WWE NXT Viewership Sees Slump With Taped 11/21 Episode

WWE’s NXT brand continued their trek to Deadline this week with their show. The premium live event will go down on December 9th, 2023, at the Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Now, we know how the viewership did this week for the Tuesday night show.

Ringside News provided spoilers for the November 20th episode that taped after the show last week. Even though it was taped, fans were still in for quite a lively show.

According to Wrestlenomics, the November 21st episode of WWE NXT brought in 622,000 viewers. They also captured a .19 in the 18 to 49 demographic with their taped episode. That number was down from the previous week’s average.

During the November 21st episode of NXT, the main event featured a match for the NXT Women’s Title, and the Heritage Cup was defended against Chad Gable.

In a tag team match, Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo teamed up and defeated Malik Blade and Edris Enofe. A qualifying match for the Iron Survivor Challenge took the spotlight, with Josh Briggs defeating Carmelo Hayes. Lexis King’s distraction allowed Briggs to secure the win with a powerful lariat and a top rope moonsault.

Wes Lee expressed his desire to challenge for the North American title, and Dominik Mysterio surprised everyone by announcing a match to determine the next North American title contender at the upcoming Deadline event, set for “next week.”

Blair Davenport earned her spot in the Iron Survivor Challenge by defeating Thea Hail in a hard-fought qualifying match. After the match, Dempsey, Drew Gulak, and Myles Borne attacked Thorpe. In a NXT Heritage Cup match, Noam Dar successfully defended his title against Chad Gable. This intense encounter went the full six rounds and ended with Gable applying an ankle lock on Dar, who tapped out just as the time limit expired.

The November 14th episode of WWE NXT brought in an overnight average of 703,000 viewers, with a .21 in the 18 to 49 demographic. That number was down from the previous week’s number.

The November 7th episode of WWE NXT brought in 794,000 viewers, with a .26 in the 18 to 49 demographic. This number was up from the last week’s average.

The October 31st episode of NXT brought in 674,000 viewers for their Halloween Havoc Night 2 event. They also pulled in a .20 in the 18 to 49 demographic. That number was down a bit from the previous week. The October 24th episode of WWE NXT brought in 787,000 viewers and scored a .21 rating among 18-49 year olds for their Halloween Havoc Night 1 special. The main event of that night saw Becky Lynch lose her NXT Women’s Title to Lyra Valkyria.

We will have more on this story, and so many more, right here at Ringside News. The NXT show is continuing as WWE’s third brand, and each week it seems that they deliver even more.

What’s your take on how NXT turned out this week? Let us know what you think about this in the comments section!