Undertaker appearance helps boost WWE NXT ratings

Tuesday night’s WWE NXT episode averaged 747,000 viewers on The CW, an increase of 27.5 percent from last week. It’s the best viewership the show has done since February 25.

The episode — which took place on the road in Houston and included an appearance by The Undertaker — drew a 0.16 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 33.3 percent from last week and ties the highest rating the show has done in that category since April 22. In the demo, NXT finished sixth on all of television in prime time.

The main sports competition on the night was a WNBA game on ESPN that ranked third on TV and tops on cable with a 0.20 rating in 18-49 and averaged 1.175 million viewers airing head-to-head with NXT.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show was still on USA Network, NXT’s overall viewership was up 18 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 15.8 percent, showing how NXT’s audience continues to skew older on broadcast TV as opposed to cable.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for NXT, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 11.2 percent in viewers and 6.7 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.