WWE NXT draws lowest ratings of 2025

Tuesday night’s WWE NXT episode averaged 650,000 viewers on The CW, down 12.3 percent from last week. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since the New Year’s Eve episode at the end of 2024.

In the 18-49 demo, NXT drew a 0.15 rating. That’s down 6.3 percent from last week and ties the lowest rating the show has done since Christmas Eve 2024.

There was no major sports competition with just an NBA game on TNT airing head-to-head with NXT, averaging 684,000 viewers and finishing fourth on cable with a 0.18 rating in the 18-49 demo.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show still aired on USA Network, NXT’s overall viewership was up 1.4 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 25 percent, continuing the trend of NXT’s audience skewing older on The CW.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for NXT, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 13.8 percent in overall viewers and 16.7 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.