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Triple A 03-03-2021 12:58 AM

NXT probably moving to Tuesdays
 
Didn't see a thread about this

https://www.f4wonline.com/nxt-news/n...lemania-334691

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It appears that the Wednesday Night War will be coming to an end as NXT and USA have been discussing moving the show to Tuesday nights -- a conversation that may be in the final stages of being put into motion.

The targeted date for the move is April 13th -- the first Tuesday after WrestleMania.

The Mat Men podcast was the first to report the story with our Dave Meltzer confirming. Meltzer couldn't confirm whether it's a done deal, but that if not, they are very close, adding it's been heavily talked about over the last seven days.

He also added that almost all the key NXT personnel haven't been told about a move.

If the move happens, it would leave the Wednesday 8 PM Eastern timeslot to AEW who moved head-to-head against NXT when they launched Dynamite in October 2019. MLW also runs on Wednesday nights, but airs before both shows.

It was believed that when NBC announced a move to fold NBC Sports Network later this year and move some of that programming to USA, the National Hockey League would present a conflict for NXT due to their Wednesday night slot on the NBC Sports Network. However, on the February investors call, WWE president Nick Khan said the shutdown would not affect or impact Raw or NXT.

It's unknown at this point what precipitated this conversation at this point in time.

While Dynamite would benefit from the move, Impact Wrestling likely would not as they also air from 8-10 PM Eastern on AXS TV and Twitch with AEW Dark airing on YouTube starting at 7 PM Eastern.

slik 03-03-2021 01:16 AM

Best for fans and biz imo

Mr. Nerfect 03-03-2021 01:55 AM

Probably not WWE’s choice given NXT was doing fine where it was for what it was supposed to do. I imagine that the NHL coming to USA has more to do with it than anything from the WWE side. Might be good for both short-term, but more nights for wrestling and the quality of the shows and how they’re presented may not be able to retain the viewers available. Could end up hurting things more than helping.

weather vane 03-03-2021 05:24 AM

AEW should move to Tuesdays and keep bullying their ass. Fucking cowards tucking tail and running to Tuesdays. Makes me sick. You hate to see it WWE. Imagine they did this when Nitro was pounding them? Fuck. What a joke man.

erickman 03-03-2021 06:37 AM

well i guess impact will move to thursday better night for them

IC Champion 03-03-2021 10:47 AM

AEW is the undisputed king of wrestling now. They should move to Monday nights and take Vince’s lunch money for real.

Damian Rey 2.0 03-03-2021 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Thrilchuk (Post 5430757)
AEW should move to Tuesdays and keep bullying their ass. Fucking cowards tucking tail and running to Tuesdays. Makes me sick. You hate to see it WWE. Imagine they did this when Nitro was pounding them? Fuck. What a joke man.

Meh. I'd rather see how much of the 700k or so of the nxt audience actually switches to AEW and if they can hold that turnover

xrodmuc316 03-03-2021 12:59 PM

LOL you guys acting like AEW won something is pathetic. If USA decides to move NXT it will have 0% to do with AEW.

NXT will still be more profitable, will still have a better tv deal, and will still be a part of a Billion Dollar company with a Billion Dollar streaming deal.

Also, Spoiler Alert - NHL is also > AEW

Enjoy losing whatever Canadian audience you had, Marks :rofl:

IC Champion 03-03-2021 01:59 PM

Tony Khan > Vince McMahon.

xrodmuc316 03-03-2021 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by IC Champion (Post 5430823)
Tony Khan > Vince McMahon at asking his daddy for money.

I agree 100%

IC Champion 03-03-2021 03:11 PM

Hey, they both had rich and successful fathers who were responsible for their early success. Tony is just following a not so dissimilar to Vince really. Never really thought about how similar they are.

xrodmuc316 03-03-2021 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by IC Champion (Post 5430830)
Hey, they both had rich and successful fathers who were responsible for their early success. Tony is just following a not so dissimilar to Vince really. Never really thought about how similar they are.

Vince had to buy his father out, and if he missed 1 payment, it would have went right back to Vince Sr.

Not the same situation...

IC Champion 03-03-2021 03:49 PM

Cool, you get your facts exclusively from WWE documentaries.

Verbose Minch 03-03-2021 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by xrodmuc316 (Post 5430832)
Vince had to buy his father out, and if he missed 1 payment, it would have went right back to Vince Sr.

Not the same situation...

Yup, and Trump's dad only gave him a small loan of 1 million dollars!

XL 03-03-2021 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by xrodmuc316 (Post 5430813)
LOL you guys acting like AEW won something is pathetic. If USA decides to move NXT it will have 0% to do with AEW.

NXT will still be more profitable, will still have a better tv deal, and will still be a part of a Billion Dollar company with a Billion Dollar streaming deal.

Also, Spoiler Alert - NHL is also > AEW

Enjoy losing whatever Canadian audience you had, Marks :rofl:

This didn’t actually happen.

There’s 2 posts even mentioning AEW in relation to this and they both clearly have they’re tongues planted firmly in their cheeks.

xrodmuc316 03-03-2021 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Verbose Minch (Post 5430841)
Yup, and Trump's dad only gave him a small loan of 1 million dollars!

And somehow that is relevant, why?

Destor 03-03-2021 05:04 PM

if you think Vince didnt build the WWF into what it is on his own abilities youre a fucking moron

Jordan 03-03-2021 05:12 PM

Crazy that Vince lost to Tony. AEW wins, soundly defeating WWF for over a year. Amazing.

screech 03-03-2021 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by IC Champion (Post 5430837)
Cool, you get your facts exclusively from WWE documentaries.

lmao

Mr. Nerfect 03-04-2021 04:26 AM

NXT probably has way more to gain from this than AEW does. I imagine more people prioritise AEW than NXT. WWE might end up with #1, #2 and #3. Hell, if NXT Evolve ends up happening and is presented as something serious and completely different from WWE’s other products, they might secure the top four.

weather vane 03-04-2021 06:39 AM

Charlie Murphy laughing gif pointing up.

Supreme Olajuwon 03-04-2021 08:45 PM

I was always told Triple H doesn’t work Tuesdays

Emperor Smeat 03-04-2021 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Supreme Olajuwon (Post 5431499)
I was always told Triple H doesn’t work Tuesdays

Road Dogg probably takes care of that issue and continues his trend of tanking the interest of whatever brand he has big hand in for creative.

Did it with SmackDown when he took over as the sole lead writer and boss of Blue Brand's creative and currently doing it with his big involvement in NXT Creative.

slik 03-04-2021 11:45 PM

SD was so good back then too...then Road Dogg totally tanked the show in like a month

xrodmuc316 03-05-2021 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Slik (Post 5431542)
SD was so good back then too...then Road Dogg totally tanked the show in like a month

I totally forgot he was lead creative for Smackdown lol

Emperor Smeat 03-05-2021 12:16 AM

If I remember correctly, Triple H pushed for him to have a bigger role in creative which is how he got paired up with Ryan Ward at the time.

Ward handled most of the writing while Dogg mainly handled rewrites and tweaks in order to improve the chances Vince would approve of their creative plans.

Then for some dumb reason, Ward got demoted while Dogg got promoted as sole lead writer and boss of SD creative. That led to SD's quality quickly tanking and Dogg getting pissed online whenever people would blame him for SD's woes. For some reference, he was one of the biggest opponents of Becky Lynch's rise to top stardom and gave lame excuses online for why it shouldn't happen nor her being the top face star whenever he got called out on WWE's stubborn booking towards her.

Him and HBK having their hands all over NXT's Creative has done more to hurt than help during the current Wednesday Night Wars battle with AEW.

hb2k 03-06-2021 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by xrodmuc316 (Post 5430813)
LOL you guys acting like AEW won something is pathetic. If USA decides to move NXT it will have 0% to do with AEW.

NXT will still be more profitable, will still have a better tv deal, and will still be a part of a Billion Dollar company with a Billion Dollar streaming deal.

Also, Spoiler Alert - NHL is also > AEW

Enjoy losing whatever Canadian audience you had, Marks :rofl:

AEW is more profitable and has a better TV deal already. And NXT got killed in Canada this week.

weather vane 03-06-2021 05:46 PM

NXT is a joke.

xrodmuc316 03-06-2021 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by hb2k (Post 5432064)
AEW is more profitable and has a better TV deal already. And NXT got killed in Canada this week.

LOL you are high. Giving million dollar deals to washed up 50 year olds on a $45 million annual contract is more profitable then a roster full of people making $150k with a $50 million tv deal?

You are going to get an audit using that kind of math :rofl:

And you also missed the point about Canada completely...

Emperor Smeat 03-07-2021 12:06 AM

NXT's tv deal with USA Network is more like $25-$30 million per year based on recent reports from Wrestlenomics.

IC Champion 03-07-2021 12:13 AM

Not those sweet sweet Canadian ratings or dough though.

Destor 03-07-2021 08:26 AM

the people who sctively root against AEW (or WWF) make no sense to me. if you like the business more jobs is good. i get not liking a product but i dont get spewing venom every time theyre mentioned. i dont watch either unless someone specifically asks me to check something out for them because the shows dont stimulate me...but i dont hate them for it.

Supreme Olajuwon 03-07-2021 09:38 AM

What does your best friend Chuck Taylor think about you not watching the show

Jordan 03-07-2021 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5432249)
NXT's tv deal with USA Network is more like $25-$30 million per year based on recent reports from Wrestlenomics.

Crazy that AEW get so much more from TNT than WWE gets for their NXT product on USA. $43 million a year for four years plus they have smashed WWE and USA's hopes of defeating the opposition on Wednesday nights. Who'd have thought that AEW would've made WWE tuck tail so fast? I don't think that's ever happened before. No matter what WWE did to boost NXT, Charlotte, Edge, AJ... They just couldn't come out on top. I guess the fans just prefer AEW's product to WWE''s when they are side by side. Crazy.

xrodmuc316 03-07-2021 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5432249)
NXT's tv deal with USA Network is more like $25-$30 million per year based on recent reports from Wrestlenomics.

So the company that is publicly traded and required to report things like this to the SEC is false, but Wrestlenomics is right? Got it, guess I'll just accept that. :roll:

xrodmuc316 03-07-2021 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jordan X (Post 5432457)
Crazy that AEW get so much more from TNT than WWE gets for their NXT product on USA. $43 million a year for four years plus they have smashed WWE and USA's hopes of defeating the opposition on Wednesday nights. Who'd have thought that AEW would've made WWE tuck tail so fast? I don't think that's ever happened before. No matter what WWE did to boost NXT, Charlotte, Edge, AJ... They just couldn't come out on top. I guess the fans just prefer AEW's product to WWE''s when they are side by side. Crazy.

You add so much goodness to these threads Jordan, crazy what great intellect you bring with your "AWW shucks" posts every week.

Emperor Smeat 03-07-2021 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by xrodmuc316 (Post 5432654)
So the company that is publicly traded and required to report things like this to the SEC is false, but Wrestlenomics is right? Got it, guess I'll just accept that. :roll:

Wrestlenomics analyzes WWE's fiscal reports every time they get released and if they say something is fishy or odd, then its likely to be true given the trustworthy rep of Brandon Thurston.

Did WWE reveal what they made from their NXT deal in their last fiscal report since they haven't done so with the prior ones which is why the speculation continues over how much the deal is actually worth.

They did the same with their Saudi deal where they hid the amount they were getting paid in other categories and were not upfront about it like with their tv deals. That led to speculation of something fishy was going on which later ended up being true.

Jordan 03-07-2021 07:18 PM

Rod, I know the bitter taste of defeat and denial is hard to swallow. Take Noid's above average looking peen from your jowels and take a gulp, it will go down easier.

xrodmuc316 03-07-2021 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Jordan X (Post 5432675)
Rod, I know the bitter taste of defeat and denial is hard to swallow. Take Noid's above average looking peen from your jowels and take a gulp, it will go down easier.

Go illegally stream your favorite company's PPV you mega fan you!

Jordan 03-07-2021 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by xrodmuc316 (Post 5432698)
Go illegally stream your favorite company's PPV you mega fan you!

It's a pandemic!


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