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WWE NXT Rating & Viewership Hit Three-Week Lows

January 23, 2026 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
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This week’s episode of WWE NXT dipped slightly from last week to hit three-week low points for the show. Tuesday night’s show garnered a 0.08 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 608,000 viewers per Wrestlenomics. Those numbers are down 11.1% and 1.6% respectively from the previous week’s 0.09 demo rating and audience of 618,000.

The demo rating for the show was the lowest since the December 30th episode had a 0.07. Meanwhile, the total audience was the lowest since the that same episode drew 604,000 viewers. ABC’s High Potential won the night in the ratings with a 0.41 demo rating and an audience of 5.926 million.

As a reminder, Nielsen has changed its ratings system as of early September, which makes ratings difficult to compare to pre-change weeks. That said, WWE Smackdown is averaging a 0.09 demo rating and 618,000 viewers in 2026 compared to a 0.20 and 796,000 for the first three weeks of 2025.

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