WWE SmackDown Results: Biggest Winners, Losers and Moments from March 7

The March 7 episode of SmackDown Live presented fans with a taste of the rivalries that will carry the brand into WrestleMania, the highest-profile feuds that audiences will have the opportunity to sink their teeth into throughout the month of March.

Superstars earned their way to WrestleMania championship bouts.

Champions found their dominant reigns over their respective divisions suddenly threatened by the contenders now awaiting them on their journey to immortality.

Hollywood A-Listers added fuel to their already red-hot rivalry and a Lunatic Fringe inexplicably was dense enough to end up the victim of an attack not at all surprising.

Which Superstars earned biggest "winner" and "loser" status Tuesday night, building or losing momentum for themselves in the process?

Take a look for yourself with this recap from the USA Network broadcast.

Winner: Randy Orton

Randy Orton is heading to WrestleMania 33 following his victory over AJ Styles in the main event of this week's SmackDown Live.

To win the match and cash his ticket to The Showcase of the Immortals, The Viper had to overcome agonizing pain in his knee, and the onslaught by a game Styles, to catch him mid-flight with an RKO for the pinfall victory.

The outcome sends Orton to Orlando, where he will challenge Bray Wyatt for the WWE Championship in one of the many main events of wrestling's grandest production.

More importantly, the win is the latest chapter in a career renaissance for Orton, whose popularity was waning and credibility was hurt over the last few years as injuries and uninteresting storylines devalued him in the eyes of the WWE Universe.

Now he is in a position to win the top prize on SmackDown and, equally as important, work alongside the compelling Wyatt in the most interesting program he has been a part of in years. 

Loser: Alexa Bliss

Tuesday night's "Blissertation" highlighted the issues that accompany overly scripted promos and, unfortunately, for Alexa Bliss, they proved most detrimental to her.

The current women's champion rattled off one-liner after one-liner, drawing nothing but groans from the audience. It was embarrassing to watch as one of the breakout stars of the brand extension had to continue pulling out the jokes written for her by a roomful of scribes who had no idea how poorly they would play to the fans.

From the Chucky jokes directed at Becky Lynch to the clunky paraphrasing of Bret Hart's catchphrase, it was a rough night to be Little Miss Bliss.

Until the writing improves, or Bliss is allowed to be herself without forcing jokes, repeat offenses such as this will continue.

Winner: The Miz

The Miz attacked John Cena and left him lying in a heap at ringside.

That was just the beginning of The Hollywood A-Lister's Tuesday night.

From there, he cut another scathing promo on the franchise star, accusing him of using his relationship with Nikki Bella to further their individual branding. From there, he claimed that Cena and Bella were ripping off him and his wife, the hottest couple in sports entertainment.

He ended by vowing to bring an end to their plastic relationship.

The Miz speaks with such conviction that it is easy to buy into and invest emotionally in every word he says. He is a consummate heel, a bad guy of the highest order, and he is almost single-handedly responsible for helping to elevate what should be an afterthought of a storyline to the forefront of the SmackDown brand.

On Sunday, April 2, fans will legitimately care about a match between him and Cena for reasons that extend beyond the involvement of The Rock and that speaks volumes about the quality of Miz's work ahead of the spectacular.

Loser: Dean Ambrose

Dean Ambrose hit the ring, clotheslined Curt Hawkins and called out Baron Corbin.

Then like a stumbling, bumbling fool, he walked right into a sneak attack in the locker room area by The Lone Wolf.

He was beaten down and crushed by a forklift but sympathy was hardly the feeling the WWE Universe had when discussing the current intercontinental champion. Instead, it was much easier to call into question his intelligence when he so eagerly and obliviously walked into an obvious plot to attack him.

Therein lies the issue with Ambrose.

He is a caricature rather than a character. He is comical and nonsensical rather than an actual lunatic. He wins matches with such frequency that his skills are undeniable but the rest of his persona is so wildly inconsistent that he walks into traps the common fan could see coming, let alone a tried-and-true pro wrestling star.

He falls for every trap in the book, then bounces back with a laughably bad comeback that has weakened the feud rather than strengthen it.

Remember the hot dog cart of doom?