5 biggest winners and losers from last night's Raw - June 11th

Last night's WWE Raw was better than last few week's, but it still felt like a very poor effort for the go-home show on what's supposed to be a major pay-per-view.

The promos were dull (seriously, who booked that segment with all the contestants talking on top of the ladders?!), but there were some cool moments and matches, one of which featured a certain Monster Among Men doing the things that make him so beloved among fans.

Go-home shows are usually decisive in showing us who will win on the pay-per-view, given WWE's 50/50 booking formula.

How did the contestants do? Who walked away with more goodwill from the crowd and better chances on Sunday? Who simply impressed the crowd last night?

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#1 Winner: Natalya

Natalya submitted Alexa Bliss in the Sharpshooter to end this match. I know - usually the one that gets the win in a match or segment before the pay-per-view loses on Sunday.

That's 50/50 booking and the so-called "reverse momentum theory," which WWE just loves doing. This isn't always so however, and Natalya may indeed prove to be a special case because of the Ronda Rousey factor.

An Alexa Bliss win in Sunday's ladder match only takes the Raw Women's Championship back into territory that was already tired. I doubt anyone wants to see the renewal of the Alexa Bliss vs Nia Jax feud.

A Natalya victory however, opens up new possibilities with Ronda Rousey, who's going to be pushed to the moon despite her shortcomings and limitations. With SummerSlam looming, it's almost a no-brainer to do it.

By booking things this way, WWE might be trying to convince us that Natalya won't win, when in fact she will.

Or I could always just be wrong. We'll find out on Sunday.

#2 Winners: Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler

"We're here to save this division by taking every team out," so said Drew McIntyre.

It's hard not to believe him. The Raw tag team division is in a poor state. It's full of jobbers, one team of which will even be competing for the championships on Sunday.

McIntyre and Ziggler already feel more important than the Raw Tag Team champions, and commentary compared McIntyre to a Terminator.

They're a lock to be the next tag team champions on the red brand. As a matter of fact, they pretty much already are. As the big show in Brooklyn approaches, the de facto situation will simply be made concrete.

#3 Winner: Ronda Rousey

Ronda Rousey should just stop talking and start putting more people in arm-bars. She'll be better off that way.

The segment between her and Nia Jax was as dull as usual. Neither of them are good mic workers, and it just dragged. When Ronda Rousey put the arm-bar on, things changed.

This match is still likely to be a poor showing, which is hopefully why it will be kept short. We can hope that Nia Jax will somehow drop the Raw Women's Championship at the pay-per-view and that an exception for the "go-home show winner loses on Sunday" rule is in place for Ronda Rousey.

Be on the lookout for a Money in the Bank cash-in.

#4 Losers: Bobby Lashley and Sami Zayn

Just when you thought this rivalry couldn't get any worse, Monday Night Raw manages to find a way. Debating whether Bobby Lashley had actually served in the military, Sami Zayn challenged his rival to an obstacle course.

Lashley looked impressive getting through it, but no one cared. This isn't a good angle for a wrestling show, period.

Why has Bobby Lashley's family and military service been brought to our attention instead of the fact that he's a jacked destroyer who will crush anything in his way?

Perhaps we'll see that on Sunday, but at this point, it's hard to care. The company has completely ruined him. As for Sami Zayn, it seems that he's just involved in one bad angle after another, so it's hard to care about him either.

#5 Winner: Braun Strowman

This was a go-home segment that actually delivered, but Braun Strowman was the star of it. The object of the game was trying to keep him down, and for a while that was successful, as he was put through a table.

He got up, however, and still managed to win the match.

Braun Strowman almost certainly won't win on Sunday (that honor will likely go to The Miz or Samoa Joe), but he's still being kept incredibly strong. Let's just hope there's some big plans for him that will materialize after this whole Universal Championship loop is finally over with.