WWE has been pulling out several blasts from the past for its NXT brand. This makes sense, considering that the fans of that specific brand tend to also be fans of both indie and classic wrestling.

WWE brought back the classic WCW event War Games for NXT and tweaked it enough to make it fresh and new. It brought back the classic In Your House from its library for the last major event. Now, NXT has announced a two-night Great American Bash PPV for July.

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The problem is that the timing makes it look like WWE is poking AEW with a stick -- and the Rhodes family isn't taking this kindly. It isn't even Cody or Dustin Rhodes who spoke out when NXT announced the two-night Great American Bash event. It was Dusty's daughter Teil Runnels, who called out WWE after the announcement and told WWE to "cut my mom a check."

This isn't the first time that WWE and the Rhodes' family have disagreed about the company using Dusty Rhodes' creations. The biggest jab here, though, is that  it will air The Great American Bash on NXT television on Wednesday nights head-to-head with AEW, where Cody and Dustin both work. It almost seems like a personal attack on the Rhodes' family, as NXT is airing it head-to-head with AEW's next major event, Fyter Fest, which is also a two-night event on Wednesday nights.

While this seems petty, WWE might just claim that it is all just a coincidence. Remember, The Great American Bash was an NWA, and later WCW PPV event that celebrated the Fourth of July. The events for NXT will take place on July 1 and July 8. WWE can also claim that this is not something new. The Great American Bash is one of the only WCW PPV events that WWE used after purchasing the company.

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NWA/WCW held 14 The Great American Bash PPV events in its history. However, in 2004, WWE held the PPV on June 27 in Norfolk, Virginia. Following that, WWE held it every year until 2008 and then brought it back as The Bash in 2009. At that event, Cody Rhodes even competed in a tag team title match with his partner at the time, Ted DiBiase Jr. In 2012, WWE brought it back one more time for an episode of SmackDown Live, and Cody wrestled on that show as well.

With that said, it seems ironic that WWE would wait eight more years before it brought it back and then chose to put it on NXT on the exact two weeks that AEW was holding Fyter Fest. WWE announced the return of The Great American Bash last week, and while anyone will tell you that these things are planned out far in advance of the announcements, the truth is that AEW announced Fyter Fest, and its two dates, three weeks before WWE announced The Great American Bash. The Rhodes family has every right to feel attacked that WWE is using their father's creation against them.

This might seem like a dirty business, but it is nothing new. In 1989, WCW scheduled the Chi-Town Rumble with Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat, WWE countered with a USA Network three-hour show live with Hulk Hogan on the same night. Ted Turner retaliated with a PPV called WrestleWar to go head-t0-head with WrestleMania V. Both of those retaliatory shows backfired on the companies. The most significant PPV moment came two years before, when WWE created Survivor Series, scheduled it for the same day as Starrcade, and then told cable companies they would not get Survivor Series if they also carried Starrcade. WWE won, and Starrcade was a financial failure for WCW that year.

WCW fired back in 1995 when it premiered Monday Nitro head-to-head with Monday Night Raw, kicking off the Monday Night Wars and beating WWE in the ratings for over a year. In the end, WWE won those wars, but dirty dealings are nothing new in the world of professional wrestling. NXT vs. AEW is just the latest war for viewers. The only difference is that thanks to DVR, fans can now watch both shows back-to-back.

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