Tuesday’s NXT Halloween Havoc special drew 746,000 viewers, up 23.1% from last week’s episode which drew 606,000 viewers. The show drew a 0.18 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, up 28.57% from last week.
This week’s NXT viewership had strong competition from the MLB World Series on network TV, and from the NBA on cable. The World Series game drew almost 11 million viewers on FOX. Last night’s NXT audience is in line with the September 21 viewership, which was the second episode under the NXT 2.0 revamp. This week’s key demo rating is the best since that September 21 show. This viewership is tied for the seventh-best of the year, and the sixth-best since the move to Tuesdays. This week’s viewership was up 23.1% from last week, while the key demo rating was up 28.57% from last week.
Halloween Havoc featured several happenings advertised ahead of time – Toxic Attraction vs. Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta vs. Io Shirai and Zoey Stark in a “Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal” Scareway to Hell Ladder Match for the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles, Imperium vs. MSK in a “Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal” match for the NXT Tag Team Titles, Mandy Rose vs. Raquel Gonzalez in a “Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal” match for the NXT Women’s Title, Trick Williams and NXT North American Champion Carmelo Hayes entering Johnny Gargano and Dexter Lumis’ Haunted House, the arrival of a mystery Superstar that ended up being Dakota Kai, the debut of Solo Sikoa, plus Bron Breakker vs. NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa in the main event.
