AEW Champion Calls WWE Counter Programming 'Nice'

[ad_1] A number of occasions this previous yr, WWE has tried to attract followers away from AEW by counter programming their pay-per-views (PPV) with WWE and NXT premium dwell occasions (PLE).

This has precipitated WWE to overcrowd their schedule with new PLEs and occasions on either side to be rescheduled.

This consists of WWE's creation of Wrestlepalooza and AEW shifting All Out to earlier within the day. Each occasions shall be on Sep. 20, 2025.

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Evidently, this transfer by WWE has drawn criticism from wrestlers and followers alike. Nonetheless, one present AEW Champion is all for the competitors.

A desk with the AEW brand in addition to the AEW Continental Championship and AEW Worldwide Championship. A desk with the AEW brand in addition to the AEW Continental Championship and AEW Worldwide Championship. Ricky Havlik/AEW Throughout a current look on the Sandman Podcast, AEW Ladies's World Champion "Timeless" Toni Storm shared that she thinks WWE's counter programming is "nice," calling AEW "the speak of the city."

"I feel it is nice," Storm mentioned, per Corey Brennan of Fightful. "Come on, struggle me! Be a bit bizarre of them as a big company to simply do nothing.

"In fact they're. In fact they may. It is their job. We are the outdated scorching ticket, we are the speak of the city."

Storm just isn't mistaken. Whereas WWE has boasted loads of huge names from the previous this yr, together with John Cena, Goldberg, Brock Lesnar, and extra, AEW has persistently had among the finest in-ring performances on the earth.

This consists of Storm, who has been one of the dominant wrestlers of 2025, defeating the likes of AEW TNT Champion Mercedes Moné, ROH Ladies's Champion Athena, and Mariah Could (now Blake Monroe in NXT) in unbelievable matches.