WWE moved NXT TakeOver: New York to Friday night, in order for the Hall of Fame Ceremony to take place on Saturday. Many thought the reason for the sudden change was so that they wouldn’t have to compete with Ring Of Honor and New Japan Supercard show at Madison Square Garden. But it seems WWE has another reason.
On Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez discussed this change and tried to explain WWE’s reasoning behind it. This is what he said:
“Their story is that, and you can see here when they say… what was the term? What better serves our fans, that’s the exact wording they used. Their claim is that the Hall Of Fame is on Friday and the NXT TakeOver being on Saturday, a lot of fans fly in on Saturday for the NXT show, and thus they don’t go to the Hall Of Fame. Because they flew in on Saturday.”
“So they’re claiming that they moved NXT was that if they moved NXT to Friday, everybody will fly in Friday and thus they’ll be in town Saturday for the Hall Of Fame. So this move was done they claim to help the WWE Hall Of Fame.”
So it’s safe to say that WWE definitely didn’t want to compete with NJPW and ROH. Regardless, WWE will be carrying on with their change for the supposed reasoning that it’ll help the Hall of Fame.
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h/t to Ringside News for the transcription.
