USA Network’s change to NXT
Dave Meltzer has reported that the home of NXT, the USA Network wanted to pull all the stops to beat AEW Fyter Fest. On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer noted that USA Network was willing to forego profit for the sake of ratings on this week’s NXT The Great American Bash. To push NXT ahead in the race against AEW, USA Network limited commercial breaks during the last two weeks of the Black and Gold event.
As of this writing, the ratings of this weeks NXT and AEW aren’t out yet. If commercials played a key role in pumping up ratings for NXT last week, the brand must be expecting even better numbers this week given that the show had lesser commercials as compared to night one of the event.
NXT The Great American Bash was WWE’s answer to AEW’s two week Fyter Fest PPV. Night one of NXT’s show saw Tegon Fox defeat three other Superstars to earn a shot at Io Shirai’s NXT Women’s Championship. The night’s main event saw Asuka interfere in the match between Sasha Banks and Io Shirai, aiding the NXT Women’s Champion in getting the win.
AEW Fyter Fest wasn’t short on the excitement as its night one saw Cody successfully defend the TNT Championship against Jake Hager. Night two of the PPV featured Chris Jericho beating Orange Cassidy in what was a wrestling classic.
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