WWE NXT viewership and 18-49 demo rating down

Tuesday night’s WWE NXT episode averaged 674,000 viewers on The CW, down 1.8 percent from last week. It’s the third-lowest audience total the show has done in 2025 so far.

NXT drew a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 11.8 percent from last week and ties the second-lowest rating the show has done in that category since the Christmas Eve episode. NXT was tied for 11th among the 13 English-language shows on broadcast television for the night.

The show had stronger-than-usual sports competition with NHL playoff games on both ESPN and TBS as well as NBA playoff games on TNT and NBA TV all running head-to-head. The NBA game on TNT topped all of television with a 0.80 rating in the 18-49 demo.

As compared to the same week in 2024, when the show still aired on USA Network, NXT’s overall viewership was up 19.5 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 7.1 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for NXT, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 3.9 percent in overall viewers and 6.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.