WWE Raw Results: Biggest Winners, Losers and Moments from February 8

The biggest winner from the February 8 episode of WWE Raw was, without a shadow of doubt, Daniel Bryan.

The Washington state native was celebrated, his work and many accomplishments honored on the night that he announced his retirement from professional wrestling.

Greeted with the most passionate of responses from an audience appreciative and grateful for everything he had done to provide them with classic wrestling matches and unforgettable moments, Bryan addressed the WWE Universe with the humility and humor that had come to define him.

Ending his speech with one last "YES!" chant, he took the time to circle the ring, slapping hands and hugging the fans in the front row before returning to the entrance ramp, where he was greeted by his fellow Superstars and kissed his wife.

It was the last time Bryan would leave the squared circle as a professional wrestler, a career he had devoted himself to for 16 years. There was not a dry eye in the house, as the emotion of the moment caught up with even the most cynical of fans.

As heartbreaking and disappointing a moment as it may have been, the celebration of the greatest pure wrestler of our generation was a fantastic way to prove to Bryan just how much he meant to the industry he had broken his body for.

All eyes may have been on the former three-time world champion, but there were other winners from Monday's broadcast, not to mention a loser or two.

Who joined Bryan in standing out during the February 8 episode of Raw?

Winners: The Dudley Boyz

Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley were in desperate need of freshening up entering Monday's Raw, their role as babyfaces running its course in short order. They had floated aimlessly for weeks, with the repetitive losses to The Wyatt Family leading into the Royal Rumble leaving them with nothing better to do.

After putting Big E through a table with a 3D, winning a huge Eight-Man Tag Team Tables match for themselves and The Usos, they did the unforeseen by attacking Jimmy and Jey and putting them through tables as well.

It was a watershed moment for the team in this run with the company. With a huge WWE Home Video release hitting store shelves in a few months, it was imperative that Creative keep The Dudleys front and center, but it was also evident that they had become incredibly stale as babyfaces.

A heel turn does not hide every issue plaguing the team, but it does buy it and WWE Creative time to come up with something better and more significant for it to do.

Always extraordinary as the bad guys, not to mention more effective, the team now has the opportunity to climb back into championship contention, even if that means having to go head-to-head with a more over New Day trio.

Losers: Dolph Ziggler and Kevin Owens

Two Superstars with such promise appear destined to dance with mediocrity thanks to a WWE Creative staff with no idea what to do with them.

Ziggler and Owens wrestled for what felt like the umpteenth time Monday night, with The Showoff scoring a meaningless pinfall win over the former NXT champion.

Why is it meaningless? The two have been cooled off by booking for so long—then reheated in an attempt to get people to buy them as a legitimate threat—that fans are not sure exactly what to think of them.

They have become just like every other star on the roster, diminished by 50-50 booking that never allows anyone to get ahead or become a legitimate star.

It appears likely that the extraordinary wrestlers are destined to compete again, perhaps at Fastlane. Unfortunately, neither will benefit from winning the feud because the damage will have been done before they even set foot in Ohio for the major stop on the road to WrestleMania.

Winner: Dean Ambrose

There is nothing wrestling fans love more than a babyface with a never-say-die attitude. Monday night, Dean Ambrose absorbed yet another F5 and not only lived to tell about it, but he stood up to Brock Lesnar and begged for another.

Going as far as to suggest that it was Paul Heyman who held the key to Lesnar's, um, "testicular fortitude," Ambrose did not back down in the face of certain pain and punishment at the hands of The Beast Incarnate. Even after enduring another beating, he was adamant that he did not want help from friend Roman Reigns.

The Ambrose story has been outstanding to this point. From coming just inches away from winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Royal Rumble to proving his toughness against Lesnar, he has won over the fans while completely overshadowing Reigns, who is supposed to be the focal point of WWE television at this time.

Unlike others, Ambrose does not need bright, colorful T-shirts telling fans to "never give up." He shows it, even when enduring the most brutal of beatings, and it is connecting with audiences in a way that no marketing machine-produced merchandise ever could.