Claim made that WWE wants TNA to surpass AEW as the number two wrestling company in the United States

Earlier this week, it was reported that WWE will be adding a PLE in September 2025 on the same day as AEW’s All Out PPV event with John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar as the potential main event. While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com discussed WWE’s motivations behind the plans and how it might involve TNA…

“It is [John] Cena and Brock Lesnar on September 20th. I think that’s very clear now. And that’s going to go head to head with All Out in Toronto. And you know what the effects of there are, we don’t know. The one thing we do know is that for, you know, All In: Texas, it didn’t hurt at all and it probably hurt NXT a lot worse. Now, when it’s main roster pay-per-view with Brock Lesnar against John Cena head to head with AEW, or will AEW go to the afternoon, or what? I don’t know what Tony Khan’s response is going to be. Obviously, the last time he moved to the afternoon, he can easily do that again. Wouldn’t be that difficult to move Toronto to the afternoon. It’s probably beneficial to do that. But we’ll see.”

“They (WWE) really want TNA to become the other promotion because they can control TNA. And it’s a—this is a major full court press. They just want this guy (Tony Khan) out of the box. And they know that if, if the numbers stay good, that he’s going to get a renewal at a much bigger number, just like they did, and a number that will make him increase. It’s already very profitable. The number will make him incredibly profitable, and they’ll never get away with him, you know, away from him or anything like that. So they feel that they need to make sure this is the last contract.” (quotes courtesy of WrestlePurists.com)