By Ryan Frye

Professional wrestling is an industry built on creating moments. But a moment would be nothing but a distant memory without a camera to capture the energy, emotion, and electricity of that moment forever. Perhaps that's why they've always claimed that a picture is worth a thousand words. And that very notion is the reason for the existence of this series: Picture Perfect. 

By Ryan Frye
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Professional wrestling is an industry built on creating moments. But a moment would be nothing but a distant memory without a camera to capture the energy, emotion, and electricity of that moment forever. Perhaps that's why they've always claimed that a picture is worth a thousand words. And that very notion is the reason for the existence of this series: Picture Perfect. ​

When WWE announced that 32 of the best cruiserweight wrestlers in the world would compete in the Cruiserweight Classic tournament, fans immediately began salivating over the possibilities. 

Eventually, the brackets would be released. One matchup that stood out was Johnny Gargano against Tommaso Ciampa.

During WWE's initial brand extension, it became a theme that Monday Night RAW took the vast majority of the company's star power while SmackDown got a bunch of ragtag misfits. Often, however, SmackDown would become the better show anyway, and RAW would raid them in the following year's draft. Wash, rinse, repeat.

This year, in the first draft since 2011, that cycle began again. Look no further than the blue brand's main event for SummerSlam—WWE Champion Dean Ambrose defending his title against Dolph Ziggler. 

By Ryan Frye​

Professional wrestling is an industry built on creating moments. But a moment would be nothing but a distant memory without a camera to capture the energy, emotion, and electricity of that moment forever. Perhaps that's why they've always claimed that a picture is worth a thousand words. And that very notion is the reason for the existence of this series: Picture Perfect. ​​

After a lengthy hiatus, Picture Perfect returns today to chronicle Monday night's Women's Championship match between the defending champion Charlotte, and "The Boss" Sasha Banks.

By Ryan Frye

On the night of July 13, 2014, WWE held its annual Money In the Bank pay-per-view inside Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Opening the show that night was the Money In the Bank ladder match for a World Heavyweight Championship match contract. In this match were Dean Ambrose, Fandango, Antonio Cesaro, Jack Swagger, Damien Sandow, and Cody Rhodes.

The months leading into this match, Rhodes and Sandow had formed a tag team known as The Rhodes Scholars. The tandem nearly captured the WWE Tag Team Championships from Team Hell No on two occasions, in fact.

Nonetheless, during the match, Cody Rhodes cleaned out the ring and set up a ladder. He'd climb rung by rung to a chant of "Cody! Cody!" Despite having played a villainous character for nearly his entire career, the fans had appreciated his work and were now getting behind him as he was moments away from seizing the biggest opportunity of his career.

From the outside crawled Damien Sandow who came up from behind Cody and pushed him off the ladder. He would then take Cody's place on the ladder and retrieve the briefcase. 

As Sandow celebrated with glee, Cody watched on in heartbreak. He'd been in the WWE for six years, been around the wrestling business his entire life, and just watched a World Heavyweight Championship match slip through his fingers.

Over the next few weeks, the newly born rivalry between these former tag team partners intensified. Cody would toss Sandow's Money In the Bank briefcase into the Gulf of Mexico, and Damien would jump in to try to save his golden opportunity. 

Cody would try to return a damaged briefcase to Damien on the following edition of RAW but ultimately just used it to bait Sandow in for an attack. Then, on the following SmackDown, Sandow would fail to cash-in his new and improved briefcase when Cody halted his attempt.

Sandow may have been the Intellectual Savior of the Unwashed Masses, but Cody was outsmarting him at every turn. And this infuriated him. 

All of this led to a match at SummerSlam where Cody would emerge victorious. From here, it seemed as if the future was bright for both men. But whatever cliche there is about the best laid plans turned out to be unsettlingly accurate.