9 Ups And 8 Downs From WWE Money In The Bank 2020
6. Maybe This Isn’t WWE’s Forte
Despite a few entertaining moments and a couple decent choices for its winners, WWE’s Money in the Bank ladder match was far from a cinematic masterpiece. In fact, it was a box office disappointment.
The “match” featured incoherent brawling, nonsensical “comedy” segments, and a dash around WWE headquarters that at times felt more like the credits of Benny Hill than sports entertainment. Wrestlers disappeared for random periods and then resurfaced. People separated themselves from the pack and despite a huge perceived gap, were only mere feet ahead of their adversaries.
While we have to give WWE credit for trying something different than having 12 wrestlers break their bodies in all-out melees in an empty arena, that doesn’t mean it necessarily worked. This wasn’t terrible (hence its placement in the “Downs” column), but it wasn’t something WWE should look to replicate with Hell in a Cell or anything like that.