WWE Touts NXT Ratings Success
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The audience was up 4.82% from last week’s Takeover Night One show, which averaged 768,000 viewers. It was the biggest viewership for the show since the Halloween Havoc episode on October 28, which drew 876,000 viewers with a 0.25 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
WWE issued a press release touting the success of Tuesday’s episode, noting that it was up 16% from the same week last year. They added the NXT had more viewers than the NBA game on TNT and NHL game on NBCSN in both P2+ and P18-49.
WWE also added that NXT was the most-social national TV show in primetime.
WWE NXT Garners Best Audience Of The Year With Move To New Night
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Tuesday’s live post-Takeover edition of WWE NXT on the USA Network drew 805,000 viewers on the USA Network, according to Nielsen via Showbuzz Daily.
It should be noted that this was the first NXT episode to air on Tuesday nights, with no head-to-head competition from AEW Dynamite. This show featured fallout from last week’s two-night “Takeover: Stand and Deliver” event.
This viewership is up 4.82% from last week’s show, which drew 768,000 viewers for the Takeover Night One episode that also aired on Peacock/WWE Network with no commercials, and up against AEW Dynamite.
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A #1 contender’s match has been announced for tonight’s WWE NXT “Takeover: Stand and Deliver” Night Two Kickoff pre-show.
The match will see Killian Dain and Drake Maverick battle Breezango’s Tyler Breeze and Fandango.
The winners will become the new #1 contenders to new NXT Tag Team Champion MSK for a future title shot. MSK won the vacant titles at Takeover Night One last night by winning a Triple Threat over The Grizzled Young Veterans and Legado del Fantasma.
Stay tuned for more on Takeover Night Two and be sure to join us for live coverage beginning at 7pm ET with the Kickoff pre-show. Below is the updated card:
WWE NXT Global Press Event Announced For Tomorrow
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A WWE NXT “Takeover: Stand and Deliver” press conference has been announced for Tuesday morning at 11am ET.
The Global Press Conference will air live on Peacock and the WWE Network, and all WWE social media platforms.
Wade Barrett will host the press event. NXT Champion Finn Balor, NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai, NXT UK Champion WALTER, NXT Cruiserweight Champions Santos Escobar and Jordan Devlin, Karrion Kross, Raquel Gonzalez, Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, and Tommaso Ciampa have been announced to appear for media questions.
Join us as we will have full coverage of the Takeover Global Press Conference tomorrow morning. We will then have full coverage of Takeover Night One and Takeover Night Two later this week.
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