8 Biggest Wastes Of Money In The Bank In WWE History

8. John Cena (2012)

The Money in the Bank briefcase is ideally given to either a) an up-and-coming superstar who uses it to graduate from the midcard to the main event, or b) a wayward veteran who uses it to reinvigorate their career. Neither of these applied to John Cena, who in 2012 was still the face of the company, still winning all the time, and really had nothing to gain from winning the RAW Money in the Bank briefcase.

But, of course, the plan was for CM Punk to keep the WWE Championship until the Royal Rumble where he would drop it to The Rock who would then drop it to Cena, leaving the RAW briefcase with no reason to exist that year. So, it was decided that Cena would win the briefcase, and like a true babyface, schedule his cash-in and announce it in advance. That would be RAW 1000, which took place eight days later. He and Punk had a predictably great match, but it was sullied by the Big Show, who ran in for a DQ and ensuing scuffle, thus costing Cena the WWE title and any future cash-in.

While the logic of all the events is sound, it does make Cena's win very pointless in a broad sense.