What If? Fantasy Booking AEW & NXT Elimination Chamber 2021 );
Elimination Chamber is set for this Sunday and any time there’s a gimmick pay-per-view, I like to play a game of fantasy booking.
What if that same gimmick match or concept was applied to a different set of circumstances? How would I write that scenario and what would I do if I were on the creative team? );
As always, I invite everyone reading this to do the same in the comments below. Part of the fun of this is seeing how drastically different ideas we can all have, even if we agree on the lack of direction WWE or AEW has at any particular moment.
As we reported yesterday, the viewership numbers for AEW Dynamite and NXT were significantly closer than they had been in recent weeks. Dynamite managed to scrape by with a win with 754,000 viewers compared to NXT’s 720,000. The ratings in the key 18-49 demographic were also closer than in previous weeks, with Dynamite dropping to a 0.29 against NXT’s 0.21.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has a more detailed look at teh ratings, although not all of the numbers were available at press time.
One note is that while Dynamite aired completely on most cable systems and FITE TV, other live streaming services in the US had failures of 30 minutes to almost an hour for its east coast showing. This led to NXT having larger demo numbers than normal in the first three quarters, but things evened out more by the end. There were no issues for the West Coast airing of Dynamite. Dynamite did well in 35-49 viewers early, but poorly in 18-34. Then 18-34 picked up into the third quarter. This w
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WWE NXT: Finn Balor, Kyle O Reilly form unlikely alliance
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Jan. 28 (UPI) NXT Champion Finn Balor and Kyle O Reilly put their differences aside to take on a common enemy in NXT Tag Team Champions Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch on WWE NXT.
Balor and O Reilly formed their unlikely alliance on Wednesday and competed against Lorcan and Burch in the main event. Balor and O Reilly have been feuding with the tag champs in recent weeks and their partner, Pete Dunne.
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Balor and O Reilly, despite previously having two epic battles for Balor s NXT Championship, worked well together.
O Reilly picked up the victory after he impressively caught Burch s foot following a second-rope Dropkick. O Reilly applied a Leg Lock submission hold, causing Burch to tap out.