Becky Lynch title win draws WWE NXT’s best ratings in years

Tuesday night’s WWE NXT averaged 850,000 viewers on the USA Network, up 26.3 percent from last week. It’s the seventh-highest audience total in the history of the show and the best viewership since October 28, 2020.

NXT drew a 0.26 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 44.4 percent from last week and ties the best rating the show has done in that category since December 18, 2019. It’s the sixth-highest rating in the history of the show. Three of the weeks that drew a higher rating were the first three weeks that NXT aired on USA Network.

The episode was headlined by Becky Lynch returning to NXT and winning the NXT Women’s Championship from Tiffany Stratton.

As compared to the same week in 2022, NXT was up 16.8 percent in overall viewers and up 73.3 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewers and 18-49 demo ratings for NXT, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 24.9 percent in overall viewers and up 30 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

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Paul Fontaine
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Paul Fontaine is a writer and podcaster covering both pro wrestling and mixed martial art. He has been a contributor to F4W Online for over 10 years, focusing mostly on the business side of both sports.