10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Money In The Bank

6. "Anybody But You" (2015)

Heading into the 2015 Money in the Bank ladder match, Roman Reigns looked like a favorite to win. Despite issues with popularity that had kept him from becoming WWE World Heavyweight Champion at WrestleMania 31, Reigns was still being protected and readied for a title run.

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Still, the Money in the Bank briefcase is always better suited for heels, and Reigns winning was likely too obvious for the company. Even so, there's a host of possibilities for each Money in the Bank match, and WWE had a whole list of choices.

Instead, the company decided to give Sheamus - a stale talent despite a recent heel turn - the briefcase. Fans were disappointed that the company didn't use the match to create a new star, and even as far as old stars go, Sheamus was pretty far down the pecking order.

Also bad was the way the company decided to have Reigns lose. In a ladder match, the losers don't really have to do a job - they can just be off camera when the winner retrieves the prize. In this match, WWE had to hammer home that Reigns should have been the winner.

He climbed the ladder and was ready to grab the briefcase, but Bray Wyatt appeared and pushed the ladder over. That made the match nothing more than another part of Reigns's push, and kick-started what felt like an interminable feud between the two men.

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