Analysing WWE’s 10 Most-Viewed YouTube Videos Of 2017
4. Taker Confronts Goldberg And Lesnar (Monday Night Raw, January 23rd) - 12,978,927 Views
Blood and sweat poured out of a clobbered Bill Goldberg as he attempted to knock out a Royal Rumble hype job after knocking himself out seconds before entering the arena.
Big Bill fluffing his lines wasn't the main reason nearly 13 million tuned into the pre-Rumble face-off though. A mere look at the title of the video tells a story of stars being stars whilst challenging other stars.
In positioning The Undertaker, Brock Lesnar and Bill Goldberg altogether for a memorable Monday Night Raw finale, WWE grasped the opportunity to capture three all-time megastars on screen together for one of the first and last times ever.
A marriage of in-ring intensity and crowd insanity, Lesnar and Goldber's astonishment at 'The Deadman's arrival on the go-home edition of the show foreshadowed the furore that would occur in the 30-man war itself.
WWE deserves credit for transferring the heat from the battle between the three onto current talents, with the triefecta of monsters all gone 24 hours after WrestleMania to leave Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman to get on with job of attempting to kill one another...