The special Booker T appreciation night of "WWE NXT" grew in overall average viewership, however the key demographic ratings fell for the show.The March 17 edition of "NXT," which airedfrom the 713 Music Hall in Houston, Texas, saw viewership increase to 588,000 viewers from the previous week's viewership of 541,000, according to "Programming Insider." While viewership has grown, it's still lesser than the four-week average of 620,000. Viewership of the Tuesday night show has declined over the last few months, with the show crossing the 600,000 mark just once in the last four weeks. In fact, since the start of the year, "NXT" hovered in the 600,000 mark for most of January and February, but has dipped below that level in March.This past week's show went against theWorld Baseball Classicon Fox, which drew an audience of over 9 million and a rating of 2.55. In contrast, "NXT's" 1849 key demographic rating was a paltry 0.07, which fell from last week's 0.08 (which is also the four-week average).Three titles were on the line on this week's "NXT" the NXT Women's Championship, which Jacy Jayne successfully defended againstZaria and Sol Ruca, and theWWE Women's Speed Championship, whichWren Sinclair fromFallon Henley. The show was closed off with anNXT Women's North American title match inside a steel cage, whereTatum Paxley continued her reign after getting the better ofIzzi Dame. The highlight of the night was the Booker T appreciation night segment, where BookerT's family and friends, as well as the fans and "NXT" roster, came out to celebrate his career in Houston. The segment was cut short byKeanu Carver, who attacked the security guards and some of Booker T's students, beforeJasper Troy arrived at the ring to save the day. Next week's "NXT" will be the final stop before the NXT Roadblock TV special.
