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WrestleNomics.com released the quarter hours for Saturday's Collision and the initial picture painted by the great overall numbers isn't so rosy after all.

The opening seven minutes of the show, which aired from 8:23 to 8:30 immediately after the NBA playoffs ended, did 1,353,000 viewers and a 0.49 in the demo.

The 8:30 to 8:45 quarter hour dropped to 850,000 viewers and a 0.30 in the demo.

The show continued to drop throughout and the final quarter hour did 440,000 viewers and a 0.15 in the demo, for the first main event of the new champ Swerve Strickland.

That explains how the Rampage number was so low. Collision dropped over 900,000 viewers from start to finish.
 
While there were no clear draftees from the main roster to NXT in the WWE Draft, one main roster name is set to make their way down to the brand imminently.

Fightful Select’s Corey Brennan and Sean Ross Sapp have both confirmed with sources within WWE that current SmackDown ring announcer Mike Rome is set to make his way to NXT for ring announcing duties as soon as tonight’s show.

Rome originally served as NXT’s Ring Announcer from 2016 to 2019 after signing with the promotion in 2016. He would then serve as RAW’s ring announcer from 2019 to 2023, where he has remained on SmackDown since then.

It is unknown what comes next for current NXT ring announcer Alicia Taylor as of this writing.
 
An injured star that has been on the shelf for quite some time is listed to return to the ring during the April 30th NXT Level Up tapings.

Fightful Select’s Corey Brennan has learned that Wendy Choo is internally listed to return to action during tonight’s NXT Level Up tapings, where she is listed to face off with Wren Sinclair ahead of tonight’s NXT.

Choo has been on the injury list since the May 19th edition of NXT Level Up and has been recovering since. Choo was in attendance at the WWE PC during both night’s of the WWE Draft and we previously reported that she was close to a return.
 
On the April 29th edition of Monday Night RAW, Dijak was drafted to the red brand from NXT in a post show pick. His contract status was a prevalent topic on social media on Monday evening, with many assuming he had signed a new deal.

Fightful Select’s Corey Brennan has learned from sources in NXT that as of Tuesday morning, Dijak had yet to re-sign or be approached regarding a new deal despite being drafted to the main roster. However, both sides are confident that a deal will be reached, with Shawn Michaels and Triple H both being vocal supporters of the former Retribution member. In speaking with multiple departments, Fightful Select also learned that Dijak’s social media antics have drawn praise from the majority in NXT.

Brennan was also told that as of Monday evening, there are yet to be creative plans put into place for Dijak on RAW, but creative have been actively pitching ideas for Dijak’s callup. As previously reported, Dijak was not aware he would be called up to RAW ahead of time.

There has been outside interest in Dijak, but sources within AEW tell Brennan that they expect Dijak to re-sign with WWE
 
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