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Another week of WWE television has come and gone with WWE Extreme Rules just a week from Sunday. Both Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live visited the midwest this week, with the blue brand actually competing just an hour away from me in Omaha, Nebraska.
The entire card for Extreme Rules is almost finalized as by the end of this week, nine matches were on the card. Every title (except for the WWE Universal Championship) will be defended on the show as well.
While Monday Night Raw wasn't anything to write home about this week, SmackDown Live and NXT had tremendous episodes and matches. The best match of the week probably was EC3 v. Johnny Gargano in the main event of NXT.
Outside of the ring, one of the best moments had to be the end of Monday Night Raw this week when Braun Strowman duct taped a port-a-potty shut with Kevin Owens in it. The entire feud between those two has been highly entertaining.
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One thing I noticed in my top 20 photos from WWE television this week, there is a lot of high-flying. Some of it characteristic of the wrestler, and for some, it is out of the norm, but still made for some great photography.
Let's get started with the best photos this week with one of the most charismatic and promising wrestlers on the NXT roster today.
#20 The colourful entrance of the Velveteen Dream
Velveteen Dream has the entire package. A great persona and aura to go with great skills inside of the ring. It is hard to imagine that this guy is only 22 years old.
John Cena called him the future of the WWE, and he isn't lying. This week on NXT Velveteen Dream had a great match with NXT newcomer Chris Dijak and Dream got back to his winning ways with a nice DDT to finish it.
#19 Seth Rollins lands a splash as the WWE Universe watches in awe
Two-thirds of The Shield reunited for a tag match on Monday Night Raw this week as Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns took on Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre. This photograph captures not only a great splash by Rollins but some great reactions from the WWE Universe too.
#18 The beautiful charm of Dakota Kai
Dakota Kai is just one of those sweet women on the WWE roster that you love to watch succeed. Though she had a rough time facing the wrath of Shayna Baszler, she returned to her winning ways this week defeating Santana Garrett.
#17 Any Swanton Bomb from Jeff Hardy will make this list...
I've probably seen hundreds of Swanton Bombs executed by Jeff Hardy throughout the years, and it never gets old watching it. It also never gets old seeing them in photographs like this one when Hardy landed his finisher against The Miz for the WWE United States Championship open challenge.
#16 Gargano goes off on EC3
Is it possible that Johnny Gargano is becoming just like the man he hates in Tommaso Ciampa? This seemed to be the case in the main event of NXT this week when Gargano took on EC3 and on a couple of occasions nearly got himself disqualified.
#15 - Bobby Lashley wants to play too, but Roman Reigns won't let him!
For the third straight week, Raw General Manager Kurt Angle made Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley be a tag team to face The Revival. Roman was true to his words backstage and didn't even tag in Lashley at all. Lashey reciprocated by not helping Reigns when The Revival attacked Roman to cause the disqualification.
#14 Not the preferred method of travel for Kevin Owens
The odd relationship and feud between Kevin Owens and Braun Strowman reached a whole new level this week on Monday Night Raw. Strowman duct taped the port-a-potty Owens was hiding in shut and preceded to drag it to the arena stage.
#13 EC3 gets some major height with his elbow drop
EC3 faced his toughest singles match in NXT to date this week when he took on Johnny Gargano in the main event. There is no doubt that EC3 is going to be a champion within NXT or the WWE someday as evidenced by moves like this towering elbow drop.
#12 Flashbacks of hilarious dysfunction from Team Hell No
With Renee Young in the ring, Team Hell No kicked off SmackDown Live this week to talk about reuniting after five years. They would then hilariously go into the dysfunction that would happen between Kane and Daniel Bryan during that run.
#11 Chris Dijak shows off some major power
For those who are fans of Ring of Honor, it is no secret that Chris Dijak is a tremendous talent. The NXT Universe got a taste of that talent in a highly entertaining match with Velveteen Dream this week. Though Dijak fell short, there is a lot of promise there, as well as the backing of the NXT Universe.
#10 The radiance of the IIconics
When the WWE photographers capture radiance and beauty like The IIconics possess, it's hard to keep them off of the list of best photographs. Peyton Royce took on a surging Becky Lynch this week on SmackDown Live and unfortunately met the Disarmer four minutes into the match.
#9 James Ellsworth gets ready for Asuka
James Ellsworth wrote a check he couldn't cash last week when he said he was ready for Asuka. SmackDown General Manager Paige forced him to take on the Empress of Tomorrow in a match this week, and as you can see from this photo, Ellsworth had some intense preparations before Asuka slapped the taste out of his mouth.
#8 High impact offence from Daniel Bryan
Team Hell No took on The Usos in the main event of SmackDown Live this week, and if The Usos won, they would be added to the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match at Extreme Rules. It appears that Jimmy Uso was already knocked out before the boot of Daniel Bryan landed in this shot.
#7 Dash Wilder uncharacteristically flies high
The Revival pulled out all of the stops in their third match in three weeks against the unlikely duo of Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley. Dash Wilder took to the skies with a very impressive splash onto Roman here.
#6 Kevin Owens is feeling all blue after his port-a-potty trip
This photo represents the aftermath of Braun Strowman sealing a port-a-potty shut with duct tape while Kevin Owens was inside. The unfortunate result after Strowman shoulder tackled the port-a-potty off the stage was KO covered in that blue substance that is used in those portable toilets, YUK!
#5 Big E has flashbacks from NXT
The New Day celebrated Independence Day the only way they could, by having a pancake eating contest. Byron Saxton was the host for the festivities and reminded The New Day that there would be five minutes on the clock, and this gave Big E flashbacks to NXT when he forced the referee to count his pins to five instead of the traditional three.
#4 Jeff Hardy with a patriotic look on the eve of Independence Day
SmackDown Live took place on July 3rd, one day before the United States celebrated Independence Day. Jeff Hardy would celebrate the holiday with a red, white, and blue facepaint scheme for his WWE United States Championship open challenge that was answered by The Miz.
#3 SAnitY ruins the Independence Day Pancake Eating Contest
The New Day's Independence Day pancake eating contest was ruined by SAnitY who attacked the group from behind. Xavier Woods received the brunt of the attack as he was driven through a table thanks to an elbow by Eric Young.
#2 An impressive shot of the Shatter Machine by The Revival onto Roman Reigns
For the third consecutive week, The Revival took on Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley in a tag team match. After weeks of bickering, Roman refused to tag in Lashley, and The Revival saw it as an opening to inflict damage on The Big Dog. After the disqualification, Dash and Dawson hit Reigns with their Shatter Machine finisher.
#1 Big E is ready to eat!
The best photo of the week comes from The New Day's pancake eating contest. Before SAnitY ruined the festivities, Big E was looking rather eager to devour his stack of pancakes.
Which of these photo's are your favourites? Sound off your opinions in the comments section below!
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