Biggest winners and losers of SmackDown before Survivor Series (November 20)

Roman Reigns brought another outstanding performance on this week's SmackDown
Roman Reigns brought another outstanding performance on this week's SmackDown

SmackDown Winner: Natalya

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This likely doesn't lead anywhere long-lasting, but Natalya punched her ticket to be part of SmackDown's women's Survivor Series team last night, defeating Tamina to do so, while Bayley was named as team captain. The match wasn't in any way spectacular and largely existed to fill TV time on SmackDown, but in that regard, it did its job.

The more notable part of this segment had to do with the bickering between Bianca Belair and Bayley at the commentary booth, giving us a hint about rivalries to come on the Blue brand.


Loser: Drew McIntyre

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This isn't a knock on Drew McIntyre, who showed up for a contract signing last night on SmackDown, in the slightest.

It's more because Roman Reigns did such a great job as he showed Drew McIntyre up and proved he was a "secondary champion" just by his words alone, never mind what happens on Sunday.

It's hard to overstate how good Roman Reigns is right now. Drew McIntyre was, again, in his words, just there at the wrong time and looked inadequate by comparison.

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