Much of pro wrestling’s counter-programming war just doesn’t get me excited . Wednesday, however, my interest is piqued.

NXT just happened to get bumped from Tuesday — this time by chance due to the midterm elections — to go head-to-head with AEW Dynamite’s Blood & Guts on Wednesday. What it’s led to is maybe one of the most fascinating matchups yet, as AEW’s more crowded pay-per-view calendar, thanks to the addition of Redemption in July, may have caught up to it.

This has been one of the more uninspiring builds to the Blood & Guts matches since they began in 2021. At least on the men’s side, all of the babyfaces have had issues with the Don Callis Family — AEW’s top heel faction — but it is still a rather loosely thrown-together babyface squad of Will Ospreay, Adam Copeland, Darby Allin, Steven Borden and the Young Bucks that is far more about the match spectacle than any grand storyline or blow-off. A twist in the match itself is certainly possible.

AEW World champion Will Ospreay.…