WWE Planning More AEW Head-To-Heads

Tony Khan has spoken out about WWE running head-to-head shows with AEW, but it looks like the counter-programming will continue.

AEW will hold its biggest US show on July 12 when All In Texas heads to Globe Life Field in Arlington. However, that won’t be the only major wrestling show taking place that night, as WWE has announced Saturday Night’s Main Event will take place that night, and the all-female Evolution will follow that show, returning on July 13.

NXT’s Great American Bash will also run on the afternoon of July 12, leaving AEW having to battle two WWE shows in one day.

Speaking at the post-Double Or Nothing media scrum, Tony Khan was asked about the counter-programming, and noted it is the worst it has been from WWE since the days of Jim Crockett Promotions in the eighties:

It’s pretty consistent. I’d say it’s the most consistent event head-to-head scheduling I’ve seen since Jim Crockett Promotions saw a lot of scheduling that went that way. I can tell you this will go a lot differently than that did.

WWE Planning More AEW Head-To-Heads

But any hopes that there could be an end to the counter-programming, which would allow wrestling fans to watch every show without having to choose, look to be slim.

Speaking on Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez noted that WWE is planning at least two more head-to-heads in the latter half of 2025:

I was told, at this point – and don’t ask me for more details because I don’t have them – but at this point, there are at least, I was told, two other instances coming up this year where they plan on doing head-to-head with AEW battles and these big long weekends.

Following All In Texas, AEW has currently announced two more pay-per-view dates in 2025. Forbidden Door will take place in London on August 24th, and All Out takes place in Toronto on September 20th.