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Post by Dub H on Feb 20, 2021 1:39:20 GMT -5
More info from Meltzer: "AEW pushed for the 2/28 special on Bleacher Report that Tony Khan announced earlier today as a way to help push that the 3/7 show will be the company's first Sunday PPV show. Khan announced Riho vs. Thunder Rosa, which could be the best match of the women's tournament, would be on the platform. Bleacher Report is available worldwide unlike BR Live, which is available only in the U.S. There will be either two or three matches on the special show. Besides the announced Riho vs. Rosa match, the final of the Japanese bracket of the tournament from Saitama will also be part of the special. Khan said that he was pushing for a Sunday show on the platform to get fans ready because AEW has never previously run on Sunday. The winner of the Japanese bracket match will appear live on the 3/3 Dynamite show against the winner of the American bracket, which would be the Rosa vs. Riho winner against whoever advances from the other half of the American bracket, with Anna Jay, Britt Baker, Tay Conti and Nyla Rose. The American bracket final will air on March 1 on YouTube. The winner on 3/3 faces Hikaru Shida for the title on the 3/7 Revolution PPV show." Oh soh Bleacher Report if world wide but BR live isnt?That is confusing but at least I can watch it
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 20, 2021 1:43:43 GMT -5
For what it's worth, this was Tony's kayfabe explanation: Nah. I didn’t want to two put two woman’s matches on dynamite, so here’s some kayfabe nonsense. You are running two things into one another that have nothing to do with the other. Like from a business standpoint that makes sense and actively explains why Sky is in the match over him just being in for some BS reason. It's already been explained how this could be extremely beneficial for the girls. More people might see this Riho/Rosa match with it not being on Dynamite. Bleacher Report is WORLDWIDE and millions watch it. 9 Million Twitter and 14 Million Instagram followers to promote it and AEW to. This is a big deal, this isn't holding the women down whatsoever Frankly, them being left off this pretty weak Dynamite card might be a blessing, because Bleacher Report has a ton more reach and notoriety to get this out to fans and even make new ones. The women are being put in a big situation here to carry AEW's flag to millions of people to say "This is what we can bring you", it's a statement for the girls, and if it works, it's undeniable to TNT. Khan pushed for this to happen, he's not f***ing the girls over at all with this move.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 20, 2021 1:47:14 GMT -5
More info from Meltzer: "AEW pushed for the 2/28 special on Bleacher Report that Tony Khan announced earlier today as a way to help push that the 3/7 show will be the company's first Sunday PPV show. Khan announced Riho vs. Thunder Rosa, which could be the best match of the women's tournament, would be on the platform. Bleacher Report is available worldwide unlike BR Live, which is available only in the U.S. There will be either two or three matches on the special show. Besides the announced Riho vs. Rosa match, the final of the Japanese bracket of the tournament from Saitama will also be part of the special. Khan said that he was pushing for a Sunday show on the platform to get fans ready because AEW has never previously run on Sunday. The winner of the Japanese bracket match will appear live on the 3/3 Dynamite show against the winner of the American bracket, which would be the Rosa vs. Riho winner against whoever advances from the other half of the American bracket, with Anna Jay, Britt Baker, Tay Conti and Nyla Rose. The American bracket final will air on March 1 on YouTube. The winner on 3/3 faces Hikaru Shida for the title on the 3/7 Revolution PPV show." Oh soh Bleacher Report if world wide but BR live isnt?That is confusing but at least I can watch it Yeah was trying to get that across, B/R Live is only US which restricts viewership. Bleacher Report is a huge platform, and the fact the show requires no subscription or fee is even more important They're giving potentially millions of viewers the girls to showcase their product, it's a major deal, I feel like the visor of "The girls aren't on Dynamite" is getting people pissed. I get it, but this isn't "Putting them on Youtube" or "Holding them away from viewers", this is GIVING them an opportunity for a ton of views and exposure. We talk about this all the time, but Cable is not the only way to get shit done anymore, cross platforming and synergy like this however, is a good way to try and boost AEW across the board, and they could have used anyone to do it. They've picked two big Womens matches, and then potentially a third match of some kind. I'm really excited for the potential this has, because AEW has never been on a platform with this much potential exposure.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Feb 20, 2021 1:50:40 GMT -5
I wanted to watch the match, but I’m not interested in watching it on Bleacher Report. It’s the same reason why I don’t have the WWE network or any other streaming service outside of New Japan World. I’d like to be able to just stick to cable television and YouTube to watch my wrestling.
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Post by darbus alan on Feb 20, 2021 1:51:25 GMT -5
Maybe it's an age thing but it's astounding how many wrestling fans don't really get how New Media works.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 20, 2021 1:52:45 GMT -5
I wanted to watch the match, but I’m not interested in watching it on Bleacher Report. It’s the same reason why I don’t have the WWE network or any other streaming service outside of New Japan World. I’d like to be able to just stick to cable television and YouTube to watch my wrestling. Pretty sure you don't even need an account for this, it's free to watch, you literally just go to Bleacher Report and go to the AEW Special That's as easy as Youtube would be to watch and support this show. Due to Bleacher Report's popularity, it was a no brainer move to do this especially when you have the ability to. It's just a matter of getting new fans and especially those fans who are more prone to watching stuff online, and don't know about AEW (And that's still a lot of people)
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Post by Duke Cameron on Feb 20, 2021 2:01:38 GMT -5
Maybe it's an age thing but it's astounding how many wrestling fans don't really get how New Media works. Well, I’m a 38 year old with an even older thought process. I like current wrestling, but I also liked it when all I had to do to watch wrestling was to turn on the tv. It’s why I haven’t ordered a AEW ppv even when I wanted to. I have no idea how things like FITE.TV works. Wish I could just call my cable company to order a ppv like I used to.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 20, 2021 2:09:23 GMT -5
Maybe it's an age thing but it's astounding how many wrestling fans don't really get how New Media works. Well, I’m a 38 year old with an even older thought process. I like current wrestling, but I also liked it when all I had to do to watch wrestling was to turn on the tv. It’s why I haven’t ordered a AEW ppv even when I wanted to. I have no idea how things like FITE.TV works. Wish I could just call my cable company to order a ppv like I used to. For this show you literally just have to go to Bleacher Report and click on the stream link for the show... it's about as easy as turning on the TV and pushing the channel you want in to watch it, just typing in the website and clicking the stream. Same as it would basically be for Youtube For PPV's you would have to purchase it through FITE and such and have a means of online or credit card payment, I can understand how that would be more complicated, even I hate doing that sometimes. But for this show in particular, don't let it being on Bleacher Report scare you, AEW and BR will probably provide links and where to watch on their socials as well so people don't have to navigate the site if that is an issue.
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Post by markymark on Feb 20, 2021 6:16:11 GMT -5
Well as much as some people wanna shit on the booking of the division, Riho vs Rosa being a Bleacher Report special to try and get casual fans to watch more of the AEW product, and using THE WOMEN to do it, is showing they have some faith in the girls if they wanna do stuff like this. Bleacher Report has millions upon million sof viewers. This is kind of a big spot for Riho and Rosa to be in I get people are pissed because they want more time for the girls on Dynamite, but they're trusting Riho and Rosa with a big bag here and it could pay dividends. True, this is a perfect opportunity to try to gain casual fans and should be much better than when they tried to appeal to the NBA fans and backfired. For that Bleacher Report show, they should have Rosa and Riho main event, treat it as a big deal(the first time ever in AEW history that the women will main event)
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Post by kidkamikaze10 on Feb 20, 2021 8:54:37 GMT -5
I was frustrated with AEW before with the YouTube stuff, but this is the right call. Putting it on Bleacher Report is a big deal, and hopefully one they put time and effort on.
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Post by polarbearpete on Feb 20, 2021 9:23:39 GMT -5
Maybe it's an age thing but it's astounding how many wrestling fans don't really get how New Media works. Well, I’m a 38 year old with an even older thought process. I like current wrestling, but I also liked it when all I had to do to watch wrestling was to turn on the tv. It’s why I haven’t ordered a AEW ppv even when I wanted to. I have no idea how things like FITE.TV works. Wish I could just call my cable company to order a ppv like I used to. I think the AEW PPVs are available traditionally through your cable company, aren’t they?
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Post by Facetious on Feb 20, 2021 10:43:16 GMT -5
Well, I’m a 38 year old with an even older thought process. I like current wrestling, but I also liked it when all I had to do to watch wrestling was to turn on the tv. It’s why I haven’t ordered a AEW ppv even when I wanted to. I have no idea how things like FITE.TV works. Wish I could just call my cable company to order a ppv like I used to. I think the AEW PPVs are available traditionally through your cable company, aren’t they? My dad gets it through DirecTV while I go through BRLive
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Post by Hypnosis on Feb 20, 2021 11:54:19 GMT -5
I hope that Bleacher Report special is easy to find and has a replay, because I'm sure not everyone will be able to watch it live, and livestreams don't usually go too well for Wi-Fi from my WWE Network experience.
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Post by Yamashita Enforcement Division on Feb 20, 2021 12:52:57 GMT -5
Well, I’m a 38 year old with an even older thought process. I like current wrestling, but I also liked it when all I had to do to watch wrestling was to turn on the tv. It’s why I haven’t ordered a AEW ppv even when I wanted to. I have no idea how things like FITE.TV works. Wish I could just call my cable company to order a ppv like I used to. I think the AEW PPVs are available traditionally through your cable company, aren’t they? They, in fact, are at that.
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Post by Duke Cameron on Feb 20, 2021 13:15:19 GMT -5
I think my cable company, Buckeye Cable requires a digital cable box to order ppvs and I downgraded a few years ago to non digital cable.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2021 14:54:46 GMT -5
I think people are setting themselves up for disappointment again if they're expecting this Bleacher Report thing to be some huge opportunity. I heard the same thing about the women's tag tournament being on Youtube giving them more opportunity to be seen because there's like a billion people on Youtube but even with months of being online now those matches still have less views than a regular episode of Dynamite. BR having 9 million followers on Twitter doesn't really mean anything when the only thing they stream that does big numbers is like big soccer games. It's not like a TV station with random channel surfers possibly landing on you. It's a streaming site you only load up when there's something specific scheduled you want to watch. It will be regular AEW fans tuning in and probably a miniscule amount compared to Dynamite because even just remembering on a Sunday to go on this website will probably be an inconvenience a lot of them won't go through.
Feel free to quote me afterwards if I'm wrong and this does huge numbers and gets a bunch of new people to watch AEW but to say I'm doubtful would be an understatement. Rosa and Riho aren't even household names among general wrestling fans so them bringing in casuals just sounds like a pipe-dream to me. Riho always draws well on Dynamite though so I think it would make a lot more sense to give this match a big spot on there (hear me out...how about an actual first women's main event?) and put a Moxley or Jericho on this thing instead.
I gave up on the women's division ever getting more than their usual token match per show or getting to main event or even open a Dynamite in the near future when they had that aforementioned tag tournament that was so prestigious that the winners have appeared on Dynamite twice in the 6 months since and lost both matches.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 20, 2021 16:10:07 GMT -5
I think people are setting themselves up for disappointment again if they're expecting this Bleacher Report thing to be some huge opportunity. I heard the same thing about the women's tag tournament being on Youtube giving them more opportunity to be seen because there's like a billion people on Youtube but even with months of being online now those matches still have less views than a regular episode of Dynamite. BR having 9 million followers on Twitter doesn't really mean anything when the only thing they stream that does big numbers is like big soccer games. It's not like a TV station with random channel surfers possibly landing on you. It's a streaming site you only load up when there's something specific scheduled you want to watch. It will be regular AEW fans tuning in and probably a miniscule amount compared to Dynamite because even just remembering on a Sunday to go on this website will probably be an inconvenience a lot of them won't go through. Feel free to quote me afterwards if I'm wrong and this does huge numbers and gets a bunch of new people to watch AEW but to say I'm doubtful would be an understatement. Rosa and Riho aren't even household names among general wrestling fans so them bringing in casuals just sounds like a pipe-dream to me. Riho always draws well on Dynamite though so I think it would make a lot more sense to give this match a big spot on there (hear me out...how about an actual first women's main event?) and put a Moxley or Jericho on this thing instead. I gave up on the women's division ever getting more than their usual token match per show or getting to main event or even open a Dynamite in the near future when they had that aforementioned tag tournament that was so prestigious that the winners have appeared on Dynamite twice in the 6 months since and lost both matches. The Tag Tourney was a learning experience, and kinda seemed to be Brandi Rhodes thing, not Khan's. Khan is using this as a means to push AEW to new fans, and sell the Revolution PPV as well. Using the girls to do that is a big deal. The match might draw for Dynamite yes, but doing these cross platform things is also just a good business idea to try and grow the brand, nothing ventures or attempted nothing gained. If you have Bleacher Report just sitting there, it's worth plenty of a shot.
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Post by darbus alan on Feb 20, 2021 17:17:36 GMT -5
The numbers this does is almost irrelevant unless it's a complete disaster. The point that people are missing is that Tony has enough faith in Riho and Rosa to use them for cross-promotional purposes for their major media partner. That's symbolically a lot more important than being in the last quarter for their weekly TV show. People are missing the forest for the trees being so fixated on timeslots.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 20, 2021 17:19:46 GMT -5
The numbers this does is almost irrelevant unless it's a complete disaster. The point that people are missing is that Tony has enough faith in Riho and Rosa to use them for cross-promotional purposes for their major media partner. That's symbolically a lot more important than being in the last quarter for their weekly TV show. And being put on their Youtube Channel, for that matter. This isn't shoving the girls like Riho and Rosa into a corner it's putting them front and center.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 20, 2021 18:42:52 GMT -5
Riho was naed AEW Wrestler of the Week!
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