Tony Khan On No Longer Competing With WWE NXT After Tonight, Learning From The Competition
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AEW President & CEO Tony Khan recently spoke with Mike Johnson of PWInsider and was asked about the so-called Wednesday Night War between WWE NXT and AEW Dynamite coming to an end. Tonight’s “Takeover: Stand and Deliver” Night One edition of NXT will be the final episode to air on the USA Network as the show will begin airing on Tuesdays next week.
Khan was asked how the goals and expectations for Dynamite moving forward are changing, if at all, with the so-called war coming to an abrupt end. Khan talked about the creative for the next few weeks of Dynamite and said he thinks having boxing legend Mike Tyson on tonight’s show is a great way to get eyes on the product.
Mike Tyson returns to Dynamite tomorrow night
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TakeOver: Stand & Deliver, AEW just announced Mike Tyson will return to
Dynamite for the first time in almost a year.
The big angle of the press release is that AEW didn’t have fans in the seats the last time the boxing and pop culture legend was working with them, and now they do.
We also have questions about what he’ll be doing, though. The last time we saw Tyson in an AEW ring, he and a team of combat sports all-stars were brawling with Chris Jericho and Inner Circle. After MJF turned on Jericho and formed The Pinnacle, fans are more likely to be in Jericho’s corner. Will Iron Mike be, too?