See what putting guys that the crowd actually knows and likes can do for ratings? It probably would've been even higher if not for the thrown together women's match.
There's only one way they can go to keep the Rampage rating up, and that's treating it like the Smackdown to Dynamite's Raw. And I'm talking Attitude Era Raw/Smackdown, when Smackdown first got started and they had to make that show matter.
In other words, all the big stars that appear on Dynamite have to be on Rampage every week. It can't be treated like a B show, because... we saw where the numbers go when the card is Best Friends vs Lethal/Singh/Dutt, Ethan Page vs Leon Ruffin, Lee Moriarty vs Sydal and Anna Jay vs Ruby Soho. That's a Dark card and no shit the viewership is going to suck. Imagine if WWE booked Smackdown like they booked Shotgun Saturday Night or JAKKED back in the day. Smackdown wouldn't be a thing today.
Mox, Jericho, Punk, Danielson, Rosa, Baker, Bucks, Lucha Bros... they need to be on every week, like Rock, HHH and Stone Cold were on Smackdown every week when that show started. Your stars are your stars, you pay them like stars, the people tune in to see the stars, they need to be on every show. It's still a super soft schedule considering Rampage is taped after Dynamite most weeks, and even when it's live, it's nothing compared to the indie/old WWF house show schedule where you were traveling to a town damn near every night.