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WWE: The Good, The Bad & The NXT

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See exclusive slow-motion footage from intense Monday Night Raw battle between the teams of Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins and Bray Wyatt & Samoa Joe

The fallout from Backlash and the build-up to Extreme Rules dominate Smackdown and RAW - here's who's having the best and worst times in WWE.

Good Week

Samoa Joe (RAW)

Samoa Joe locked in the Coquina Clutch on rival Seth Rollins to help his team to win this week's main event on RAW.

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Joe has looked strong in recent weeks and the loss to Rollins at Payback seems to have focused Triple H's hand-picked destroyer.

Does this make Joe the heavy favourite for victory in the 'Fatal 5-way' match to become No 1 contender for the Universal Championship at Extreme Rules, live on Sky Sports Box Office on June 5.

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AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura clash with Kevin Owens and Dolph Ziggler, in SmackDown's main event

Shinsuke Nakamura (Smackdown)

It was a great 48 hours for Shinsuke Nakamura.

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He won his full WWE in-ring debut by beating Dolph Ziggler at Backlash and then teamed up with AJ Styles to win the main event on Smackdown on Tuesday night by hitting Kevin Owens with a devastating Kinshasa knee strike.

To cap it off, Nakamura will also be part of the Money in the Bank Ladder Match next month, live on Sky Sports Box Office on June 19

Pete Dunne got his hands on the U.K. Championship after an epic battle with Tyler Bate at NXT Takeover: Chicago.
Image: Pete Dunne got his hands on the U.K. Championship after an epic battle with Tyler Bate at NXT Takeover: Chicago

Pete Dunne (NXT)

Pete Dunne stole the show at NXT Takeover: Chicago with an incredible match against Tyler Bate for the UK Championship.

He walked away with the gold, a just prize for the man that's dominated the UK scene for the past few months.

It'll be interesting to see who challenges Dunne as NXT heads towards its next Takeover in Brooklyn in August.

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Bad Week

Dean Ambrose (RAW)

Dean Ambrose lost his match to Elias Samson because The Miz interfered as a way to send the Intercontinental Champion a message ahead of their clash at Extreme Rules.

The Miz can win the title via disqualification, which means that with Maryse at ringside, Miz definitely has all of the cards in his favour.

As seen this week, it really is that easy for the title to be taken away from The Lunatic Fringe.

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In a rematch from WWE Backlash, The Underdog from the Underground tries to make it two in a row against The Lone Wolf

Baron Corbin (SmackDown)

Baron Corbin lost his match to Sami Zayn at Backlash, he then managed to lose to Zayn inside 30 seconds on Smackdown and his week could get even worse.

Corbin did manage to exact revenge on Zayn after the match and forced The Underdog to be stretchered out of the arena.

But speculation suggests this attack could cost him his place in the Money in the Bank match, which would once again leave Corbin out of the title picture.

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The Lone Wolf shares his thoughts on the brutal attack Sami Zayn suffered at his hands on SmackDown

Wesley Blake (NXT)

Wesley Blake was another victim of Drew McIntyre on NXT, as the former Tag Team Champion challenged him to what was a solid main event match.

Ever since Blake and Buddy Murphy decided to go their separate ways it seems as though Blake has lost direction and this is more evidence.

Blake needs to be repackaged and put into a lengthy feud, right now he is floating around NXT with nothing to do, which isn't going to get him a main roster call-up anytime soon.

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