WWE NXT viewership increases this week in comparison to last week

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This week’s episode of NXT saw the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and two qualifying matches for the NXT North American Title Ladder Match at WWE’s developmental brand’s upcoming pay-per-view Stand & Deliver.

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According to Nielsen via Showbuzz Daily, this week’s episode of NXT 2.0 drew 628,000 viewers who watched the show live.

The number of viewers has increased marginally as last week’s number was 624,000. Therefore, this week there was an increase of 0.64%.

In the key 18-49 demographic, the rating was 0.14. This is equal to last week’s tally. 0.14 rating represents 184,000 viewers 18-49 viewers. This is up by 3.37% as last week’s tally was 178,000 according to Wrestlenomics.

NXT achieved a rank of 29 on the Cable Top 150 this week which is up 15 places from last week’s ranking.

Comparison with WWE NXT last year’s numbers

This week’s episode saw a dip in viewership numbers from the episode that aired one year ago.

This week’s viewership was down by 7.37% compared to the episode aired a year ago. The 18-49 key demo was the same from then and now.

It is important to note that the episode that aired a year ago, clashed with AEW Dynamite. We take a quick look at the results from this week’s show.

  1. Solo Sikoa beat Roderick Strong
  2. Tony D’Angelo beat Dexter Lumis
  3. Elektra Lopez beat Fallon Henley
  4. Bron Breakker beat Robert Roode
  5. Grayson Waller beat A-Kid
  6. Creed Brothers beat Grizzled Young Veterans
  7. Gunther beat Duke Hudson
  8. Io Shirai and Kay Lee Ray beat Dakota Kai and Wendi Choo

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