The biggest winners and losers of last night's Raw (August 5)

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The red brand had one last chance to sell the SummerSlam card, taking place this Sunday. Unfortunately, it was a poor attempt, and it's hard to say that this year's "Biggest Party of the Summer" is a must-see event. Compare to two years ago, when there was tremendous excitement to see the fatal four-way main event. Even last year felt like it had more pop than this. This time around, it feels like a more or less minor pay per view.

Nevertheless, let's take a look at who got the most and least out of this episode of Monday Night Raw. Is everyone cold heading into this Sunday?

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Loser: Becky Lynch

At this time last year, Becky Lynch was rapidly getting over, en route to the beginnings of "the man" persona at SummerSlam itself. As champion, she's cooled off significantly. This match felt more like it was about promoting Charlotte Flair vs. Trish Stratus than it was about building up Becky Lynch's title defense.

Becky Lynch will in all likelihood retain her championship this Sunday, but she needs an exciting opponent, which she has lacked since winning the title at WrestleMania. All eyes should be on Shayna Baszler the night before, who would be perfect for a fall feud.

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Winner: Andrade

We've been down this road before, with Andrade defeating Rey Mysterio. It was a fantastic match, as we should expect. It's the first step on the road to something greater, but Andrade never seems able to walk it. Now he's potentially on the road again, which is better than spinning his wheels losing in big matches to top names in the company.

We'll just need to see whether this is the beginning of a new phase for him or, more likely, it's just another match.

Loser: Monday Night Raw

Seth Rollins tried to stand up to Brock Lesnar, but got another beating. After it was over, a battered and bruised Rollins vowed that he was going to defeat Lesnar at SummerSlam no matter what happened to him.

We've seen this same old song and dance a million times by now. It's staler than year old bread. An opponent vows to defeat Brock Lesnar and then it never happens.

Seth Rollins looks like he will lose on Sunday, and then Raw will be doomed to another holding pattern with an absentee champion at least until WrestleMania 36. I have no idea why WWE thinks this is compelling television in 2019.

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Losers: The Viking Raiders

This feels like the umpteenth time we've seen this exact same match, and with Gallows and Anderson as heel tag team champions, it doesn't look like there's much room for the Viking Raiders to do something else.

If WWE isn't going to do something interesting with these guys, they should stop wasting everyone's time.

Winner: Bray Wyatt

Bray Wyatt looks like a million bucks heading into his big in-ring return this Sunday night. WWE again used a legend wisely by having Kurt Angle fall to the mandible claw, which was symbolic in more ways than one.

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Finn Balor is going to don his Demon persona this Sunday, which makes the match significantly less exciting, but Bray Wyatt should use it as a springboard to higher aspirations anyway. He continues to be the best thing on WWE programming that's emerged after WrestleMania 35.

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Winner: The Women's Tag Team Division

The execution of this match could have been better, and it's mildly insulting that Asuka and Kairi Sane didn't win the tag team titles after being the only ones "chasing" them so long, all just so backstage favorite Alexa Bliss could win.

Either way, this was a major step in the right direction. Those titles felt like they should have been decommissioned in the hands of the IIconics. Now, thankfully, they have been liberated from their hapless waists.

The division felt revived last night, with multiple teams actually competing for the titles. It was a sudden turnaround.