Fightful.com is reporting that there are fears surrounding a Covid-19 outbreak within NXT. Fightful noted the following:
“There will be some significant changes to NXT this week, Fightful has learned. Some talent has been contacted and told to quarantine, and others have been pulled from the show altogether.”
Dave Meltzer. Wrestling Observer confirmed the reports of a potential outbreak via Twitter:
– Even though WWE still hasn’t made an official announcement, it’s still believed that WWE NXT will be moving to Tuesday nights starting on April 13th. Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com noted the following:
“Several WWE sources confirmed today that the first WWE NXT episode coming out of Wrestlemania 37 weekend is currently scheduled to be held and broadcast on Tuesday 4/13.”
If NXT airs on Tuesday the 13th, there will be nine straight days of WWE programming beginning with the April 5th edition of RAW.
In a previous Article, @Andygoldman10 had this to say on the rumoured move away from Wednesday nights:
”…I would suggest that these questions can only be answered if NXT was to bite the bullet and change to a Tuesday or Thursday night. It’s as much in their best interests as it is in AEW’s, as the NXT product doesn’t deserve to be overlooked by a television audience that seems to have made up its mind. Unlike the frightfully poor WCW storytelling of 2000/2001, NXT shows no signs of creative stagnancy and is still flourishing in that department. Dynamite isn’t necessarily better than NXT either, with the black and gold brands women’s division for example being vastly superior in terms of booking and attention. But the numbers don’t lie and NXT needs to realise that.
NXT and Dynamite on different nights equal better ratings for each, greater significance for NXT as a brand and the opportunity for AEW to really show what they’re made of.”