This week’s episode of “WWE NXT” featured several notable stars such as John Cena, The Undertaker, Cody Rhodes, LA Knight, and Asuka, boosting the ratings in comparison to the September 12 episode of “NXT,” which saw the highest viewership for the product since October 28, 2020. Despite that slight increase in ratings, Bully Ray isn’t sure it equates to a true victory. 

“The highest rating that ‘NXT’ has done in the past couple of weeks, I believe was an 850, a couple of weeks ago for one of their specialty shows. Now, on that specialty show, I think we might have gotten Becky, and I think we might have gotten Rhea [Ripley] and Dom [Mysterio]. It was the normal crossover that they were doing with talent from the main roster, and they did an 850 — strong number on their own. Now you bring in thermonuclear freaking firepower, and you got [71,000] more viewers. To me, that’s not that much,” Ray said.

He lastly added that if he had to declare a winner, it would be AEW by the slightest margin, as they maintained their viewership number despite moving to a different night. As also noted by AEW President Tony Khan, Tuesday’s episode of “NXT” also marked a rare instance that The Undertaker and John Cena appeared on a WWE show that generated less than 1 million viewers.

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