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First two SmackDown wrestlers set for WWE Money in the Bank

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WWE has revealed the first two SmackDown participants for Money in the Bank.

On tonight’s SmackDown, Big E defeated Apollo Crews to qualify for this year’s men’s Money in the Bank ladder match. It was also announced that Carmella will be taking part in this year’s women’s Money in the Bank ladder match.

This will be the first Money in the Bank ladder match that Big E has participated in during his career.

Ricochet, John Morrison, Riddle, and Big E are the first four wrestlers to qualify for the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match.

A triple threat last chance qualifying match between AJ Styles, Randy Orton, and Drew McIntyre on Monday’s Raw will determine Raw’s final participant for the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match. SmackDown has three more spots left to be filled. One of them will be determined when Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn face off in a Last Man Standing qualifying match on SmackDown next Friday.

Asuka, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, Nikki Cross, and Carmella are the first five wrestlers to qualify for the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match. 

Carmella didn’t have a qualifying match to get her Money in the Bank spot. WWE authority figure Sonya Deville instead announced her as SmackDown’s first participant for the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match. Deville cited the previous success that Carmella has had in Money in the Bank.

Liv Morgan interrupted Carmella tonight and pointed out that she defeated Carmella two weeks ago. Deville made a match between Carmella and Morgan for tonight’s SmackDown and gave Morgan the chance to prove herself. Morgan defeated Carmella, but it wasn’t announced if Morgan will be getting a Money in the Bank spot.

Money in the Bank is taking place at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas on Sunday, July 18. It will be the first pay-per-view in WWE’s return to touring.

WWE Championship match announced for Money in the Bank

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WWE Champion Bobby Lashley has his challenger for Money in the Bank.

It was announced tonight that Lashley will defend his WWE Championship against Kofi Kingston at next month’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view. The PPV is taking place at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas on Sunday, July 18. It will be the first PPV in WWE’s return to touring.

The WWE Championship match was announced for Money in the Bank after Kingston and Xavier Woods interrupted Lashley and MVP in the opening segment of tonight’s Raw. The segment also set up Lashley facing Woods in a non-title Hell in a Cell match in the main event of tonight’s episode.

Kingston picked up a one-on-one win against Lashley on Raw last month. Drew McIntyre hit Lashley with MVP’s cane leading into the finish of that match. McIntyre defeated Kingston in a number one contender’s match on Raw two weeks later to get a title shot at Hell in a Cell.

Lashley retained the WWE Championship against McIntyre in a Hell in a Cell match at last night’s pay-per-view. Lashley has held the WWE Championship since defeating The Miz for the title this March.

Kingston previously held the WWE Championship from April 2019 to October 2019. MVP recently told Kingston in storyline that KofiMania ended because Kingston let it. MVP also said Kingston is wasting his career in tag teams with people who don’t measure up.

Here’s the updated card for Money in the Bank:

  • Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Ricochet, John Morrison, and Riddle have qualified thus far)
  • Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Asuka, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, and Nikki Cross have qualified thus far)
  • WWE Champion Bobby Lashley defends against Kofi Kingston
  • Raw Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley defends against Charlotte Flair

First seven wrestlers qualify for WWE Money in the Bank

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The field for this year’s Money in the Bank ladder matches has started to take shape.

The first five Money in the Bank qualifying matches took place on tonight’s episode of Raw. Ricochet, John Morrison, and Riddle qualified for the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match, while Asuka, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, and Nikki Cross qualified for the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match.

Ricochet defeated AJ Styles to qualify for Money in the Bank, Morrison defeated Randy Orton, and Riddle defeated Drew McIntyre.

Asuka, Naomi, Bliss, and Cross all qualified for Money in the Bank through winning tag team matches. Asuka & Naomi defeated Eva Marie & Doudrop (Piper Niven). Bliss & Cross defeated Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler.

The men’s and women’s Money in the Bank ladder matches will each feature eight participants.

Styles, Orton, and McIntyre are set to face off in a triple threat last chance qualifying match on Raw next Monday. It will determine Raw’s final participant for the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match.

As a stipulation of him unsuccessfully challenging for Bobby Lashley’s WWE Championship at Hell in a Cell, McIntyre can’t challenge for the WWE Championship again while Lashley is still champion. It was said on Raw that, if McIntyre wins Money in the Bank, he would have to wait until Lashley loses the WWE Championship if he wants to cash in on that title. McIntyre could also cash in on the Universal Champion.

Money in the Bank is taking place at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas on Sunday, July 18.

Raw Women’s title rematch set for WWE Money in the Bank

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Charlotte Flair is getting another match against Rhea Ripley for the Raw Women’s Championship.

WWE has announced that Ripley will defend her Raw Women’s Championship against Charlotte at next month’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view. The match comes after Ripley intentionally got herself disqualified against Charlotte at Hell in a Cell.

Ripley got disqualified against Charlotte in their title match at Hell in a Cell last night when she hit Charlotte with the top of the announce table. They brawled after the match and Ripley hit Riptide on Charlotte.

WWE authority figures Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville addressed the situation with Ripley and Charlotte on Raw tonight and announced that they’ll be facing off in a rematch at Money in the Bank.

Ripley won the Raw Women’s Championship from Asuka at WrestleMania 37 this April. At WrestleMania Backlash in May, Ripley retained the Raw Women’s Championship against Asuka and Charlotte in a triple threat match. Ripley pinned Asuka to win that match.

Money in the Bank is being held at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas on Sunday, July 18. It will be the first PPV as part of WWE’s return to touring.

WWE returning to touring this July, first three events announced

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WWE is officially headed back out on the road starting this July.

WWE announced on Friday that their return to holding live events with fans in attendance will begin with the Friday, July 16 episode of SmackDown taking place at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. This year’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view will then be held at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas on Sunday, July 18. The post-Money in the Bank episode of Raw will take place at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Monday, July 19.

Tickets for those three Texas events will go on sale at 11 a.m. Eastern time this coming Wednesday (May 26).

WWE noted that additional tour stops and on-sale dates will be announced in the coming weeks. WWE will have a 25-city schedule from July 16 through Labor Day.

“As @WWE returns to the road this July, we welcome back our biggest Superstars, YOU, the @WWEUniverse,” Paul “Triple H” Levesque tweeted. “We cannot wait to hear, see, and feel the electricity of our live audiences again so I only have one question … #AreYouReady?”

Aside from this year’s WrestleMania, these will be WWE’s first shows with ticketed fans since March 2020. The WWE Performance Center was initially home to WWE television following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. WWE then moved to its ThunderDome setup with virtual fans starting in August of last year. Orlando, Florida’s Amway Center and Tampa, Florida’s Tropicana Field and Yuengling Center have hosted the ThunderDome.

WWE hasn’t announced the location of this August’s SummerSlam PPV, but Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada is the leading candidate to host the show.

Dates reportedly set for WWE Money in the Bank, Backlash

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The next two WWE PPV dates have reportedly been announced.

PWInsider reported this afternoon that this year’s Money in the Bank event will take place on May 16, with Backlash following on June 20. Both shows will be held at the WWE ThunderDome, which is moving to the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida starting next week, April 12.

WWE held Money in the Bank last year on May 10. Part of the show was filmed at the WWE Performance Center, while the cinematic Money in the Bank ladder matches took place at WWE World Headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. Asuka and Otis won the Money in the Bank briefcases.

WWE Backlash took place the following month on June 14. In the main event, Edge defeated Randy Orton in what was billed as “The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever”. 

WWE’s next pay-per-view event is WrestleMania 37, which will take place over two nights on April 10 and 11.