AEW star Chris Jericho responded to comments made by WWE’s Triple H on the two company’s ratings war in an interview.
AEW and WWE’s NXT competed in what fans called The Wednesday Night Wars for a year and a half until NXT moved to Tuesday nights.
Triple H recently said in an interview that it was an “imaginary war” and Jericho does not believe that is WWE’s stance.
The former AEW Champion told The New York Post “It will be there for the rest of time, it was an ‘imaginary war,’ and if it wasn’t a war why did they take Wednesday night the exact same time that we had?
“It was there to take away our ratings and for us not to get re-signed.
“Three months after that started we were re-signed to a hundreds-of millions-of-dollars extension. They failed.”
Following April’s Wrestlemania, WWE moved NXT from Wednesday night to Tuesday night so that it was no longer competing with AEW Dynamite.
NXT airs on USA Network and is also available on the WWE network.
All Elite Wrestling will continue on Wednesdays showcasing their talented roster on TNT.
Newcomer AEW offers a mix of indie darlings, such as Thunder Rosa, wrestling legends, such as “Demo God” Chris Jericho and Jim “JR” Ross, and up-and-coming stars, such as Tay Conti, Jade Cargill, and Britt Baker.
Fans of Impact! Wrestling can now watch their favorite stars, including current Impact KNOCKOUTS champion Deonna Purrazzo, on Thursday night on Twitch, and on AXSTV.
Read our wrestling live blog below for the latest news and updates...
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WWE NXT SHOTZI BLACKHEART AND ROBERT STONE TEASE A MATCH
WWE NXT Shotzi Blackheart and Robert Stone have been teasing a Hell in a Cell match.
They have history since Blackheart joined the NXT roster.
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WWE STAR NIA JAX GIFTS BACKTAGE INTERVIEWER FUN GIFTS
WWE star Nia Jax may be mean in the ring but she is also generous.
Backstage interviewer Alyse Zwick tweeted a photo of socks with her face on it, as well as a candle.
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WWE STAR SONYA DEVILLE ANNOUNCES NEW MERCHANDISE
WWE star Sonya Deville announced on Twitter her new merchandise from WWE Shop.
The black and red t-shirt read Big Deville Energy and inspired her suits.
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WWE STAR BIANCA BELAIR TWEETS AHEAD OF SMACKDOWN
WWE star Bianca Belair is excited for Smackdown and tweets TGIF.
She won the championship in a history making match against Sasha Banks at Wrestlemania.
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AEW SHUTS DOWN BOTCHAMANIA YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Botchamania is a YouTube channel that made videos with clips of wrestlers “botching” moves.
The channel has been shut down due to copyright infringement complaints and the owner of the channel implied that it was AEW.
He tweeted on Friday:
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NEW MATCH ADDED TO WRESTLEMANIA BACKLASH
WWE has announced another championship match for the next pay per view.
Rey Mysterio and his son Dominik challenge for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship at Wrestlemania Backlash.
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WWE STAR SASHA THANKS VINCE MCMAHON AHEAD OF SMACKDOWN
WWE star Sasha Banks tweeted her appreciation to WWE CEO Vince McMahon ahead of SmackDown.
Fans hope this means she will make an appearance after a hiatus from the show.
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WWE STAR SETH ROLLINS REACTS TO RECENT WWE POLL
Tonight for Smackdown, Rollins takes on Cesaro in a Wrestlemania rematch.
In a poll fans voted in Cesaro’s favor to win the match and the King of Drip was not happy.
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AEW STAR JADE CARGILL WOWS ON INSTAGRAM
AEW rising star Jade Cargill has been making a huge impact in wrestling since hitting the scene a few months ago.
Cargill has an impressive bod and showed it off in black crochet bikini on Instagram.
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AEW GAVE REFUNDS TO FIVE UNHAPPY FANS AFTER BLOOD & GUTS SHOW
AEW Blood & Guts took place Wednesday with fans in the crowd.
The first hour was taped and showed to fans in the crowd, while the last hour – the Blood & Guts match – was live.
According to Dave Meltzer AEW president Tony Khan informed fans of this, and said : “‘If for some reason you didn’t hear this and you’re unhappy, you can get a refund’, and they did give five refunds.”
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EX-WWE STAR CASSIE LEE SHARES BEHIND THE SCENES CLIPS
EX-WWE star Cassie Lee, known as Peyton Royce in WWE, shared a clip from behind the scenes of a photoshoot on Thursday.
Lee is seen walking in a parking lot and covering her red thong with a jacket.
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WWE NXT STAR FRANKY MONET IS PROUD OF HER MEXICAN HERITAGE
WWE NXT star Franky Monet posted a photo of herself wearing beautiful gear inspired by her Mexican heritage.
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MICKIE JAMES PRAISES ‘INCREDIBLE’ EVA MARIE – EVEN THOUGH SHE’S NOT A ‘FIVE STAR WRESTLER’
MICKIE James has spoken about the return of Eva Marie to WWE, and heaped praise on the star for “stepping away” from the promotion “and still remaining relevant.”
Speaking on Oral Sessions with Renee Paquette, James, who was released from WWE last month, said: “Honestly, I think it’s incredible she’s been able to step away and still remain relevant, rebrand herself, and almost excel outside.
“Not everybody does that. I don’t think her wrestling ability was ever her strength. I know she has been down at NXT working on stuff. So, I don’t know. I don’t think the wrestling bit was ever her thing. I feel like there’s always been — even going back to old-school wrestling — that there’s a role for everybody and not everybody has to be a five-star wrestler, or whatever, and have dream matches.
“That doesn’t have to be a thing, if their character is strong and they can sells tickets, get ratings, I guess it works.”
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WWE NXT STAR XIA LI SHOWS OFF HER IMPRESSIVE BUILD
WWE NXT star Xia Li works hard to keep up her impressive physique.
Wearing a green dress she showed off her back and arms on Instagram Thursday.
She tells her followers to “make yourself better everyday”
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EX-UFC FIGHTER PAIGE VANZANT SHARES NEW BOXING INSPIRED PHOTOSHOOT ON INSTAGRAM
Former UFC star Paige VanZant wows her millions of Instagram followers with a boxing inspired photoshoot.
VanZant wears a metallic blue one piece and red boxing gloves.
She says there is more on her fan site where she shares exclusive photos and videos.
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AEW STAR TAY CONTI DANCES TO BUMBUM BATE IN ALL BLACK
AEW star Tay Conti is all smiles as her star continues to rise.
On Thursday she shared a video to Instagram smiling and dancing to DJ Perera’s Bumbum Bate.
She wrote in the caption: “? Be you, be happy! Byeeeee and have a good day lol also my abs look good ?”
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AEW BLOOD & GUTS MAY 5, 2021 RESULTS
Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston def. Kenny Omega and Michael Nakazawa
Cody Rhodes def. QT Marshall
Britt Baker def. Julia Hart
SCU def. The Jurassic Express, The Varsity Blondes and The Acclaimed
Kenny Omega Confronts Orange Cassidy
The Pinnacle def. The Inner Circle—AEW Blood and Guts
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NEW WWE NXT WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS CROWNED
On Tuesday night’s NXT fans saw The Way’s Indi Hartwell and Candace LeRae won the Women’s Tag Team championships.
In a hard hitting main event match, Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart gave their all but was not enough to retain their titles.
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CHELSEA GREEN SHARES ANOTHER SNAP FROM FITNESS GURLS PHOTOSHOOT
Ex-WWE star Chelsea Green is known for her love of modeling cute bathing suits.
In her latest photoshoot with Fitness Gurls, she poses in a white bathing suit laying across a bed.
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‘I’M BACK WHERE MY JOURNEY STARTED’, SAYS EVA MARIE
Eva Marie is set to return to WWE after rumors swirled for more than a year.
During a promo clip played during Monday Night RAW, the fitness influencer laid on a red car in a black leather dress and told viewers “I’m back where my journey started”.
“On the road of life there are twists and turns – but I’ve always tried to be the one in control of my own life and the independence that comes with it,” she said.
“But part of that is giving back. I want to be someone others look up to. I want to influence others to go after their own ambitions – like I did.
“So, I’m back where my journey started.”
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FORMER WWE STAR SANTINO WANTS WWE TO TAKE NOTICE OF HIS DAUGHTER
Former WWE star Santino was a proud Dad on Twitter Sunday morning.
He shared a photo of his daughter tweeting: “Hi @TripleH & @StephMcMahon remember my little daughter @CarelliBianca?
“Well she’s a woman now, and has been coached since day one to be a total superstar! Biology degree is done this summer, then she’s ready for her time to shine!”
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PETE DUNNE SENDS WARNING TO RANDY ORTON
Pete Dunne has taken to Twitter to send a warning to Randy Orton about teaming up with Matt Riddle.
On the last few Monday Night RAWs the two have been pairing up – calling themselves R-K-Bro.
But Riddle’s former tag team partner, Dunne, sent a message to Orton, saying in a tweet; “Quick, Before it’s too late @RandyOrton.”
He accompanied the tweet with a snap of The BroserWeights – the former tag team in WWE consisting of Riddle and Dunne – after winning the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic last year.
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‘ALL AEW CHARACTERS FEEL THE SAME’, SAYS ERIC BISCHOFF
Eric Bischoff has called out AEW for having too many similar characters.
While speaking on the 83 Weeks Podcast, he said there needs to be a “good balance.
“In my humble opinion, AEW does need to balance with different types of storytelling and characters that have a bigger feel because right now, other than a handful of people, they kind of all feel the same,” he said.
“Some are way better than others, some are spectacular, Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, but for the most part, they all kind of feel the same.
“I think for wrestling to continue to grow and to grow the audience beyond what it currently is, you need to find those characters that appeal to a different affinity for the project. I’m not saying they all need to be like WWE characters, but there needs to be a good balance.”
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WHO IS WWE NTX CHAMP KARRION KROSS?
Karrion Kross was born Kevin Kesar on July 19, 1985.
Kross told the The Sun: “I was preprogrammed to be a wrestler, since I was kid.”
He is known for his time in Impact Wrestling, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, Major League Wrestling, and various independent promotions.
Karrion Kross is the current WWE NXT Champion in a record-tying second reign.
Kross returned from an injury that caused him to relinquish the title in 2020 allowing him to recapture it NXT’s Stand and Deliver event in April.
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WATCH: BOOKER T V UNDERTAKEN
WWE has dug a one-to-one clash between The Undertaker and Booker T out of the archives.
Full footage of the wrestle between the pair from Judgement Day in 2004 can be viewed on WWE’s website.