WWE NXT ratings down for final USA Network episode

Tuesday night’s WWE NXT — the final episode on USA Network before moving to The CW next week — averaged 620,000 viewers, down 8.4 percent from last week. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since August 27.

NXT finished third on the prime time cable charts, and ninth overall on television, with a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 9.5 percent from last week but ties the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since July 16.

The show went head-to-head with portions of two WNBA playoff games on ESPN that averaged a 0.21 rating in 18-49 and 920,000 viewers overall.

As compared with the same week in 2023, NXT was down 2.5 percent in overall viewers but up 5.6 percent in the 18-49 demo. NXT ends its run on USA Network with year-over-year drops in overall viewership in 13 of the last 15 weeks.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall 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 2.4 percent in viewers and up 5.6 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.