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

Team Hell No return 2018
This was surprising!

Winner: Rusev

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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.

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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