What superstars gained the most from last night's SmackDown (December 12)

Lost momentum: The Riott Squad

In retreat.

WWE's lazy booking has been in force this week. After squandering much of Absolution's momentum on RAW, they decided to do a mirror image the night after on SmackDown, fully confirming the criticism that the two stables were basically clones of each other.

After failing to take Charlotte out, the SmackDown women's locker room came out to confront them, and the Riott Squad was in full retreat.

They'll all be lumberjacks in the women's title match on Sunday, but the storytelling is rather confusing. While Absolution still has something of a direction on RAW (a seemingly slow build to Paige vs. Asuka at WrestleMania), one wonders what exactly is the endgame with the blue brand's newcomers.