The biggest winners and losers of last night's SmackDown (June 26)

Winner: Rusev

Yes, this was a meaningless match that ultimately served to build Rusev up only for AJ Styles to inevitably cut him down at Extreme Rules, but it was still an impressive showing nonetheless.

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Rusev and Woods are two of the most underrated superstars in the company. Hopefully, this peformance by a newly-pushed Rusev was impressive enough for the higher-ups backstage to give him a more prominent and sustained push in the future.

If it was his first test in a main event role, he passed with flying colors.

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