WWE NXT and AEW Dynamite Going Head-to-Head in October

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Even though the Wednesday Night War has ended, WWE and AEW will face off once more this year.

In October 2019, Dynamite and NXT went head-to-head every week. In the majority of ratings battles, Dynamite would prevail. After NXT switched to Tuesday nights in April of last year, the war came to an end.

This October 18, both shows will air on Tuesday night because of AEW being pre-empted due to TBS’ coverage of the MLB playoffs. This was covered by Dave Meltzer on today’s Wrestling Observer Radio.

“The big thing is AEW and WWE are both gonna have dates changed because of the upcoming Major League Baseball playoffs. It’s not gonna affect anything until mid-October, but there will be an October 18 head-to-head on Tuesday with Dynamite from Cincinnati and NXT. First time they’ve gone head-to-head in over a year.”

“The next week is going to be – it’s the American League Championship, and if there’s a Game 7 in the American League Championship, the AEW… it (the game) would be on Wednesday, so that’s the 26th. If that’s the case, they would probably have to move – the show would still be taped on Wednesday night, but they’d probably have to (air it) after the game or more likely on Thursday. There will be at least one, perhaps two SmackDowns during the World Series moved to FS1. One for sure as there is every year. If there’s a Game 6 of the World Series that would be the second week, so it depends how the World Series goes.”

SmackDown will be pre-empted at least once during the World Series because it is always moved to FS1 to make room for the MLB championship series, which airs on FOX. Depending on how long the World Series lasts, SmackDown might air on FS1 for a second week.

AEW made the following announcement regarding the special Tuesday night edition of Dyamite:

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