WWE brought their Heatwave special to the NXT brand this week. That included some big matches, and it also set the stage for what’s to come. How did the viewership turn out?
Wrestlenomics reports that the NXT Heatwave special brought in 720,000 viewers, with a .19 in the 18 to 49 demographic. Heatwave was capped off with Carmelo Hayes and Wes Lee stealing the show with an NXT Title match. Ava was also kidnapped during the show, which brought a lot of attention.
The August 15th episode of WWE NXT brought in an overnight average of 680,000 viewers, with a .19 in the 18 to 49 demographic. This included the final build before Heatwave, where Rhea Ripley and Dominik Mysterio will wrestle Lyra Valkyra and Dragon Lee.
The August 8th episode of WWE NXT brought in 776,000 viewers, with a .23 in the 18 to 49 demographic. WWE did a lot this week to build toward Heatwave. The main event match also saw Dominik Mysterio defend the NXT North American Title against Dragon Lee, with Rey Mysterio in Lee’s corner.The August 1st episode of WWE NXT brought in an overnight average of 717K viewers, with 298K in the 18 to 49 demographic. This served as the NXT with all the aftermath following the Great American Bash.
The July 25th episode of WWE NXT brought in an overnight average of 703,000 viewers, with a .23 in the 18 to 49 demographic. That was the go-home episode prior to the Great American Bash.
The July 18th episode of WWE NXT brought in an overnight average of 746,000 viewers, with a .21 in the 18 to 49 demographic. The July 11th episode of WWE NXT brought an overnight average of 671,000 viewers, with a .20 in the 18 to 49 demographic. The 4th of July episode of WWE NXT brought in 622,000 viewers, with a .13 in the 18 to 49 demographic.
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