WWE NXT 2.0
The special edition of NXT is back this year too, named after Halloween Havoc, the historic PPV of World Championship Wrestling. The event, which will be staged on Tuesday 26 October, will in effect be the first of the third WWE brand, now renamed NXT 2.0 for weeks.A change in format and talents, which aims to give space for young people. Precisely for this reason in the main event Tommaso Ciampa, current champion, and Bronn Breaker, son of Rick Steiner and grandson of Scott Steiner will face each other.
A superstar on the launch pad who is receiving praise and acclaim from fans and insiders. Even the WWE Champion Big E, whom we had the opportunity to interview exclusively, expressed his desire to be able to face him in the future.
Tommaso Ciampa, who has returned to champion after Samoa Joe's injury, wants instead continue his path as a veteran of the brand, defending the belt tooth and nail.
WWE NXT 2.0: the future is now
It is only the beginning of the new era of NXT, with new colors, a new set, great champions and other great athletes who will debut in the coming months.During the last episode, Parker Boudreaux's debut, who presented himself with the ring name Harland and an intimidating look. At just 23, he had previously received praise from Paul Heyman, who called him the “Next Big Thing”, a nickname also given to Brock Lesnar in the 2000s at the beginning of his WWE career.
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WWE NXT 2.0 Viewership Continues To Fall
WWE brought another episode of NXT 2.0 this week, and they presented a loaded show. A Halloween Havoc main event was set up and Mandy Rose received a huge spotlight. How did the viewership turn out?
According to Wrestlenomics, the overnight viewership for October 5th’s episode of NXT 2.0 brought in 632,000 viewers, their lowest number since September 7th. They also scored a .13 in the targeted demographic.
September 28th’s episode of WWE NXT drew an overnight average of 655,000 viewers. The program did a 0.14 rating with viewers 18 to 49, pulling in about 183,000.
The September 21st episode of WWE NXT brought in an overnight average of 746,000 fans. It was noted that 260,000 of those fans were in the key demographic to give them a .20 rating.
September 14th’s debut of NXT 2.0 garnered an overnight viewership of 770,000, 275,000 of those viewers were in the 18 to 49 demographic to give them a .21 rating. That might not have been amazing, but it was the highest since April 27th.
The September 7th episode of NXT brought in 601,000 viewers. They also scored a .14 in the 18 to 49 demographic. That was the final week under the old NXT, which was a pre-taped episode.
The August 31st episode of WWE NXT brought in an overnight average of 717,000 viewers with a .17 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic. They ranked #23 in the night out of the top 150 cable programs.
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