WWE NXT ratings up for Tuesday episode, Iron Man match

Airing to an unfamiliar night — but unopposed by AEW Dynamite for the third straight week — NXT on USA Network was up three percent in overall viewership from last Wednesday’s show, averaging 849,000 viewers. 

It was the second highest audience for NXT this year, just trailing the episode two weeks ago that averaged 853,000 viewers.

Last night’s NXT was headlined by Finn Balor, Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano, and Tommaso Ciampa facing off in a four-way Iron Man match for the vacant NXT Championship. The match ended in a two-way tie between Balor and Cole, setting up a singles match between them for the title next week.

Perhaps more importantly, NXT did a 0.26 rating in the 18-49 demo and finished 10th overall on cable in that category, the highest the show has finished since the first couple of weeks on USA. That rating was up 8.3 percent from last week and is the highest for NXT since December 18 of last year. 

In the individual demo categories, the ratings — as compared to last week,were: women 18-49 — 0.19 (up 11.8 percent), men 18-49 — 0.33 (up 10 percent), people 18-34 — 0.14 (even); females 12-34 — 0.11 (up 120 percent); males 12-34 — 0.18 (down 10 percent); people 25-54 — 0.30 (up 7.1 percent), and people over 50 — 0.40 (down 2.4 percent). 

News coverage was slightly up from what those shows usually do on Wednesday nights against NXT. There was also an NHL game airing opposite the show that did 1.2 million viewers on NBC Sports Network. 

AEW Dynamite will air in its regular time slot tonight with NXT airing a repeat broadcast of last night’s show on SyFy.

NXT will again air on Tuesday next week due to the NHL playoffs.