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AEW All In 2025 peaked at 9.6k viewers representing a 45% increase from the previous PPV offering, Double or Nothing. This would indicate roughly how many buys were received for the show on the Youtube Platform

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So far, the AEW Double or Nothing PPV has peaked with 6,600 views on YouTube during the Anarchy in the Arena match which indicates thats roughly how many buys they received for the show on the platform .

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@Clint4000 @wrestling_tko Talking in 18-49. Dynamite did a 0.24 and SD a 0.25. Dynamite needs somewhere between 13 -26k 18-49 viewers on MAX to beat Smackdown.

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MAX viewers aren't 500k but they arent 0 either. For once in his life on the MAX issue, he may have a point that Dynamite could have realistically beat Smackdown in 18-49.

[Powerful King’s Return @CoffeeSoldier1]

He STILL will not let go of Max.
Lmao.

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@Clint4000 @wrestling_tko They only need 13k to 26k to beat SD. If we assume the majority are younger viewers, its quite possible they beat them including MAX

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@wrestling_tko Have you not seen the MAX numbers for the NLCS and NBA on MAX. The most watched regular season NBA game did 2.5m with less than 48k on MAX. The NLCS Game 7 did 9.1m viewers with only between 56k and 156k on MAX. Real numbers from WBD themseselves.

[Switchblade @Switchblade97]

Merab and Saba should have watched the Will Ospreay/Kyle Fletcher promo from Dynamite and instead of kicking ass when Merab got slapped, they should have turned the other cheek like Will Ospreay did. That would have got them over as big stars.

[Championship Rounds @ChampRDS]

Fans in Abu Dhabi are showing love to Saba Lazishvili after he got released from prison 😂

"You cooked in the 10v2, beat them up. You're the GOAT. Legend."

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@tmac41132 @TheRajGiri @nicklopiccolo It will be closer to 0.10 this week than 0.24. Nothing ro do with MAX.

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@tmac41132 The rating this week will be down big. Nothing to do with MAX

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@wrestling_tko Possible they beat them. Wouldnt say handidly. The most realistic MAX estimates are sub 50k

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@Starrcade1983 Dynamite needed between 13,000 and 26,000 viewers in 18-49 to beat Smackdown in 18-49. You think that isn't realistically possible?

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@tmac41132 I dont know if they are are. I thought they may be but people are swearing they arent. So i dont know

[Jimmy Pawelski @JimmyPawelski]

Another amazing @RAFWrestlingUSA event is in store tomorrow!

Khamzat vs. Weidman headlines #RAFAbuDhabi, featuring Snyder, Sadulaev, Dake, Burroughs and more.

Plus, an update on the Merab–Nurmagomedov brawl. Here’s what to know and who to watch👇

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@watchthe_kick He slapped the guy because the guy confronted him at the RAF Georgia event after Merab said some mean stuff about Umar. Merab got physical first.

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Merab started this when he slapped one of the Dagistanis at RAF Georgia. This was payback. Though respect to Merab and his homeboy for holding it down

[Championship Rounds @ChampRDS]

🚨 Islam Makhachev released a statement defending Usman Nurmagomedov after he attacked Merab Dvalishvili:

“To those who are now condemning Usman and the guys and insulting them: why were you silent when Merab hit a Dagestani wrestler for no reason and insulted his honor? The man approached him to talk with no ill intent.

What happened today was started by Merab in his own homeland when he took it upon himself to hit a guest and insult his mother.”

[Switchblade @Switchblade97]

So true. In their short history, it seems like every disaster ends up becoming bigger for them. They lost their big main event with Colby pulling out and now more people are talking about RAF than ever before.

[Ben Fowlkes @benfowlkesMMA]

Say this for RAF, when opportunity knocks they jump right up and answer. The Nurmagomedovs got arrested and so they said hey let’s just throw Merab’s badass friend in there. He seems down for whatever.

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How long does it take to watch a video?

[Jane Austen Enjoyer 🇨🇦🇬🇧 @austen_enjoyer]

Probably deserved but pretty insane you can be arrested, charged, convinced and sentenced within days with zero due process and people vacation to this place all the time. Scary stuff!

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@GriiffinNoel @Achievingmygoa1 @SatFlora Honestly, read what i wrote again and reexplain it in your own words because I am 100% sure you dont understand what I just said.

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The 2 billion valuation comes from Mike Ozanian who values sports properties. Its was beast on AEW doing $250m in yearly revenue ue and then putting an 8x multiplier on it like TKO did when buying WWE.

[Deejay ✌️ @cornyfann8876]

What blows my mind with Meltzer is he purposely ignores that said “start up” had 100 million+ dollars before they even sold a ticket and that 2 billion dollar valuation was only confirmed by Meltzer last I checked

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Merab's homeboy who rocked two UFC fighters to replace Umar and wrestle Urijah Faber. He will be a big babyface.

[Real American Freestyle @RAFWrestlingUSA]

CONFIRMED 🇦🇪

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@JCup2013 To correct that, they actually needed somehwere between 13,000 and 26,000 on MAX to beat SD in 18-49.

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@JCup2013 They only needed roughly 13,000 viewers on MAX in 18-49 to tie Smackdown and 26,000 to beat Smackdown in 18-49. I think MAX numbers are sub 50k but even then, 26k in 18-49 on MAX is not the worst bet in the world

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Merab is going to be a huge babyface megastar if he wins this weekend.

[FREAK.MMA @FREAKMMA1]

🚨First footage of Merab Dvalishvili and Saba Lazishvili in good spirits following their release from detention in Abu Dhabi. 🇬🇪

🎥 @RAFWrestlingUSA

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@Time_Travelin Someone asked Dana if hes still signing Usman and he said he is still under contract so they haven't talked to him

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These promoters are bullshitters. They love this stuff. They just have to pretend its bad but deep down inside, they see dollar signs.

[FREAK.MMA @FREAKMMA1]

🚨😲Dana White says fights often follow Khabib Nurmagomedov’s team and criticizes RAF for failing to prevent the Merab Dvalishvili and Usman Nurmagomedov brawl

“Anywhere the whole Khabib crew shows up, there’s usually some fights going on, or Khamzat and all these guys. And RAF, I mean, there’s literally a fistfight at every single one of these things.”

“The RAF guys, you’d think they would learn after a couple of these and figure out how to stop this from happening. People always ask me, ‘Oh, isn’t this good for you?’ No, it’s never good.”

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