During a recent interview with the New York Daily News, General Manager of TBS, TNT and truTV Brett Weitz commented on the big news that AEW Dynamite will be moving to TBS in 2022. In addition to that, TNT will air four annual AEW supercards. They will also debut a new show titled Rampage in August. Weitz noted,
“More wrestling is better for wrestling fans. Both TBS and TNT have an incredibly storied history with wrestling, so the idea of us being able to put more AEW onto TBS is a natural fit. Did the NHL have anything to do with it? Sure. NHL had something to do with it. NBA had something to do with it, the COVID schedule, the ton of preemptions.”
As far as the ‘Wednesday Night War’ with WWE NXT is concerned, he said he didn’t consider it an “us-versus-them type of thing”. He also confirmed that ‘Rampage’ will air on Friday nights following WWE SmackDown. He said,
“I don’t view it as an us-versus-them type of thing. I think this is a world where they can absolutely work together and the rising tides lift all boats. To me, this is an opportunity to deliver more wrestling to wrestling fans. What we’re doing is we’re really delivering to our audience, to our wrestling audience. Good for NXT for moving off of Wednesday nights, better for us, but we continue to deliver an incredible show and more wrestling is better for wrestling fans.“
