WWE Raw Results: Biggest Winners and Losers After March 10

Daniel Bryan and his chanting fans seized control of WWE Raw on March 10, creating a career highlight for a Superstar who has searched so long for victory.

Bryan, Bray Wyatt and The Shield snatched up opportunity and spotlight. To varying degrees, they each improved their position and offered fans plenty to buzz about.

AJ Lee and Damien Sandow sat on the opposite end of the spectrum. For them, Monday's Raw was a night of watching others pass them by, of playing bit parts when they are both capable of lead roles.

Bryan and his congregation will be the headline story after the show, but Wyatt made the most of his at-bats as well, smashing the kind of verbal home runs that have become routine for him.

Winner: Bray Wyatt

Wyatt's match with John Cena is now official, giving him an opportunity to make his first WrestleMania match a momentous one.

"The Eater of Worlds" interrupted Cena and Hulk Hogan and delivered one of his better performances. He warned the two wrestling icons about the dangers of pride. Cena backed out of wanting to enter the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal so he could instead challenge Wyatt.

Later in the show, he accepted. He first sent Erick Rowan to throttle Cena.

Wyatt chilled the audience as he told Cena that his time was up.

Few Superstars received as much air time as Wyatt on Monday's Raw. He not only traded barbs with Cena, but he had a chance to take shots at Hogan. Wyatt's resume was upgraded after those interactions rich with star power.

Loser: AJ Lee

The lasting image after AJ's match was Nikki Bella holding up the Divas Championship while Natalya glared at her from the apron. AJ, meanwhile, was out of frame, flat on her back.

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Total Divas will soon push the current champ aside. Nikki pinned AJ just a few days after fans saw Natalya force AJ to tap out on SmackDown.

AJ's momentum is dissipating. 

It's hard to remember the last win she's had. A lack of a true rival has hurt her and rather than WWE placing her in a story of an alliance breaking apart with Tamina Snuka, the company has allowed her title reign to atrophy. 

Natalya's title shot on Tuesday's Main Event could see AJ dethroned as some of the women from WWE's reality show prepare to take her spot at WrestleMania.

Winner: The Shield

Monday's Raw focused more on Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins than it did on the Tag Team champions.

The Usos did earn a win over Ryback and Curtis Axel, but The Shield's match meant more. Kane offered the black-clad trio a chance to redeem their losses to Cody Rhodes and Goldust from last year. "The Hounds of Justice" then threatened Kane, Reigns snarling at him from inches away.

A team seemingly on the verge of implosion banded together once again and overpowered the Rhodes brothers.

Ambrose paced around the ring, emotion spilling out of him. Reigns knocked Goldust and dragged his body to the corner while chuckling. Rollins landed the decisive blow, smashing Rhodes' head to the mat with Black Out.

The Shield, as has been the group's routine as of late, delivered the best match of the night, remained a featured part of Raw and kept fans in suspense about the impending breakup.

Loser: Damien Sandow

Sandow's body is surely thankful of his light workload, but he got no chance to advance himself on Monday's Raw.

As Bryan's protesters clogged the ring and the entrance ramp, Sandow attempted to start his match anyway. He quickly gave up and turned around, angering the COO further.

On a night where Christian marked up Sheamus' back in a loss, Rowan dominated Cena until the very end of their match and Jack Swagger's narrative with Cesaro was furthered by Big E pinning him, Sandow didn't even get an opportunity to lose. 

Being asked to play the role he did is far removed from his days as the Money in the Bank winner. Zack Ryder, Titus O'Neil and the other Superstars spending Raw on the bench, though, would have gladly taken his spot, even as meager an amount of spotlight as it offered.

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Winner: Daniel Bryan

No one has more to gain now at WrestleMania XXX than Bryan.

After hounding Triple H to face him at the premier event for weeks failed, Bryan borrowed a tactic from the world of civil disobedience. He enlisted a mass of fans to occupy the ring and refused to leave until his demands were met.

What resulted was one of the most powerful moments Raw has seen.

Frustrated fans watched their hero defy The Authority, fight back against the injustices he's suffered and garner his biggest victory of the year. He now has a showdown with Triple H at WrestleMania and should he win that, he'll be added to the WWE title match in the main event.

The electric way WWE delivered this news gives Bryan a career highlight and fed a fanbase hungry for WWE's pitbull to triumph.

In addition, Bryan pinned the world champ in a tag match, reminding us that he can in fact knock "The Viper" off once Triple H and his cronies don't screw him over.

Monday's Raw gave a number of Superstars chances to rise and prime spots at WrestleMania, but nothing compared to what the long-suffering Bryan achieved. The apex of his career awaits.