WWE ' s rescheduling was in response to AEW 's programming .
On July 24 , 2019 , upstart promotion All Elite Wrestling ( AEW ) announced that their upcoming television show , later announced to be titled All Elite Wrestling : Dynamite , would premiere on Wednesday , October 2 and would be broadcast live every week , marking the return of professional wrestling to WarnerMedia for the first time since TNT broadcast the final episode of World Championship Wrestling 's Monday Nitro on March 26 , 2001.In August 2019 , in response to AEW , WWE announced that it was moving WWE NXT , WWE Network 's Wednesday night program showcasing its namesake brand , to USA Network ( marking the show 's first broadcast on the network since December 20 , 2017 ) and expanding the program to a live , two-hour broadcast .