WWE NXT ratings up for New Year’s Evil 2026
Tuesday night’s WWE NXT episode — the brand’s annual New Year’s Evil special — averaged 627,000 viewers on The CW, up 3.8 percent from last week. It’s the best audience total for the show since December 9.
In the 18-49 demo, NXT drew a 0.10 rating. That’s up 42.9 percent from last week and is the highest rating the show has done in that category since November 18.
As compared to the same week in 2025, when Nielsen was still using its old panel-only ratings reporting method, NXT’s overall viewership was down 21.4 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 52.4 percent.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for NXT, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 7.9 percent in viewers and 25 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
WWE NXT ratings —
| Date | NXT 18-49 | NXT total viewers |
| 10/21/2025 | 0.07 | 525,000 |
| 10/28/2025 | 0.07 | 527,000 |
| 11/4/2025 | 0.08 | 528,000 |
| 11/11/2025 | 0.07 | 554,000 |
| 11/18/2025 | 0.11 | 650,000 |
| 11/25/2025 | 0.07 | 562,000 |
| 12/2/2025 | 0.08 | 532,000 |
| 12/9/2025 | 0.09 | 647,000 |
| 12/16/2025 | 0.08 | 607,000 |
| 12/23/2025 | 0.08 | 602,000 |
| 12/30/2025 | 0.07 | 604,000 |
| *10 wk avg | 0.08 | 573,400 |
| not including current week |
