The biggest winners and losers of last night's raw (February 18)

This was an odd episode of Raw, even by its own standards. The main stories on the brand mostly took a backseat. Instead, WWE decided to do something different by bringing up four of NXT's brightest stars for a sojourn. Credit to the company for trying something different and breaking out of its stultifying formula. Long may it continue.

How successful was it, though? A few things worked against last night's episode, including a worst of all time level crowd. If WWE knows what's good for it, it will never do another TV taping in front of that crowd.

Let's take a look at who got the most and least out of last night's episode.

Winner: Ricochet

It wasn't long before the first of the four NXT stars debuted. Ricochet came out to assist Finn Balor against Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush, who are still mysteriously together despite Lashley's attack on his hype man the night before.

The crowd was awful, but that didn't stop this from being a great tag team match. Ricochet looked excellent here, showcasing why he truly is "the one and only." Lio Rush was a great choice for him to showcase his skills against and his encounters with Bobby Lashley were fun also.

When he got the hot tag near the end of the match, things picked up, and it didn't appear that he had been limited in what he was allowed to do.

Ricochet promised he'd be back and the announcers said we'd be seeing a lot more of him in the future. Does that mean a call up could be coming soon? Ricochet is one of those guys that still feels like he has mileage left in NXT, but it isn't like he's not ready to move to the main roster.