Big Jump for WWE NXT Viewership and Key Demo Rating with The Judgment Day

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Tuesday’s live edition of WWE NXT drew 671,000 viewers on the USA Network, according to Nielsen via Wrestlenomics. This is up 32.09% from last week’s 508,000 viewers for the taped Independence Day episode.

Tuesday’s NXT drew a 0.20 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. This is up 53.84% last week’s 0.13 rating in the key demo. The 0.20 rating represents 256,000 18-49 viewers, which is up 54.22% from the 166,000 18-49 viewers that last week’s 0.13 key demo rating represented.

Tuesday’s NXT drew the third-highest total audience of the year so far, and the second-highest key demo rating of the year so far. This was the first NXT without an overrun since November 30, 2021. Tuesday’s NXT viewership and key demo rating were both above the 2022 average. This week’s NXT viewership was up 32.09% from last week, while the key demo rating was up 53.84% from last week.

This week’s NXT viewership was up 15.29% from the episode that aired one year ago in 2022, while the 18-49 key demo rating was up 42.85% from the show that aired one year ago. The 2022 episode was the post-Great American Bash show.

Tuesday’s live edition of NXT aired from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando with the following line-up advertised ahead of time – an appearance by The Judgment Day, Kelani Jordan vs. Cora Jade, Andre Chase and Duke Hudson vs. Charlie Dempsey and Drew Gulak, the main show debut of Bronco Nima and Lucien Price, NXT Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton vs. Ivy Nile in a non-title match, Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo vs. Joe Coffey with Tony D’Angelo’s future on the line, plus Bron Breakker vs. Ilja Dragunov in a #1 Contenders match. The main event ended up being The Judgment Day’s Finn Balor and Damian Priest vs. Trick Williams and NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes.

Below is our 2023 NXT Viewership Tracker, along with the Top 10 moments from this week’s show:

January 3 Episode: 653,000 viewers with a 0.16 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 10 Episode: 700,000 viewers with a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demographic (New Year’s Evil episode)
January 17 Episode: 600,000 viewers with a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 24 Episode: 607,000 viewers with a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 31 Episode: 587,000 viewers with a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 7 Episode: 562,000 viewers with a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Vengeance Day episode)
February 14 Episode: 640,000 viewers with a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 21 Episode: 589,000 viewers with a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 28 Episode: 555,000 viewers with a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 7 Episode: 624,000 viewers with a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Roadblock episode)
March 14 Episode: 590,000 viewers with a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demographic (post-Roadblock episode)
March 21 Episode: 550,000 viewers with a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 28 Episode: 620,000 viewers with a 0.16 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped episode)
April 4 Episode: 555,000 viewers with a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Stand & Deliver episode)
April 11 Episode: 528,000 viewers with a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 18 Episode: 565,000 viewers with a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 25 Episode: 647,000 viewers with a 0.18 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Spring Breakin’ episode)
May 2 Episode: 568,000 viewers with a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 9 Episode: 601,000 viewers with a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 16 Episode: 564,000 viewers with a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 23 Episode: 578,000 viewers with a 0.16 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 30 Episode: 607,000 viewers with a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Battleground episode)
June 6 Episode: 615,000 viewers with a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 13 Episode: 581,000 viewers with a 0.16 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 20 Episode:

773,000 viewers with a 0.23 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Gold Rush Week 1 episode)
June 27 Episode: 622,000 viewers with a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Gold Rush Week 2 episode)
July 4 Episode: 508,000 viewers with a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped Independence Day episode)
July 11 Episode: 671,000 viewers with a 0.20 rating in the 18-49 demographic
July 18 Episode:

2022 Viewership Average: 623,461 viewers per episode over 52 episodes
2022 18-49 Key Demographic Rating Average: 0.14 per episode

2021 Viewership Average: 665,807 viewers per episode over 52 episodes
2021 18-49 Key Demographic Rating Average: 0.16 per episode

2020 Viewership Average: 698,623 viewers per episode

2019 Viewership Average: 785,307 viewers per episode

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