WWE SmackDown Results: Biggest Winners, Losers and Moments from December 10

World Wrestling Entertainment had one last shot to convince fans that Sunday's Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view event was not a gigantic waste of time, and that the audience should subscribe to WWE Network or purchase the show through more traditional means.

And like the company has done countless times over the last three weeks, it failed.

WWE Creative sleepwalked through another two-hour television production, delivering matches we have seen countless times before, doing nothing to really add any heat or excitement to this weekend's extravaganza and delivering the same questionable booking decisions that have plagued the product for months.

Roman Reigns and Sheamus were given nothing to help make up for the awful closing segment on Raw, Kevin Owens and Dean Ambrose partook in a throwaway contract signing and Ryback squashed The Ascension in a match that did nothing to create excitement for The Big Guy's upcoming bout with Rusev.

It was yet another exercise in the mediocre, a show that inspired apathy more than excitement or anticipation for another WWE spectacular.

That falls at the feet of those in charge of writing a show that is compelling, interesting and worth tuning in to see. For that reason, both WWE Creative and the fans it ultimately serves are this week's biggest losers.

Amid the lack of excitement and intrigue, though, there were still Superstars and Divas who shined through and earned "winner" status for the night. 

Who were they, and which performers wound up suffering through another broadcast, thus earning the "loser" label?

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Winners: The Lucha Dragons

Kalisto and Sin Cara picked up a much-needed victory Thursday night, upsetting The New Day in a non-title match and earning momentum heading into Sunday's ladder match for the WWE Tag Team Championships. 

The Lucha Dragons had taken a back seat in recent weeks to The Usos, who stole headlines and participated in main events with The New Day courtesy of the ongoing war between factions at the top of the card.

Their victory on SmackDown allowed them to steal the spotlight and establish themselves as a legitimate threat to the tag titles.

Does that mean they will somehow emerge from Boston with the gold? Of course not. Of the three teams involved, they are least likely to kick off a championship reign. But giving fans the impression that they could helps create drama for the match.

And every bout is improved exponentially with the injection of drama.

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Loser: Tyler Breeze

Remember when Tyler Breeze was the cornerstone of NXT and treated as someone special and credible, regardless of wins and losses? A defeat could be erased by a quick squash victory and a reminder from commentators that Prince Pretty was one of the best in the industry.

Then he got called up to the main roster during a fairly high-profile edition of Miz TV and appeared to be on his way to a sizable push on Raw and SmackDown.

Instead, he was beaten down, jobbed out and, following his loss to Dolph Ziggler on Thursday night, is officially lost in the shuffle, left to wallow away in the muddled mess of a midcard that WWE Creative has crafted through 50-50 booking philosophies and an inability to utilize its talent's strengths.

Breeze's defeat was yet another example of WWE completely mishandling the talent that has been called up from NXT.

Which brings us to our next losers.

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Losers: The Ascension

Believe it or not, there was a time when Konnor and Viktor were the closest thing this generation of fans had to The Road Warriors and Demolition. They were bruisers who entered arenas, pummeled their opponents and left with their arms raised in victory. As part of NXT, they helped restore the aura of a dominant and destructive duo.

Their arrival to WWE brought with it the literal transformation into Legion of Doom 2.0, complete with studded shoulder pads and face paint.

It doomed them to failure, as they came across as caricatures rather than characters. Fans did not react, and management responded by dropping them down the card, leaving them to lose matches to The Lucha Dragons, The Usos and Tyson Kidd and Cesaro, all the while jobbing them out in handicap matches.

Such was the case on SmackDown, as The Ascension was bowled over by Ryback.

The contest existed only to put the spotlight on The Big Guy as he prepares for TLC, and while that is admirable, it came at the expense of Konnor and Viktor, who deserve so much better than the nonsensical and insulting booking that has befallen them from the moment they finally reached the promised land of WWE television.

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Loser: Rusev

You would assume that the return of Lana would lead to the rebuilding of Rusev into a serious threat to any and all Superstars in front of him.

You would be wrong.

Just as he has been for the last six months, Rusev is still the clumsy and clunky joke of a foreign competitor that he was the moment Lana split from him over the summer.

Thursday night started with him heading to the ring with The League of Nations, then eating a Superman Punch to close out the segment. Then he cowardly evaded contact with Ryback, going as far as to subtly sandwich his fiancee between him and his rival.

And to make matters even worse, he was pinned cleanly off a spear from Roman Reigns when King Barrett was right there.

Rusev is a joke at this point and, sadly, the biggest waste of talent on the show. And that is saying something profound, given the wealth of talent all over WWE programming.