WWE SmackDown Results: Biggest Winners, Losers and Moments from December 6

With TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in the rearview mirror, WWE's SmackDown Live brand attempted to make sense of the events that unfolded this past Sunday night, generating some true winners and losers along the way.

There was The Lone Wolf, who scored another convincing win, the tag team champions, who successfully retained their titles, and the women's champion, who celebrated her title victory. Yet none of them can be described as the night's biggest winner. That honor went to an insufferable villain whose year has ranked among the best in the industry.

The biggest loser? A main event attraction whose character has been neutered by his involvement with a jobber.

Superstar	Winner or Loser	Why?
Baron Corbin	Winner	Another impressive win over Kalisto and hype from commentators have Corbin on the fast track to big things on SmackDown Live.
American Alpha	Loser	No matter how impressive Chad Gable and Jason Jordan are, it never quite feels like the writing staff knows how to use them.
The Ascension	Loser	Pre-match promo promising "we will rise" led to a loss to The Hype Bros, portraying the team as the joke it has become post-NXT.

Biggest Winner: The Miz

The intercontinental champion not only defeated Dean Ambrose in the main event—pinning him following some interference from Maryse, a distraction from James Ellsworth and a well-timed Skull-Crushing Finale—but he also continued his superb 2016 with a strong edition of Miz TV.

Threatened by Ambrose, Miz stood up from his chair and subtly pulled his wife, Maryse, in front of him, using her as a shield while he taunted his guest. To put an exclamation point on his verbal rundown of the former WWE world champion, he offered him a participation award for his loss in Sunday's TLC match against AJ Styles.

Throughout the year, the champion has found new, interesting and, at times, humorous ways to elevate his heel persona. The participation award gimmick is one he could easily get over if the writing team opts to make it part of his act. In fact, it should take that step because Miz's condescending delivery of the award was one of the highlights of Tuesday's broadcast.

Regardless of whether it becomes a permanent fixture on SmackDown Live, there is no denying how extraordinary Miz has been in this, the best year of his decade-long career.

Biggest Loser: Dean Ambrose

There is nothing Lunatic or Fringe about Ambrose at this point. He has become a shell of the character that earned the admiration of fans over the last two years—a caricature, more than anything. Now, his story features a budding rivalry with Ellsworth, the jobber who earned a spot on the WWE roster, thanks to a handful of internet memes.

Rather than displaying the edginess that once defined him, he is now left to play the bumbling babyface, undone by a chinless wonder.

Ambrose should mean more. Whether by default or not, he is the lead babyface on Tuesday nights. A feud with Ellsworth, who is teetering on overexposed at this point, is not the best way to utilize his talents.

An extended program with Miz?

Much better.