The biggest winners and losers of last night's Raw (October 22)

Credit to WWE RAW's backstage team for delivering an episode with developments we don't usually get in the three hour slog on Monday nights. A lot of things happened last night as the fallout from the draft settled in, to the point that it didn't feel as formulaic a show as we're used to seeing.

But who got the most and least out of last night's show? Let's run it down in depth.

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Winner: Drew McIntyre

After feeling invisible for most of the year, Drew McIntyre finally showed up in a big way last night, after being introduced by Ric Flair as the final member for his team at the Crown Jewel show in Saudi Arabia on Halloween.

He had a match with Ricochet and the two put on a clinical fight. McIntyre won it, looking like a beast throughout as he overcame the smaller man's attacks. Suddenly, we were reminded again of Drew McIntyre as a potential world title contender.

The problem is that we've seen this sort of thing before, only for him to fall by the wayside time and again. Will this instance be different? No one knows yet, but it's a win for now, compared with what he was doing.

Let's see how he does on Halloween.

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Winner: Aleister Black

Aleister Black looks like he's settling in on RAW. The extra hour helps him get more TV time, and Paul Heyman supposedly wanted his services on Monday nights. He quickly dispatched a local jobber, suggesting that he'll be in line for a push going forward.

Aleister Black is another of those competitors that has main event value written all over him, but he hasn't gotten a chance yet. We'll see how his new home treats him, but this is an up in his column for now.

Loser: Rusev

Yes, Rusev is finally getting on TV again after disappearing for most of the year, but, as we earlier saw with Mike Kanellis, the cuckoldry angle doesn't do anything for anyone. Props to Paul Heyman and crew for making things a little different. We followed Rusev to the restaurant where Lana and Bobby Lashley were enjoying the evening, as we also saw Rusev getting arrested in the process. That kind of engagement is rare on WWE programming these days.

Still, having Rusev look like a fool in this way can't do him any good. It doesn't feel like a greater push is on the horizon for him, either.

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Winner: Cain Velasquez

I don't think anyone is particularly looking forward to the Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez angle, but he did fine in this surprise segment. Rey Mysterio is working as his mouthpiece, and he looked good tearing Shelton Benjamin apart after the latter reminded us of his own history with Brock Lesnar, which was a nice touch.

That's all you can ask for at this point in time, apart from hoping for the retired ex-UFC heavyweight champion put on a good show in the squared circle.

Winner: Humberto Carillo

Some people backstage are supposedly high on Humberto Carillo, and going from a 205 Live mainstay to wrestling the Universal Champion is a huge step up no matter, which way you slice it. Seth Rollins won the match, because of course he did, and it wasn't a particularly good one, but this signals the start of much bigger and better things for Carillo.

Aside from that, it was alarming that the crowd booed Seth Rollins, the supposed babyface champion. That spells trouble ahead. That match with Bray Wyatt earlier this month did no one any favors.

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Winners: The Street Profits

The Street Profits finally took to the ring on RAW instead of doing the awful backstage humor we've been accustomed to seeing from them since their arrival on the main roster. They looked great in their match, tagging alongside new RAW star Kevin Owens. This match did everything that it needed to do for them, establishing them as a mainstay of the RAW tag team division which could definitely use the help.

Of course, it came at the expense of The O.C., which now feels so irrelevant and worthless that I'm counting down the days until they're broken up. The alliance hasn't pulled Gallows and Anderson up and moreover, it's pushed AJ Styles down.