“It makes me wonder — not makes me wonder, but I have to consider, was this a move that’s being made in anticipation of rights deals? You know, a television rights deal? Are we growing that audience now? Stunting that audience and growing that audience in order to enhance negotiations or conversations? Likely, right? Kind of makes sense. I would. I’m not sure I know anybody who wouldn’t do that. But, we’ll see. We’ll see if this is a long-term commitment or just a little bit of a short-term strategy.”

Aside from Rollins, a small handful of main roster stars have been appearing on “NXT” in recent weeks, including former WWE 24/7 Champion Dana Brooke, Mustafa Ali, and 2019 King of the Ring winner Baron Corbin. In Corbin’s case, he is set to challenge Carmelo Hayes for the “NXT” Championship on tonight’s episode at the WWE Performance Center. 

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