WWE SmackDown Results: Biggest Winners, Losers and Moments from November 8

For the Superstars of WWE SmackDown, the Nov. 8 episode was about coming together to form a united team of competitors poised to knock off Raw and establish brand supremacy. Unfortunately, division reigned supreme, and as a result, the blue brand appears ready to tear itself at the seams.

There was internal fighting and physical violence, and at the end of the night, a billionaire born with a silver spoon in his mouth stood tall as the new face of a team deserving of better leadership.

A team with bigger losers than winners.

Superstar	Winner or Loser	Why?
Baron Corbin	Loser	From main event member of Team SmackDown Live to feuding with Kalisto in a midcard program.
Alexa Bliss	Winner	With a strong performance in a championship match against Becky Lynch, Bliss is poised for a sustained run in title contention.
The Vaudevillains	Losers	The former NXT tag team champions are at the bottom of the SmackDown Live totem pole. Considering that roster includes The Headbangers and The Ascension, that is fairly depressing.

Biggest Loser: AJ Styles

What should have been the WWE world champion's opportunity to assume leadership of SmackDown, guiding his brand into battle against flagship show Raw, turned into another excuse to spotlight a McMahon in what will become a Shane-O-Mac push to the forefront.

The face of the brand, its champion and greatest talent, Styles should have been the leader who brought the team together. Under him, the team should have been united in ways Raw never could be—even with rival Dean Ambrose serving alongside him.

Instead, he was made to look like a fool, wallowing on commentary and babbling like a buffoon at the presence of James Ellsworth as the brand's mascot rather than mixing it up with the top stars as a champion should do.

Then, he sat idly by and watched as McMahon usurped his power as the new focal point of Team SmackDown Live and the man around whom all hype, build and promotion will revolve heading into Survivor Series.

Great job, SmackDown Live writers. Bravo.

Biggest Winner: Shane McMahon

Speaking of the prodigal son of wrestling's greatest emperor, Shane McMahon again finds himself mixed up in the main event of a major WWE pay-per-view extravaganza—this time for no other reason than to plant the seeds for what should be a WrestleMania showdown between him and Brock Lesnar.

Let that sink in for a moment.

The build to Survivor Series' main event was suddenly and inexplicably shifted to appease the ego of the McMahon family rather than shining a light on a bright young star like Baron Corbin, who could have benefited from a spot in a marquee match.

While that may be an indictment of the booking methods of pro wrestling's most successful company, it is proof of McMahon's genius.

Since returning to the company his father built from a regional territory to an international brand, McMahon has competed in the marquee match of the year's biggest event and now finds himself injected into a main event designed to set up yet another WrestleMania payday.

He is either the luckiest man on the planet or his father is grateful to have him back in the fold.

Either way, one of the stars seemingly tapped to carry the promotion into the future had his growth stunted by the decision to book Shane-O-Mac in the top spot on the Nov. 20 card.