WWE: Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker, & Paul Heyman Appearance Set for 5/5 WWE RAW Show, Backstage Update on Giulia, Stephanie Vaquer, & Roaxanne Perez Main Roster Call-ups, More on NXT April 29, 2025 Viewership

May 3, 2025

Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker, & Paul Heyman Appearance Announced for May 5th WWE RAW Show

During Friday’s WWE SmackDown show, WWE announced one new segment for the card of next week’s WWE RAW show on May 5th at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

This new segment announced was Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker, and Paul Heyman to make an appearance on the show.

Current card for May 5th WWE RAW show:

Rusev vs. Otis
Penta vs. JD McDonagh
Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker, and Paul Heyman to appear

Backstage Update on Giulia, Stephanie Vaquer, & Roaxanne Perez Main Roster Call-ups Status

NXT brand talents Roxanne Perez and Giulia have made appearances for WWE’s RAW brand over recent weeks shows. Giulia and Perez are currently believed to have been called up to WWE’s main roster for the reason for their appearances on RAW of late.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that his sources stated that neither Giulia nor Roxanne Perez have been officially called up yet and both are still listed internally as NXT brand talent.

Meltzer reported that current NXT Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer is also currently listed internally as still being an NXT talent despite her recent appearances on RAW as well.

In regards to Fraxiom (Nathan Frazer & Axiom), Meltzer reported that his sources confirmed that Frazer and Axiom were officially called up for the SmackDown brand.

More on NXT April 29, 2025 Viewership

The April 29th episode of WWE NXT saw NXT suffer a small decline in overall viewership and a slight decline in key demographic ratings.

NXT drew 674,000 viewers and a 0.15 key demographic rating on The CW.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for NXT’s declines this week was due to a combination of the stiff sports competition from the 2025 NBA Playoffs and the large decline from their overall key demographic viewership group, which was down 11.5% compared to last week’s show. Of NXT’s key demographic viewership decline, their younger key demographic viewership group was down 16.7% compared to last week’s show.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the 2025 NBA Playoffs Game 5 of Detroit Pistons vs. New York Knicks drew 2,637,000 viewers on TNT and 276,000 viewers on truTV, the 2025 NBA Playoffs Game 5 of Milwaukee Bucks vs. Indiana Pacers drew 739,000 viewers on NBA TV, the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 5 of Ottawa Senators vs. Toronto Maple Leafs drew 615,000 viewers on ESPN, the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 5 of New Jersey Devils vs. Carolina Hurricanes drew 552,000 viewers on TBS, the MLB simulcast games of Boston vs. Toronto and Arizona vs. New York Mets drew 181,000 viewers on MLB Network, Curse of Oak Island drew 1,421,000 viewers on History Channel, Love & Hip Hop Atlanta drew 317,000 viewers on MTV, 1000-LB Sisters drew 1,015,000 viewers on TLC, and Chopped drew 326,000 viewers on Food Network.

In terms of key demographic viewership, NXT had 201,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that NXT’s male/female viewership skew was 63.3% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, NXT was up 19.5% in overall viewership and up 4.7% in key demographic viewership.