{"id":165232,"date":"2023-09-05T13:41:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=165232"},"modified":"2023-09-05T13:41:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:41:48","slug":"wwe-nxt-ratings-report-8-29-viewership-drops-without-special-attraction-comparison-to-aew-collision-7-day-total-viewership-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/05\/wwe-nxt-ratings-report-8-29-viewership-drops-without-special-attraction-comparison-to-aew-collision-7-day-total-viewership-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE NXT Ratings Report (8\/29): Viewership drops without special attraction, comparison to AEW Collision, 7-day total viewership updated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2024472910\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Last week&#8217;s episode of WWE NXT on USA Network (8\/29) drew an average of 614,000 viewers, down from 720,000 the prior week. It was the lowest non-holiday viewership since June 13 when it drew 581,000.<\/p>\n<p>The prior five weeks averaged 719,000. <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/08\/29\/nxt-tv-results-8-29-moores-review-of-roxanne-perez-vs-gigi-dolin-vs-kiana-james-vs-blair-davenport-for-a-shot-at-the-nxt-womens-title-the-creeds-vs-the-dyad-in-a-cage-match-heritage-cup-t\/\">The episode did not have a main roster crossover appearance,<\/a> as has been the cast almost every week for months during NXT&#8217;s viewership surge.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago that week (8\/30\/2022) it drew 676,000 viewers; it&#8217;s been infrequent lately that 2022 viewership has topped 2023 viewership.<\/p>\n<p>In the key 18-49 demo, it drew a 0.16 rating, down from the 0.19 the prior two weeks. The prior five weeks averaged 0.21.<\/p>\n<p>For perspective, AEW Collision on TBS the prior Saturday (8\/26) drew 552,000 viewers (72,000 fewer viewers than NXT) and a 0.16 demo rating (tied with NXT.)<\/p>\n<p>Collision drew a 0.21 in the male 18-49 demo compared to NXT&#8217;s 0.26. In the younger 18-34 male demo, Collision drew 0.11 compared to NXT&#8217;s 0.20, so NXT is drawing better demo ratings, but Tuesday is typically a much better night than Saturday night for attracting the core younger demographics.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s NXT was hyped on Raw last night including an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/05\/wwe-nxt-9-5-preview-match-card\/\">appearance by Dominik Mysterio plus Tiffany Stratton<\/a>, who is defending her title, appearing on Raw.<\/p>\n<p>PWTorch has updated 7-day viewership totals for the show.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-319558762\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Aug. 15: 746,000 (up from 680,000 first-night viewership)<\/li>\n<li>Aug. 8: 876,000 (up from 776,000 first-night viewership)<\/li>\n<li>Aug. 1: 779,000 (up from 717,000 first-night viewership)<\/li>\n<li>July 25: 785,000 (up from 703,000 first-night viewership)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/08\/29\/nxt-hits-misses-8-29-womens-no-1-contender-fatal-four-way-two-global-heritage-invitational-matches-creeds-vs-dyad-vice-lopez-vs-brook-jordan-more\/\">NXT HITS &amp; MISSES (8\/29): Women\u2019s No. 1 Contender Fatal Four Way, Two Global Heritage Invitational Matches, Creeds vs. Dyad, Vice &amp; Lopez vs. Brook &amp; Jordan, more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OR CHECK THIS OUT AT PROWRESTLING.NET:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/08\/29\/nxt-tv-results-8-29-moores-review-of-roxanne-perez-vs-gigi-dolin-vs-kiana-james-vs-blair-davenport-for-a-shot-at-the-nxt-womens-title-the-creeds-vs-the-dyad-in-a-cage-match-heritage-cup-t\/\">NXT TV results (8\/29): Moore\u2019s review of Roxanne Perez vs. Gigi Dolin vs. Kiana James vs. Blair Davenport for a shot at the NXT Women\u2019s Title, The Creeds vs. The Dyad in a cage match, Heritage Cup tournament matches<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3095557456\"><div id=\"pwtor-3422494619\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Last week&#8217;s episode of WWE NXT on USA Network (8\/29) drew an average of 614,000 viewers, down from 720,000 the prior week. It was the lowest non-holiday viewership since June 13 when it drew 581,000. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/05\/wwe-nxt-ratings-report-8-29-viewership-drops-without-special-attraction-comparison-to-aew-collision-7-day-total-viewership-updated\/\" title=\"WWE NXT Ratings Report (8\/29): Viewership drops without special attraction, comparison to AEW Collision, 7-day total viewership updated\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":165234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,13,6916,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_nxt","category-ratings","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-1.34.15-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165235,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165232\/revisions\/165235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}