When AEW Dynamite launched on TNT in October of 2019 the show was going head to head with NXT, and the head to head battle continued up until a few months ago.
For the majority of the Wednesday Night Wars it was AEW that came out ahead in the ratings, but now things are different as NXT has been moved to Tuesday nights on the USA Network.
Jim Ross currently works for AEW, but he spent a lot of time throughout his career working for Vince McMahon. The WWE Hall of Famer recently spoke to Sports Illustrated, and he claimed that Vince McMahon wasn’t happy about AEW beating NXT in the ratings.
“For the growth of the NXT brand and their ongoing relationship with NBC Universal, logically speaking and taking personalities and emotions out of it, it was the best thing for them to do. It was the best thing for their relationship and building a bigger audience. The fans don’t have to make a choice. I’m sure it pissed him off to read every week — we didn’t beat them every week — but more weeks than not we were the number one watched wrestling show on Wednesday nights. I know he didn’t take that in a good way. He’s very competitive and he’s used to being the bull in the woods, doing whatever he wants to do, and winning. On Wednesday nights against us, they weren’t winning on a regular basis. I’m sure that bothered him to some degree. At the end of the day, it was the right decision to make for everyone involved.”
H/T Fightful
