This week was big for the wrestling community as we witnessed the rare competition of TV shows as WWE and AEW put on stacked cards this past Tuesday night.
Due to Major League Baseball playoffs, the usual Tuesday/Wednesday night shows of NXT and AEW Collision were forced to air the same night of the week in the same time slot.
Both WWE and AEW promised no commercial breaks for both shows in the first half hour and also loaded each show to the brim with major stars of the last decade.
On AEW’s side, there were several championship matches plus the debut match of recent transplant Adam Copeland against Luchasaurus! WWE sported a main event with two special guests: John Cena and Paul Heyman who would stand in the opposing corners of Carmleo Hayes and Bron Breakker.
Ultimately, it was WWE that would win the rating battle. NXT brought int nearly 300,000 more views on the tally that AEW was able to produce.
Eric Bischoff, former president of WCW, said on his podcast Strictly Business, “I think that it shows there is a lot of crossover with the AEW audience. Clearly, they attract fans who also like WWE, and if forced to choose, they’re choosing to watch WWE.”
WWE has made no official statement regarding the so-called “Tuesday night war” that occurred, but Tony Khan of AEW went to his Twitter/X page to celebrate bringing the competition to WWE in such a way that less than one million fans tuned in to see John Cena on NXT.
WWE Raw Results
Viking Rules Match
Ivar defeats Kofi Kingston
Nia Jax wins via DQ against Raquel Rodruguez
Bronson Reed defeats Ricochet in a triple-threat match with Chad Gable
Drew MacIntyre defeats JD McDonagh
NXT Women’s Title Match
Becky Lynch retains against Tegan Nox
WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship Match
Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso retain against Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens
NXT Results
Asuka defeats Roxanne Perez
Pub Rules Brawl
Tyler Bate & Brawling Brutes defeat Gallus
NXT Championship Match
Ilja Dragunov retains against Dominik Mysterio
LA Knight as Special Guest Referee
Women’s Breakout Tournament Match
Lola Vice w/ Elektra Lopez defeats Dani Palmer
Carmelo Hayes w/ John Cena defeats Bron Breakker w/ Paul Heyman
Smackdown Results
Pretty Deadly defeats Brawling Brutes
Bayley defeats Zelina Vega
WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship Match
Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso defeat Austin Theory and Greyson Waller
LA Knight defeats Solo Sikoa
AEW Dynamite Results
(Buy-in Match)
ROH World Championship Match
Eddie Kingston defeats Minoru Suzuki
#1 Contenders Match
TNT Championship
“American Dragon” Bryan Danielson defeats Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana
Powerhouse Hobbs w/ Don Callis defeats Chris Jericho
AEW International Championship Match
Orange Cassidy is the new champion as he beats Rey Fenix w/ Alex Abrahantes
“Switchblade” Jay White beats “Hangman” Adam Page
AEW Women’s Championship Match
New Champion Hikaru Shida defeats Saraya
“Rated R Superstar” Adam Copeland defeats Luchasuarus w/ Christian Cage
AEW Rampage Results
Angelo Parker, Matt Menard, and Daniel Garcia defeat The Hardy’s and Brother Zay
Jay Lethal w/ Sonjay Dutt, Satnam Sing, Jeff & Karen Jarrett defeats Trent Baretta w/ Chuck Taylor
Skye Blue defeats Emi Sakura
Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta defeat Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona w/ Prince Nana
AEW Collision Results
ROH TV Championship Match
Samoa Joe retains against Willie Mack
Juice Robinson w/ Bullet Club Gold defeats “Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels
TBS Championship Match\
Kris Statlander retains against Skye Blue
TNT Championship Match
Christian Cage retains against “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson
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