Why wouldn't they? It's not as if they were nude, they were in bikini's which isn't exactly an uncommon occurrence for people on TV.
Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown did a 1.82 (1.8) cable rating, with 2.63 million viewers. The numbers were down 9% and 11% from the previous week, which had seen a jump from the normal rating.
Last night's edition of WWE Raw drew a 3.2 cable rating and took in an average audience of 4.71 million viewers.
This week's show took in the same amount of viewers as last week's show, which finished with a 3.28 rating.
The 7/3 "Great American Bash" Smackdown scored a 1.70 cable rating with 2,540,000 viewers.
Super Smackdown did reverse a downward trend for the live specials. The previous live special on April 10 averaged a dismal 2.24 million viewers and the February special averaged 2.33 million viewers.
Last night's edition of WWE Monday Night Raw drew a 3.2 rating and 4,407,000 viewers. The individual hours did numbers of 3.11 and 3.22, respectively.
The show did virtually the same as last week's rating, although it dropped just a little in overall viewers as last week averaged 4.71 million viewers.
The following is courtesy of PWTorch.com
ESPN's Home Run Derby has not affected WWE Raw ratings over the past couple of years. Many people feel that WWE was affected last night by it, but that does not seem to be the case.
This week's Raw rating was similar to last weeks, and only saw a 6 percent decrease from viewerships.
The following is a comparison of the past six episodes of Raw up against the annual Home Run Derby on ESPN:
7/9/2007: 3.4 rating with a total of 4.6 million viewers
7/14/2008: 3.2 rating with a total of 4.8 million viewers
7/13/2009: 3.6 rating with a total of 5.3 million viewers
7/12/2010 3.3 rating with a total of 4.8 million viewers
7/11/2011: 2.9 rating with a total of 4.4 million viewers
7/9/2012: 3.2 rating with a total of 4.4 million viewers