Due to the Nov. 3 midterm elections, “WWE NXT” moved to its previous home on Wednesday night; with the November 4 episode. The show clashed with the Blood and Guts edition of AEW Dynamite, and because of that, WWE loaded up NXT with a number of top talents to give AEW serious competition. Despite the star power of the show, it was NXT that had to take the loss.
By: wrestling, with data provided by PWTorch:The Nov. 4 edition of “NXT” averaged 552,000 viewers, down 30% 792,000 viewers “Dynamite” average. However, despite it being a hypothetical episode, this week’s figure was actually higher than the October 27 episode, which averaged 520,000 viewers, a 6% increase from the previous week. The 552,000 viewers was 13% below the four-week average of 636,000, but the Q4 2026 average was up to 610,000 viewers, up 4% from the same period last year.
In the 18-49 demographic, “NXT” posted a 0.13, the highest “NXT” demo since the Oct. 13 episode, and up 44% from last week’s 0.09, while up 18% from its four-week average of 0.11. With that, Dynamite nearly doubled the number with the Blood and Guts special, posting a 0.24 number. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer It also reported that “NXT” posted a 0.16 in the 25-54 demographic, though that was also dwarfed by AEW’s 0.27.
Fans who tuned into Wednesday night’s NXT saw John Cena challenge Zila Fatu to participate in the upcoming program. John Cena Classicand Cody Rhodes presenting the Dusty Tag Team Classic tournament trophy to Noam Darr and Romeo Moreno as follows. Dar and Moreno win over Hank and Tank. Both Paige and CM Punk challenged for the gold on the show, though Paige was unable to win the WWE NXT Women’s Championship over Kellani Jordan, while Kevin Owens’ interference helped. Grayson Waller retains his WWE NXT Championship Over Punk.
