JWeinCom said:
No_Name_Needed said:
I don't really care who wins the night since I don't get anything for it, but it's appears that both companies do care about winning the night. NXT has Raw and SmackDown talent in half of the matches (so far anyway) and Dynamite has 3 title matches including a World Title match between Moxley and Hangman that they have built up for about a month now. Does it matter who wins? Well not really, except for those who will spend days gloating about who won the night in the ratings. But that always happens anyway even when shows are not head-to-head, so nothing new I guess. |
Nothing either company is doing is that out of the ordinary. AEW pretty regularly features title matches on Dynamite since they don't do PPVs as often (Mox vs Punk was sort of done on Dynamite, Bryan vs Moxley, and Hangman vs Bryan at least once), and NXT has main roster guys pretty regularly, and the biggest star I think so far announced is Rhea.
I mean, I'm sure both companies want to convince viewers on the fence to choose their product, but it's not as if either company is going all out. It's all in good fun if someone wants to gloat if "their" side wins (I'd expect that to be Dynamite since it generally outperformed NXT by enough that I don't think the time slot will change things), but it doesn't really tell us anything about the overall state of things.
In general, I don't think comparing the numbers between the two companies is all that useful. With AEW being new, it shouldn't be expected to be putting up the same numbers as WWE, and I think Tony does his company a disservice by trying to play up the competition. I think at this point the more important figures for NXT which is being relaunched after tanking in the ratings as NXT 2.0 and Dynamite which is still newish is the week over week/month over month/year over year changes for their own shows. |
Well I definitely agree that comparing numbers between the two companies is not that useful. I mean one company has been around for decades and has a very loyal fan base, while the other is only three years old and arguably still trying to built it's audience. Sadly, tribalism comes before logical thinking for many people.
