Money in the Bank Articles - Page 4

After guaranteeing that both of the healthy members of Damage CTRL would qualify for Money in the Bank alongside Zelina Vega, Bayley, and IYO SKY were feeling pretty darn good after the second edition of SmackDown post-Night of Champions, with the duo both securing wins in matches against Mia Yim and Shotzi, respectively. Stopping by […]

After securing a big-time Money in the Bank qualifying match win over Mustafa Ali, Santos Escobar was riding high, so much so that he was literally examining ladders in the backstage area to give himself an edge for the forthcoming match in London. Taking part in a WWE Digital Exclusive segment with Megan Morant, Escobar […]

Though Zelina Vega didn’t leave Puerto Rico as the SmackDown Women’s Champion at the end of Backlash, she accomplished the next best thing: becoming a certified legend on her familial home island. Taking the ring against Rhea Ripley wearing a Puerto Rican flag dropped across her wingspan, Vega received an incredible reaction from the crowd […]

LA Knight took the hard road to WWE stardom. Initially signing with the promotion in 2013 after a decade on the indies working for promotions like NWA and Championship Wrestling from Hollywood, Knight was let go in 2014 and had to rebuild his value in TNA, Impact, NWA, and beyond under the Eli Drake moniker. […]

As Money in the Bank 2023 rapidly approaches, the WWE Univers has begun to evaluate which performers have a chance to hit it big and who will fall down the ladder both physically and metaphorically. In 2022, Liv Morgan was lucky enough to score the briefcase in Las Vegas and parlayed the contract inside into […]

When Shinsuke Nakamura secured his spot in the Money in the Bank Ladder match, he did so at the expense of Bronson Reed, who wound up losing his first-ever match on RAW without much fanfare. So naturally, Reed decided to pay back that milestone by absolutely cutting into Nakamura’s match with Ricochet on RAW and […]

After securing a major win on RAW in a match against Sonya Deville – and friends – to punch her ticket to Money in the Bank, Becky Lynch was riding high; finally, she had a chance to add that one final feather to her WWE career, launch herself into the championship picture once more, and […]

After being woefully underutilized for months by a WWE creative department that was seemingly afraid to embrace his masculine kavorka, LA Knight finally secured a statement win on SmackDown, punching his ticket to Money in the Bank via a totally fair and square win in a qualifier match against Montez Ford. Sitting down for an […]

With Money in the Bank rapidly approaching, Bayley and IYO SKY of Damage CTRL could soon find themselves competing as singles stars against each other with an open contract for any Women’s Title in WWE. Discussing the prospects of potentially going against each other and what it could mean for their future in the ring […]

After besting The Miz in a surprisingly hard-hitting match on RAW, Ricochet has officially punched his ticket to Money in the Bank, where he will take part in the show’s eponymous Ladder Match alongside Shinsuke Nakamura and four other Superstars to be decided over the next few weeks. Stopping by RAW Talk to discuss his […]

Shinsuke Nakamura has been a member of the WWE Universe since all the way back in 2016, when the New Japan Pro Wrestling stalwart decided to spurn “The King of Sports” for a chance to test his mettle against the best in the world. Though Nakamura has returned to Japan since, famously wrestling the Great […]

With the WWE Universe currently in flux due to Vince McMahon’s decision to merge his father’s brand with UFC to form an elite pairing under the Endeavor name, fans have been wondering if Sasha Banks, the performer currently known as Mercedes Moné in New Japan Pro Wrestling, could be headed back to the promotion that […]

Which WWE Superstar turned in the greatest Money in the Bank cash-in of all time? While far from the most pressing “GOAT” question in the WWE Universe, what with talk of Mount Rushmore and championship reign supremacy perennial hot topics within the fandom, the question of who best turned in the briefcase, inserted themselves into […]

When Vince McMahon announced his retirement from the WWE in June of 2022, it marked a paradigm shift in professional wrestling. Suddenly, the mastermind behind Hulkamania, The Attitude Era, Cenation, and The Bloodline was ceding creative control to his son-in-law, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, who did win Booker of the Year from the Wrestling Observer […]

Since winning Money in the Bank in 2022, Liv Morgan has become more and more extreme within the WWE Universe with each passing month. Speaking with Ryan Satin on his Out of Character podcast with Fox, Morgan explained that, after losing her title, she had no reason not to embrace being a loose cannon. “I […]

In WWE, a Money in the Bank cash-in is about the easiest way to win a championship. Since coming into existence in 2005, 80.95 percent of male cash-in attempts have been successful, with just John Cena, Damien Sandow, Baron Corbin, and Braun Strowman serving as the only men in the promotion’s history to lose in […]

Deep in the thralls of an absolute slugfest between Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre that felt like it might go on forever, who would appear to shake up the match but Austin Theory, the current holder of the WWE Money in the Bank briefcase and the contract it holds? Oh no, was Theory seriously going […]

In VM Era of the WWE Universe – aka the Vince McMahon Era – there wasn’t a hotter name that Theory. The prized pupil of Mr. McMahon who rose to prominence as a butt-kissing heel gimmick that was meant to – and ultimately succeeded in – drive fans crazy, Theory became the youngest WWE Superstar […]

Does any member of the WWE Universe get a harder time than Theory? Despite being a solid in-ring performer, a dedicated worker who can take a Stone Cold Stunner like a pro, and both the youngest Money in the Bank briefcase winner and the youngest United States Champion of all time, there’s just something about […]

After weeks away from WWE television, including a notable absence from Money in the Bank 2022, Kevin Owens is reportedly heading back to RAW for Monday’s edition of the show broadcast live from the Amalie Arena in sunny Tampa, Florida. Yes, after being notably absent from the June 20th edition of RAW, likely because he […]

As you may or may not have noticed, Bayley has been gone from WWE for quite some time, having suffered a torn ACL in the lead-up to Money in the Bank 2021. Though the last name-less superstar has still remained a fixture of the WWE Universe, with the occasional appearance on the company’s television programming […]

Other than a brief interview segment with his fellow Dirty Dawg Robert Roode and a blink-and-you’d-miss-it appearance in the Last Chance Money in the Bank Qualifying Battle Royal, Dolph Ziggler has largely been absent from WWE‘s RAW in 2022, instead spending most of his time in NXT feuding with the likes of Bron Breakker and […]

One of the most exciting aspects of watching a wrestling Pay-Per-View, or a Premium Live Event, as WWE calls it, is giving every match a star rating, from -5 through 5, and then seeing how it compares to the numbers given out by Dave Meltzer, the founder of The Wrestling Observer, and the premier rater […]

Outside of the WWE ring, Bayley and Liv Morgan are buddies. They’ve appeared together on Xavier Woods/Austin Creed’s UpUpDownDown YouTube channel, goofed around backstage before/during shows, and have shared the ring on 92 occasions, first at a house show for the NXT Women’s Championship, and most recently in February of 2021 on SmackDown, just four […]

When news broke that WWE‘s 2022 iteration of Money in the Bank was moving to a “more intimate” venue, it left many a raised eye across the wrestling world. After suffering through weeks of underwhelming ticket sales, the organization opted to pull the plug on running their premier ladder-based Premium Live Event from Allegiant Stadium, […]

Pat McAfee doesn’t like Happy Corbin. He doesn’t like him as a wrestler, doesn’t like him in the ring, and basically doesn’t even like being in the same WWE Universe as Corbin, which is saying a lot, because McAfee seems to absolutely love being a part of WWE Universe. When Corbin fails, McAfee laughs. When […]

Asuka is the WWE Universe’s master of the memes. She posts them herself on Instagram, a lot of them really, creates them on her YouTube channel, Kanachantv, and even takes special pleasure in acting as over-the-top as possible whenever she’s on RAW, SmackDown, or a WWE Pay-Per-View, occasionally in the hopes of recreating on of […]

With Money in the Bank officially in the rearview, the WWE Universe is looking to reset following a number of pretty notable changes. Bobby Lashley is the new United States Champion, Theory is the new Men’s Money in the Bank briefcase holder, and after winning the women’s edition of the show’s namesake match earlier in […]

Conventional wisdom would suggest that with the green and gold briefcase now in his possession, Theory would turn his sights away from the United States Championship he lost at Money in the Bank in favor of targeting the biggest prize in the promotion today: The Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. Well, if the first segment of […]

When (Austin) Theory lost his Unites States Championship at WWE’s Money in the Bank, it made more than a few fans very happy indeed. While no one can call Theory an underachiever for his age or suggest that he didn’t defend his title over his 75-day run, the angle on which he lost it, a […]

When WWE interrupted their otherwise tight Money in the Bank broadcast with a spooky vignette that hinted at the arrival/return/debut of a new performer, it unleashed a mystery on a fanbase known for having a keen eye and exceptional deductive reasoning. Some thought the spooky vibes signaled the much pined-for return of “The Field” Bray […]

After spending over half a decade in the WWE system, Liv Morgan has officially won her first championship with the company. That’s right, despite having found great success in both NXT and on the main roster as part of the Riott Squad and as a solo performer, Morgan has never secured any sort of championship […]

Money in the Bank is an unusual Premium Live Event for WWE. It has championship bouts, excitement, and the single most intriguing match stipulation in all of sports entertainment, the Money in the Bank contract, which grants its holder an opportunity to insert themselves into any title match regardless of how far along it may […]

When WWE’s Money in the Bank went off the air, fans at home celebrated a fun Premium Live Event. Sure, some may have issues with the occasional booking decision, from having Theory lose the United States Championship, having Theory win the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match, and having a fantastic Usos-Street Profits match […]

Kevin Owens has truly been an MVP of WWE. The superstar can put on a great match, is a fantastic promo, and can turn even the most ridiculous ideas into pure gold. Let’s face it: the Elias/Ezekiel/Elrod angle is absolutely ridiculous on the surface, but it has been one of the most entertaining recurring segments […]

With Money in the Bank officially in the books, fans across the WWE Universe have one question and one question alone coming out of the Premium Live Event: Who was the mystery man in the cryptic and spooky video package? Okay, technically that isn’t correct; fans want to know what’s next for Liv Morgan now […]

After all seven participants came down to the ring before the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match on WWE‘s Premium Live Event with the exact same name, it looked like fans were in store for an incredible match. Who would win? Riddle? Drew McIntyre? Sheamus? Surely it wouldn’t be Madcap Moss but how about […]

When Ronda Rousey pulled out the win over Natalya in the penultimate match of the 2022 edition of WWE‘s Money in the Bank, it was a predictable yet fun way to close out the fifth match of an all-around successful premium live event. … but then it happened. That’s right, not two hours after winning […]

When The Usos and the Street Profits are given a Pay-Per-View match’s worth of time to show their stuff in a WWE ring, you know it’s going to be sweet. Arguably the two best tag teams in the WWE Universe – no offense to New Day – Jimmy, Jey, Tez, and Dawkins have shared the […]