The biggest winners and losers of last night's RAW (September 16)

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Despite a litany of poor booking decisions, WWE RAW was a largely good show last night emanating from Knoxville, Tennessee, so we should have expected an appearance from a certain legend-turned-mayor. It was executed perfectly, and this angle alone made up for the slew of poor booking and badly done angles throughout the rest of the show. That's how you know you have something great on your hands.

With Hell in a Cell only a few weeks away, things look like they're heating up, but who got the most and least out of last night's show? Who looked better? Who looked worse? Let's dive in and take a look.

Losers: Braun Strowman and the Tag Team Division

This was pointless and it only made everyone involved look worse. Braun Strowman, fresh off his loss of yet another Universal title shot, stormed out and laid everyone flat, but it was another reminder of his place in the company - as a guy to keep all the other geeks in line, but as a geek himself whenever he's in a big match.

And obviously, the tag team division itself just looked like bigger geeks, and the tag team titles not worth getting invested in as a viewer.

With AEW's tag team division set to be nuclear hot right off the bat, this was the wrong message for WWE to send.

Loser: Cedric Alexander

Cedric Alexander again looked outmatched against AJ Styles last night, and following the humiliation at Clash of Champions in front of his hometown crowd, the former Cruiserweight Champion suddenly looks like a pipsqueak in the Red brand's ranks.

This is the kind of booking that prevents people from getting over - start someone off with a lot of heat and momentum and then snap it all away in an instant.

Alas, Cedric Alexander didn't look nearly as formidable as his tag team partners did here.