11 Things You Didn't Know About WWE Money In The Bank
Everything you didn't know about what was once WWE's most exciting gimmick match.
The Money in the Bank ladder match is dead, long live the Money in the Bank ladder match.
Once the most exciting gimmick match in all of professional wrestling, the multi-person ladder scramble has since become a tired albatross around the aching neck of WWE creative, an afterthought in a company full of afterthoughts. The ongoing global situation has necessitated a change in tack for the match and the pay-per-view, but don’t mistake the death rattle for new life.
The ladder match has given fans all sorts of memories over the years. Who can forget Shelton Benjamin running up the ladder at WrestleMania 21, Shelton Benjamin’s insane senton at WrestleMania 22, or Shelton Benjamin’s even more insane senton at WrestleMania 25? We’ve seen all there is to see when it comes to the great briefcase quest.
But do we know all there is to know about the match? Sure, everyone knows about CM Punk’s two wins, about Kofi Kingston’s barren run and about how people like to cash in on John Cena, but there is more to the history of this match than meets the eye.