WWE SmackDown Results: Biggest Winners, Losers and Moments from February 18

Brock Lesnar may have returned to WWE SmackDown for the first time since 2004 on Thursday night, but a blue-brand regular, former WWE champion and WrestleMania headliner emerged from the broadcast as the biggest winner of the evening.

While he may not have a match scheduled for this Sunday's Fastlane pay-per-view, The Miz once again turned in a strong night of work. Typically strong with promos, it was as an in-ring worker that the Hollywood "A-lister" excelled during this week's broadcast.

His match with Chris Jericho continued a recent string of fantastic performances for which he has received little praise.

The Miz is so entrenched in the minds of fans as one of the worst heavyweight champions of his generation that the WWE Universe has failed miserably to take notice of just how solid a professional wrestler he has become. He can complement a variety of styles to craft an entertaining match. More importantly, he knows how to work the audience and generate a reaction.

On Thursday night, he never looked out of place while sharing the ring with one of the best wrestlers of the last 25 years. The argument could be made that he was actually much more fluid than the future Hall of Famer.

While his performances are unlikely to earn Miz anything even remotely close to a renewed push, he has silenced some of the doubters who used to greet him with insulting chants of "You can't wrestle!"

Not everyone had as great a night as The Awesome One, though. In fact, a fellow native of Cleveland had a rough night from a creative standpoint. And let's not forget a certain veteran of the women's division who has fallen deep into the role of enhancement talent.

Loser: Dolph Ziggler

On Sunday at Fastlane, Dolph Ziggler will battle Kevin Owens for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Thursday night, he tuned up for that bout by teaming with United States champion Kalisto and Sin Cara to battle The League of Nations' Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio and Rusev.

In predictable WWE fashion, he lost, taking the pin following interference from Owens.

It is already difficult enough to consider Ziggler a legitimate threat to KO, especially since the Canadian-born Superstar just regained the IC title on the Feb. 15 Raw.

Booking him to drop a six-man tag team match to a faction of heels who are not even competing on the main card of Sunday's pay-per-view broadcast is hardly the way to convince audiences that The Showoff is a credible contender to the IC title.

Expect to see Ziggler roll into Fastlane in his hometown of Cleveland and do what he does best: make others look good and eat the pinfall.

Winner: Sasha Banks

The Boss completed the clean sweep of Team B.A.D. Thursday night, defeating Tamina in singles competition with The Bank Statement.

Of course, that outcome makes one wonder why fans would ever think for a moment that the devious duo would pose a threat to Banks and partner Becky Lynch this Sunday at Fastlane, but it should not be no great surprise that WWE Creative would not take that into consideration.

Banks remains the strongest-booked Diva on the roster, as evidenced by her latest victory.

She wins matches cleanly, scoring decisive falls over her opponents, most often by submission. That she is as over with audiences as she is, the result of her exploits in NXT, only helps with the establishment of her as the top star in the Divas division.

Banks is going to be the Divas champion sooner than later. The only question is whether or not it comes on the grand stage of WrestleMania 32.

Loser: Natalya

The Queen of Harts returned to the ring Thursday night, battling Divas champion Charlotte in a non-title match. Unfortunately, she ended her night on her back, tapping out to the figure-eight leglock and likely wondering when she became the punching bag of the Divas division.

As talented an in-ring worker as she is (her match with the same Charlotte in NXT being an example of how extraordinary a technician she is), Natalya can never seem to get on the type of roll that allows her to better connect with the audience and succeed at the next level.

Sure, she had a Divas title run back in 2010, but it was so short-lived and forgettable that an entire generation of fans likely remember her as little more than the elder stateswoman of the division and star of Total Divas.

It is a shame, because there are few who take more pride in their work than the third-generation Diva.