The WWE’s calendar has reached a stretch wherein we will see a pay per view every other week and this started with Backlash last weekend. Monday Night Raw is heading towards Extreme Rules on June 4th where there will be a Fatal 5-Way to decide who faces Brock Lesnar at Great Balls Of Fire.
Two weeks later we will see the Smackdown Live exclusive event Money In The Bank.
Some of the highlights from Monday Night Raw included former Shield brothers Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins teaming up to take on Bray Wyatt and Samoa Joe in the main event. We also saw Finn Balor in action against former Bullet Club brother Karl Anderson.
There was also a mystery attack on Enzo backstage, and thanks to some keen eyes on social media, it looks like the Top Guys are back to work.
The first Smackdown Live after Backlash saw a lavish Punjabi celebration for the new WWE Champion Jinder Mahal. Shane McMahon revealed the six competitors who will be in the Money In The Bank Ladder match, and it is possibly the best collection of talent ever assembled in the history of the series.
There are six photos that stood out this week from WWE.com. A total of four come from Monday Night Raw and two from Smackdown Live. Read on to see Alexa Bliss get a dose of her own medicine.
#6 The moment you realise that your plan backfired
The infamous “on a pole” match will return at Extreme Rules when Bayley and Alexa Bliss to attempt to grab a kendo stick high above the ring to use. After Bliss defeated Mickie James, she would pull the stick out from under the ring to attack James before Bayley would make the save.
As you can see in the photo above, the look on Alexa’s face is priceless when she realises that Bayley has possession of the kendo stick now. Luckily for Bliss, she escaped without taking a shot. It appears that Bayley is a little gun-shy when it comes to using the weapon.
#5 The true impact of the Kinshasa
After the huge announcement for the participants in this year’s Money In The Bank ladder match, Smackdown Commissioner Shane McMahon made a tag team main event which would see the dream team of Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles take on Kevin Owens and Dolph Ziggler.
Nakamura and Owens are no strangers to one another as they have clashed before in Ring Of Honor. It wouldn’t end well for KO this week and he would take a Kinshasa (seen above) to end an epic 25-minute match to close Smackdown Live this week.
#4 Imagine this unholy alliance
Finn Balor made his way out to the ring on Monday to cut a promo about Extreme Rules before facing former Bullet Club brother Karl Anderson. To everyone’s surprise, Balor would be interrupted by the famous line “ladies and gentlemen...”
Paul Heyman made his return to the WWE for the first time since WrestleMania. He wanted to personally greet Balor and tell him how much he has impressed the advocate of The Beast.
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It was one of the best moments of Raw this week, and the handshake between them would send the WWE Universe into a frenzy. Could you imagine Heyman becoming an advocate for The Demon?
#3 The anguish on Dean Ambrose’s face
“The Drifter” Elias Samson was a surprise call-up from NXT to Monday Night Raw during the Superstar Shake-up. Until this week, he would just show up at random times strumming his guitar.
Samson made another backstage cameo this week on Raw. Kurt Angle said that Samson finally got his attention, and he’ll be granted his first match on the main roster against Dean Ambrose.
The match lasted nearly ten minutes and ended in disqualification thanks to The Miz, but Samson looked pretty good in his debut. The photo above captures Dean’s hilarious expression while Samson applies an armbar.
#2 Punjabi pageantry on display...
The rise of Jinder Mahal came out of nowhere (just like an RKO), but the impact has been great. Mahal would be welcomed to SmackDown Live this week with a Punjabi championship celebration. The colourful celebration included several dancers and a drummer to start followed by the Singh Brothers and then Jinder Mahal.
Jinder would deliver a promo driving home that 1.3 billion people are celebrating the fact that he is now WWE Champion, the people of India. His first defence of the title will be against Randy Orton at Money In The Bank on June 18th.
#1 A night out on the town with friends
The main event of this week’s Monday Night Raw included four of the five competitors in the Fatal 5 Way at Extreme Rules. Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins would team up to take on Bray Wyatt and Samoa Joe in a very solid 13-minute match.
At the end of the match, Wyatt would pull Reigns out of the ring while Joe finished the match with the Coquina Clutch. After the referee stopped the match, you could see Wyatt celebrating above while Reigns was out.
This photo provided a great opportunity to caption as it looks that Wyatt and Reigns were out on a long night of drinking and Roman just couldn’t hang.
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