WWE on A&E ratings up for Lex Luger Biography

Sunday night’s episode of Biography: WWE Legends, focused on Lex Luger, averaged 586,000 viewers on A&E. That’s up 44.3 percent from last week’s special on Kurt Angle and is the second-highest viewership total of season two to date.

In the 18-49 demo, Biography: WWE Legends finished 13th on the Sunday cable charts with a 0.17 rating. That’s up 54.5 percent from last week and is the highest demo rating since season one’s documentary on Bret Hart.

WWE Rivals, which immediately follows Biography on A&E, featured the WWE vs. WCW feud. The episode averaged 488,000 viewers, the highest to date for the series. It was 15.4 percent higher than the Rock vs. Austin episode from two weeks ago, which was previously the best-viewed episode.

Rivals drew a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demo and finished 20th on the cable charts. That’s up 66.7 percent from last week and is also the highest number for the show to date.

WWE Smack Talk, which airs after Rivals, averaged 235,000 viewers and drew a 0.06 rating in 18-49 to finish 66th on the charts. That’s up slightly from the 208,000 viewers and 0.06 demo rating the show drew last week.

Listed below are the overall viewership and 18-49 demo numbers for all episodes of Biography: WWE Legends and WWE Rivals to date.