The Rock & Roman Reigns Segment Sets Unfortunate YouTube Record

Lower than 12 hours after it was uploaded to YouTube, The Rock and Roman Reigns‘ SmackDown confrontation has made unlucky historical past.

Within the closing moments of final evening’s SmackDown, it was all however confirmed that Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson will problem Undisputed WWE Common Champion Roman Reigns in the primary occasion of WrestleMania 40.

The choice is reported to have been made simply days in the past in an try to steer consideration away from the Vince McMahon allegations on prime of being influenced by the absences of each CM Punk and Brock Lesnar from the occasion.

Instant reactions to the phase have been largely unfavorable, significantly on social media the place many followers have been important of Cody Rhodes’ choice to not problem Reigns for the second yr in a row. However it’s not simply verbally that followers are voicing their displeasure.

On the time of writing, the YouTube video of the phase has attracted over 250,000 dislikes (versus a bit over 67,000 likes) and has formally develop into probably the most disliked video ever uploaded to the WWE YouTube channel. The phase can also be at present the #1 Trending video on the whole thing of YouTube.

Whereas YouTube has hidden the hate rely from normal viewers since late 2021, the statistic can nonetheless be seen by way of browser add-ons comparable to Return YouTube Dislike.

The Rock Overtook The YouTube Document From Randy Orton

Beforehand, probably the most disliked video on the WWE YouTube channel was a clip that includes Randy Orton, Triple H, and Stephanie McMahon from a phase on the March twenty third 2009 version of Uncooked.

The clip, named ‘Randy Orton makes it private with Triple H’, options Orton kissing an unconscious Stephanie whereas Triple H is handcuffed to the highest rope. Orton then proceeds to assault Triple H together with his iconic sledgehammer earlier than leaving the ring.

That video at present has simply over 200,000 dislikes on the time of writing although it has been seen over 300 million instances because it was first uploaded in October 2013. This implies a much smaller proportion of total viewers have disliked that video versus The Rock and Roman Reigns’ SmackDown phase which has simply 2 million total views by comparability.