WWE Main Event recently moved from YouTube to Rumble and there has been a renewed focus on the show as a result.
WWE has promoted and even shown replays of Main Event on Raw, NXT and SmackDown to promote the move – giving Main Event its biggest spotlight in years.
To go alongside that, there have been bigger names than usual appearing on the show.
Dominik Mysterio, WWE Women’s Champion Chelsea Green, WWE Tag Team Champions the MFTs, Bronson Reed and Damian Priest have all featured on Main Event as of late.
You’re not going to see the absolute top names like Roman Reigns, CM Punk and Cody Rhodes on there, but still, it’s been an eternity since the last time a reigning world champion wrestled on Main Event before Green.
The question is, how long will this last?
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Why is this happening?
This is definitely being done because of the switch to Rumble – Main Event for years and years has been an afterthought that WWE has barely even mentioned or acknowledged, so this is a sudden change.
In facts, fans have long seen it as a demotion when wrestlers have matches on Main Event… even an ominous precursor to those particular talents being fired in many cases.
The fact is, WWE is likely ‘loading up’ Main Event just to try and get some extra eyes on the new platform and to see if there’s an opportunity there to do more.
If we compare viewership, the two Main Event episodes on Rumble so far are at 782,000 and 539,000 views, according to Rumble.
The previous five episodes on YouTube are at 291,000, 331,000, 303,000, 501,000 and 412,000.
Of course, there may be differences in exactly how those viewing figures are counted by the platforms, but those are the numbers we have to go off so far, and they suggest there has been a boost.
How long will it last?
If WWE thinks there’s a genuine business opportunity to continue growing the show and its presence on yet another streaming provider in Rumble – in addition to all the other platforms it has a big presence like Netflix, ESPN, YouTube, etc – the big-ish names may continue to appear on Main Event.
However, you can’t really judge from just two weeks. Numbers will likely start to settle at their realistic level from the thid episode onwards.
Assuming they go down slightly from the 539,000, they’re probably going to end up at pretty much the same level the show was at on YouTube to begin with.
At that point, WWE isn’t going to want to risk some of its top talents getting injured on a show that a relatively small number of people are watching, and Main Event is likely to settle back into its role as an afterthought – with the only bright spark often being the occasional outings for NXT stars on a main roster stage.
Unless Rumble and WWE have it in their contract that a certain number of a certain level of talents (champions for example) have to appear on the show, normal service will probably be resumed soon.
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