10 Biggest Winners & Losers From WWE Backlash 2018

Big Cass dominated the action Sunday night, pummeling Daniel Bryan throughout their match. He manhandled Bryan and dominated the action. If WWE was absolutely sold on him as one of the faces of SmackDown's bright future, he probably should have bowled right over Bryan and scored an impressive, one-sided even, victory over the former WWE champion.

Instead, his onslaught was rendered meaningless when he was caught with a single kick to the head and trapped in the YES! Lock before tapping out.

For all the damage he did to Bryan, Cass fell to a single strike and submission.

You could argue that makes Bryan look like a fluke and thus, an even bigger loser, but Cass looked weak. He looked like a big man unable to finish the job. Despite considerable heat for his beatdown of Bryan after the match, complete with chants of "you tapped out," it was the manner in which his loss came about that could have longer-term effects on his ability to succeed at the top of the card.

That he continues to lack something, a something that is really quite difficult to pinpoint at this point, only renders his situation direr. He needs a signature win badly and a performance that earns the trust of fans even worse.

Until that happens, the likelihood that the Big Cass Experiment crashes and burns is as large as he.