The biggest winners and losers of last night's SmackDown (May 15)

Winner: Daniel Bryan

Unsurprisingly, this was the best match of the night, as Daniel Bryan emerged victorious over Drew Gulak to advance in the Intercontinental Championship tournament. He's probably the favorite to win the thing, but favorites have often fallen in the past.

Drew Gulak has been allied to Bryan of late, but we shouldn't expect him to advance beyond that place anytime soon. At least he's putting on great matches with top talent, as we saw last night. If the right opportunity presents itself, who knows where he might go? Did anybody expect Otis to win Money in the Bank at this time last year?

If Drew Gulak keeps doing this, there might be some kind of breakthrough waiting.

But it's Daniel Bryan who will go on in the tournament. With WWE's new wild card-lite rule in place, a reign from Bryan wouldn't be such a bad idea. He could revive the open challenge and invite stars from RAw, SmackDown, and NXT to come and do battle with him for the title. That's the best course at this point.