10 Worst Matches In WWE Money In The Bank History
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On June 19, 2016, WWE will present their seventh consecutive Money In The Bank pay-per-view. Debuting in 2010, the series was born from the popular Money In The Bank Ladder bouts that had previously become a staple of the main WrestleMania cards. Those gimmick encounters are the obvious hook, but WWE couldn't run a wrestling show with just one or two ladder matches.
Whilst Money In The Bank bouts are the focal point, there have been dozens of other matches on the pay-per-view series. With varying levels of success, WWE have booked World Title showdowns and other grudge battles to complement the Money In The Bank gimmick itself.
Due to the fact that the ladder-based encounters are generally the highlights of each show, they are exempt when looking at the worst the pay-per-view has had to offer. They are often the best matches on each event, something which can't be said for numerous bouts on the under card.
All of these matches were of questionable quality, adding precious little to each show. Let's look at the 10 worst offenders in Money In The Bank history...
10. John Cena Vs. Mark Henry (2013)
Mark Henry's fake retirement on the June 17, 2013 edition of Monday Night Raw was brilliantly done. Having teased the idea of stepping away from the ring for weeks on social media, Henry was invited into the ring to say goodbye by John Cena.
Charming the audience with stories of wanting to spend more time with his family, Henry then viciously snapped and hit Cena with the World's Strongest Slam. People were legitimately caught off guard by the turn, which was expertly executed. Unfortunately, it led to a dreary match at Money In The Bank less than a month later.
Going 16 minutes, Cena and Henry struggled to follow the dynamic quickness of a match between Alberto Del Rio and Dolph Ziggler. Their power-based encounter had a good build-up, but it didn't deliver quite the way fans had hoped in the end.
The match wasn't terrible, but it failed to live up to the cracking storyline that had kickstarted the issue between the two men. Cena won, and Henry was shunted back down the ladder, his retirement angle forgotten quickly afterwards.