Time has grown brief for “WWE NXT” on the USA Community, as this system is just one episode away from making their massive transfer to The CW on October 2. That does not imply they’re punting on their closing few USA reveals, nevertheless, and final night time’s “NXT” confirmed how severe WWE was at attempting to attract a quantity, with CM Punk making two notable appearances all through the 2 hours broadcast.
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On the entire, it appeared to work. Wrestlenomics and Programming Insider report that “NXT’s” penultimate episode on USA drew 677K whole viewers, and 0.21 within the ever vital 18-49 demographic. Each numbers have been solidly up from final week, with whole viewership rising 8% from 628K, whereas 18-49 was up 11% from 0.19. The present additionally grew in opposition to the 4 week common, with whole viewership additionally up 8%, whereas 18-49 was up 24% from 0.17.
If there was any concern with the “NXT” score, it was a little bit of a decline 12 months over 12 months. The common whole viewership for Q3 2024 was down 11% from Q3 2024’s 701K, whereas September 2024 was down 13% from 2023’s 746K. 18-49 was additionally down 12 months over 12 months, with Q3 2024 falling 10% from Q3 2023’s 0.20, whereas September 2024 was additionally down 10% from September 2023’s 0.21. The decline possible factors extra in the direction of the energy of “NXT” one 12 months in the past, when former WWE star Becky Lynch was regularly showing as NXT Ladies’s Champion.
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On the town forward of his scheduled “NXT” look on The CW premiere, Punk made his presence recognized, talking with Roxanne Perez within the ring and getting in between her and upcoming challenger Giulia. Punk was much more integral to the proceedings between NXT Champion Ethan Web page and challenger Trick Williams, revealing he could be the particular visitor referee for his or her upcoming match.
