Not only did Brock Lesnar make a surprise appearance at Money in the Bank, he walked out of the show as the winner of the men’s ladder match.
An angle where Sami Zayn was attacked earlier in the night led to the men’s ladder match starting with seven participants. Lesnar’s music hit at the end of the match as Ali was about to pull down the briefcase. Lesnar ran down to the ring, knocked over the ladder Ali was on, set up a ladder of his own, climbed it, and got the briefcase.
Ali, Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, Finn Balor, Andrade, and Randy Orton were the seven wrestlers who started the match.
Zayn was found attacked and hanging upside down backstage earlier in the show. Zayn had been scared of Braun Strowman after he defeated Strowman on Raw for his spot in the ladder match. After Zayn was attacked, Triple H told Strowman that he wasn’t going to allow him to replace Zayn. Strowman denied that he was the person who attacked him.
This was Lesnar’s first appearance for WWE since he lost the Universal Championship to Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 35 last month. Lesnar is also advertised for WWE Super ShowDown in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Friday, June 7.
The SmackDown Women’s Championship changed hands twice at tonight’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view.
After winning the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match earlier in the night, Bayley cashed in her briefcase on Charlotte Flair to become the new SmackDown Women’s Champion. Charlotte had defeated Becky Lynch for the title before Bayley cashed in.
Lynch retained her Raw Women’s Championship against Lacey Evans tonight, then immediately had her match against Charlotte for the SmackDown title. The story of the finish for Lynch vs. Charlotte was Evans getting involved and hitting Lynch with the Woman’s Right punch when the referee wasn’t looking. Charlotte then gave Lynch a big boot to win after kicking out of an inside cradle.
Bayley made the save for Lynch when Charlotte and Evans were attacking her after the match. Bayley sent Charlotte face-first into the middle turnbuckle, told the referee she was cashing in, and hit an elbow drop from the top rope to win the title.
Bayley moved to SmackDown in last month’s Superstar Shake-up.
This is the second year in a row that the women’s Money in the Bank winner has cashed in on the same night as winning the briefcase. Alexa Bliss cashed in on Nia Jax last year to win the Raw Women’s title.
WWE’s first pay-per-view since WrestleMania 35 takes place tonight as the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut hosts Money in the Bank.
Ricochet, Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre, Sami Zayn, Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor, Ali, Andrade, and Randy Orton will be the participants in the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match. Naomi, Natalya, Dana Brooke, Nikki Cross, Bayley, Mandy Rose, Ember Moon, and Carmella are set for the women’s match.
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Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch will defend her titles in separate matches. Charlotte Flair is challenging for Lynch’s SmackDown championship, while Lacey Evans will challenge for the Raw championship.
After their title wins at WrestleMania, Seth Rollins and Kofi Kingston both have defenses tonight. Rollins puts the Universal Championship on the line against AJ Styles. Kingston is defending the WWE Championship against Kevin Owens.
Other matches set for tonight’s main card are: Roman Reigns vs. Elias, The Miz vs. Shane McMahon in a steel cage match, Samoa Joe vs. Rey Mysterio for the US title, and Tony Nese vs. Ariya Daivari for the Cruiserweight title.
The pre-show begins at 6 p.m. Eastern time and will feature SmackDown Tag Team Champions Daniel Bryan & Rowan vs. The Usos in a non-title match. The main card starts at 7 p.m. Eastern.
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By Dave Meltzer
DANIEL BRYAN & ROWAN VS. USOS NON-TITLE
Good match. The Usos won the non-title match to set up a title match. Both Usos did individual topes on Rowan and then both did simultaneous topes. Bryan went for a tope but got hit with a double superkick. After more superkicks, with Bryan laid out, both Usos came off the top rope with a double splash on Bryan and got the pin.
WOMEN’S MONEY IN THE BANK: NAOMI, CARMELLA, MANDY ROSE, NIKKI CROSS, EMBER MOON, BAYLEY, NATALYA AND DANA BROOKE
Bayley won as the odds showed with the late betting. The finish saw Sonya Deville first take out Carmella (who did a knee injury angle earlier but came back out for the inish) with a spear on her. Deville put Mandy Rose on her shoulder and climbed up to the top and was at the top. Bayley climbed up the other side, knocked Deville and Rose off the ladder and pulled down the briefcase to win. The match was sloppy and very practiced early but some of the stunts got over really big, in particular Moon coming off a ladder on the floor and jumping into the ring with an eclipse on Natalya. Another spot was several women on the ladder and it was pushed over and they all took bumps.
In the post-match interview they openly talked about Sasha Banks being on Raw so we’ll check if she’s back.
Sami Zayn interrupted a HHH phone call and was looking for Shane McMahon. Zayn was scared of what Braun Strowman was going to do tonight. HHH announced that Strowman was banned from the building. Zayn asked HHH for protection. HHH told him if he wanted protection to tape up his fists.
SAMOA JOE VS. REY MYSTERIO FOR U.S. TITLE
Mysterio pinned him with a huracanrana off a power bomb in 93 seconds It looks like they are doing controversy over whether Joe’s shoulder was down. The left shoulder was clearly off the mat during the pin which was clearly a planned spot. Rey and Dominick celebrated after. Joe attacked Rey after the match and threw Rey into the ring. Joe planted him with a uranage. Joe may have suffered a broken nose during the match from a Thesz press. Joe gave him a second uranage and dared Dominick to get in the ring. Joe gave Mysterio a senton. The whole scenario was well done with the idea of eventually Dominick getting involved. Dominick helped Rey to the back.
Strowman evidently is in the building and throwing things around and looking for Sami Zayn.
SHANE MCMAHON VS. THE MIZ IN A CAGE MATCH
Shane won again. Shane and Miz both climbed to the top of the cage. Shane was on the other side and they teased Miz superplexing him back but Shane slipped out of his shirt so Shane fell to the ground to win while Miz held the shirt. The crowd was into the match. There wasn’t much good about it. Miz did hit Shane with hard chair shots to the back. At one point Miz used a skull crushing finale on a chair and Shane got his foot on the ropes but they had made clear no rope breaks in a cage match. The story is the ref stopped counting because Shane is the boss. So that malkes two matches in a row where they used ref incompetence in the match story.
Mick Foley announced WWE will have another title. Just what they need. Sounds like bringing back the hardcore title.
TONY NESE VS. ARIIYA DAIVARI FOR THE CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE
Nese retained the title with the running Nese into the corner. The work was solid, actually good for the time they were given. The crowd didn’t care. Daivari kicked out of a 450 after a Fosbury flop and and Nese kicked out of a frog splash and rainmaker.
HHH confronted Strowman. Zayn was taken out. He denied he did it. HHH said that he won’t let Strowman be in the match for taking out Zayn. Strowman denied doing it. HHH told him to leave, he’s not going to call the police just asked him to leave. He left. They said Zayn was taken to a local medical facility fom being hung upside down earlier.
BECKY LYNCH VS. LACEY EVANS FOR THE RAW WOMEN’S TITLE
Evans dame out with a gun shooting dollar bills with Evans face on it, basically the Okada gimmick. The match was okay. Nothing bad about it but crowd wasn’t much into it and really nothing special. The finish saw Evans use a chop block but the ref didn’t count the pin and Lynch reversed into the disarm-her for the submission. Another match booked for ref controversry. Charlotte Flair came right out.
BECKY LYNCH VS. CHARLOTTE FLAIR FOR SMACKDOWN WOMEN’S TITLE
Flair won the title back in a short match. Match was going fine, lots of trading of elbows. The finish saw Evans come back out and give Lynch the women’s right. But Lynch used an inside cradle for a near fall. Flair kicked her in the face and got the pin.
Lynch atacked Evans after. Flair helped out and Flair and Evans worked together to beat down Lynch. Bayley ran in with her briefcase and clotheslined Flair and attacked Evans. Bayley gave Evans a Saito suplex and Flair attacked Bayley. The crowd was way behind Bayley. Flair went after Bayley but Bayley threw her into the turrnbuckles and Bayley cashed it in.
CHARLOTTE FLAIR VS. BAYLEY FOR SMACKDOWN WOMEN’S TITLE
Bayley used the elbow off the top to win the title in 20 seconds. So Flair becomes the nine-time champion in her eventual 17. The crowd went nuts for Bayley winning. Really that was the best thing on the show so far.
Roman Reigns was to face Elias but backstage Elias clocked Reigns with a guitar shot. Elias just came out.
Elias did his singing act and went to leave. Reigns ran through the curtain and gave him a Superman punch.
ROMAN REIGNS VS. ELIAS
The match started, Reigns hit a spear and pinned Elias in nine seconds.
SETH ROLLINS VS. A.J. STYLES FOR WWE UNIVERSAL TITLE
Excellent match. Rollins retained by moving out of the way of the phenomenal forearm and hit the ripcord knee, superkick and curb stomp for the pin. Styles confronted him after the match like he wanted to fight him again. Rollins held up the belt. Styles then offered his hand. Some fans booed because they wanted to see them fight but they shook hands and fans cheered. Both guys showed up in great shape. The big spot was Rollins going for a curb stomp earlier but Styles caught him and gave him a Styles clash for a near fall. Rollins also did a super high frog splash that looked awesome. This was the rare WWE PPV match that would fit in on an NXT show.
Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods interview.
KALISTO & GRAN METALIK & LINCE DORADO VS. LARS SULLIVAN
Sullivan destroyed all three. It wasn’t a match. Sullivan head-butted Kalisto for real and split his own head up. It looked pretty intense with Sullivan standing there with that look and his head split open.
KOFI KINGSTON VS. KEVIN OWENS FOR WWE TITLE
Kingston retained with the trouble in Paradise after Owens came off the top rope with a swanton into double knees. The match was good, but never reached great. It was clearly a mistake putting this on after Rollins vs. Styles as fans were way hotter for the prior match and they’re tiring out now. Kingston did a corkscrew plancha into a superkick. Kingston had used a Trouble in Paradise early but Owens rolled out of the ring. Kingston kicked out of the pop up power bomb. Kingston grabbed the ropes to avert the pin when Owens hit the stunner.
They are pushing Super Showdown as being bigger than WrestleMania. They announced Strowman vs. Lashley and Demon Finn Balor vs. Andrade for the IC title. They said more annoucnements tomorrow night.
MEN’S MONEY IN THE BANK: BARON CORBIN, FINN BALOR, DREW MCINTYRE, RANDY ORTON, RICOCHET, ALI, AND ANDRADE
Brock Lesnar won the match. He didn’t come out until the very end as Ali had the match won and Lesnar showed up, destroyed Ali and pulled the briefcase down. The crowd went nuts for the surprise. The match itself was excellent with far too many dangerous spots to mention. Orton was throwing people on tables. McIntyre threw Ricochet overhead into the ladder. Balor did a doubler foot stomp on a ladder on Corbin. Andrade gave Balor a sunset flip onto a ladder bridge. It was a crazy bump. Ali used a Spanish fly on Andrade off the ladder. Corbin choke slammed Ali thorugh the Spanish table. Corbin choke slammed Balor on the ladder. McIntyre suplexed Balor on the ladder. McIntyre threw Ricochet over the top rope onto a ladder bridge. Basically everyone killed themselves and then Lesnar came out and laughed and won. The place went nuts for Lesnar winning. Ali was split open in the final spot and some cameramen were run over when Lesnar came down.
WWE has confirmed Nikki Cross as Alexa Bliss’ replacement for Money in the Bank.
After announcing that Bliss had been pulled from Sunday’s women’s Money in the Bank ladder match due to injury, WWE posted a video where Cathy Kelley confirmed that Cross will be taking Bliss’ spot. Naomi, Natalya, Dana Brooke, Bayley, Mandy Rose, Ember Moon, and Carmella are the other wrestlers in the ladder match.
Dave Meltzer reported earlier today that Cross would be Bliss’ replacement and that Cross defeating Raw’s other women’s Money in the Bank participants in a fatal four-way match on television this week was done in the event Bliss wasn’t going to get cleared and to set up a logical reason for Cross to be added.
WWE began a storyline this week where Cross was calm during a backstage segment with Bliss but was back to her usual character while in the ring.
The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut is hosting Money in the Bank on Sunday. Here’s the updated card:
Universal Champion Seth Rollins defending against AJ Styles
WWE Champion Kofi Kingston defending against Kevin Owens
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the SmackDown title against Charlotte Flair
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the Raw title against Lacey Evans
Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Ricochet, Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre, Sami Zayn, Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor, Ali, Andrade, Randy Orton)
Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Naomi, Natalya, Dana Brooke, Nikki Cross, Bayley, Mandy Rose, Ember Moon, Carmella)
Roman Reigns vs. Elias
The Miz vs. Shane McMahon in a steel cage match
United States Champion Samoa Joe defending against Rey Mysterio
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Tony Nese defending against Ariya Daivari
SmackDown Tag Team Champions Daniel Bryan & Rowan vs. The Usos (pre-show)
UPDATE: Nikki Cross will be the replacement for Bliss. Cross defeating Raw’s other women’s Money in the Bank participants in a fatal four-way match on TV this week was done in the event Bliss wasn’t going to get cleared and to set up a logical reason for Cross to be added.
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Alexa Bliss has been pulled from Sunday’s women’s Money in the Bank ladder match.
Bliss was pulled for injury reasons, although the specific injury is unknown. We were told the injury wasn’t serious and this was a precautionary call due to the nature of her being in a ladder match.
WWE.com announced: “Alexa Bliss is not medically cleared to compete at WWE Money in the Bank this Sunday, and has been removed from the Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match. A suitable replacement for Alexa will be announced.”
Bliss has been battling injury issues of late. She didn’t wrestle on Raw nor has she wrestled on the current European tour. The Raw house shows on the tour were advertised as Becky Lynch vs. Bliss, but were changed to Lynch vs. Lacey Evans vs. Tamina in three-way matches.
The company has not decided on her replacement at this point, but the decision is expected to be made over the next few hours.
WWE has announced a pre-show match for Sunday’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view.
SmackDown Tag Team Champions Daniel Bryan & Rowan will take on The Usos on the Money in the Bank pre-show. It doesn’t appear that Bryan & Rowan’s titles will be on the line in the match.
After The Hardys vacated the titles, Bryan & Rowan became SmackDown Tag Team Champions by defeating The Usos last week.
Bryan, Rowan, Shane McMahon, and Elias attacked Roman Reigns and The Miz in the opening segment of tonight’s SmackDown. The Usos made the save for Reigns and Miz, and Shane announced a four-on-three handicap match for later in the night. As a stipulation of it, Miz’s steel cage match against Shane at Money in the Bank would’ve been canceled if Miz got involved.
Shane got the win for the heels in the handicap match. Miz then came out with a chair and stopped Shane, Elias, Bryan, and Rowan from beating down Reigns and The Usos.
The Usos moved to Raw in the Superstar Shake-up but have been on the past two episodes of SmackDown as part of the Wild Card rule. They’ve also been in a storyline with The Revival on Raw.
The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut is hosting Money in the Bank on Sunday. Here’s the updated card:
Universal Champion Seth Rollins defending against AJ Styles
WWE Champion Kofi Kingston defending against Kevin Owens
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the SmackDown title against Charlotte Flair
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the Raw title against Lacey Evans
Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Ricochet, Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre, Sami Zayn, Finn Balor, Ali, Andrade, Randy Orton)
Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Alexa Bliss, Naomi, Natalya, Dana Brooke, Bayley, Mandy Rose, Ember Moon, Carmella)
Roman Reigns vs. Elias
The Miz vs. Shane McMahon in a steel cage match
United States Champion Samoa Joe defending against Rey Mysterio
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Tony Nese defending against Ariya Daivari
SmackDown Tag Team Champions Daniel Bryan & Rowan vs. The Usos (pre-show)
Raw’s go-home show for Money in the Bank saw a change to the lineup for Sunday’s men’s ladder match.
Sami Zayn defeated Braun Strowman in a falls count anywhere match in the main event of this week’s Raw and will replace Strowman in the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match. The story of Zayn vs. Strowman was that Baron Corbin and Drew McIntyre got involved and caused Strowman to lose.
Raw ended with Strowman chokeslamming Zayn through the announce table.
Ricochet, Corbin, McIntyre, Zayn, Finn Balor, Ali, Andrade, and Randy Orton will face off in the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match on Sunday.
Money in the Bank is taking place at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Here’s the updated card for the pay-per-view:
Universal Champion Seth Rollins defending against AJ Styles
WWE Champion Kofi Kingston defending against Kevin Owens
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the SmackDown title against Charlotte Flair
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the Raw title against Lacey Evans
Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Ricochet, Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre, Sami Zayn, Finn Balor, Ali, Andrade, Randy Orton)
Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Alexa Bliss, Naomi, Natalya, Dana Brooke, Bayley, Mandy Rose, Ember Moon, Carmella)
Roman Reigns vs. Elias
The Miz vs. Shane McMahon in a steel cage match
United States Champion Samoa Joe defending against Rey Mysterio
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Tony Nese defending against Ariya Daivari
The Cruiserweight title will be on the line at Money in the Bank.
In a video that WWE uploaded tonight, Drake Maverick announced that Cruiserweight Champion Tony Nese will defend his title against Ariya Daivari at Money in the Bank. Daivari was set up as Nese’s next challenger by defeating Oney Lorcan in a number one contender’s match on the April 23 episode of 205 Live.
Nese won the Cruiserweight title from Buddy Murphy on the WrestleMania 35 pre-show.
Money in the Bank is taking place at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut on May 19. Here’s the updated card for the pay-per-view:
Universal Champion Seth Rollins defending against AJ Styles
WWE Champion Kofi Kingston defending against Kevin Owens
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the SmackDown title against Charlotte Flair
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the Raw title against Lacey Evans
Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Braun Strowman, Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, Finn Balor, Ali, Andrade, Randy Orton)
Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Alexa Bliss, Naomi, Natalya, Dana Brooke, Bayley, Mandy Rose, Ember Moon, Carmella)
Roman Reigns vs. Elias
The Miz vs. Shane McMahon in a steel cage match
United States Champion Samoa Joe defending against Rey Mysterio
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Tony Nese defending against Ariya Daivari
A United States Championship match has been made official for Money in the Bank.
During this week’s episode of Raw, it was announced that Samoa Joe will defend his United States title against Rey Mysterio at Money in the Bank. The pay-per-view is taking place at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut on May 19.
Joe vs. Mysterio was also the U.S. title match at WrestleMania 35. Their match was a minute long, with Joe choking Mysterio out with the Coquina Clutch. Mysterio pinned Joe in a non-title match on last week’s Raw.
Mysterio celebrated with his son Dominick after winning last week’s match. Tonight, there was a backstage segment where Joe confronted Dominick. Joe accused Dominick of trying to embarrass and humiliate him last week. Joe told Dominick to send a message to Mysterio, with Joe saying he’s looking forward to defending his title against Mysterio at Money in the Bank.
Here’s the updated card for the PPV:
Universal Champion Seth Rollins defending against AJ Styles
WWE Champion Kofi Kingston defending against Kevin Owens
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the SmackDown title against Charlotte Flair
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the Raw title against Lacey Evans
Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Braun Strowman, Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, Finn Balor, Ali, Andrade, Randy Orton)
Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Alexa Bliss, Naomi, Natalya, Dana Brooke, Bayley, Mandy Rose, Ember Moon, Carmella)
The Miz vs. Shane McMahon in a steel cage match
Roman Reigns vs. Elias
United States Champion Samoa Joe defending against Rey Mysterio
WWE has finalized the lineups for this year’s Money in the Bank ladder matches.
SmackDown’s participants for the men’s and women’s Money in the Bank ladder matches were revealed on tonight’s episode. Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor, Ali, Andrade, and Randy Orton will be in the men’s match. Braun Strowman, Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, and Baron Corbin are Raw’s wrestlers for the match.
Bayley, Mandy Rose, Ember Moon, and Carmella will represent SmackDown in the women’s ladder match, joining Raw’s Alexa Bliss, Naomi, Natalya, and Dana Brooke.
The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut will host Money in the Bank on May 19. Here’s the updated card:
Universal Champion Seth Rollins defending against AJ Styles
WWE Champion Kofi Kingston defending against Kevin Owens
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the SmackDown title against Charlotte Flair
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the Raw title against Lacey Evans
Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Braun Strowman, Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, Finn Balor, Ali, Andrade, Randy Orton)
Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Alexa Bliss, Naomi, Natalya, Dana Brooke, Bayley, Mandy Rose, Ember Moon, Carmella)
Kofi Kingston will officially be defending his WWE Championship against Kevin Owens at Money in the Bank.
After Owens turned heel last week, Kingston vs. Owens was announced for Money in the Bank during the opening segment of tonight’s SmackDown. Kingston did an in-ring interview to open the show and challenged Owens to the title match.
Owens had served as an honorary member of The New Day before superkicking Kingston last week. Owens then said he’s coming after the WWE title and laid out Xavier Woods with an apron powerbomb.
On tonight’s show, Owens accepted Kingston’s challenge and cut a promo where he said Kingston gave people a WrestleMania moment no one will ever forget — but no one believes Kingston is actually championship material. Owens said Kingston doesn’t believe it either and is in over his head. Woods tried to attack Owens but was laid out with a superkick.
Money in the Bank is taking place at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut on May 19. Here’s the updated card for the pay-per-view:
Universal Champion Seth Rollins defending against AJ Styles
WWE Champion Kofi Kingston defending against Kevin Owens
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the SmackDown title against Charlotte Flair
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the Raw title against Lacey Evans
Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Braun Strowman, Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, Randy Orton, Andrade, Finn Balor, Ali)
Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Natalya, Dana Brooke, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, Bayley, Mandy Rose, TBA, TBA)
While ladder matches are the theme of Money in the Bank, this year’s pay-per-view will also feature a steel cage match.
The Miz vs. Shane McMahon in a steel cage match was announced for Money in the Bank on tonight’s Raw. The PPV is taking place at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut on May 19.
Miz lost to Bobby Lashley on this week’s Raw after Shane caused a distraction. There was then a post-match angle where Shane attacked Miz. Miz fought back, but Bobby Lashley gave him a spinebuster. Shane continued to attack Miz and put him in a submission.
Later on tonight’s episode, Miz did an interview where he challenged Shane to the steel cage match at Money in the Bank. Shane tweeted that he accepts Miz’s challenge: “Challenge accepted, @mikethemiz. Looking forward to delivering another ‘Best in the World’ beating…and by the way I’d be happy to buy your father a front row ticket! #MITB”
Here’s the updated lineup for Money in the Bank:
Universal Champion Seth Rollins defending against AJ Styles
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the SmackDown title against Charlotte Flair
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the Raw title against Lacey Evans
Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Braun Strowman, Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, TBA, TBA, TBA, TBA)
Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Natalya, Dana Brooke, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, TBA, TBA, TBA, TBA)
Natalya, Dana Brooke, Naomi, and Alexa Bliss will be Raw’s participants in next month’s women’s Money in the Bank ladder match.
That was confirmed during a Moment of Bliss segment on tonight’s episode of Raw. Bliss saved the announcement of herself for last, with Naomi then challenging Bliss to a match. Bliss said she wasn’t in the right attire and wasn’t even wearing her own shoes. Bliss eventually agreed to the match.
The story of Naomi and Bliss’ match was that Bliss kept having to tie her shoes. Her shoes came off at the end, then Naomi hit the Rear View and a split-legged moonsault to win.
Bliss was the winner of last year’s women’s Money in the Bank ladder match. She cashed in later in the pay-per-view, defeating Nia Jax to win the Raw Women’s Championship.
Braun Strowman, Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, and Baron Corbin have been announced as Raw’s wrestlers for the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match. SmackDown’s participants for the two matches will be revealed on tomorrow night’s episode.
The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut is hosting Money in the Bank on May 19. Here’s the updated card for the show:
Universal Champion Seth Rollins defending against AJ Styles
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the SmackDown title against Charlotte Flair
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the Raw title against Lacey Evans
Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Braun Strowman, Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, TBA, TBA, TBA, TBA)
Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Natalya, Dana Brooke, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, TBA, TBA, TBA, TBA)
WWE has revealed Raw’s participants for this year’s men’s Money in the Bank ladder match.
During the opening segment of tonight’s Raw, Alexa Bliss hosted A Moment of Bliss and announced that Braun Strowman, Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, and Baron Corbin will be in the men’s ladder match at Money in the Bank. Those four wrestlers then faced off in a tag match, with Ricochet & Strowman getting the win after McIntyre punched Corbin when Corbin tagged himself in.
Strowman and Corbin won the Money in the Bank briefcase over the past two years, though WWE didn’t have either go on to successfully cash in.
Raw’s participants for the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match will be revealed later tonight. SmackDown’s wrestlers for the matches will be confirmed tomorrow.
Money in the Bank is taking place at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut on May 19: Here’s the updated card for the pay-per-view:
Universal Champion Seth Rollins defending against AJ Styles
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the SmackDown title against Charlotte Flair
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the Raw title against Lacey Evans
Roman Reigns vs. Elias
Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Braun Strowman, Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, TBA, TBA, TBA, TBA)
Becky Lynch will have two title defenses at next month’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view.
On tonight’s SmackDown, it was announced that Lynch will defend the SmackDown Women’s Championship against Charlotte Flair at Money in the Bank. Charlotte defeated Bayley in a number one contender’s match to get the title shot.
Lynch holds both the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championships and will defend the Raw title against Lacey Evans at Money in the Bank.
Lynch and Charlotte took part in a face-to-face segment on this week’s SmackDown, with it being the first time they’ve shared the ring since Lynch defeated Ronda Rousey and Charlotte in the main event of WrestleMania 35. Charlotte said Lynch pinned Rousey at WrestleMania, which means that she didn’t beat Charlotte. Lynch said she’s defeated Charlotte more times than she can count and wanted to prove that she could beat Rousey.
The segment led to Charlotte and Bayley both wanting to be next in line for a title shot. After Charlotte won the number one contender’s match, Lynch did a backstage interview and said she would have two defenses matches at Money in the Bank.
The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut is hosting Money in the Bank on May 19. Here’s the updated card for the show:
Universal Champion Seth Rollins defending against AJ Styles
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the SmackDown title against Charlotte Flair
Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending the Raw title against Lacey Evans
