This week’s NXT drew 705,000 viewers on the USA Network, according to Nielsen via Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics.
This is up 7.8% from last week’s NXT Great American Bash episode, which drew 654,000 viewers.
Tuesday’s NXT special drew a 0.19 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. This is up 5.6% from last week’s 0.18 rating in the key demo. This 0.19 rating represents 245,000 viewers in the 18-49 demo, which is up 5.6% from the 232,000 18-49 viewers that last week’s 0.18 key demo represented.
This week’s NXT drew the most viewers since the May 4 episode. The show did not go up against any major NBA competition as last week’s Great American Bash special did. This week’s NXT viewership was up 7.8% from last week, while the 18-49 key demographic rating was up 5.6% from last week.
This week’s NXT viewership was down 11.73% from the episode that aired one year ago, while the 18-49 key demo rating was down 35.71% from the show that aired one year ago. The 2020 episode went head-to-head with AEW in the Wednesday night timeslot.
This week’s NXT show featured several happenings advertised ahead of time – Cameron Grimes beginning his butler duties for Million Dollar Champion LA Knight, Sarray vs. Gigi Dolin, Dakota Kai vs. Ember Moon, Dexter Lumis vs. Santos Escobar, the Breakout Tournament beginning with Duke Hudson vs. Ikemen Jiro, plus the main event that saw NXT Champion Karrion Kross retain over Johnny Gargano with Samoa Joe as the special referee.
The Cable Top 150 and viewership rankings are not available as of this writing, but stay tuned as we will keep you updated with more NXT ratings data.
