Only the Rhodes-Heyman and Brock Lesnar-Bobby Lashley segments garnered over two million viewers.
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For the past few weeks, the segment featuring “The American Nightmare” has been the most-watched “WWE Raw” quarter on USA Network. According to Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, his segment in the ring with Sami Zayn on Monday was watched by more than 2,080,000 viewers and earned a .53 rating on the 18-49 key demo. Overall, the show averaged 1,812,000 viewers. Similarly, Paul’s critically acclaimed Rose promotion with Heyman on February 6 saw him hit 2,027,000 viewers early in his third hour when viewership traditionally dwindles. watched by In fact, the segment was so well-watched that viewers in consecutive years were reported to have increased by 11%. Only the Cody Rhodes-Heyman and Brock Lesnar-Bobby Lashley segments garnered over two million viewers. In terms of YouTube views, Rhodes’ segments are consistently the most watched, with only videos starring Roman Reigns and Zayn getting a lot of attention.
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Rhodes is also a legitimate draw at WWE’s house shows. According to Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer, after Rhodes won his Royal Rumble, there was a gradual spike in ticket sales for some of his live events. Additionally, Rhodes is reportedly the top merchandise mover in WWE since returning to the ring at the Royal Rumble. Rhodes is now the clear favorite to dethrone “Tribal Chief” Roman Reigns and emerge as the new Undisputed WWE Universal Champion at WrestleMania 39. Fans on social media believe an upcoming win could boost Rose as the promotion’s new face.
“WWE really needs to be careful about how they handle what Sami Zayn has. If it was an isolated incident, I think fans would be upset and unknowingly take it off, Cody Rhodes. We want him to keep giving. I don’t want the title shot to become something of a culmination of his story and be forgotten so quickly,” Foley said. Outlived men and qualified for the World Title in the main event of WrestleMania 39. He meets the winner of the Men’s Elimination Chamber match at Show of Shows.
In an episode of The Kurt Angle Show, Kurt Angle said he could outright beat Cody Rhodes in The Showcase of the Immortals. “I definitely think these fights are going to be really great. I expect him to win this one. I think it’s his time,” Angle said. American Nightmare hasn’t lost a match since returning to WWE. It will be interesting to see if his dreams come true on the biggest stage.
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