When AEW Dynamite first launched on Wednesday nights the show was going head to head with NXT, but the landscape has changed over the last few years as NXT moved to Tuesdays. AEW and WWE haven’t been going head to head consistently for some time, but it was recently reported that NXT is expected to hold a premium live event on the same day as AEW All Out.
Dave Meltzer recently discussed the move on Wrestling Observer Radio, and he speculated that business could be picking up when it comes to AEW vs. WWE.
“With this being his first move, what’s interesting is that, that is a very aggressive move against AEW. I think that the AEW vs. WWE is going to heat up.
If it was up to AEW they would both mind their own business and all of that, but that never worked with Vince. Although Vince had kind of stayed away from that. I guess this time with Paul Levesque and Stephanie [McMahon] there and Nick Khan running the show, people thought that they were only going to be interested in running their own stuff, but the bottom line, you were wrong.
I don’t think people understand, if you ever talk to anyone near the top of WWE about AEW, I mean, it’s just… I used to talk to Vince [McMahon] about WCW, and it’s almost the same.”
H/T Inside The Ropes
