10 Bold Predictions For Wrestling In 2021

10. AEW (Regularly) Dynamite Beats WWE RAW In 18-49

It happened - "it" being the unthinkable.

Insane as it may read now, the first Wednesday Night War battle was too close to call. AEW had generated huge buzz, in wrestling circles, but NXT drew an impressive 1M+ out of the gate and benefitted massively from being promoted on the wrestling flagship ahead of launch.

You might not like Dave Meltzer. You might cry snot all over your pillow at night because waah waah he didn't wate the Undertaker Vs. Shawn Michaels *****!

But the man is eerily prescient when it comes to business, and even he didn't call the first ratings win until the day after the show. Since then, AEW has massacred NXT. The war is all but over. WWE is telling you that the next generation(s) of talent are unpopular and irrelevant, all to ensure that RAW and SmackDown are preserved as the real Demogods of professional wrestling.

But that is not quite working out.

Dynamite with competition has on occasion beaten the unopposed RAW and SmackDown in certain key demos. It was coming. The December 16 Dynamite toppled the following record-lows of RAW in the all-important, advertiser-coveted 18-49. It will come again. The paradigm has shifted.

WWE will likely apply some cosmetic fix, like they always do - "You liked the quarterly brand-to-brand invitational so much, so how about a weekly brand-to-brand invitational?!" - but Sting is going to enter that ring very soon, and Tony Khan is sure to capitalise on the extra eyes by ramping up the many, long-simmering developments presently unfolding on Dynamite. These losses will lead to much soul-searching and a root-and-branch overhaul of WWE programming.

Just kidding; it will lead to the shock return of...