7 History Lessons AEW Could Learn From TNA

4. Stay Away From Direct Competition

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Whoever decided TNA iMPACT should run head-to-head with WWE Raw on Monday nights in 2010 deserves a damn good thrashing. It was a harebrained, ridiculous notion that a company struggling to pop a big rating unopposed could rival wrestling's flagship television program.

Attention, AEW: please, please, please stay away from trying to run any sort of direct competition with WWE. It will not work in 2019, just as it didn't nine years ago.

WCW Nitro was a one-off, and it occurred during a much different time. The then-WWF was weak, and WCW had nothing to lose by trying to capitalise on that. Nowadays, things are skewed in WWE's favour. They've been the only major wrestling brand (to the casual audience) for close to 20 years, and that's nigh-on impossible to change.

AEW can have a successful TV show, of course, they just need to ensure it's in a time slot that works, doesn't attempt to muscle in on WWE's audience and offers something unique. As wrestling fans, we don't want to see All Elite fail, but it will if it runs Monday or Tuesday nights.

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