10 Wrestling Worst Nightmares Right Now
8. NXT Signs A Longterm Extension On Wednesdays
A recent shift in schedules gave hope to some that the Wednesday Night War may end for reasons entirely unrelated to professional wrestling.
NBCSN's shutdown resulted in several major organisations moving to USA as of their newest deals, with NHL's Wednesday Night Hockey theoretically set to be part of that shift. In line with reports that the black-and-gold brand's contract was due up in October, many speculated that NXT would be forced into moving nights.
On sample evidence from the few times this occurred in 2020, both NXT and AEW Dynamite would benefit tremendously from not dividing the audience. NXT especially in fact, but that's always been the lesser of the motivations for the company to move it from the Network to television and one to two hours anyway.
On the last WWE quarterly investment call, new McMahon right-hand man Nick Khan sounded extremely confident that the show was going nowhere, but we can only hope this was false bravado for the good of the investors. Only the return of an audience can inject the former developmental show with the drama it desperately needs, and holding out for that seems even more futile than this particular act of forced pragmatism.