statistic. 3 of those 8 wins have been singles matches. He successfully retained the WWE Championship thrice at the event. He retained against Shawn Michaels in 2007, against Wade Barrett in 2010, and against Big Show in 2012.

The other 5 wins are from traditional Survivor Series elimination matches. In those 5 wins, he was not eliminated from his team. He’s always been a survivor. Of those 5 wins, he was the Sole Survivor thrice. Straight. From 2003 to 2005, Randy Orton was the last man standing.

As for his 4 losses, they were not to some nobodies (maybe in 2011, but the rest were generally established men). In 2006, he lost to Triple H, Shawn Michaels, CM Punk, and both Hardy Boyz. In 2009, both he and Kofi Kingston were the last men standing for their teams, but Kingston triumphed over the Viper. At the 2011 Survivor Series, Team Randy (which also included Kofi Kingston, Mason Ryan, Sheamus, and Sin Cara) lost to Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, and Hunico. Randy was the last man standing for his team. His last loss came a year later when he lost to Dolph Ziggler, Wade Barrett, Damien Sandow, Alberto Del Rio, and David Otunga.

Long story short, the Apex Predator has a win/loss ratio of 2/1. That’s super impressive. This statistic alone can carry his team.

Team Raw’s Stats Are Going to Suck

Sure, Raw only has 2 people on their team now, but even with a complete team, they just wouldn’t compare to Randy Orton. Right now, Kurt Angle’s record is 3 wins and 4 losses. That’s not so bad. Meanwhile Braun Strowman’s record sits at 0 – 1. He made his Survivor Series debut last year and lost. If we do the math, then the win ratio of both men is 3 – 5. That’s already worse than Orton’s record.

Who else could be added to Team Raw? Roman Reigns’ record is 3 – 2, while Bray Wyatt’s is 2 – 1. Meanwhile other big names such as Finn Balor and Samoa Joe have never even competed at Survivor Series before. So assuming the team is Angle, Strowman, Reigns, Wyatt, and either Balor or Joe, their cumulative record stands at 8 – 8. That’s not good enough.

Smackdown’s complete team has a much better record. Sure, Nakamura and Roode have never competed at Survivor Series before. But Orton’s great record makes up for it. Right now Shane sits at 1 win and 2 losses. Let’s also assume AJ Styles is added to the team. Styles is undefeated at Survivor Series as well. He’s got a 1 – 0 record. Add that all together and that’s already a 10 – 6 record. That’s a 3:2 ratio.

Statistically speaking, Smackdown has a much better chance of winning. The numbers don’t lie, and they spell disaster for Raw at Survivor Series.

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As of this writing Pedro Morales holds the record of longest accumulative time as Intercontinental Champion. Morales’ 2 reigns as champion earned him an impressive accumulated reign of 619 days. This record has stood for over 34 years and while it may be impressive, it also must end. In WWE, records are almost always made to be broken. John Cena is on his way to break Ric Flair’s record, Roman Reigns broke Kane’s royal rumble record and the New Day broke Demolition’s record, with many more being born only to finally become a career highlight for a future superstar in the annals of WWE history. Choosing who breaks these records is an important decision and to take them lightly is, consequently, plain disrespectful. There is – as of this writing – only one man to break Morales’ record and that man is The Miz.

Currently in his 7th reign, The Miz could break Morales’ reign by the end of 2017. That would be a fantastic choice to make and will do wonders for The Miz in the history of WWE. As an alternative WWE could even have the Miz tie or bet Chris Jericho’s record of most ever Intercontinental Championships. However it is Morales’ record that will be the better and more natural for this time. The Miz has proved countless doubters and haters wrong and breaking this record will continue that trend.

What the Miz has done over the past year and a half is astounding. Since Maryse returned to his side following Wrestlemania 32 he is having the best year and a half of his career. He held the Intercontinental championship with pride from the night he won it until the brand split where stuff really took off. The Miz was once – 6 years ago – branded one of the worst WWE Champions of all time. Now in 2017 he is without argument one of the best Intercontinental Champions of all time. As well as that he has morphed into one of WWE’s most talented all-round superstars today.

This is one of the main reasons he deserves to destroy Morales’ record. The simple fact is The Miz as the Intercontinental Champion fits. When people think of The Miz in 15 years they will think Intercontinental Champion, not the Wrestlemania 27 main eventer. Undoubtedly the greatest Intercontinental Champion of the last 10 years, The Miz took a title which had been dragged through the mud by poor booking, a lack of creativity, terrible feuds and unmemorable reigns and made it prominent prestigious as it was less than 2 decades ago.

It is the presence of the Miz and the way he treats the Intercontinental Championship which makes it feel special. The way he talks about the title and the way he presents it on social media on TV is fantastic. The Miz makes himself look like a champion and makes his championship feel special. In his promos and in his segments The Miz makes himself and his championship the centrepiece. Many a time in the past 18 months has The Miz’s Championship felt like the most prestigious. This is even over the world championships, and most of that has to do with The Miz.

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Block 1:

A listener calls into the show and asks Taz if he thinks we’ll ever see a point in time when WWE is owned and operated by anyone other than a McMahon. Taz thinks a McMahon will always be involved in WWE in one way or another. Between Shane’s children and Stephanie’s children, he thinks this company will stay in the family for a long time to come. He cannot imagine that company being owned and operated by anyone other than a McMahon.

Taz says that WWE is a family business, and The McMahon’s hold it very close to their hearts. Vince McMahon will probably be around for a while yet, but once he steps away Triple H and Stephanie are already being ushered in to continue the company’s growth in the years to come. Where the company goes from there is anyone’s guess, but Taz would be surprised if it ever truly leaves the McMahon family.

Taz mentions that a child was struck by a foul ball in an MLB game last night, and it was a terrifying sight. Several of the players went on the record after the game calling for netting to be installed down both sides of the baseball field and Taz thinks that’s a great idea. We’ve seen these types of incidents before, and MLB should be proactive to install some safety measures now before another incident occurs.

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