WWE NXT Viewership Is In As Company Builds Toward Gold Rush

WWE has given their NXT brand a new focus, and Gold Rush is coming next week. This week’s episode saw a bit of a slump, but they also had big competition.

Wrestlenomics reports that the June 13th episode of WWE NXT drew an overnight average of 581,000 viewers, with a .16 in the 18 to 49 demographic. This was down quite a bit from last week, but they had Stanley Cup Finals competition. The NHL Stanley Cup Finals were on TNT, and that event drew 2.468 million viewers and a 0.79 key demographic rating.

The June 6th episode of WWE NXT brought an overnight average of 615,000 viewers, with a .17 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The May 31st episode of WWE NXT brought in an overnight average of 607,000 viewers, with a .17 in the 18 to 49 demographic. This was the fallout after Battleground.

NXT drew an overnight average of 578,000 viewers, with a .16 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The May 16th episode of WWE NXT brought an overnight average of 564,000 viewers, with a .14 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The May 9th episode of WWE NXT brought in an overnight viewership of 568,000 viewers, with a .17 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The May 2nd episode of WWE NXT drew an overnight viewership of 569,000, with a .14 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The April 25th Spring Breakin’ event drew 647,000 viewers for NXT this week, with a .18 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The April 18th episode of WWE NXT brought in an overnight average of 565,000 viewers, with a .14 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The April 11th episode of WWE NXT brought an overnight viewership of 528,000 viewers. They also captured a .13 in the coveted 18 to 49 demographic.

The April 4th episode of WWE NXT brought in an overnight average of 555,000 viewers, with a .13 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The March 28th episode of WWE NXT brought in an overnight average of 620,000 viewers, with a .16.

The March 21st episode of WWE NXT drew an overnight average of 550,000 viewers, with a .12 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic. This was NXT’s lowest total viewership since December 6 and lowest P18-49 viewership since February 7th.

The March 14th episode of WWE NXT scored a viewership of 590,000 viewers, with a .15 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The NXT Roadblock special saw a boost in viewership on March 7th. Their overnight viewership was 624,000, with a .17 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

February 28th’s edition of WWE NXT brought in an overnight average of 555,000 viewers, with a .13 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The February 21st episode of WWE NXT brought in 589,000 viewers, with a .14 in the 18 to 49 demographic. This viewership was down a bit from the previous week’s episode.

The February 14th edition of WWE NXT pulled an overnight average of 640,000 viewers, with a .15 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

What do you think NXT can do to improve ratings from this point on? Sound off in the comments!