This week’s episode of “WWE NXT” was watched by a mean of 703,000 viewers on the USA Community, of which 297,000 had been aged 18 to 49, based on Wrestlenomics. Whereas the general quantity was down from final week’s 746,000 viewers, the present registered its highest P18-49 viewership for the reason that June 20 episode, netting a 0.23 score within the demographic most valued by advertisers.Â
Regardless of the general drop in viewership, the present tied for its highest key demo score since shifting to Tuesday nights in 2021, and its third-highest complete viewers of 2023, numbers that signify regular progress for WWE’s developmental model. The latest surge in viewership may be largely attributed to appearances from essential roster superstars similar to The Judgment Day, Baron Corbin, Dana Brooke, and several other others. Â
As for the year-over-year figures, this week’s “NXT” was up almost 20 p.c from the July 26, 2022 episode, which drew 600,000 viewers, of which 170,000 had been aged 18 to 49. In different phrases, “NXT” witnessed an enormous spike of almost 130,000 viewers within the P18-49 viewership from the identical time final yr, one other quantity that bodes effectively for the way forward for the model.Â
This week’s present was hyped with a number of pre-advertised segments and matches, together with Gable Steveson’s announcement on his future, Rhea Ripley vs. Lyra Valkyria, and Cora Jade vs. Dana Brooke in a Kendo Stick Match — in what was the go-home episode forward of Sunday’s Nice American Bash premium stay occasion. As such, loyal followers of the white and gold model had causes aplenty to tune in. It now stays to be seen if “NXT” continues its latest viewership surge as followers put together for Steveson’s in-ring debut, Carmelo Hayes vs. Ilja Dragunov, and Dominik Mysterio’s North American Championship title protection this Sunday.