By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
The Tuesday, October 20 NXT television show averaged 655,000 viewers on The CW, according to Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics.com. The viewership count was down from the prior week’s average of 732,000. NXT finished with a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demo, down from the previous episode’s 0.14 rating.
Powell’s POV: The ESPN Unlimited streaming numbers are not included in the rating or viewership count for NXT programming. One year earlier, the October 21, 2025, NXT on The CW averaged 525,000 viewers and a 0.07 rating against the opening night of the NBA season.
(Jason Powell, founder and editor of ProWrestling.net, has covered pro wrestling full-time dating back to 1997. He hosts a weekly podcast, Pro Wrestling Boom, and appears regularly on the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast. Reach him via email at dotnetjason@gmail.com and on social media via @prowrestlingnet.bsky.social or x.com/prowrestlingnet. For his full bio and information on this website, click here.)
