The biggest winners and losers on last night's Raw (May 14)

Last night's Raw was...well, "terrible" is a fitting descriptor, surely? One segment aside, the show fell flat, with forgettable segments, the start of forgettable rivalries, and annoying returns to form for a company whose booking is inconsistent at best. Obviously, the bad booking of Backlash was still very much around last night.

We did see some Money in the Bank qualifiers, though. So important things did happen. Did anyone manage to get wind in their sails?

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Loser: Roman Reigns

After coming out to thunderous boos, Roman Reigns remained the conspiracy theorist, lashing out about how the company wants to keep him down and going on a rampage against Jinder Mahal, attacking him backstage and later in the night to begin their rivalry that nobody wanted to see.

The problem with this angle is that it insults fans' intelligence - a common trait in the WWE, and no one is buying it as a result. Fans know the company doesn't want to keep Roman Reigns down. The inauthentic nature of the story thus prevents it from connecting with fans.

If Vince wants Roman to be his champion, he should make him his champion instead of trying to artificially build sympathy for a character who was already despised. All this angle has done is made Roman Reigns even more hated. Enough with this nonsensical holding pattern.

Winner: Seth Rollins

Raw's MVP was at it again last night, taking part in a good match with Kevin Owens to kick the show off proper. Numerous offensives and reversals were exchanged until Seth Rollins hit the Curb Stomp for the victory.

Seth Rollins' open challenges have been a source for consistently good matches, and the company can ride them out for a while yet. Still, the Intercontinental Champion will need a proper feud soon. Hopefully, that will come whenever Jason Jordan returns.

But for now, just sit back and enjoy Raw's most reliable performer.

Loser: Baron Corbin

A forgettable triple threat qualifying match with forgettable competitors, the result didn't feel as much a win for Bobby Roode (since it won't benefit at all unless it can somehow act as a catalyst for a heel turn, which is unlikely) as it did a loss for Baron Corbin. The "Lone Wolf" is just there on Monday nights and I think it's now safe to dismiss the theory that Vince McMahon sees him as a main event player.

Winners: The "B" Team?

Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel might be getting some kind of push, even if it's a temporary one.

Sure, beating the lowly Breezango normally wouldn't be considered a remarkable achievement, but by their standards, it was. Perhaps they'll have a filler tag team championship feud with Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt while teams like the Authors of Pain and McIntyre/Ziggler wait in the wings.

Loser: Bobby Lashley

Before failing to qualify for Money in the Bank later in the night, Sami Zayn cut a well-delivered but nonsensical promo about vertigo and Lashley's family. So it now looks like we'll have a feud between Lashley and Zayn over his sisters and a normal suplex he delivered as part of a normal match.

Zayn represents a good foil for Lashley, but this feud is a huge waste compared to what the company could be doing with him.

Winners: Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler

This felt like a random tag team match, but nevertheless, the McIntyre/Ziggler duo were put up against top competitors. They won, getting the pin over Finn Balor, which says it all about his current standing in the company. Strowman and McIntyre had an intense staredown, but for once, the company wisely hesitated in pulling the trigger.

McIntyre and Ziggler now made an immense statement. So what happens from here? Do they go right after the tag team titles?

Winner: Kevin Owens

It's very annoying to see Kevin Owens embroiled in another authority figure angle, with his threats to call Stephanie McMahon on Kurt Angle being particularly lame, but there's no doubt that he's a good addition to the Money in the Bank ladder match. If his great match with Roman Reigns at last year's Royal Rumble is anything to go by, he brings a lot to this kind of match.

Let's just hope the authority figure stuff gets put in the rear-view mirror.