Tony Khan's sudden change in AEW plans to cause a lot of problems, says WWE veteran (Exclusive)

AEW President Tony Khan recently made the decision to change the timing of All Out to avoid clashing with WWE Wrestlepalooza. This decision, according to wrestling veteran Vince Russo, is sure to lead to problems for fans.

Wrestlepalooza being on the same day as AEW All Out was certainly a concern, considering how the Jacksonville-based promotion's program would likely be affected by a lack of viewership. As such, the decision to change the timing to 3 PM ET on September 20 was seemingly necessary.

Nevertheless, Vince Russo believes the last-minute change will affect fans who have already made travel arrangements. Speaking on the latest episode of Sportskeeda's Writing with Russo show, the WWE veteran said:

"Bro you gotta look at, a lot of people made their travel around this. A lot of people made their travel around a certain start time. You know what I mean? And they weren't given much of a heads up or much of a notice, and I am sure you know it screwed with a lot of people's plans. Now if they, you know I know they didn't have a lot of time to plan for this because you know, what the WWE pulled. But I totally get them moving the time and I don't have an issue with that."

WWE reportedly wants to end AEW as a competition

AEW has become somewhat of a competitor to WWE in recent years. Tony Khan has signed many former superstars to his company to gain some momentum. This has led to World Wrestling Entertainment opening its doors to other promotions, as seen in its partnership with TNA Wrestling.

According to Dave Meltzer, Triple H and TKO want TNA Wrestling to be the second biggest wrestling promotion instead of AEW. Speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer stated:

"[WWE] really want TNA to become the other promotion because they can control TNA. This is a major full-court press. They just want [Tony Khan] out of the box and they know if the numbers stay good that he’s gonna get a renewal at a much bigger number, just like they did. He’s already very profitable, the number will make him incredibly profitable and they’ll never get away from him or anything like that. So they feel that they need to make sure this is the last contract."

As of now, it remains to be seen what is next for the two promotions down the line.

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