Tuesday’s live edition of WWE NXT drew 615,000 viewers on the USA Network, according to Nielsen via Showbuzz Daily.
This is up 1.32% from last week’s 607,000 viewers for the post-Battleground episode.
Tuesday’s NXT drew a 0.17 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. This is even with last week’s 0.17 rating in the key demo. The 0.17 rating represents 222,000 18-49 viewers, which is down 0.44% from the 223,000 18-49 viewers that last week’s 0.17 key demo rating represented, according to Wrestlenomics.
NXT ranked #5 on the Cable Top 150 this week with the 0.17 rating in the 18-49 key demographic. This is down from last week’s #4 ranking on cable.
NXT ranked #50 in viewership on cable this week. This is down from last week’s #43 viewership ranking on cable.
Tuesday’s NXT drew the seventh-highest total audience of the year so far, and the second-highest key demo rating of the year so far, tied with three others. Tuesday’s NXT viewership was below above the 2022 average, while the key demo rating was up. This week’s NXT viewership was up 1.32% from last week, while the key demo rating was even with last week.
This week’s NXT viewership was down 6.39% from the episode that aired one year ago in 2022, while the 18-49 key demo rating was up 21.42% from the show that aired one year ago. The 2022 episode was the post-In Your House show.
Real Housewives of New Jersey on Bravo topped the night in the 18-49 key demographic on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.35 rating, also drawing 1.193 million viewers. The Five on FOX News topped the night on cable in viewership with 2.479 million viewers, also drawing a 0.11 key demo rating.
America’s Got Talent on NBC topped the night on broadcast TV in viewership with an average of 6.144 million viewers. NBC’s AGT also topped the night on broadcast TV in the 18-49 key demo with a 0.68 rating.
Tuesday’s live edition of NXT aired from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando with the following line-up advertised ahead of time – Blair Davenport vs. Dani Palmer, Joe Gacy vs. Mustafa Ali, the return of Ilja Dragunov, Eddy Thorpe vs. Damon Kemp, Ivy Nile and The Creed Brothers vs. Ava and The Dyad, plus the Battle Royal to determine the first challenger to NXT Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton, which was the main event match.
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:
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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