WWE NXT Viewership Drops By 100k Viewers This Week

WWE brought NXT for fans this week to close up their stories going into NXT TakeOver: 36 this Sunday. After that, they will pre-tape three weeks’ worth of programming after the special event. How did the viewership turn out?

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The episode on August 17th drew an overnight average of 654,000 viewers according to Showbuzz Daily. They also pulled in a .19 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic, the same as the previous week.

NXT drew an overnight average of 751,000 viewers for their August 10th episode. They were able to pull down a .19 rating in the coveted 18 to 49 demographic as well.

The August 3rd episode of WWE NXT drew 520,000 viewers on Syfy, the same as the previous week. They also drew a .10 in the key 18 to 49 demographic, and that was a bit of a fall from last week.

July 27th’s episode of WWE NXT drew 520,000 overnight viewers on Syfy. They also garnered a .12 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The brand’s July 20th episode brought in 709,000 viewers. They received a .20 in the 18 to 49 demographic, 253,000 of their viewers were from that coveted age group.

WWE NXT brought a 705,000 viewership in the overnight viewership on July 13th. That was a nice increase from the previous week, but they were also hammered by NBA Finals competition. They also drew a .19 in the key 18 to 49 demographic.

July 6th’s The Great American Bash special averaged 654,000 viewers with a 0.18 rating in the coveted 18 to 49 demographic. That amounted to 232,000 viewers in their target demographic, an increase from last week, but not by much thanks to the NBA Finals. Game 1 of the Milwaukee vs. Phoenix series averaged 8.56 million on ABC that night.