WWE is Sending Main Roster Troops in For Tuesday Night Battle with AEW

Next week’s episode of WWE NXT is going head to head with AEW Dynamite. Dynamite is being preempted for the MLB playoffs. This forces them to renew the Wednesday Night Wars next Tuesday. This will be the first time NXT and Dynamite go head to head against each other since April, 2021. NXT moved nights because they weren’t able to hang with Dynamite every week.

It made sense at the time and still does. AEW has bigger, more established stars like Chris Jericho, Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega. NXT at the time had Adam Cole Johnny Gargano. They brought Finn Balor back to NXT and while he did have a great run, there was a noticeable difference in star quality between the wrestlers in AEW and NXT. The war didn’t last long and now NXT is on on Tuesday’s. They’ll be forced to renew the war with Dynamite for one night and this time, they’re stacking the deck.

NXT roster’s has even less star power now as it’s transitioned into more of a developmental system. Gone are the likes of The Undisputed Era, Karrion Kross and Tomasso Ciampa. So? What do you do if you’re Triple H? You make NXT a can’t miss show.

WWE brought Sonya Deville back to NXT last night. She’ll be wrestling Alba Fyre next week. Cameron Grimes will be bringing in 2 mystery partners from the main roster. I would pop if that’s Otis and Chad Gable, although I’m sure people want others. Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez, heated rivals will be picking each others’ main roster opponents for next week’s show on the upcoming Smackdown and Raw. I’m also assuming Triple H opens the show and hyped up the crowd and wrestlers. That hasn’t been announced yet but it fits the mo.

Dynamite on the other hand, will feature Jon Moxley defending his AEW World Title against Hangman Adam Page in Moxley’s hometown. I think they save MJF cashing in his chip for Full Gear but the intrigue of him beating Moxley in his hometown excites me. More will be announced on tonight’s AEW Dynamite, and I’m assuming they pull out a few tricks. They’ll need to because they’re running on an unusual night.

Which will you be watching? As it stands right now, Dynamite has my eyes next Tuesday night. Follow along on here and on Twitter for updates.

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