Written by: Kevin Berge (All Images Courtesy of: WWE.com)

How do you follow the biggest week on the wrestling year? The answer from WWE is convince people the next week is just important. That was entirely unsuccessful, but at least the company still seems to be trying.

The problem with WWE when it tries is that sometimes they go over the top. There was a lot to not like about this week. WWE has a tendency to ruin its best characters in time. It's just a matter of how much time it takes.

A few moments along the way did stand out. Even as WWE continues to build up the always missable Crown Jewel, certain stars like Becky Lynch are still knocking it out of the park to keep WWE relevant.

Written by: Kevin Berge (All Images Courtesy of: Lee South / AEW)

This past week, I was genuinely exhausted by the influx of important wrestling on display all in one night. The hype around the return of Friday Night SmackDown on Fox was especially hard to manage, which made its disappointing delivery so much worse.

Luckily, there was one light at the end of it all. Wednesday night had become the best thing in wrestling. While WWE was certainly petty to move NXT onto the USA Network for two hours each week, it has already delivered big in terms of wrestling quality.

The product once felt like mostly filler, but now every week matters. It is the best in WWE right now. Despite that, there's a rival that has made a statement early. All Elite Wrestling is delivering in full with AEW Dynamite, and I cannot imagine showing deliberately to watch anything else on Wednesday nights right now.

Written by: Kevin Berge

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Written by: Kevin Berge (All Images Courtesy of: WWE.com)

It's season premiere week. From SmackDown Live's huge appearance on Fox to the full two-hour experience of NXT on USA Network and that maybe a little important AEW Dynamite premiere, it was a week that would be one of the biggest in wrestling history.

It was important for WWE to deliver in spades, showcase a fresh product under so much scrutiny. I'm always down for wrestling when the stakes are high because it's so rare WWE feels truly challenged.

Even All Elite Wrestling was not breathing down the company's neck, new fans were tuning for the Fox debut. It was to be a week to remember.

***Note: 205 Live was in fact not live this week, and I decided for the sake of keeping this focused, I also did not cover NXT UK. I plan to cover both going forward, just not this week.

Written by: Kevin Berge

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