The biggest winners and losers of last night's SmackDown (November 1)

Last night's SmackDown was a unique episode, partly because coming off the heels of Crown Jewel, not all of the regular Superstars could make it all the way back in time.

WWE needed to get out of its mold and do some things we don't usually see, and thankfully, the company did. With Survivor Series a few weeks away and featuring NXT stars for the first time, the Yellow brand was out in force on Friday night.

But who got the most and least out of last night's show? Let's take a look.

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Loser: All of WWE

To get his hands on Rey Mysterio, who Vince McMahon refused to send to the Blue brand, Paul Heyman announced that his client would be "quitting" SmackDown to go back to the Red brand.

Brock Lesnar "quitting" SmackDown to go to RAW is the worst imaginable way to get one of the world titles back to the Red brand, the situation having arisen from The Fiend Bray Wyatt's victory at Crown Jewel. It would have made far more sense just to trade Mysterio after the freebie SmackDown got for Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss.

Brock Lesnar being champion again is problem enough, but going to RAW, where he's been played out as the absentee champion for years, only exacerbates things. At least on SmackDown, he has a relatively fresh slew of challengers awaiting him.

On RAW, who could realistically end his reign? The last thing anyone wants to see is yet another redo of Brock Lesnar vs. one of the Shield guys for WrestleMania, yet that's exactly where this is headed unless something changes quickly.

This is a disastrous decision for the entire company and only highlights how much of a drag on the whole roster Brock Lesnar has been since 2017.

Loser: The Miz

The Miz was supposed to be interviewing the new Universal Champion, Bray Wyatt, last night, but that couldn't be arranged, and Tommaso Ciampa crashed the party instead. This led to a match between them which was quite good, with the former NXT Champion having his arm raised in victory in the end.

The problem here is that Ciampa, good as he is, doesn't look like he'll be sent to RAW or SmackDown soon, if ever, so it just leaves the Miz looking bad losing to a guy that most fans don't know. He's supposed to be a mainstay on the main shows, and this won't increase his value at all.

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Winners: Rhea Ripley and Tegan Nox

Two people that might one day find themselves on the main shows are Rhea Ripley and Tegan Nox, and they both looked like stars against Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville, filling in for Carmella and Dana Brooke.

Both of them have bright futures and this was just a taste. I'd say that Rhea Ripley's ceiling is the highest, though. She could be one of the main stars in the women's division in the next decade and she looked like the future last night.

Winner: Adam Cole

We were supposed to get Roman Reigns vs. Baron Corbin. How fortunate that this happened instead!

As you would expect, this was an electric match. The fact that Adam Cole beat Daniel Bryan clean was an even more electric statement.

On the one hand, that doesn't look so great for one of WWE's mainstay main event stars, but Daniel Bryan is a made man and can afford a loss. Adam Cole might still find himself on one of the main shows next year, so this was an excellent way to make a first impression with a wider audience.

He's also going to be involved in Survivor Series, so this was a good way to hype whatever it is that he'll do there. Hopefully it won't be a straight triple threat match against Brock Lesnar and The Fiend, though, because it will be all too obvious he's just there to take the pin if that winds up being the case.

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