Back in October of 2019 AEW Dynamite premiered on TNT, and the show was going head to head with NXT for some time. The head to head battle was dubbed the Wednesday Night War by some fans, but NXT recently moved to Tuesday nights, so the battle is over.
Eric Bischoff recently discussed why he doesn’t feel like there is a wrestling war between AEW and WWE on his 83 Weeks podcast, and he also explained why he doesn’t think Vince McMahon cares about potential competition between the two companies.
“I don’t think Vince cares. I know wrestling fans like to think that there’s this battle between AEW and WWE. I’m not in WWE offices, so I’m going to suggest based on my experience and the relationships that I have with people that are in WWE, the very fact that I made an appearance on AEW a month before they inducted me into the Hall of Fame suggests to me that they really don’t care. Are they aware? Sure. Is Vince McMahon walking around kicking people in the ass saying ‘God dammit, how did they beat us to the punch?’
“I know people like to think that’s the case because deep down inside they want another wrestling war, but it isn’t. It’s just not no matter how much people want to pretend it is. It’s cosplay folks. WWE is on a different planet than AEW right now. That’s because AEW is about 24 months old or so, WWE has been around for decades and decades and decades. A lot of catching up to do folks, there is no war. There is no angst or anxiety from WWE in my opinion when it comes to AEW.”
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