WWE NXT ratings up for the debut of Undertaker’s toothless prodigy

The TV ratings and viewership data are in for the Dec. 9 episode of WWE NXT on The CW.

According to Programming Insider, the Deadline fallout show averaged 647,000 viewers with a .09 rating in the 18-49 year old demographic. The episode featured an impromptu NXT title match while building to some big matches at John Cena’s farewell show. It outdrew the previous week’s by 22% in overall audience, while its demo rating improved 12% week-to-week. We know who Undertaker is giving credit to… the man he coached to an LFG season two victory (and repurposed a phrase once used by someone we don’t really talk about any more for) — Shiloh Hill, who debuted with a win over Lexis King.

The raw ratings report that Programming Insider’s been publishing these days are a little hard to parse, but it doesn’t seem to have been a tough night competition-wise, at least on television. ESPN’s coverage of early season college basketball looks to have led a night of holiday specials and re-runs.

NXT will have fallout from Saturday Night’s Main Event as it continues building toward its New Year’s Evil special episode(s) next month. We’ll see how it does, and add it our rundown of NXT’s numbers over the past year:

• Dec. 10, 2024: 680,000 viewers / .17 rating with 18-49 year-olds
• Dec. 17: 708,000 / .16
• Dec. 24: 723,000 / .14
• Dec. 31: 626,000 / .15
• Jan. 7, 2025: 957,000 / .25 798,000 / .21
• Jan. 14: 779,000 / .17
• Jan. 21: 812,000 / .22
• Jan. 28: 827,000 / .19
• Feb. 4: 766,000 / .20
• Feb. 11: 801,000 / .18
• Feb. 18: 689,000 / .17
• Feb. 25: 799,000 / .19
• March 4: 698,000 / .15
• March 11: 732,000 / .15
• March 18: 676,000 / .15
• March 25: 741,000 / .16
• April 1: 650,000 / .15
• April 8: 683,000 / .17
• April 15: 663,000 / .14
• April 22: 686,000 / .17
• April 29: 674,000 / .15
• May 6: 652,000 / .14
• May 13: 664,000 / .15
• May 20: 697,000 / .13
• May 27: 650,000 / .14
• June 3: 684,000 / .15
• June 10: 726,000 / .15
• June 17: 660,000 / .16
• June 24: 729,000 / .16
• July 1: 627,000 / .15
• July 8: 695,000 / .16
• July 16: 586,000 / .12
• July 22: 747,000 / .16
• July 29: 675,000 / .16
• Aug. 5: 740,000 / .16
• Aug. 12: 728,000 / .17
• Aug. 19: 675,000 / .15
• Aug. 26: 616,000 / .12
• Sept. 2: 655,000 / .14
• Sept. 9: 654,000 / .14
• Sept. 16: 737,000 / .17
• Sept. 23: 707,000 / .17
• Sept. 30º: 572,000 / .10
• Oct. 7: 625,000 / .12
• Oct. 14: 690,000 / .12
• Oct. 21: 525,000 / .07
• Oct. 28: 527,000 / .07
• Nov. 4: 528,000 / .08
• Nov. 11: 554,000 / .07
• Nov. 18: 650,000 / .11
• Nov. 25: 562,000 / .07
• Dec. 2: 532,000 / .08
• Dec. 9: 647,000 / .09

For complete results from the latest NXT, check out our live blog click here. To read a recap & review of the episode, click here.