WWE NXT Viewership Falls With Second Week Of 2.0 Reboot

WWE carried on with another episode of NXT 2.0 this week, the second for the new brand update. They used a bit more profanities and a lot of things happened as they continue building toward their future. How did the viewership turn out?

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According to Wrestlenomics, the September 21st episode of WWE NXT brought in an overnight average of 746,000 fans. It was noted that 260,000 of those fans were in the key demographic to give them a .20 rating.

September 14th’s debut of NXT 2.0 garnered an overnight viewership of 770,000, 275,000 of those viewers were in the 18 to 49 demographic to give them a .21 rating. That might not have been amazing, but it was the highest since April 27th.

The September 7th episode of NXT brought in 601,000 viewers. They also scored a .14 in the 18 to 49 demographic. That was the final week under the old NXT, which was a pre-taped episode.

The August 31st episode of WWE NXT brought in an overnight average of 717,000 viewers with a .17 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic. They ranked #23 in the night out of the top 150 cable programs.

August 24th’s episode drew 685,000 viewers with a .16 in the 18 to 49 demographic. That was a bit up from the previous week. August 17th drew an overnight average of 654,000 viewers. They also pulled in a .19 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic, the same as the week prior.