NXT ratings down for night one of Halloween Havoc

The ratings and viewership data are in for the Oct. 24 edition of WWE NXT — the first of two weeks worth of Halloween Havoc-branded shows.

According to Sports TV Ratings, the episode was watched by a total audience of 787,000 and scored a .21 rating among 18-49 year olds. Both are down from the Tuesday before, and represent NXT’s lowest for the month in each category.

Perhaps not what WWE was expecting for a themed show headlined by what was likely the end of Becky Lynch’s NXT run. What happened? Well, for one thing the show fell on a huge night for sports. The winner-take-all Game 7 of baseball’s National League Championship Series was watched by almost nine million viewers and did a 2.20 in the demo on TBS. It was opening night of the NBA season with games on TNT and ESPN. The NHL also had all 32 teams in action as ESPN+ debuted its hockey version of an NFL Red Zone show called Frozen Frenzy.

There were a lot of options.

Still NXT’s numbers were up from the same week a year ago. They’re also an improvement over what Halloween Havoc 2021 did (the 2022 version was a premium live event). So probably just chalk this up to a rough scheduling beat, and we’ll see what next Tuesday’s loaded week two episode does (although that falls on Halloween night and will go head-to-head with game 4 of the World Series and an NBA doubleheader).

Here’s a rundown of NXT’s audience and ratings share of the 18-49 demographic over the past year:

• Oct. 25, 2022 - 716,000 / .15
• Nov. 1 - 670,000 / .13
• Nov. 8 - 664,000 / .15
• Nov. 15 - 663,000 / .17
• Nov. 22 - 624,000 / .12
• Nov. 29 - 644,000 / .13
• Dec. 6 - 534,000 / .13
• Dec. 13 - 666,000 / .17
• Dec. 20 - 705,000 / .15
• Dec. 27 - 588,000 / .12
• Jan. 3, 2023 - 653,000 / .16
• Jan. 10 - 700,000 / .15
• Jan. 17 - 600,000 / .14
• Jan. 24 - 607,000 / .12
• Jan. 31 - 587,000 / .13
• Feb. 7 - 562,000 / .11
• Feb. 14 - 640,000 / .15
• Feb. 21 - 589,000 / .14
• Feb. 28 - 555,000 / .13
• Mar. 7 - 624,000 / .17
• Mar. 14 - 590,000 / .15
• Mar. 21 - 550,000 / .12
• Mar. 28 - 620,000 / .16
• April 4 - 555,000 / .13
• April 11 - 528,000 / .13
• April 18 - 565,000 / .14
• April 25 - 647,000 / .18
• May 2 - 568,000 / .14
• May 9 - 601,000 / .17
• May 16 - 564,000 / .14
• May 23 - 578,000 / .16
• May 30 - 607,000 / .17
• June 6 - 615,000 / .17
• June 13 - 581,000 / .16
• June 20 - 773,000 / .23
• June 27 - 622,000 / .17
• July 4 - 508,000 / .13
• July 11 - 671,000 / .20
• July 18 - 746,000 / .21
• July 25 - 703,000 / .23
• Aug. 1 - 717,000 / .23
• Aug. 8 - 776,000 / .23
• Aug. 15 - 680,000 / .19
• Aug. 22 - 720,000 / .19
• Aug. 29 - 614,000 / .16
• Sept. 5 - 673,000 / .18
• Sept. 12 - 850,000 / .26
• Sept. 19 - 824,000 / .24
• Sept. 26 - 636,000 / .18
• Oct. 3 - 857,000 / .22
• Oct. 10 - 921,000 / .30
• Oct. 17 - 798,000 / .23
• Oct. 24 - 787,000 / .21

* Aired on SyFy

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