The Money in the Bank ladder match is a multi-person
ladder match held by the
professional wrestling
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promotion
WWE. First contested at WWE's annual
WrestleMania event beginning in 2005, a separate
Money in the Bank pay-per-view was established in 2010.
The prize in the match is a briefcase containing a contract for a
championship match of the winner's choice, which can be "cashed in" by the holder of the briefcase at any point in the year following their victory—until 2022, the contract was only for a
world championship match. If the contract is not used within a year of winning it, it will be invalid, but this has yet to happen. From its inception until 2017, ladder matches only involved male wrestlers. Beginning with the
2017 Money in the Bank event, women also have the opportunity to compete in such a match, with their prize being a contract for a
women's championship match.
The first match was contested in 2005 at
WrestleMania 21, after
Chris Jericho invented the concept.
At the time, it was exclusive to wrestlers of the
Raw brand, and
Edge won the inaugural match.
From then until
WrestleMania XXVI, the Money in the Bank ladder match, now open to all
WWE brands
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, became a WrestleMania mainstay. The
2010 Money in the Bank event saw a second and third Money in the Bank ladder match when the eponymous
WWE pay-per-view
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debuted in July, with WrestleMania no longer featuring the match. Unlike the matches at WrestleMania, this new event included two such ladder matches: one each for a contract for a
WWE Championship match and a
World Heavyweight Championship match, respectively.
Before the establishment of the annual Money in the Bank pay-per-view, wrestlers were allowed to use the contract to claim a match for any world championship in WWE. After the establishment of the pay-per-view, the Money in the Bank contracts were specifically aimed at one or the other championship. With the
championship unification of the WWE and World Heavyweight titles into the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the
2013 TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs event, there was only a single contract in play. This went into effect beginning with the
2014 Money in the Bank
The 2014 Money in the Bank was the fifth annual Money in the Bank professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It took place on June 29, 2014, at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. This was the first Money in ...
event.
The brand split returned shortly after the
2016 Money in the Bank
The 2016 Money in the Bank was the seventh annual Money in the Bank professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It took place on June 19, 2016, at the T-Mobile Arena in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada. T ...
event along with a new world title. The 2017 event was
SmackDown-exclusive and the contract was a match for its world championship, the WWE Championship (formerly WWE World Heavyweight Championship). It also included the first-ever women's Money in the Bank ladder match, with the winner receiving a contract for a
SmackDown Women's Championship match. Due to the controversy surrounding the ending of that match, the first non-pay-per-view Money in the Bank ladder match occurred on the June 27 episode of ''
SmackDown Live
''WWE SmackDown'', also known as ''Friday Night SmackDown'' or simply ''SmackDown'', is an American professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that as of currently airs live every Friday at 8 p.m. ET on Fox. Fox Deportes simulc ...
''. It became dual-branded beginning with the
2018 Money in the Bank
The 2018 Money in the Bank was the ninth annual Money in the Bank professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took pl ...
event, involving both the Raw and SmackDown brands with one men's match and one women's match with participants evenly divided between the brands; the respective contracts guaranteed the winner a championship match for the top title of their respective brand, allowing Raw wrestlers (should they win) to cash-in on the
Universal Championship or
Raw Women's Championship. Beginning with the
2019 Money in the Bank
The 2019 Money in the Bank was the 10th annual Money in the Bank professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brand divisions. The ev ...
, the respective winners could challenge either brand's champion.
At the
2020 Money in the Bank event, while the rules of the match remained the same, a "Corporate Ladder" gimmick was added on top of the match; both the men's and women's matches, which were held at the same time, took place at WWE's
Titan Towers in
Stamford, Connecticut, in which the participants began on the ground floor of the building and fought their way to the roof where a ring and ladders were located with the briefcases suspended above the ring; this change was brought about due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. The matches returned to their regular format for the
2021 Money in the Bank event. While the contract was originally only for a world championship match,
2022 Money in the Bank winner
Austin Theory
Austin White (born August 2, 1997) is an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Austin Theory and is the current WWE United States Champion in his s ...
was the first to cash-in on a non-world championship when he unsuccessfully challenged for the
WWE United States Championship.
Concept
The Money in the Bank ladder match can involve anywhere from 5–10 participants, with the objective being to retrieve a briefcase that is suspended 20
feet above the ring. The match was originally only for male wrestlers until 2017, when women began to have their own ladder match.
The briefcase originally contained a contract that guaranteed a match for a
world championship, and beginning in 2017 also a
women's world championship—as of 2022, the contract can be used on any championship. The original match at
WrestleMania 21 was exclusive to the
Raw brand, with the contract guaranteeing a match for Raw's top title at the time, the
World Heavyweight Championship. After this, wrestlers had the option between the
WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship, regardless of the brand the wrestler belonged to. In 2006,
ECW's world title, the
ECW Championship, became a third option until 2010, as in February that year, the ECW brand along with the title was deactivated; despite being an option, no contract holder cashed-in on the ECW Championship.
Beginning with the
2010 Money in the Bank event in July, it included two ladder matches, one for the Raw brand and one for
SmackDown; Raw's ladder match was for a contract for a match for its top title at the time, the WWE Championship, while SmackDown's contract was for a match for its top title at the time, the World Heavyweight Championship. Although the
WWE brand split
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ended after the 2011 event, a ladder match dedicated to each championship continued through the 2013 event. In December 2013, the titles were unified as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The next three years' events included a sole ladder match with a contract guaranteeing a match for the unified title. The brand split returned after the 2016 event. The WWE World Heavyweight Championship was made exclusive to SmackDown and renamed back to WWE Championship, while Raw established the
WWE Universal Championship as their top title. Despite this, the 2017 event was SmackDown-exclusive and the contract was for a match for its world title. The 2017 event also saw the first women's Money in the Bank match with its contract for a
SmackDown Women's Championship match.
Brand-exclusive PPVs ended following
WrestleMania 34 in 2018, with all future events involving both the Raw and SmackDown brands. The Money in the Bank event now features two ladder matches, one for males and one for females, and each has eight participants evenly divided between the brands. The 2018 event was also the first year that the winners could challenge for the Universal Championship and
Raw Women's Championship, respectively. For 2018, the winners received a contract for a match for their respective brand's world championship; in 2019, it was changed so that the winners could choose either brand's top championship. The 2020 event saw a variation to the match due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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: the men's and women's matches, featuring only six competitors each but still evenly divided between the brands, were moved to WWE's headquarters in
Stamford, Connecticut, and occurred at the same time, with all competitors beginning on the ground floor and fighting their way to the roof where the briefcases were suspended above a ring. The 2021 event returned to the standard rules, but the 2022 event saw an uneven number of participants in the women's match; there were seven participants with four from Raw and three from SmackDown. The men's match was originally booked with an uneven division but that was rectified just before the match occurred. The 2022 event also changed the rules of the contract: winners can now challenge for any championship, as demonstrated by 2022 winner
Austin Theory
Austin White (born August 2, 1997) is an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Austin Theory and is the current WWE United States Champion in his s ...
, who unsuccessfully cashed in on the
WWE United States Championship.
The primary
gimmick of the Money in the Bank briefcase is that it can be cashed in at the holder's sole discretion, at literally any time on any WWE programming. This enables the holder to take advantage of a moment's weakness in the champion, even if the champion had just finished a title defense for the night. This strategic use of the briefcase was popularized by
Edge, the first Money in the Bank holder, who cashed it in at
New Year's Revolution
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in January 2006, immediately after defending champion
John Cena had finished a grueling
Elimination Chamber match against five other wrestlers. Because Cena was exhausted and barely able to defend himself, Edge made quick work of the champion, thus setting a powerful precedent for all Money in the Bank holders to come. At
WrestleMania 31 in 2015,
Seth Rollins set a precedent that a cash-in can even occur whilst a championship match is in progress; Rollins cashed in during the main event match between
Royal Rumble winner
Roman Reigns and WWE World Heavyweight Champion
Brock Lesnar, converting the match to a
triple threat match, and pinned the challenger Reigns to win the title.
The Miz attempted to repeat this at the
2020 TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs event; however, since his tag team partner
John Morrison cashed in the contract on his behalf, it was ruled an invalid cash-in and the contract was returned to Miz, thus enforcing that only the contract holder can cash in the contract.
The contract is valid for one year and the briefcase holder—dubbed "Mr./Ms. Money in the Bank"—can cash in the contract at the date, place, and time of their choosing.
The briefcase may also be defended in matches, similar to how
championships
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Championship systems
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Title match system
In this system ...
are defended. All of the briefcase holders have successfully defended and cashed in the contract except
Mr. Kennedy and
Otis
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, who both won the contract in the ladder match but lost the contract in defending the contract itself in a match. John Cena,
Damien Sandow,
Baron Corbin,
Braun Strowman, and Austin Theory are the only Money in the Bank contract holders to cash in and fail to gain a championship. To date, Cena,
Charlotte Flair, and Seth Rollins have had the contract cashed in against them the most (three times), as Edge,
Rob Van Dam, and
Damien Sandow have all cashed in against Cena,
Carmella
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People
* Carmella DeCesare, a playmate for ''Playboy'' magazine
* Carmella Flöck, a courier for the Austrian Resistance during the Anschluss of 1938–1945.
* Carmella Sab ...
,
Bayley, and
Nikki A.S.H.
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have all cashed in against Flair, and
Dean Ambrose, Brock Lesnar, and Austin Theory have all cashed in against Rollins, who has the unique distinction in that all three cash-ins against him were for different championships: the WWE World Heavyweight Championship with Ambrose, the Universal Championship with Lesnar, and the United States Championship with Theory. Cena was also involved in the first three instances where the championship failed to change hands after cashing in the contract: once as the challenger, which he won by disqualification against
CM Punk, the second time as champion by defeating Sandow clean, and lastly as a distraction causing Corbin to lose to champion
Jinder Mahal. Strowman was the first to fail by a no-contest ruling, when Brock Lesnar interfered during his Universal Championship match against Roman Reigns at the
2018 Hell in a Cell event and laid out both men. Theory is the most recent wrestler to fail in his cash in, losing to United States Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins thanks to an attack by
Bobby Lashley on the November 7, 2022, episode of ''Raw''. Edge,
Daniel Bryan, and Seth Rollins are the only Money in the Bank contract holders to be given a title opportunity that was not their cash-in match: Edge won a championship tournament in 2005 on ''Raw'' to earn him a World Heavyweight Championship match against
Batista, Bryan faced reigning World Heavyweight Champion
Mark Henry in a
steel cage match on the November 29, 2011, episode of ''
SmackDown'', and Rollins received a title shot in a
triple threat match, also involving Cena and reigning WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar at the
2015 Royal Rumble
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. Rollins and Lesnar also have a unique history of cash-ins with each other, as they are the only two contract holders to cash in on one another and win a championship: Rollins at WrestleMania 31 when he cashed in and won Lesnar's WWE World Heavyweight Championship and Lesnar at
Extreme Rules 2019 when he cashed in and won Rollins' Universal Championship.
History
2005
In
kayfabe, the concept for the Money in the Bank match was introduced in March 2005 by
Chris Jericho. Jericho then pitched the idea to
Raw general manager Eric Bischoff, who liked it and promptly began to book the match for
WrestleMania 21.
Edge won the inaugural match and held the contract until
New Year's Revolution
WWE New Year's Revolution was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The event was created in 2005 and its name was a play on the Western tradition of New Year's resolutions, ...
in January 2006. There, he cashed in his Money in the Bank contract against WWE Champion
John Cena, who had just successfully defended the title in an
Elimination Chamber match. Edge defeated Cena to become WWE Champion and quickly establishing the precedent of "cashing in" on a vulnerable champion.
2006
The Money in the Bank idea was revived by
Carlito on a February 2006 episode of ''
Raw''.
Mr. McMahon
Vincent Kennedy McMahon (; born August 24, 1945) is an American media proprietor and retired professional wrestling promoter, executive, and performer. From 1982 to 2022, he served as the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of WWE, the w ...
approved the suggestion and set up qualifying matches for the match that would take place at
WrestleMania 22. It was later announced that the match was to be
interpromotional, and
SmackDown! general manager Theodore Long also set up qualifying matches to select three members of his roster to compete. In the Raw brand qualifying matches,
Rob Van Dam defeated
Trevor Murdoch,
Shelton Benjamin
Shelton James Benjamin (born July 9, 1975) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under his real name.
He is also known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wres ...
defeated
Chavo Guerrero
Salvador Guerrero IV (born October 20, 1970) better known by his ring names Chavo Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr., is an American professional wrestler. He has previously worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling Federati ...
, and
Ric Flair defeated Carlito. On ''
SmackDown!'',
Finlay defeated
Bobby Lashley,
Matt Hardy defeated
Road Warrior Animal, and
Bobby Lashley won a "
last chance battle royal".
Rob Van Dam won the
WrestleMania 22 Money in the Bank ladder match after pushing Shelton Benjamin and Matt Hardy off of a ladder, while he was on another ladder, and retrieving the briefcase. That April, he defended the contract and won the
WWE Intercontinental Championship in a contract vs. title/winner take all match against Benjamin at
Backlash. Van Dam announced in May 2006 that he would cash in his contract at
ECW One Night Stand against Cena in an
Extreme Rules match. The match ended with Cena losing (with interference from Edge spearing Cena) after Van Dam performed a ''
Five Star Frog Splash''. Van Dam is the first person to give prior notice to an opponent before cashing in his contract, presumably to ensure Cena appeared at the event.
2007
The third Money in the Bank ladder match was held at
WrestleMania 23, and was the first to involve eight participants from Raw, SmackDown!, and
ECW. Qualifying matches began on the February 19 episode of ''Raw''.
On the February 19 episode of ''Raw'', two former Money in the Bank winners (
Edge and
Rob Van Dam) faced off, with Edge earning a
pinfall win to earn the first spot in the match.
The next night on ''
ECW'', another cross-brand match took place, with
CM Punk defeating
Johnny Nitro to qualify.
On that week's ''SmackDown!'',
King Booker defeated
Kane in a
Falls Count Anywhere match following interference from
The Great Khali to become the third man to qualify.
On the following episode of ''Raw'',
Jeff Hardy defeated
Shelton Benjamin
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He is also known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wres ...
to become the fourth man to qualify.
The next night on ''ECW'',
Mr. Kennedy defeated
Sabu in an
Extreme Rules match to earn the fifth spot.
Two qualifying matches took place on the next ''SmackDown!s episode, with
Matt Hardy defeating
Joey Mercury, while
Finlay won a
triple threat match against
Chris Benoit and
Montel Vontavious Porter to qualify.
What was to be the final qualifying match on ''Raw'' between
Carlito and
Ric Flair, it was deemed to be a
no contest
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when The Great Khali interfered and attacked both men.
The match was rescheduled for the next week on ''Raw'', with
Randy Orton bribing his way into the match, which was to be a triple threat
elimination match that Orton won by
pinning both Carlito and Flair after performing an ''
RKO'' on each of them.
Edge and Orton had recently stopped
teaming together, and there was a lot of tension between them as they both attempted to get the other taken out of the Money in the Bank ladder match; both failed, as Edge ultimately won a "last chance battle royal" after feigning injury to retain his slot.
Orton was forced to fight Bobby Lashley on ''ECW'' to retain his spot, which he did.
Kennedy ultimately won at WrestleMania 23, after ramming Punk off the ladder using another ladder (Edge had been taken out earlier by Jeff Hardy).
During the next few weeks, Kennedy kept declaring that he would cash in the briefcase at
WrestleMania XXIV, however, on the May 7, 2007 episode of ''Raw'', he defended and lost the Money in the Bank briefcase to Edge. Kennedy was the first wrestler in WWE history to lose the briefcase without cashing it in. The following night at the taping for the May 11, 2007 episode of ''SmackDown!'',
World Heavyweight Champion The Undertaker and
Batista fought to a
draw in a
steel cage match, after which a returning
Mark Henry assaulted Undertaker and left him
injured
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in the ring. As Henry was leaving, Edge came to the ring with his briefcase, handed it to
referee Jim Korderas, and defeated the Undertaker after one
spear to win the World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. Edge thus became the first person to gain the Money in the Bank contract twice.
2008
The fourth Money in the Bank ladder match took place at
WrestleMania XXIV and was intended to be another eight-man match-up, consisting of wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown, and ECW. Qualifying matches began on the February 18 episode of ''Raw'', as both
Jeff Hardy and
Mr. Kennedy qualified by defeating
Snitsky and
Val Venis, respectively, in
singles matches.
On the February 22 episode of ''SmackDown'',
Shelton Benjamin
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He is also known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wres ...
qualified by defeating
Jimmy Wang Yang
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in another singles match.
Back on ''Raw'', general manager
William Regal placed
Chris Jericho in a match against Jeff Hardy with the stipulation that if Jericho won, he would be in the ladder match. Jericho defeated Hardy in that match on February 25.
The following week on ''Raw'', the two faced off once again, this time for Hardy's
WWE Intercontinental Championship. Jericho won the match and title, and it was revealed that Hardy was suspended from WWE for 60 days for violating the
wellness policy. Hardy was subsequently removed from the Money in the Bank ladder match and WrestleMania altogether, making this ladder match a seven-man contest. Also on this episode of ''Raw'',
Carlito defeated
Cody Rhodes to qualify.
On a SmackDown/ECW live event on March 9,
United States Champion Montel Vontavious Porter defeated
Jamie Noble to qualify.
On the March 11 episode of ''ECW'',
CM Punk defeated
Big Daddy V to qualify.
On the March 14 episode of ''SmackDown'',
John Morrison defeated his
tag team partner The Miz to be the last man to qualify.
Punk won the WrestleMania XXIV match after trapping Jericho's leg in a ladder and then climbing the ladder. Punk cashed in his title shot on the June 30 episode of ''Raw''. A farewell speech by
Jim Ross was interrupted by then-World Heavyweight Champion
Edge who had him removed from the ring and then began to insult the crowd, saying that they would never get to see a world championship being defended on ''Raw'' (as at the time both Edge and
WWE Champion Triple H were members of the SmackDown brand and the
ECW Championship was on the ECW brand after
Mark Henry defeated then champion
Kane of the Raw brand and
Big Show
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of the SmackDown brand at
Night of Champions
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in a triple threat match to win the title). When he was about to leave the arena,
Batista came out and assaulted Edge in retaliation for Edge
cheating to win their title match the previous night at
Night of Champions
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. Punk then immediately ran to the ring with a referee to cash in his contract, then performed a ''
Go to Sleep'' on Edge to win the World Heavyweight Championship, making it Raw-exclusive in the process.
2009
The fifth annual Money in the Bank ladder match was announced for
WrestleMania 25
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. Qualifying matches began on the February 23 episode of ''Raw'', in which
CM Punk qualified by defeating
John Morrison and
The Miz in a
triple threat match.
On the March 2 episode of ''Raw'',
Kane defeated
Mike Knox and
Rey Mysterio in another triple threat match.
On the March 3 episode of ''ECW'',
Mark Henry qualified for the match by defeating
Santino Marella.
Both
Montel Vontavious Porter and
Shelton Benjamin
Shelton James Benjamin (born July 9, 1975) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under his real name.
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qualified for the match on the March 6 episode of ''SmackDown'', defeating
Matt and
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Jeff Hardy in respective single matches.
On the March 9 episode of ''Raw'',
Kofi Kingston qualified by defeating
Chris Jericho, after Jericho was distracted by
Ric Flair.
Christian qualified the following night on ''ECW'' by winning a tri-brand
battle royal.
Finlay was the final person to qualify for the match when he defeated
The Brian Kendrick
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on the March 13 episode of ''SmackDown''.
At WrestleMania 25, Punk won the match and became the first wrestler to win two Money in the Bank ladder matches, and the only one to win the match for two consecutive years. On the May 1 episode of ''SmackDown'', Punk challenged the World Heavyweight Champion Edge for a non-title match with the intent that if he defeated Edge, he would cash in his title shot right after the match. Later that night, Punk defeated Edge and attempted to cash in. However, before the ringside bell could ring to start the title match, Punk and Edge were both attacked by
Umaga and Jeff Hardy respectively. As a consequence, the match never started and Punk retained his contract.
Punk again tried to cash in for a World Heavyweight Championship match against Edge on the May 15 episode of ''SmackDown'', but was again stopped by Umaga.
After Jeff Hardy defeated Edge in a
ladder match to win the World Heavyweight Championship at
Extreme Rules, Punk cashed in to win the World Heavyweight Championship for the second time. As a result of the fans booing him for cashing on Hardy, who was
very popular with the fans, Punk began a gradual
change of
character
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into a
villain.
2010
February–April
On the February 22 episode of ''Raw'', it was announced that the sixth annual Money in the Bank ladder match would take place at
WrestleMania XXVI. The first qualifying match was held later that night, where
Christian defeated
Carlito to qualify. Three more qualifying matches were held on the February 26 episode of ''SmackDown'', with
Dolph Ziggler defeating
John Morrison and
R-Truth in a
Triple Threat match,
Kane defeating
Drew McIntyre, and
Shelton Benjamin
Shelton James Benjamin (born July 9, 1975) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under his real name.
He is also known for his work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wres ...
defeating
CM Punk to qualify. The March 1 episode of ''Raw'' saw both
Jack Swagger and
Montel Vontavious Porter qualify by defeating
Santino Marella and
Zack Ryder respectively.
Matt Hardy was the next to qualify for the match when he defeated Drew McIntyre on the March 5 episode of ''SmackDown''. In what was initially declared as the final qualifying match,
Evan Bourne defeated
William Regal on the March 8 episode of ''Raw'' to become the eighth competitor. Due to his favorable association with WWE Chairman
Mr. McMahon
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, McIntyre was given a third chance on the March 12 episode of ''SmackDown'' to qualify for the match. In what would also be made a
WWE Intercontinental Championship defense by SmackDown general manager
Theodore Long, McIntyre defeated
local competitor Aaron Bolo to qualify. On the March 22 episode of ''Raw'', the number of participants was once again increased to a record ten, when
Kofi Kingston defeated
Vladimir Kozlov to qualify.
At WrestleMania XXVI, Jack Swagger won the match after knocking Christian off a ladder with the briefcase itself. The following night on ''Raw'', Swagger attempted to cash in his shot against the
WWE Champion John Cena after ambushing Cena. However, as Cena recovered too quickly from the ambush, Swagger cancelled his match and retained his contract. The next night, at the taping for the April 2, 2010 episode of ''SmackDown'', after
Edge attacked then
World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho, Swagger cashed in his contract and successfully claimed the World Heavyweight Championship.
June–November
In February 2010, WWE announced that "
Money in the Bank" would be the title to their July 18 pay-per-view event at the
Sprint Center in
Kansas City, Missouri. The event included two Money in the Bank ladder matches, one for each brand. Unlike previous iterations of the match, the winners could only challenge for their own brand's World Championship. All eight competitors for the Raw brand's match were announced on the June 28 episode of ''Raw'' by
guest host Rob Zombie. The eight competitors were
Randy Orton,
The Miz,
R-Truth,
Chris Jericho,
Evan Bourne,
Ted DiBiase,
John Morrison and
Edge. On the July 5th episode of ''Raw'', R-Truth was involved in an injury storyline with The Miz and was subsequently removed from the match and replaced by
Mark Henry.
Two days later, WWE announced six of the competitors for the SmackDown brand's match through its official website:
Matt Hardy,
Kane,
Cody Rhodes,
Christian,
Kofi Kingston and
Big Show
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. On the July 9 episode of ''SmackDown'',
Drew McIntyre and
Dolph Ziggler both competed in qualifying matches and were added to the match.
At the PPV, Kane won the SmackDown Money in the Bank match. Kane later cashed it in the same night by defeating
Rey Mysterio to win the World Heavyweight Championship. He also became the quickest man to cash in the briefcase. For Raw,
The Miz won that brand's Money in the Bank contract. After a couple of aborted attempts (which due to the bell not sounding to start the matches, allowed Miz to keep the briefcase on each occasion), Miz finally cashed in his title opportunity on the November 22, 2010 episode of ''Raw'', immediately after Randy Orton successfully retained the WWE Championship against
Wade Barrett in which
The Nexus attacked Orton before the match and injured his right leg. Miz defeated Orton to win his first WWE Championship.
2011
The
2011 Money in the Bank pay-per-view took place on July 17 at the
Allstate Arena
Allstate Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Rosemont, Illinois, United States. It is located near the intersection of Mannheim Road and Interstate 90, adjacent to the city limits of Chicago and O'Hare International Airport. The facility opened ...
in
Rosemont, Illinois. Raw's
Alberto Del Rio
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and SmackDown's
Daniel Bryan won their respective brands' Money in the Bank ladder matches. At the end of the night, after
CM Punk won the WWE Championship from
John Cena,
Mr. McMahon
Vincent Kennedy McMahon (; born August 24, 1945) is an American media proprietor and retired professional wrestling promoter, executive, and performer. From 1982 to 2022, he served as the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of WWE, the w ...
ordered Del Rio to come in and attempt to cash in his briefcase against Punk, who had threatened to leave the company after the pay-per-view, as his contract was expiring. Del Rio came out to do so, but Punk attacked him and fled through the crowd. A similar cash-in attempt was performed on then-champion Rey Mysterio on the July 25, 2011, episode of ''Raw'', but Del Rio was again unable to cash in the briefcase. Del Rio was able to cash in his briefcase and defeated CM Punk for the WWE Championship at the
2011 SummerSlam event on August 14.
On the July 22, 2011, episode of ''SmackDown'', Bryan announced that he was going to cash his contract in at
WrestleMania XXVIII
WrestleMania XXVIII (also written as WrestleMania 28) was the 28th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on April 1, 2012, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It is the hig ...
in April 2012. On the November 25, 2011, episode of ''SmackDown'', Bryan cashed in on World Heavyweight Champion
Mark Henry, who had been knocked out by The
Big Show
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. Bryan got the pinfall victory and was awarded the championship, however SmackDown General Manager
Theodore Long overruled the match due to Henry not being medically cleared to compete, the first time a Money in the Bank cash-in match was reversed. Since the match never officially took place, Bryan was given the briefcase back and again reiterated that he planned on cashing in at WrestleMania XXVIII, although he was given a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship against Henry in a
steel cage match on a live holiday-themed episode of ''SmackDown'' the following Tuesday, which Bryan lost. On December 18, at the
2011 TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs event, after Big Show defeated Henry to win the World Heavyweight Championship, Henry attacked Big Show with a steel chair, allowing Bryan to cash in his briefcase on Big Show to win his first World Heavyweight Championship.
2012
The
2012 Money in the Bank pay-per-view took place on July 15 at the
US Airways Center in
Phoenix, Arizona
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. There were the usual two Money in the Bank ladder matches; however, the matches were no longer separated by brands, as both Raw and SmackDown by this time had become full roster "Supershows". Instead, they were separated by championships (WWE and World Heavyweight).
In the first match of the night,
Dolph Ziggler defeated seven other competitors to win the World Heavyweight Championship match contract. All of the world title Money in the Bank competitors in world title ladder match also won qualifying matches. He attempted to cash it in that same night against
Sheamus but was attacked before the referee could call for the bell so he retained his contract. On the August 20 episode of ''Raw'', Ziggler successfully defended his briefcase against Chris Jericho in career vs. contract match. As a result, Jericho was forced to leave WWE. On the December 3 episode of ''Raw'', managing supervisor
Vickie Guerrero was forced by
Mr. McMahon
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to make Cena and Ziggler's match at the
2012 TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs event a
ladder match for Ziggler's Money in the Bank contract. On December 16, at the event, he successfully defended the briefcase with help from
AJ Lee. On April 8, 2013, an episode of ''Raw'', Ziggler cashed in his contract on World Heavyweight Champion
Alberto Del Rio
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, following Del Rio's handicap match win over
Jack Swagger and
Zeb Colter. Ziggler defeated Del Rio to win his second World Heavyweight Championship following nearly nine months of holding the briefcase.
In the last match of 2012 event,
John Cena defeated Kane, Big Show, The Miz, and Chris Jericho to win the WWE Championship Money in the Bank briefcase in his first Money in the Bank ladder match. A special stipulation had been added beforehand that only former WWE Champions could participate in the WWE Championship Money in the Bank ladder match for 2012. Cena won when the briefcase's handle snapped off while using it against Big Show, having previously blocked Show's KO Punch with it. On the July 16, 2012, episode of ''Raw'', Cena announced that he would cash his contract in the following week at ''
Raw 1000''. He became only the second wrestler after Rob Van Dam to give prior notice to the opponent. At ''Raw 1000'', Cena failed to win the WWE title when Big Show interfered in the match, causing champion
CM Punk to be disqualified and retain the title, as championships cannot change hands via disqualification unless otherwise stipulated. This made Cena the first Money in the Bank winner to fail to win a title.
2013
The
2013 Money in the Bank
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pay-per-view took place on July 14 at the
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*Wells Fargo Center (Sacramento), California
* Wells Fargo Center (San Francisco), California
* Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California
*Wells Fargo Cent ...
in
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. There was the traditional two Money in the Bank ladder matches: one for a
WWE Championship match contract and the other for a
World Heavyweight Championship match contract. On the June 24, 2013, episode of ''Raw'',
CM Punk,
Daniel Bryan,
Randy Orton,
Sheamus,
Christian,
Kane, and
Rob Van Dam were announced by WWE Chief Brand Officer
Stephanie McMahon as the participants in the WWE Championship contract match. Kane was later removed after being injured due to an attack by
The Wyatt Family on the July 8 episode of ''Raw''. Orton went on to win the contract at the event. At the
2013 SummerSlam event on August 18, Orton cashed in his contract on WWE Champion Daniel Bryan, who had defeated John Cena to win the championship. Orton defeated Bryan to win his seventh WWE Championship, after WWE COO
Triple H, who was the special guest referee between Bryan and Cena, attacked Bryan with a
Pedigree
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** Pedigree, a human genealogy (ancestry chart)
** Pedigree (anim ...
, following five weeks of holding the briefcase.
At the tapings for ''
SmackDown'' on June 25 (aired June 28), SmackDown Senior Advisor
Theodore Long announced that the participants in the World Heavyweight Championship contract match would be
WWE United States Champion
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Dean Ambrose,
Fandango,
Antonio Cesaro
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,
Jack Swagger,
Wade Barrett,
Cody Rhodes and
Damien Sandow. Sandow won the contract at the event. On the October 28, 2013, episode of ''Raw'', Sandow cashed in his contract on World Heavyweight Champion John Cena. Cena defeated Sandow, making Sandow the second wrestler to unsuccessfully cash in the contract and the first to lose a cash-in match via pinfall. At the
2013 TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs event on December 15, the WWE and World Heavyweight championships were unified into the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
2014
The
2014 Money in the Bank
The 2014 Money in the Bank was the fifth annual Money in the Bank professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It took place on June 29, 2014, at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. This was the first Money in ...
pay-per-view took place on June 29 at the
TD Garden in
Boston
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,
Massachusetts
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. The original plan for the event was that the winner of the ladder match would receive a contract for a match for the now unified title as normal. On June 9, defending WWE World Heavyweight Champion
Daniel Bryan was forced to vacate the title due to a neck injury, and the already announced ladder match consisting of
John Cena,
Randy Orton,
Alberto Del Rio
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,
Bray Wyatt,
Cesaro,
Sheamus,
Kane, and
Roman Reigns became for the vacant championship instead.
On the June 17 episode of ''
Main Event
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'',
Seth Rollins announced that in addition to the ladder match for the title, there would be a traditional Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match contract at the event, and that Rollins would be the first entrant. Further entrants were
Bad News Barrett
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,
Dolph Ziggler,
Rob Van Dam,
Jack Swagger,
Kofi Kingston, and
Dean Ambrose. The latter, who had threatened to disrupt the match, was added to the match on Rollins' request. Bad News Barrett was later removed from the match due to an injury.
Rollins won the match and the contract after Kane interfered on behalf of
The Authority and knocked Dean Ambrose off the ladder. He attempted to cash in the following night on new champion John Cena but was stopped from doing so by Ambrose. Rollins once again failed to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase, this time against WWE World Heavyweight Champion
Brock Lesnar at the
2014 Night of Champions
The 2014 Night of Champions was the eighth annual Night of Champions professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It took place on September 21, 2014, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, a ...
event in September, after attacking him with a
Curb Stomp. This failed attempt to cash in came after Cena attacked Rollins, before the bell could be rung, due to Rollins costing him the championship minutes earlier.
At
WrestleMania 31 in March 2015, Rollins cashed in his briefcase during the main event championship match between defending champion Brock Lesnar and challenger Roman Reigns. By doing so, he turned the singles match between Lesnar and Reigns into a
triple threat match. Rollins then proceeded to pin Reigns following a Curb Stomp and successfully captured the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. As a result, Rollins set various records: he became the first person to cash in a contract while a championship match was in progress, he became the first person to cash in his briefcase at WrestleMania, and he became the first to win the championship without pinning the champion during the cash-in match.
2015
The
2015 Money in the Bank
The 2015 Money in the Bank was the sixth annual Money in the Bank professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It took place on June 14, 2015, at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. It was the first WWE pay ...
pay-per-view took place on June 14 in
Columbus, Ohio.
Dolph Ziggler,
Sheamus,
Kofi Kingston,
Neville,
Roman Reigns,
Randy Orton, and
Kane participated in the traditional Money in the Bank ladder match. Sheamus won the match and received a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match contract.
At the
2015 Survivor Series
The 2015 Survivor Series was the 29th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It took place on November 22, 2015, at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, which was the first time the st ...
event on November 22, Sheamus cashed in his contract by defeating Reigns, who had just won the vacant championship after defeating
Dean Ambrose in the tournament finals.
2016
On June 19, the seventh annual
Money in the Bank pay-per-view took place in
Las Vegas
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. For the traditional Money in the Bank ladder match,
Sami Zayn,
Kevin Owens,
Cesaro,
Chris Jericho,
Alberto Del Rio
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, and
Dean Ambrose all won their qualifying matches on the May 23 episode of ''Raw'' to become entrants into the match. Originally slated to be a 7-man ladder match, the seventh slot was later removed. Ambrose won the match and received a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match contract. After the conclusion of the main event, he successfully cashed in the contract on
Seth Rollins, who had just won the title from
Roman Reigns. Ambrose was the second wrestler to cash in the contract on the same night as winning it. The night was also notable due to it making the stable
The Shield the first group in WWE history to be world champions on the same night.
The brand split was reinstated the following month.
2017
The
2017 Money in the Bank pay-per-view took place on June 18 at the
Scottrade Center in
St. Louis,
Missouri
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as an exclusive event for the
SmackDown brand. For the traditional ladder match, which had a contract for a match for SmackDown's WWE Championship (formerly WWE World Heavyweight Championship), SmackDown Commissioner
Shane McMahon announced
AJ Styles,
Shinsuke Nakamura,
Dolph Ziggler,
Sami Zayn, and
Baron Corbin as the original five participants.
United States Champion Kevin Owens was added after he convinced Shane to make him the sixth participant.
Mojo Rawley had the opportunity to make it a seven-man match if he could defeat WWE Champion
Jinder Mahal, but failed to do so. At the event, Baron Corbin won the match and received a WWE Championship match contract. On the August 15, 2017 episode of ''SmackDown Live'',
John Cena had a non-title match against WWE Champion Jinder Mahal. As Cena was pinning Mahal, Corbin attacked him, causing a disqualification. Corbin then cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on Mahal, but as soon as the bell rung, he attacked Cena, who was on the apron, allowing Mahal to quickly roll-up Corbin for the win. This made Corbin the third wrestler to unsuccessfully cash in the contract and the second to lose a cash-in match.
On the May 30 episode of ''SmackDown Live'', another Money in the Bank ladder match was added to the event, and for the first time, involving women.
Charlotte Flair,
Becky Lynch,
Natalya,
Carmella
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* Carmella Sab ...
, and
Tamina
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were originally scheduled to compete in a fatal five-way elimination match on that night to determine the number one contender for the
SmackDown Women's Championship against
Naomi at Money in the Bank. Before their match could begin, a brawl broke out between the five and the match never occurred. SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon then scheduled the five to compete in the first-ever women's Money in the Bank ladder match at the event where the winner would receive a contract for a SmackDown Women's Championship match. Carmella won the match after
James Ellsworth retrieved the briefcase, and threw it to her. On the following episode of ''SmackDown Live'', however, SmackDown General Manager
Daniel Bryan forced Carmella to relinquish the briefcase since Ellsworth retrieved it for her. On that same episode, Bryan also scheduled a Money in the Bank ladder match rematch for the June 27 episode with Ellsworth banned from ringside (later from the arena). That episode, Carmella, with some aid from the banned Ellsworth, retrieved the briefcase herself and reclaimed the SmackDown Women's Championship match contract. On the April 10, 2018 episode of ''SmackDown Live'', after holding the contract for 287 days (the longest time any wrestler has held on to a Money in the Bank briefcase), Carmella cashed in and defeated Charlotte Flair—who had just suffered an attack from the debuting
The IIconics
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(
Peyton Royce
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and
Billie Kay
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In Jun ...
)—for the SmackDown Women's Championship.
2018
The
2018 Money in the Bank
The 2018 Money in the Bank was the ninth annual Money in the Bank professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took pl ...
pay-per-view took place on June 17 at the
Allstate Arena
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in the
Chicago
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suburb of
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. For the first time since 2011 with a brand split in effect, the event became dual-branded, involving both the Raw and SmackDown brands. The event included one male match and one female match with eight participants each, evenly divided between the brands. The contracts granted the winners a match for the world championship of their respective brand. The men's contract granted the winner a match for either Raw's
Universal Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship, while the women's contract granted the winner a
Raw Women's Championship or SmackDown Women's Championship match.
Qualification matches for both ladder matches began on the May 7 episode of ''Raw''. For the men's match,
Braun Strowman,
Finn Bálor,
Bobby Roode, and
Kevin Owens qualified from Raw, while
The Miz,
Rusev, a member of
The New Day (revealed to be
Kofi Kingston at the event), and
Samoa Joe qualified from SmackDown. Strowman would go on to win the ladder match and contract. During the ladder match, Strowman threw Owens off the top of a ladder and Owens crashed through a table. The two would then feud, leading to a match at
SummerSlam where Strowman defended his contract against Owens with the stipulation being that if Strowman lost by any means, he would lose the contract. Strowman, however, retained the contract. He would then become the third person to announce their cash-in match ahead of time. He first announced that he would cash-in on the winner of the SummerSlam main event match between defending Universal Champion Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns, but during that match, he was incapacitated by Lesnar, and thus did not cash-in (this distraction would allow Reigns to defeat Lesnar for the title). He then announced that he would cash-in on new champion Roman Reigns at
Hell in a Cell in a
Hell in a Cell match (
Mick Foley was later added as the special guest referee). The match, however, ended in a no-contest after Lesnar appeared and laid out both men, rendering them unable to continue. Strowman became the fourth person to fail in gaining a championship in their cash-in match, and the first to fail by a no-contest ruling.
For the women's match,
Ember Moon,
Alexa Bliss,
Natalya, and
Sasha Banks
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Banks previously wrestled on ...
qualified from Raw, while
Charlotte Flair,
Becky Lynch,
Lana, and
Naomi qualified from SmackDown. Bliss would win the ladder match and later that night, she would cause a disqualification in the Raw Women's Championship match between defending champion
Nia Jax and
Ronda Rousey, and then cashed in the contract and defeated Jax to win the title, thus becoming the third wrestler (and first woman) to cash in her contract on the same night as winning it.
2019
The
2019 Money in the Bank
The 2019 Money in the Bank was the 10th annual Money in the Bank professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brand divisions. The ev ...
pay-per-view took place on May 19 at the
XL Center
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in
Hartford,
Connecticut
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. Like the 2018 event, there was one male ladder match and one female ladder match with eight participants each, evenly divided between the Raw and SmackDown brands. Unlike 2018, however, the contracts granted the winners a match for the world championship of their choice. The men's contract granted the winner a match for either Raw's Universal Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship, while the women's contract granted the winner a Raw Women's Championship or SmackDown Women's Championship match.
Raw's four participants for the men's match were announced by Alexa Bliss during her "A Moment of Bliss" segment on the April 29 episode of ''Raw'': Braun Strowman,
Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, and Baron Corbin.
SmackDown's four participants were announced the following night on ''SmackDown'':
Ali, Finn Bálor,
Andrade, and Randy Orton.
Robert Roode (formerly
Bobby Roode) had the chance to replace Ricochet in the ladder match if he could defeat Ricochet, but was unsuccessful,
while
Sami Zayn, who was assisted by Corbin and McIntyre, defeated Strowman in a
falls count anywhere match to take Strowman's spot.
During the event prior to the match, Zayn was attacked backstage and taken to a medical facility. Strowman was alleged as the attacker and was asked to leave the arena, despite denying the claim. The match pursued without an announced replacement for Zayn, however, at the climax of the match,
Brock Lesnar made a surprise return as Zayn's unannounced replacement and won the contract.
After teasing cashing in on Universal Champion Seth Rollins and WWE Champion Kofi Kingston and failing an attempt to cash-in on Rollins at
Super ShowDown, Lesnar successfully cashed in his contract to win the Universal Championship from Rollins at
Extreme Rules on July 14, right after Rollins and Raw Women's Champion
Becky Lynch had retained their respective titles against
Baron Corbin and
Lacey Evans in a
Last Chance Winners Take All Extreme Rules mixed tag team match. This made Lesnar the first wrestler to successfully cash in on the Universal Championship.
The four participants from Raw in the women's match were also announced by Alexa Bliss during another "A Moment of Bliss" segment on the April 29 episode of ''Raw'': Natalya,
Dana Brooke, Naomi, and Bliss herself.
On the following night's episode of ''SmackDown'',
Bayley,
Mandy Rose, Ember Moon, and Carmella were revealed as SmackDown's four participants.
On May 16, it was revealed that Bliss was not medically cleared to compete and was replaced by
Nikki Cross.
Bayley would go on and win the match and later that night, she cashed in her contract on Charlotte Flair, who had just defeated Becky Lynch for the SmackDown Women's Championship, and defeated Flair to win the title. This made her the fourth wrestler (and second woman) to cash in her contract on the same night as winning it.
2020
The
2020 Money in the Bank pay-per-view aired on May 10. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, it was not held at its originally announced venue of
Royal Farms Arena
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in Baltimore, and the majority of its matches were presented live from the
WWE Performance Center in Orlando.
The eponymous ladder matches were retooled to use a pre-recorded format with
cinematic
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Film-related
* Cinematic cutscene, a sequence in a video game that is not interactive
* Cinematic music, original music writt ...
elements, and were filmed within WWE's
global headquarters in
Stamford, Connecticut.
The participants in each match began on the ground floor and fought their way to a ring on the roof, which the briefcases were suspended above. Both the men's and women's Money in the Bank matches occurred at the same time.
With the changes in format, the participants in each match were reduced from eight to six, but still evenly divided between the Raw and SmackDown brands. For the women's match,
Asuka,
Shayna Baszler, and the returning
Nia Jax qualified from Raw by defeating
Ruby Riott,
Sarah Logan, and
Kairi Sane, respectively,
while
Dana Brooke,
Lacey Evans, and
Carmella
Carmella is a female given name. Notable people with the name include:
People
* Carmella DeCesare, a playmate for ''Playboy'' magazine
* Carmella Flöck, a courier for the Austrian Resistance during the Anschluss of 1938–1945.
* Carmella Sab ...
filled out the SmackDown spots by defeating
Naomi,
Sasha Banks
Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varnado (born January 26, 1992) is an American professional wrestler and actress. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Sasha Banks.
Banks previously wrestled on ...
, and
Mandy Rose, respectively.
For the men's match,
Aleister Black
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,
Apollo Crews, and
Rey Mysterio qualified from Raw by defeating
Austin Theory
Austin White (born August 2, 1997) is an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Austin Theory and is the current WWE United States Champion in his s ...
,
Montel Vontavious Porter, and
Murphy, respectively,
while
Daniel Bryan,
King Corbin
Thomas Pestock (born September 13, 1984) is an American professional wrestler and former professional football player. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Baron Corbin.
Pestock is a former offe ...
, and
Otis
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Arts and entertainment Characters
* Otis (Superman), in the films ''Superman'' and ''Superman II'' and related DC Comics media
** Otis Graves, in the TV series ''Supergirl''
* Otis (''The Walking Dead''), in the Image Comics ...
qualified from SmackDown by defeating
Cesaro,
Drew Gulak
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, and
Dolph Ziggler, respectively.
Crews, however, was injured by
Andrade and was pulled from the match. A returning
AJ Styles won Raw's vacant spot by winning a
last chance gauntlet match.
The women's match began in the lobby of the building, while the men's match began in the gym. The men and women eventually ran into each other and had a food fight before splitting off to continue their ascent to the roof. The women's match concluded first after Asuka retrieved the women's briefcase, granting her a guaranteed match of her choice for either the Raw or SmackDown Women's Championship. Shortly afterwards, Otis won the men's match by getting the men's briefcase, granting him a guaranteed match for a world championship of his choice; either Raw's WWE Championship or SmackDown's Universal Championship.
The next night on ''Raw'', Raw Women's Champion
Becky Lynch announced that she would be going on
hiatus
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* Hiatus (anatomy), a natural fissure in a structure
* Hiatus (stratigraphy), a discontinuity in the age of strata in stratigraphy
*''Hiatus'', a genus of picture-winged flies with sole member species '' Hiatus fulvipes''
* G ...
. A confused Asuka then came out. Lynch stated that by Asuka winning the women's Money in the Bank ladder match, she actually won the Raw Women's Championship and proceeded to open the briefcase, revealing the title belt inside. Lynch told Asuka that she was pregnant, hence the reason for her hiatus. This in turn became the first time that the champion relinquished the title to the Money in the Bank winner without having a cash-in match.
After winning the men's contract, Otis teased cashing in on Universal Champion
Braun Strowman, but decided not to. After entering into a feud with The Miz and John Morrison over the Money in the Bank contract in September, Otis was forced to defend the contract in a match against Miz at the
2020 Hell in a Cell event in October, where Miz defeated Otis to win the Money in the Bank contract, thus Otis became the second wrestler to lose his contract in a scheduled match without cashing it in.
The Miz then used the contract to cash in on the WWE Championship at
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 20. At the event, while
Drew McIntyre was defending the title against AJ Styles in a
Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, midway through, The Miz came out and cashed in the contract, converting the match into a triple threat TLC match. Despite this, McIntyre retained.
However, on the December 28 episode of ''Raw'', the cash-in at TLC was ruled invalid due to Morrison cashing in the contract on behalf of Miz, as only the contract holder himself can cash it in, and thus the briefcase was returned to Miz.
At
Elimination Chamber on February 21, 2021, Miz officially cashed in the contract, defeating McIntyre (who had just retained the title in an
Elimination Chamber match and was then attacked by
Bobby Lashley) to win the WWE Championship for a second time, with both times occurring via Money in the Bank cash-ins.
2021
The
2021 Money in the Bank pay-per-view took place on July 18, at the
Dickies Arena in
Fort Worth,
Texas
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, marking the first event in the series to be held in Texas, and WWE's first pay-per-view held following their resumption of live touring that began with the July 16 episode of ''SmackDown''. With the event back in front of a live audience, the Money in the Bank ladder matches returned to their regular format with each having eight participants evenly divided between the Raw and SmackDown brands.
Qualification matches for both ladder matches began on the June 21 episode of ''Raw''.
For the men's match, Ricochet, John Morrison,
Riddle, and Drew McIntyre qualified from Raw,
while
Big E, Kevin Owens,
King Nakamura, and Seth Rollins qualified from SmackDown.
Big E would go on to win the men's ladder match, granting him a guaranteed match of his choice for either Raw's WWE Championship or SmackDown's Universal Championship.
Big E would then announce via
Twitter that he would cash in his contract on the September 13 episode of ''Raw'', becoming the fourth person to announce their cash-in match ahead of time, and would proceed to do so on WWE Champion
Bobby Lashley after Lashley had just retained the title against Randy Orton, defeating Lashley to win the title.
For the women's match, Asuka, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, and
Nikki A.S.H.
Nicola Glencross (born 21 April 1989) is a Scottish professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Nikki Cross. She is a one-time WWE Raw Women's Champion, three-time WWE Women's Tag Tea ...
qualified from Raw.
No qualifying matches took place for SmackDown, and instead, WWE official
Sonya Deville appointed the participants: a returning
Zelina Vega,
Liv Morgan, and
WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Natalya and Tamina;
Carmella was originally announced for the ladder match but was later removed and replaced by Morgan after receiving an opportunity for the SmackDown Women's Championship.
Nikki A.S.H. would go on to win the women's ladder match, granting her a guaranteed match of her choice for either the Raw or SmackDown Women's Championship.
The next night on ''Raw'', Nikki cashed-in the contract and won the Raw Women's Championship from Charlotte Flair, who had just retained the title in a match against
Rhea Ripley.
2022
The
2022 Money in the Bank took place on Saturday, July 2, 2022, at the
MGM Grand Garden Arena
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Sporting events
From its opening on December 18, 1993 ...
in the
Las Vegas
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suburb of
Paradise, Nevada; it was originally scheduled to be held at the city's
Allegiant Stadium. The ladder matches were scheduled to feature seven participants with an uneven division between the brands; the men's match added an eighth, last minute entrant which evened out the brand division but the women's match had four participants from Raw and three from SmackDown.
Qualifying matches for the men's Money in the Bank ladder match began on the June 10 episode of ''SmackDown''. A qualifier between
Drew McIntyre and
Sheamus ended in a double disqualification, after both men attacked each other with steel chairs, thus neither qualified.
The following week, however, WWE official
Adam Pearce announced that both McIntyre and Sheamus would be in the match.
Seth "Freakin" Rollins
Colby Daniel Lopez (born May 28, 1986) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Seth Rollins (often referred to as Seth "Freakin" Rollins).
Prior to signing ...
became the first to qualify from Raw after he defeated
AJ Styles on the June 13 episode of ''Raw''.
The following week,
Omos and
Sami Zayn became the fourth and fifth entrants after defeating
Riddle and
Shinsuke Nakamura, respectively.
The following week on ''Raw'', Riddle won a Last Chance Battle Royal by last eliminating
The Miz to be the sixth qualified entrant,
while
Madcap Moss won a
fatal four-way match on the July 1 episode of ''SmackDown'' to become the seventh and (what was thought to be) final entrant in the match. The men's match served as the main event, and just as the match was about to begin, WWE official Adam Pearce announced that Raw's
Theory would be added as a surprise eighth entrant, who would go on and win the match.
After failed attempts to cash in on the
Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, as well as a tease of cashing in on the
NXT Championship, Theory finally used the contract to challenge Seth "Freakin" Rollins for the WWE United States Championship on the November 7, 2022, episode of ''Raw'', but failed to win the title due to an attack by Bobby Lashley, allowing Rollins to pin Theory and retain. This marked the first time the contract was used on a non-world championship.
Qualifying matches for the women's Money in the Bank ladder match also began on the June 10 episode of ''SmackDown''.
Lacey Evans became the first qualified entrant by defeating
Xia Li
Zhao Xia (; born July 28, 1988) is a Chinese-American professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Xia Li ().
Professional wrestling career WWE
Mae Young Classic (2017 ...
.
The following week on ''Raw'' and ''SmackDown'', Alexa Bliss and Liv Morgan defeated
Doudrop and
Nikki A.S.H.
Nicola Glencross (born 21 April 1989) is a Scottish professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Nikki Cross. She is a one-time WWE Raw Women's Champion, three-time WWE Women's Tag Tea ...
in a tag team qualifier to win two spots in the match,
and
Raquel Rodriguez defeated
Shayna Baszler to earn the fourth spot in the match.
The following week on ''Raw'' and ''SmackDown'',
Asuka and
Shotzi became the fifth and sixth qualified entrants after defeating
Becky Lynch and
Tamina
Sarona Moana Marie Reiher Snuka-Polamalu (born January 10, 1978) is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Tamina. She is a one-time WWE Women's Tag Team Cham ...
, respectively.
The following week on ''Raw'', Becky Lynch won a Last Chance Elimination Match by defeating Doudrop, Nikki A.S.H., Shayna Baszler, Tamina, and Xia Li to become the last qualified entrant.
Liv Morgan would go on to win the women's ladder match and later that night, cashed in on SmackDown Women's Champion
Ronda Rousey after Rousey had just retained the title against
Natalya. Morgan would pin Rousey to win the championship.
Matches
Record
1
Cash-in matches
Men
Women
Participant list
Males
Females
Cashed-in against
Males
Females
Notes
References
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