The biggest winners and losers of last night's Raw (April 1)

As usual, Raw's go-home show to WrestleMania was a mostly disappointing slog. Some of the major angles advanced, but it was a lot to get through.

Who got the most and least out of last night's show?

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Winner: Seth Rollins

I put Seth Rollins in the tentative winner's column because WWE has changed the way it's used segments like this. Normally, "standing tall" on the go-home show would suggest a loss at the pay per view, but that's been different lately, with several notable instances of the opposite result.

If WWE sticks to that formula, Seth Rollins should win on Sunday, which is exactly what Raw needs. This match actually has the highest stakes, even if it continues to feel like an afterthought and has had a disappointing build, despite the long history between these two guys.

Hopefully this all leads to the reset we need at WrestleMania. The feud has been a tremendous disappointment, but it will still be worth it if we can finally get a new era for the maligned Universal title.

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Losers: The Revival

The Revival kept their titles, but only by countout, continuing their treatment as paper champions. If WWE didn't want Aleister Black or Ricochet to suffer a pinfall loss, why book this match to begin with? This reeks of a title run only to prevent The Revival from leaving, but why would anyone want to stay with the company after being booked this way as champions?

Now that the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic is over and these two will have their swan song at TakeOver: New York on Friday, we'll hopefully get to see them embark on proper main roster singles careers. They're far too good to stay locked in Raw's horrendous tag team division, particularly since they're still a team of cobbled together singles stars.

We'll just need to see what the shakeup brings them.

Winners: Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte Flair

As usual, Stephanie McMahon needed to get her way into their feud last night to announce that the match would be winner take all. That's good news for them since it makes their match bigger, but it's bad news for the rest of their division. With many women on the roster and with more to come from NXT this year (Shayna Baszler imminently, likely the other two UFC horsewomen with her, and probably Kairi Sane before the year is out), a title unification only shrinks their opportunities.

This also simply reeks of a last minute change. If this was going to be the stipulation, it should have been so all along. It would have made the build far less of the colossal mess it's become, and wouldn't have shafted Asuka and the other SmackDown women in the process.

If they do a title unification on a permanent basis, the division needs its own Intercontinental title. A rumored Queen of the Ring tournament would be the perfect place to unveil it.

Loser: Braun Strowman

I don't even know what to call this. It was pure filler and again an advertisement of how far Braun Strowman has fallen since last year. In a show of filler, this felt like even worse filler than normal.

Can Braun Strowman hope to recover from this? If the Universal title returns to Raw after WrestleMania 35, perhaps there's some hope for him.

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Winner: Finn Balor

It was likely that Finn Balor would bring out the Demon for WrestleMania, but this announcement just spoils what could have been a nice surprise.

Regardless, it seems unlikely that Lashley would defeat the Demon, meaning Balor is likely to secure his second Intercontinental Championship. But that raises the question of why it was necessary to take the title off of him to begin with. Why the hot shotting between Balor and Lashley?

It's nice for Balor, but it's made this feud feel like an afterthought.