It seems Triple H and Shawn Michaels are looking to send a message to All Elite Wrestling tonight.
NXT and AEW used to both run concurrently on Wednesday night’s before WWE surrendered the Wednesday Night Wars and moved the brand to Tuesday nights.
Now, due to a scheduling change, AEW Dynamite will go down on a Tuesday night with both shows being stacked to the rafters for tonight’s incredible night of wrestling.
That being said, WWE are looking at tonight as an opportunity to send a message, as Haus Of Wrestling reports that one source says that AEW have been lulled into a false sense of reality and that the powers that be of NXT have no issue spoiling Tony Khan’s birthday.
Haus of Wrestling spoke with a fired-up WWE source close to NXT this morning who said tonight will be “a very clear example of how and why WWE is WWE, and why AEW has a long way to go.” They discussed how they felt AEW had been lulled into a false sense of reality that they were somehow an industry leader by continuing to beat WWE’s number three brand in viewership.
It also sounds as if there are lingering tensions from the infamous Wednesday Night War, with the idea that Tony Khan could have run Dynamite on Thursdays and the two would never have gone head-to-head. With Levesque now squarely back in control of WWE creative and Michaels taking pride in being the best, it was said Khan “poked the wrong ones at the wrong time.” The fact this is all happening on Khan’s 41st birthday was also pointed out to me, with it sounding like WWE NXT is fine spoiling his party.
Regarding creative for tonight’s WWE NXT, I was told to expect some great storytelling intended to shine up some of the younger talents by using main roster stars.
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John Cena, Paul Heyman, Asuka, Cody Rhodes and more are scheduled for tonight’s edition of NXT, with it believed that Undertaker will also feature on the show.
We will have to wait and see what the ratings bring out of tonight’s head to head.
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