A few year ago we had one dominant American professional wrestling promotion. Some of the Indy promotions like Ring of Honor (ROH) was criticized by pro wrestlers Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks but in May 2017 after professional wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer stated that the promotion could not sell 10,000 tickets. They set to prove the doubts wrong.
The talent begin to worry during the pandemic. It began in April when WWE released Superstars like Mickie James and Chelsea Green. The company has been releasing talents and staff as much as possible since then.
It eventually led to the release of Bray Wyatt, Aleister Black and others. The current NXT releases saw the release of Bronson Reed and Bobby Fish.
In order to convince Vince McMahon that he is not the right choice for the position, his detractors are using the opportunity to convince the former WWE chief that he is not the best man for the job.
NXT was relaunched as NXT 2.0 on September 14th. It received a new look complete with colour, vibrancy and new faces. A mixed reaction was received from fans, some enjoying the changes and others finding it jarring and unfamiliar.
The relaunch of the NXT brand saw many changes. However, the ratings for NXT aren't very good.
It is clear just how tight the race is getting when we look at the TV ratings, but October will reveal a lot about the long-term performance of the two companies.
A brand new sports (or quasi-sports) franchise could come so close to surpassing a dominant market leader in such a short period of time is largely unprecedented.