Summary
- WWE won’t counter-program AEW’s remaining 2025 PPVs; no clashes after Sept. 20.
- Tony Khan moved AEW All Out to 3 p.m. ET, avoiding head-to-head with Wrestlepalooza.
- WWE’s NXT often clashed with AEW this summer; Wrestlepalooza is ESPN’s first PLE with Cena vs. Lesnar.
It looks like talks about WWE counter-programming AEW will be over sooner than originally thought. WrestleVotes is reporting that it should be over by the end of this month.
WWE’s Remaining 2025 Schedule Won’t Affect AEW PPVs
According to WrestleVotes Radio, a source that reportedly has “direct knowledge” of WWE’s remaining schedule, believes that events won’t be clashing with AEW’s remaining three pay-per-views.
This, of course, will be happening after September 20, when, for the first time, a WWE main roster Premium Live Event, Wrestlepalooza, will go head-to-head with AEW All Out. Well, it was going head-to-head until only recently, AEW CEO Tony Khan decided to change it from 8 p.m. ET to 3 p.m. ET.
The report, as per WrestlingNews. Co., detailed the specific dates. WrestleDream is set for October 18, and WWE will still be having its SuperShow in Japan on that day, but the time difference zones should fix any head-to-head competition.
November 22 is AEW’s Full Gear PPV, for which WWE has nothing booked for that day. It’s not surprising that they don’t, since the promotion’s Survivor Series PLE will be happening only a week after, on November 29. AEW Worlds End PPV is scheduled for December 27. The only thing WWE has running that day are two non-televised “Holiday Tour” live events in Tampa, Florida, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Worlds End pay-per-view will be taking place near Chicago, at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
Wrestlepalooza And The Summer Of NXT
Throughout this past summer, WWE has been having its WWE NXT PLEs going up against AEW. On May 25, WWE held the NXT Battleground PLE, which went up against AEW’s Double Or Nothing. AEW All In Texas was on July 12, and that same day, was NXT Great American Bash. Most recently, on August 24, was AEW and NJPW’s Forbidden Door PPV, and once again, an NXT event happened on that day too. This time, WWE held the NXT Heatwave PLE.
As mentioned, Wrestlepalooza was planned to go up against AEW All Out, but Tony Khan stepped in and changed the time. Wrestlepalooza is the first WWE PLE to stream on the ESPN app. The main event is John Cena versus Brock Lesnar. Tony never changed his dates around NXT PLEs. So, did the AEW CEO not feel confident in going against the PLE? Maybe. It doesn’t help the significance surrounding this event: John Cena’s last match and a first for the ESPN era.
