Opinion: The biggest winners and losers of last night's SmackDown (July 2)

A better opponent.
A better opponent.

Winner: Ali

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It was nice to see Ali back after a while of being off television. He delivered an authentic, hearty promo vowing that he was going to become the WWE Champion. Stuff like this is why Ali was called up from 205 Live to begin with, and though injury derailed his winter push, it looks like he may soon be getting a summer one.

With Kofi Kingston as champion, he probably won't be getting pushed to a title shot quite yet, but we'll see how it goes down. If Brock Lesnar cashes in on Kofi Kingston, as I still expect him to do, Ali would actually make an ideal opponent.


Winner: Andrade

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Welcome back, Andrade.

There was nothing special about this match, but Andrade needed to come back from his leave of absence and start somewhere. A decent match with a victory over Apollo Crews is a fine enough place to start.

He still needs to break through the glass ceiling of not being able to win a big match, but we'll see how that goes down in the coming months.

Bayley gives us a HUGE update on a top Superstar's upcoming return RIGHT HERE.

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