Who came away with the most momentum from last night's RAW (December 11)
Last night's episode of RAW was, to put it kindly, a dumpster fire. Bad booking was rife throughout a poorly-constructed episode and it should be embarrassing for a supposedly premier organization to put on a show like this. WWE wasn't even trying. The relatively dead crowd didn't help matters.
Seth Rollins and Sheamus had a great match, but it's hard to see how it was anything more than a 50/50 holding pattern. The same holding pattern applies to the relatively disappointing encounters between Roman Reigns and Cesaro and then Samoa Joe and Dean Ambrose. Braun Strowman and Kane fell into much the same pattern, and though they'll both likely advance to face Brock Lesnar, it's hard to be enthusiastic about such a match.
Not many people walked away looking good from last night's butchery, which harmed many other superstars.
Gained momentum: Cedric Alexander
After Rich Swann's personal problems, I had a feeling that Cedric Alexander would be his replacement. Lazy booking of yet another fatal 4 way aside, the match was one of the better things on RAW and after a long bout, Cedric Alexander walked away with the victory.
Because of his babyface alignment, he'll likely be the favourite to beat Drew Gulak next week and go up against the heel champion, Enzo Amore.