The biggest winners and losers of last night's WWE RAW (June 17)

Bait and switch, again.
Bait and switch, again.

Last night's RAW was the red brand's go home show to Sunday's Stomping Grounds, and while the "Wild Card" continued to run rampant throughout the show, credit to the red brand for putting a better foot forward (relatively speaking) than it has been of late.

Who got the most and least out of last night's show?


#3. Loser: Seth Rollins

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Seth Rollins himself is doing fine. The problem with his reign is that it's lacked a good feud. The match with AJ Styles last month was brilliant but the build left a lot to be desired. Now he's stuck on back to back pay per views with Baron Corbin, who promised to reveal a special guest referee last night. In keeping pace with WWE's bait and switch booking of late, that didn't happen.

WWE gave us Seth Rollins vs. Daniel Bryan last night, which was a tantalizing tease of what they could potentially do in a proper rivalry on pay per view, but we were left with Baron Corbin hoisting up the title at the end, reminding us all of how underwhelming the latter is in comparison.

Meanwhile, Paul Heyman was around continuing to tease a Brock Lesnar cash in, which, aside from being repetitive, brings us back to a disastrous square one with the Universal Championship.

It's tough to be the champion these days.


#3. Winner: Ricochet

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Now this is the kind of stuff you'd want to tune in and watch out for. Ricochet emerged the winner from this match and sets up an exciting bout on Sunday with Samoa Joe for the US title. It's easily the most exciting match on the Stomping Grounds card and should do much to make up for the silliness at Money in the Bank with Rey Mysterio.

Let's just hope WWE does right by it.

#2. Loser: Becky Lynch

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Filler pay per view Stomping Grounds might be, but there was still little reason to continue this rivalry, particularly after Lacey Evans tapped out cleanly at Money in the Bank. Lacey Evans simply isn't ready for the kind of push she's being given and the result is that Becky Lynch has continuously lost steam even after winning at WrestleMania.

Hopefully this Sunday will be the end of the matter and Becky Lynch can move on to more exciting competition.


#2. Winners: The Viking Raiders

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Oh look, the Viking Raiders still exist!

After disappearing for about a month and making us wonder why they were called up in the first place to send the NXT tag team division in turmoil, here they were again.

The squash was what it was. The important thing is that they're back on TV and getting some kind of build - I presume, anyway. You can never be sure.

#1. Winners: Gallows and Anderson

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Perhaps in a last ditch effort to get Gallows and Anderson to stay, WWE appears to be teasing some kind of Bullet Club-esque angle between them and AJ Styles. It's hard to believe that the duo will re-sign with the company, although with the recent news about Mike and Maria Kanellis, I suppose anything is possible.

The loss to The Usos set up the angle to be furthered. We'll see how it happens.


#1. Loser: Nikki Cross

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Losing to set up some kind of angle with Alexa Bliss is fine. Losing to the IIconics, who have lost every match on television for the last two months aside from those against local jobbers, is not. The "champions" have been treated like jokes for so long that any kind of loss to them, no matter how dirty, is damaging. If this was an attempt to undo the damage over the last couple of months, it's too little, too late. For no good reason can or should the titles be kept on these two any longer.

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