WWE NXT Viewership and Ratings Drop for Orlando Return

– Wrestlenomics has the ratings and viewership numbers for last night’s edition of WWE NXT on The CW. NXT returned to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando this week following last week’s NXT New Year’s Evil special, which was held at the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles. The show also featured a special live appearance by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Last night’s NXT averaged 779,000 viewers. Viewership fell from the 957,000 viewers for last week’s New Year’s Evil special. In the P18-49 key ratings demo, NXT drew a 0.17 rating, which is down from last week’s 0.25 rating in the same key demo.

Last night’s show also featured a surprise appearance by main roster Superstar Bayley, who confronted Roxanne Perez. TNA Knockouts World Champion Masha Slamovich also made an appearance in the crowd during The CW broadcast.