WWE Raw Results: Biggest Winners, Losers and Moments from December 1, 2014

As World Wrestling Entertainment prepares for its annual TLC show on December 14, it rolled into Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the December 1 episode of Raw.

The war between Team Cena and the remnants of Team Authority continued this week when John Cena partnered with Dolph Ziggler and Ryback to battle Seth Rollins, Kane and WWE intercontinental champion Luke Harper in a preview of three matches guaranteed to take place at the upcoming spectacular.

Tag teams were at the heart of Monday's show. The opening contest saw five teams battling it out in a Tag Team Turmoil match for the opportunity to challenge the Miz and Damien Mizdow for the division's top prize.

Dean Ambrose broke Bray Wyatt's chair, thus intensifying their rivalry and nearly sending the Reaper of Souls to tears. What affect will Ambrose's actions have on Wyatt mentally?

AJ Lee continued her war against the Bella Twins, teaming with Naomi to defeat Nikki and Brie in tag team action. Does this take the former champion a step closer toward regaining her title?

While the answers to those questions will be revealed in the coming weeks and months on WWE programming, Monday's show left the WWE Universe with some rather obvious winners and losers.

Who are they?

Let's take a look.

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Winner: Erick Rowan

"Big Red," as he is being called now, again received significant airtime this week. WWE Creative clearly sees something in the big man worth investing time and energy in pushing. As a result, it has helped to craft one of the most interesting characters in quite some time.

Rowan, as revealed Monday night, is no simpleton. He is intelligent and has morals. How he ever managed to get along with Bray Wyatt and his crusade to make everyone miserable for as long as he did is a mystery, but what is not mysterious is the fact that Rowan is making the most out of his push at this point.

That he has been programmed against the hated Big Show only elevates his star.

At a time when the future of WWE looks so clear, with Roman Reigns expected to lead the way and Ambrose and Rollins playing major roles in the success of the company as well, Rowan breaking out and becoming a major contributor would be one of the more interesting stories in quite some time.

Losers: the New Day

Remember that time WWE produced numerous vignettes for the repackaging of Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods and Big E, called them the New Day and made a big deal about their impending arrival, only to have them debut on a taped episode of SmackDown?

Things got much worse for the trio Monday night when they lost just two shows into their return in Raw's Tag Team Turmoil match.

Sure, the defeat sets up a rivalry with Goldust and Stardust, but there were undoubtedly better ways to get there than to have them drop a match this early in their run. A count-out or disqualification, followed by a brawl with the brothers of bizarre, would have been much more effective and allowed Kingston, Woods and Big E to save face.

Instead, they have already lost considerable momentum. Given WWE Creative's inconsistent booking of the three Superstars, however, it really should be a surprise to no one.

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Winner: Naomi

Not only did the dynamic and explosive babyface earn a big tag team victory with Lee over the Bella Twins, she also found herself at the heart of the blossoming rivalry between the Usos and tag team champions the Miz and Damien Mizdow.

Long one of WWE's most underutilized talents, it is about time Naomi sees an expanded role on Monday nights.

It may be a bit premature to assume that she will be a central figure in the tag team title rivalry, but seeing her get some much-deserved screen time was nice.

Winner: Bray Wyatt

Wyatt's expressions following Ambrose's destruction of his trademark rocking chair not only were incredibly effective in the moment but also demonstrated just how outstanding a performer Wyatt has developed into over the last year.

More importantly, it introduces a personal element to the rivalry between Wyatt and Ambrose.

One thing that has been missing in the program between the two is the sense of danger in relation to Wyatt. We have seen him play mind games with Ambrose, evoking the memories of a broken childhood and mentioning the Lunatic Fringe's father on numerous occasions.

But we have seen that sort of thing before. Wyatt has demonstrated an ability to tap into some insecurity of his opponents from the moment he stepped foot in WWE. 

What we have not seen is Wyatt on the receiving end of the mind games. That changed Monday night when Ambrose broke Wyatt's chair and visibly affected the Eater of Worlds.

How Wyatt responds will be key (as will Ambrose's follow-up), but for right now, fans have something they can sink their teeth in and look forward to in the weeks to come.