WWE have been looking to combat the NHL and NBA playoffs, and they tried to do it with their brand new world championship.
According to an update from F4WOnline, WWE is going to do the best they can to combat the playoffs, and for that reason, WWE booked the World Title tournament for this week’s Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.
The reason for the tournament on Raw & Smackdown is to combat the hit the shows would normally take in the ratings this week due to the NBA & NHL playoffs, especially since Warriors vs. Lakers is doing record viewership for this early in the playoffs. For tomorrow, the Knicks vs.. Heat go against the first two hours and Warriors-Lakers against the third hour. For Tuesday, NXT goes against 76ers vs. Celtics. For Wednesday, AEW goes against Heat-Knicks most of the game and then the West Coast replay goes against Lakers-Warriors and that will hurt it badly on the West Coast. Obviously, AEW is trying to combat that with a loaded show headlined by Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley in a cage match.
F4WOnline
Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, Cody Rhodes, Damian Priest, The Miz and Shinsuke Nakamura will be competing on tonight’s Monday Night RAW.
The rest of the field will compete on Friday’s SmackDown.
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