It October 6th edition of WWE NXT went face to face”AEW Dynamite Grand Slam FranceThanks to the MLB playoffs, and WWE’s developmental brand took the lead in viewership. The show ended with a 20-woman ballet royal featuring talent from the main roster, AAA, TNA and WWE EVOLVE, in addition to NXT talent, and saw a surprise twist at the end.
According to Wrestlenomics“NXT” averaged 532,000 viewers, down 21 percent. 671,000 average viewers last week. The show earned a 0.10 in the all-important 18-49 demographic, down nine percent from last week’s 0.11. “Dynamite,” which airs outside of its regular time of 8:00 PM EST on Wednesday nights, average 495,000 viewersand in demographics it got 0.11 rating.
Compared to this time last year, “NXT” averaged 532,000 viewers, down 10 percent from October 2025’s average of 592,000 viewers. The average rating has not changed since this time last year.
The main event battle royale decided Kelani Jordan’s new number one contender to the NXT Women’s Championship. won by suspension, story, Ren Sinclairwho dressed up as AAA’s Lady Shani to disguise herself and compete. Sinclair will challenge for the gold at Halloween Havoc.
Elsewhere on the show, Hank and Tank moved into the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, as did BirthRight. The stable’s Lexie King and Charlie Dempsey took over the team of Shawn Legacy and Dorian Van Dux, the latter of whom is ineligible to compete.