NXT go-home show draws 707K viewers as TNA invasion builds No Mercy

The Sept. 23 episode of WWE NXT, a go-home show for the NXT No Mercy premium live event, averaged 707,000 viewers and a 0.17 rating in the 18-to-49 demographic, the network confirmed. The broadcast, emanating from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, was headlined by a champion-versus-champion match between NXT World Champion Oba Femi and TNA World Champion Trick Williams that dissolved into a brawl after members of the TNA roster intervened.

The confirmed audience was down about 4 percent from the previous week's Homecoming special, which drew 737,000 viewers, but remained above the program's recent ten-week average. The key 18-to-49 rating held steady week to week, indicating that the program retained its core advertiser-coveted demographic despite the slight dip in total viewers.

Ratings reporting for the episode was initially inconsistent. Early third-party estimates showed a substantially smaller audience of roughly 617,000 and a 0.12 demo rating, but the network later provided revised figures showing the higher viewership and unchanged demo. The cause of the discrepancy between the early estimates and the network's numbers was not explained.