The biggest winners and losers of last night's RAW (June 22)

Last night's RAW was meant to get the road to the next pay per view event, Extreme Rules in July, started in earnest. In that regard, the show was successful, although the red brand will have to do some work around the edges.

Who got the most and least out of RAW last night? Let's take a look.

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RAW Winner: Dolph Ziggler

RAW got started with Dolph Ziggler issuing a challenge to Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship. There was a nice touch of callback involved in this. Drew McIntyre returned to the main roster a little over two years ago when he and Ziggler made a surprise appearance on RAW. They then went to menace the red brand to varying degrees through the rest of 2018, including a run with the RAW Tag Team Championships. McIntyre then turned on Ziggler.

This history was brought up in the opening promo last night and it worked.

Of course, WWE still has a long way to go to even somewhat convince us that Dolph Ziggler will be a threat to Drew McIntyre, but they have several more weeks to try.

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RAW Loser: Nia Jax

A fight just broke out between @MsCharlotteWWE & @NiaJaxWWE on #WWERaw! pic.twitter.com/jARXCK1FCg

— WWE (@WWE) June 23, 2020

This segment was shaky to say the least. Nia Jax was never good on the microphone and it felt like it was just there to stall for time. Nia Jax did create the injury angle with Charlotte, which turned out to be a real one, so we can expect the two to feud whenever she gets back.

But does anyone really want to see such a feud? Their match on RAW in 2017 was dangerous, to put it lightly.

We'll just have to see where it goes, but with Nia Jax shut out of a title match now, she's probably set to meander for a while.

RAW Winners: Andrade and Angel Garza

That explains the @Zelina_VegaWWE smile.@AngelGarzaWwe and @AndradeCienWWE have made their intentions known at the expense of #WWERaw #TagTeamChampions @AngeloDawkins & @MontezFordWWE! pic.twitter.com/rl1BwLtnBQ

— WWE (@WWE) June 23, 2020

After a good match with the Viking Raiders, the Street Profits successfully defended the RAW Tag Team titles.

But it didn't take long for their next challengers to make themselves known.

Andrade and Angel Garza lurked around and then ambushed the champions, setting up a match for Extreme Rules, undoubtedly. It will be a big step up for them, even if the tag team division has an infamous history.

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RAW Winner: Asuka

Well, it finally happened. Asuka scored a clean submission win and a successful title defense over Charlotte Flair. Injury or not, this was an important milestone. It means, to an extent, that WWE is serious about her title reign, unlike her SmackDown title reign, when she felt like an afterthought after her first month as champion.

This victory on RAW also creates another accolade for Asuka. She is now the first and only woman to defeat all four of WWE's horsewomen cleanly. Some others came close, but only Asuka has that feather in her cap, adding to her list of achievements.

RAW Losers: Natalya and Liv Morgan

Was there any point to this other than filling out TV time on RAW? Sometimes, if you have no plans to use someone, it's best just to keep them off TV entirely, lest you get something like this where both parties are harmed.

While Natalya's victory was rather random and didn't get her anywhere, Liv Morgan's loss was worse in a way, because she's built up some momentum on RAW in the past few months and being in segments like this does her no favors.

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RAW Winner: Sasha Banks

After Sasha Banks' successful title defense alongside Bayley, she announced she wanted to be a double champion, too, so challenged Asuka to a match at Extreme Rules. Asuka accepted and got promptly beaten into the ground.

Even though it further undermines the brand split, this is an exciting match, much more so than the one against Nia Jax was. Asuka and Sasha Banks had a great match on RAW two years ago, and now they'll get to go full blast on the pay-per-view.

One thinks Asuka would win the encounter in July, but you can never rule out a Sasha Banks victory. We'll see what happens in the coming weeks!