The biggest winners and losers of last night's Raw (May 6)

Last night's Raw was a total train wreck that is already being compared to the infamous November 26th, 2018 episode as the worst edition in the red brand's 26 year history. In everything from the announcement of a "wild card" rule that only adds confusion by throwing continuity out the window, to Raw's usual trying segments and formula, to another of the year's worst segments, the show was a complete mess.

Did anyone manage to get anything out of this?

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Winner: Daniel Bryan

Forget the thumbnail on the video. The only thing that was notable or good about this segment was that Daniel Bryan is back. His injury scare is thankfully over with and he's OK. That's great for SmackDown and for WWE, but this "wild card" thing is already a train wreck, so I hope he can avoid it.

He lost to Kofi Kingston in the night's main event, but that won't damage him in the long run.

Welcome back, Daniel Bryan.

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Losers: Seth Rollins and AJ Styles

Oh look, another match where two competitors on an upcoming pay per view would need to team up. How many times have we seen this before, exactly? After AJ Styles abandoned his partner, Bobby Lashley and Baron Corbin won the match and pinned the Universal Champion.

This did nothing to make the match on May 19th more exciting. In fact, it just cheapened it and the Universal title. It was worse than useless.

If Vince McMahon wants to really know why his ratings are declining so quickly, he need only look at trite, formulaic matches like this. AJ Styles and Seth Rollins should have ordinarily been an exciting matchup, but the combination of a cold product and booking like this has already lessened its impact.

Loser: Sami Zayn

Sami Zayn's shtick is already getting old. He needs to do something other than run down the fans every week. Well, that happened, but it came in the form of Braun Strowman throwing him away into a dumpster. It was a good metaphor for the show as a whole.

Sami Zayn is a good talker, but there's truly nothing unique about what he's been doing. Already, this opening of a potential feud between him and Braun Strowman resembles the poor feud between the Monster Among Men and Kevin Owens a year ago. Let's hope it doesn't take that turn.

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Winner: Ricochet

Ricochet got his win back over Robert Roode, but aside from the uninspiring 50/50 formula, the match made little sense. If Roode was going to challenge Ricochet for his spot in the Money in the Bank Ladder match, why not just do a qualifying match last week instead of arbitrarily announcing his presence?

Some qualifying matches would have made for a much better show than the one we were presented with last week, let alone this week.

Still, at least Ricochet is still being somewhat protected.

Winners: The Viking Raiders

Oh look, another match where the champions lose without the titles on the line. Normally, this would put the Viking Raiders in the losers column, as the winners of these matches rarely go on to capture gold when it actually counts. Yet, Hawkins and Ryder are so low on the totem pole that this should be an exception to that rule.

Either way, the sooner the titles are on the Viking Raiders, the better.

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Losers: The Revival and The Usos

The dirt sheets weren't kidding about a series of humiliations being on the way for The Revival. A dose of "Ucey Hot" apparently made the former champions so itchy that the match couldn't begin.

This was more than a humiliation for The Revival, though. The Usos are WWE's best tag team of the decade. Why are they wasting their time in segments like this? They, too, deserve better.

All this did was take away from the talent and the viewing experience. If Vince McMahon wants to find out why people want to leave his company and why viewers are leaving in droves, he should look at this segment.

Winner: Kofi Kingston

The one redeeming quality on Raw was the main event, although it really shouldn't have happened on Raw at all! Regardless, beggars can't be choosers, I suppose. Firstly, it's an immense relief to see Bryan performing at his normal, outstanding level, after his injury scare.

Secondly, though there was no way this match would ever equal the electric atmosphere it had last month at WrestleMania, it was nonetheless another good showing from these guys.

Daniel Bryan came up short again, with Kofi Kingston winning the clean victory. Bryan is at a point in his career where he can afford such losses and it gives Kofi Kingston a successful title defense under his belt, which is important, since I still don't think that the New Day man is going to be a long-term champion. He might well lose that title to Kevin Owens at Money in the Bank.