As reported Friday by Multichannel News, Tuesday's premiere of WWE NXT on Syfy grew the network's time slot rating by nearly a third.

WWE NXT pinned a 1.3 household rating and 1.7 million viewers according to Nielsen data. This was 32% higher than Syfy's first-quarter delivery on Tuesdays in the 10 p.m. hour, according to network officials.

From a demographic perspective, NXT notched a 73% gain among adults 18 to 34 (430,000), a 51% advance against persons 18 to 49 (787,000) and 35% improvement with adults 25 to 54 (767,000).
This marked WWE's best performance among households and adults 18 to 49 on Syfy since Sept. 1, 2009.

For more details, read the Multichannel News article here.