WWE NXT viewership down, 18-49 demo rating up

Tuesday night’s WWE NXT episode averaged 660,000 viewers on The CW, down 9.1 percent from last week. This marks the lowest audience total for the show since May 27.

In the 18-49 demo, NXT drew a 0.16 rating. That number is up 6.7 percent from last week and is the best rating the show has done in that category since April 22. NXT was tied for eighth place in the demo among the 11 English-language network TV shows in prime time.

The show went head-to-head with the deciding game six of the NHL’s Stanley Cup final on TBS, which topped all of television with a 0.65 rating in 18-49 and averaged 2.388 million viewers overall. A simulcast on TruTV added another 375,000 viewers to the game and drew a 0.11 in the demo.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show still aired on USA Network, NXT’s overall viewership was down 8.8 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 38.5 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 show was down 2.6 percent in viewers but up 6.7 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.