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The biggest winners and losers of last night's Raw (28 January 2019)

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Last night's Raw still had a lot of rough edges - uninteresting filler, a build to an Elimination Chamber match that already looks flat, and more undesirable things.

But as far as kicking off the major WrestleMania programs went, this show hit it out of the park. That's what it needed to do.

Who took the most and least out of last night's episode that will be remembered for all the right reasons?


Loser: Dean Ambrose

Unsurprisingly, Dean Ambrose lost the opening match to Seth Rollins, which should finally be the end of their feud. That wasn't the worst part about his night though.

After a commercial break, he sat in the ring complaining. Then the world's most unexciting tag team, Nia Jax and Tamina came out. The former confronted Ambrose and hit him with a cheap shot from behind, but unlike the Royal Rumble last night, there was no retaliation.

It was just completely unnecessary, and needlessly made Ambrose look like even more of a chump.

At best, Ambrose will find himself in the Intercontinental Championship match at WrestleMania 35, but it's far likelier at this point that he winds up in the pre-show at the Andre the Giant Battle Royal.


Winners: Nia Jax and Tamina

Things went downhill fast after the first 30 minutes. The Elimination Chamber match for the women's tag team titles already looks like it will be one of the year's biggest duds. Despite WWE's attempts, Nia Jax and Tamina, for all their size, don't come across as convincing monsters.

They'll be the bruisers in the Chamber, but that's a signal that the Chamber match is likely going to end up being one of the year's most underwhelming bouts, and a far cry from the perfection we've been seeing at the top of the women's division.

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