It should have at least gotten smackdown numbers, seeing as friday nights and saturday nights aren't that much different. They can blame the tournament, which is getting higher then usual ratings but ultimately, it's just another sign that will be ignored by the company.
They were aware the NCAA tournament was on last night, that was their fall-back excuse. If there was a miracle they could say "see,we're that popular" and when it got the rating it did "Well, we had to compete against the tournament".
I completely forgot about it due to it being on a Saturday. I'm sure I'm not alone. I really wanted to see it too.
You forgot SATURDAY NIGHT Main Event was on a Saturday?