The biggest winners and losers of last night's SmackDown (February 28)

WWE can never seem to remain consistent in its WrestleMania builds. This year, major changes happened at the much-maligned Super ShowDown event in Saudi Arabia a couple of days ago. Specifically, the landscape of the blue brand shifted dramatically in Saudi Arabia.

Controversially, we have a new Universal Champion, and the former champion has his sights set elsewhere rather than trying to get his title back. We also have new Tag Team Champions in The Miz and John Morrison, though that picture won't start clearing up until after an Elimination Chamber match, which admittedly promises to be exciting.

Who got the most and least out of last night's show? Who will be more likely to appear at WrestleMania and who will more likely wind up in the meaningless battle royal at the beginning of the show?

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Winner: Roman Reigns

At long last, the slog of the Baron Corbin feud, with its dog sounds and dog food, is behind Roman Reigns, and, as expected, he'll be challenging for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania, but he'll have a different opponent. Reigns vs. Goldberg is admittedly a big match, though one that will leave a bitter taste in the mouths of many fans, considering how it was set up.

The match was just announced, without the drama of an Elimination Chamber number one contender's bout, but that shouldn't be too crippling to the build.

Given how it was set up at The Fiend's expense, WWE will just have to do its best to ensure both guys aren't booed out of the building in Tampa Bay and prevent a repeat of the disastrous WrestleMania 34 main event. Is the company up to that particular challenge? We'll find out the answers over the next month.

Winners: Bayley and Sasha Banks

Bayley and Sasha Banks may have lost this match, but that's the key ingredient here. Banks' return from an injury is good news for both her and Bayley. What you saw last night was the beginning of their build to a WrestleMania match. The two have never met in such a big setting, with WWE having pulled the plug several times. Now it's looking like it will happen.

It probably won't equal or even come close to their NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn classic, but it will certainly be the most exciting match either of them could have had for WrestleMania. Let's hope they live up to the task.

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Loser: Daniel Bryan

Daniel Bryan suddenly looks like the odd man out on SmackDown. There is no obvious WrestleMania match that awaits for him. Hence, he's going at it in random matches with the likes of Curtis Axel. It's a big contrast to last year, when he went into MetLife as the WWE Champion.

Will something bigger await Daniel Bryan? We just need to find out. It's not looking good with only a little over a month to go, though.

Winner: The Fiend Bray Wyatt

"Winner" is relative here, but The Fiend Bray Wyatt was in a much worse position just 24 hours ago. There's no way that a match with John Cena at WrestleMania can be a bad thing for a superstar - at least going in.

But what's undoubtedly on the mind of everyone watching is that infamous match between the two of them at WrestleMania 30, where John Cena snuffed out the momentum of a promising new debutante.

Will we come full circle at WrestleMania 36? On the other hand, does defeating John Cena even really mean much in this day and age? He's been gone for over a year and wasn't exactly the "Super Cena" he was infamously known as for several years beforehand.

Bray Wyatt is still in a much worse place than he was before Thursday, but this is still at least a partial recovery. He won on the night. Now we need to find out what awaits him in Tampa.

Admittedly, the Fiend character passed its high point with the disaster at Hell in a Cell last October.