In December 2024, WWE revived Saturday Night Main Event for the first time since 2008, and the company plans to produce approximately four specials for NBC in 2025. The next scheduled event will take place on January 25 in San Antonio, USA. Texas, and as for shows later in the year, one of them is expected to take place on the same day as AEW’s biggest show.
According to the Peacock According to the schedule, WWE will host a Saturday night main event show on July 12, which is the same day as AEW All In Texas at Globe Life Field. Fans also noticed the listing for a Saturday Night Main Event show during Memorial Day weekend on May 24, the weekend AEW usually holds its annual Double or Nothing pay-per-view in Las Vegas , Nevada. However, this show and its location have not yet been announced for 2025.
WWE regularly holds major events around the same time as AEW shows and has even attempted to counter-program the company, although people like Triple H claim that Tony Khan’s company is not a competition. WWE faced a lot of backlash in 2019 when it chose to air an EVOLVE event on the WWE Network at the same time as AEW Fight For The Fallen, which was for charitable purposes.
Later that year, WWE held NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff on the same day as the first-ever All Out pay-per-view, albeit earlier in the day. Elsewhere, in December 2024, WWE held a house show on the same day and in the same city as AEW’s Worlds End pay-per-view.
