10 WWE Stars Who Should Have Won Money In The Bank
A lot of guys have won the briefcase, but these superstars SHOULD Have.
The annual Money in the Bank match has provided some of the most recognisable stars in World Wrestling Entertainment the opportunity to elevate themselves on a single night, to earn a guaranteed shot at the top prize in the industry and the opportunity to cash in whenever and wherever they see fit.
For competitors like Edge, CM Punk and Seth Rollins, winning the match firmly established them as top stars in the biggest and most prestigious wrestling promotion in the world. Their victories provided them with the ammo necessary to blast their way through the glass ceiling and into permanent spots at the top of the card. Their cash-ins also resulted in some of the most memorable moments of the last decade.
Others, like John Cena and Randy Orton, padded their already Hall of Fame-worthy resumes with wins in the popular gimmick bout. Kane found himself in a similar situation, capturing the briefcase in 2010 and immediately cashing it in to win his first world title in 12 years.
While the list of superstars lucky enough to have had the honour bestowed upon them is long, so too is the list of men who never received that one last push toward immortality that winning Money in the Bank provides. In most cases, their careers were left unfulfilled, their potential never fully realised.
Five stars will battle to avoid placement on this list on June 19 while another will actively fight to erase his name from it. Who will they join? Let's take a look.
10. Roman Reigns
Roman Reigns was fresh off a WrestleMania main event in which he was screwed out of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship by Seth Rollins and forced to once again prove himself, this time in the Money in the Bank match. Instead of winning the briefcase and, thus, building intrigue and anticipation for his eventual cash-in, he was shoved back to earth by an interfering Bray Wyatt.
What could have been the start of a much more interesting march to WrestleMania for Reigns instead descended into mediocrity and repetition as he became the latest generic good guy programmed against the much more interesting Wyatt.
Worse yet, he beat him in a very John Cena-esque manner, turning more fans against him at a time when he should have been winning crowds over. Instead, he generated boos in every arena in every corner of the country, his less-interesting approach to the title push damning him.