WWE Hall of Famer and Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative, spoke with Ariel Helwani of BT Sport about the NXT Battleground premium live event airing the same days as AEW’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view, on Sunday, May 28.
Michaels said the following:
“No, no. Look, I’ll say this, from a holiday standpoint, that’s the thing. In the past, we’ve done well on the holidays. It’s my understanding that’s why we did that. It’s not different than, we used to do stuff back in the day on Christmas and on Thanksgiving. Holidays are always big days. That’s what this is for us. We’re live on Peacock. Basically, sort of free. From my standpoint, it’s just the date was available. The holiday does really well for us.”
(Transcript source: Fightful)
AEW’s Double or Nothing PPV will take place from the T-Mobile Arena live from Las Vegas, NV on Sunday, May 28 and will available through Bleacher Report and traditional PPV. The PPV also be available on FITE TV for international customers.
WWE announced on Thursday, that NXT Battleground will take place live on Sunday, May 28 from the Tsongas Center in Lowell, MA. The event will air live on Peacock in the US and on the WWE Network everywhere else.
AEW’s Double or Nothing is scheduled to begin at 8:00 pm ET, with the Free Buy-In starting at 7:00 pm ET. The poster for NXT Battleground lists the event start time of 7:30 pm ET. It is assumed this is the kickoff show start time with the event beginning at 8:00 pm ET.