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The Wednesday Night War or Wednesday Night Wars was a period of mainstream televised American professional wrestling in which All Elite Wrestling (AEW)'s Dynamite debuted on TNT opposite WWE's NXT on USA Network in a competition for Nielsen ratings each week.[1] The ratings war lasted from October 2, 2019, to April 7, 2021.
This was the first direct competition between two major promotions since Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, later Impact Wrestling), briefly moved their flagship series, Impact!, to Monday nights opposite WWE Raw in 2010,[2] and over 20 years following the original Monday Night War that lasted from 1995 to 2001.
AEW won the ratings battle almost every week in both total viewership and in the viewership from the key 18–49 age demographic, and on April 13, 2021, NXT moved to Tuesday nights, ending the Wednesday Night Wars.
- ^ "AEW Dynamite wins week one of Wednesday night ratings war". f4wonline.com. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ^ "The Young Bucks Explain What Lessons AEW Learned From TNA's Failed Attempt to Combat WWE". Comicbook.com. Retrieved 2020-09-17.