The season premiere of WWE Tough Enough kicked off on Tuesday night on the USA Network with just 1.209 million viewers.
While the show has been absent for several years, the last season of Tough Enough on USA featuring “Stone Cold” Steve Austin as host started with 3.3 million viewers the week after WrestleMania XXVII. That’s down more than 63% from season five in 2011.
One major thing to consider, though, is that the last season of Tough Enough had several big advantages, including running immediately after WrestleMania and on Monday nights back-to-back with a built-in wrestling audience in WWE RAW.
