Triple H was recently interviewed by ‘Sports Illustrated’. During the interview, he spoke about NXT counter-programming AEW’s Fyter Fest with The Great American Bash.
Specifically, Triple H was asked if NXT would be running The Great American Bash if AEW wasn’t running Fyter Fest.
Here is what he said:
It absolutely is part of healthy of competition. Anyone that thinks it isn’t, to a degree, is being naive to the situation. You saw that back in the day when Clash of Champions was counter-programming [to WWE’s WrestleMania IV in 1988]. At the same point, it can’t drive your booking decisions.
Obviously there are counter-programming decisions, but I can tell you exactly how this came about. Almost all of these storylines were headed where they are now. There was a gap, timing wise, between In Your House and what will become the SummerSlam TakeOver, and you need a halfway point and a build. This is that halfway point. So it doesn’t change our decision-making process. I don’t counter-book, I book what’s right for NXT.
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