Next week, NXT moves to the USA Network and positions itself as a show which will go head to head with All Elite Wrestling on TNT on Wednesday nights. While AEW has claimed to be an alternative for wrestling fans who want to watch something other than WWE, Triple H has now claimed that NXT is, in fact, the original alternative!
"If you talk about the upstart, what they’re going out and saying is that they’re an alternative," The Game said. "We were that alternative five years ago."
"We opened the door for being an alternative, we opened the door to show people that it can be done on a bigger level and on a different basis. As far as being the alternative, great, go put on the best show you can put out and we’ll put out the best one we can put out."
So, it doesn't sound like he's worrying too much about AEW and while he makes a bold claim here, it's clear that he wants fans to view NXT as an alternative rather than AEW because, simply put, they got there first and have been doing it longer. Ultimately, fans can watch both but what matters is which of them they choose to tune into live...