The biggest winners and losers of last night's SmackDown (May 14)

SmackDown was an OK, if frustrating, show last night. "Wild card" nonsense unfortunately interfered with presenting a compelling narrative heading into Money in the Bank. The action was good, but the stars jumping ship from Raw felt forced.

Was there anyone who managed to take something away from last night's show?

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Loser: Roman Reigns

Shane McMahon is the most noxious thing on television right now. There's no getting around this. This angle with Roman Reigns where he's appearing every single week is going to quickly lead to him getting overexposed and fans turning on him once again. Already, his reactions have died down and WWE has needed to air segments reminding us of his battle with cancer.

Normally I enjoy when storylines converge, as Miz and Roman's stories against Shane have, but this just isn't clicking. It feels part desperation, part overexposure, and part McMahon nonsense v. infinity.

It's safe to say WWE has wasted what could have been a compelling story of him slowly coming back to the top.

The subsequent match between The Usos (who again showed up) and Roman Reigns against Shane and co. was good, but it felt like an extended time waster.

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Losers: Andrade and Ricochet

Obviously, there was no way that this match couldn't be very good, but it gave something away for Sunday. Andrade earned the victory, pinning no less a figure than Finn Balor, and then climbed the ladder to retrieve the briefcase.

Ricochet interrupted him completely randomly and unnecessarily - another silly part of the "wild card" rule it, seems. Ricochet retrieved the briefcase and left.

This obviously means that Ricochet won't win on Sunday. We knew that before, but WWE is never good with subtlety. And by virtue of his victory over the Intercontinental Champion here, Andrade almost certainly isn't winning either.

Winner: Mandy Rose

The "Kabuki Warriors." It's a name that reeks Vince McMahon, which explains why it isn't very good. I almost think that next week, he's going to try getting away with calling them the Geisha Experience.

Well, at least it isn't as bad a name as the Viking Experience, anyway. Fans seem somewhat divided on it. It's certainly not the Sky Pirates, that's for sure.

Asuka and Kairi Sane won, but more alarming was the way in which it happened. Mandy Rose lost via a crucifix rollup to no less a figure than Asuka. Such a victory might suggest that WWE plans to have Mandy Rose win the Money in the Bank briefcase, which would be the last thing that an already faltering women's division needs.

Hopefully it just means that WWE plans to continue the feud between these two teams and didn't want to end it decisively yet.

Winners: Kofi Kingston and Kevin Owens

This feud needed some extra heat heading into Sunday and it got it. Kofi Kingston has been presented well as WWE Champion and for his part, Kevin Owens looks like he might well win the title on Sunday.

Sami Zayn's involvement is both frustrating and potentially noteworthy. He's established himself as a dark horse to win the Money in the Bank ladder match on Sunday, but as the rules currently stand, he would only be able to cash in on Raw's champion. Does the "wild card" change anything? Might the winners be able to cross brands again as they did in the past?

If that possibility is present, then Sami Zayn could potentially win and cash in on Kevin Owens.

On the one hand, it's an intrigue, but on the other, I'm just so tired of seeing these two together that I was relieved they were on separate brands after the Shakeup, only for "wild card" to undo that. I don't want to see them heavily involved with one another for a long while.

We'll see what happens.