WWE NXT viewership and 18-49 demo rating up

Tuesday night’s WWE NXT episode averaged 664,000 viewers on The CW, up 1.8 percent from last week. Despite the increase, this is the fourth-lowest audience total the show has drawn so far in 2025.

NXT drew a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 7.1 percent from last week but ties the third-lowest rating the show has done in that category for the year to date. NXT tied for eighth on English-language network television of the 12 shows that aired in prime time.

The episode went head-to-head with an Indiana Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers NBA playoff game on TNT that topped all of television with a 1.05 rating in the 18-49 demo and drew 3.424 million viewers overall. It also faced competition from a Winnipeg Jets vs. Dallas Stars NHL playoff game on ESPN that did a 0.35 rating in 18-49 and averaged 1.153 million viewers.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show still aired on USA Network, NXT’s overall viewership was up 17.1 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 16.7 percent, so the audience continues its trend of skewing much older on The CW.

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 3.1 percent in viewers but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.