The biggest winners and losers of last night's SmackDown (January 17)

Losers: The SmackDown women's division

Beyond the title picture, the blue brand's women's division is in a dire state. Alexa Bliss defeated Sonya Deville, but the entire thing was a poor showing, and this angle between Mandy Rose and Otis isn't funny. It's just not very good at all.

The rest of the division feels aimless, like it's just being used to fill time, and while this is true to a certain extent on RAW with Charlotte Flair's random matches of late, it has the better talent to make things more presentable.

When Asuka is done with the Becky Lynch feud, hopefully things will open up more, as the floating tag team titles return.

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Loser: Roman Reigns

Roman Reigns won this car crash cluster of a match and by virtue of his victory, declared he would face Baron Corbin in a falls count anywhere match at the Royal Rumble. The problem is that this feud is just really bad. Baron Corbin has never been in an interesting feud, and all this has done since it began is undercut Roman Reigns.

Let me ask: Does Reigns feel like a favorite to win the Royal Rumble right now? I'm guessing you'd answer with "no." And there's the problem. He could well win and probably will defeat the Fiend at WrestleMania, but he doesn't feel like a serious contender, and that's all thanks to this Baron Corbin feud.

Hopefully the Royal Rumble is the last of it.