This past Thursday’s taped episode of New Japan Pro Wrestling drew 51,000 viewers on AXS, according to Nielsen via Wrestlenomics. This is up 2% from the 50,000 viewers that the previous episode drew.
Thursday’s episode drew a 0.01 key demo rating for the eighth week in a row. This week’s 0.01 key demo rating represents 10,000 18-49 viewers, which is a 33% drop from the 15,000 18-49 viewers that last week’s episode drew.
NJPW did not make the Cable Top 150 in the 18-49 demo.
Despite being the first episode since the announcement on Wednesday that NJPW and AEW will present a crossover pay-per-view on June 26th titled Forbidden Door, this was the show’s second-lowest audience since returning to AXS in January. In total viewers, it was the fifth-lowest so far this year.
You can see NJPW on AXS ratings for the year below. The high was the January 20 show, which drew 88,000 viewers with a 0.03 key demo rating, and 37,000 18-49 viewers. The low was the March 17th show, which drew 45,000 viewers with a 0.01 key demo rating, and 9,000 18-49 viewers.