WWE NXT ratings up for Deadline fallout episode

Tuesday night’s WWE NXT episode averaged 680,000 viewers on The CW, up 14.7 percent from last week. It’s the best audience total for the show since October 22.

NXT drew a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 30.8 percent from last week and ties the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since October 15. The CW beat Fox during the second hour of NXT but was behind every other broadcast network for the night.

The main sports competition was NBA games on TNT and college basketball on ESPN with portions of four basketball games airing on those networks head-to-head with NXT. On the major broadcast networks, The Voice’s finale episode was up from what the show usually does with a 0.43 rating in 18-49 and more than 5.7 million viewers, also airing head-to-head.

As compared to the same week in 2023, when the show aired on USA Network, NXT’s overall viewership was up 0.3 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 5.6 percent.

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 episode was down 0.7 percent in overall viewers and 5.6 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.