Opinion: The biggest winners and losers of last night's SmackDown (July 2)

Winner: Aleister Black

The rambling promos continued, but at least now they're leading somewhere. If WWE is going to hype Aleister Black's singles debut on the SmackDown brand coming at a pay per view, it probably suggests that there are bigger plans for him to come. That's good. We can only hope that it isn't too late, though.

After three months of wheel spinning with promos that have at times been downright ridiculous, there's a good chance that Aleister Black has lost the traction he could have gotten if he had simply hit the ground running after coming to SmackDown after WrestleMania. We've all seen what's happened to Lacey Evans after months of doing bizarre promos before WrestleMania, after all. She hasn't gotten over.

Of course, Aleister Black is a lot more talented than Lacey Evans is, so hopefully he'll have a softer landing. Let's see how this build continues.