WWE: Cody Rhodes on Current WWE Era Should be Called “Record Era”, Erik & Valhalla Welcome Birth of Their Second Child, More on NXT Nov. 26, 2024 Viewership

Cody Rhodes Comments on Current WWE Era Should be Called the “Record Era”

A recent episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon featured Cody Rhodes as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Rhodes’ thoughts about his belief that WWE’s current era should be called the “Record Era.”

“We’re in this period of time where — there was the Attitude Era, there was the Ruthless Aggression Era. And now, we don’t even know what to call this era of WWE. I feel like we should call it the Record Era, because we’re just breaking records left and right. The new management team — Triple H, Nick Khan, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson — they’ve made it so easy for me,” Rhodes said. “I’ve been dubbed the quarterback because they just call the plays, I run the play, and everyone, hopefully, we all look good. So it’s a blessed time. Thank all of you [fans] so much.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com

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Erik & Valhalla Announces Birth of Their Second Child

The War Raiders’ Erik recently announced on Instagram that his wife Valhalla, also known as Sarah Logan, gave birth to their second child named Ezekiel Joseph Rowe this past Thursday.

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More on NXT Nov. 26, 2024 Viewership

The November 26th episode of WWE NXT saw NXT suffer a large decline in overall viewership and a small decline in key demographic ratings.

NXT drew 632,000 viewers and a 0.15 key demographic rating on The CW.

Detailed key demographic viewership breakdowns were not available in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for NXT’s declines this week was due to stiff competition from the season finale of Dancing with the Stars and the large decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was down 18% compared to last week’s show. Meltzer reported that NXT’s 18-34 viewership and rating was the lowest for a NXT show in several months. Meltzer also reported that NXT’s overall decline in younger key demographic viewership for their shows in recent months has caused it to fall behind AEW’s Dynamite again.

In terms of head-to-head competition, Dancing with the Stars drew 6,364,000 viewers on ABC, the NBA game of Milwaukee Bucks vs. Miami Heat drew 1,028,000 viewers on TNT, the College Football Playoffs Rankings Show drew 1,371,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of Kansas vs. Duke drew 2,019,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of Memphis vs. Michigan State drew 937,000 viewers on ESPN, the College Football Playoffs Rankings Show drew 1,371,000 viewers on ESPN, 1000-LB Sisters drew 755,000 viewers on TLC, Curse of Oak Island drew 1,752,000 viewers on History Channel, Moonshiners drew 702,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, Real Housewives of New York City drew 384,000 viewers on BRAVO, and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills drew 709,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, NXT had 200,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that NXT’s male/female viewership skew was 63.3% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, NXT was down 4.1% in overall viewership and down 15.6% in key demographic viewership.