10 Quickest WWE Money In The Bank Cash-Ins
Counting down the fastest cash-ins by months, weeks, days, hours... even minutes.
Depending on who you talk to, Money in the Bank is either a great vehicle to elevate a superstar and add an element of unpredictability to WWE programming, or a once innovative concept that has outlived its usefulness.
Since its inception in 2005, there have been 17 Money in the Bank briefcase cash-ins, with 15 men successfully capturing a world title. Some wrestlers have waited six months or longer (the record is 280 days), while others have waited mere days, or even less, before taking their shot. We saw the 2014 briefcase-holder, Seth Rollins, wait 273 days, until the WrestleMania 31 main event was winding down to cash in, stealing the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in epic fashion. Not all the men who have held the briefcase made such an impact with it, but it’s interesting to see who wasted no time in using the MITB contract to their advantage.
After Sunday, WWE will add two more briefcase-holders to the list, including the first female MITB winner. They might hold onto their title shot for a few days, a few weeks, or even a few months. One thing is for sure though: they will have a tough time topping this list of who cashed in their briefcase the quickest.
With that said, let’s find out who staked out their title opportunity the quickest how they fared.
10. CM Punk (2008) – 92 Days
The 2008 MITB ladder match at WrestleMania XXIV featured superstars from Raw, Smackdown, and ECW. Fans would have been forgiven if they thought that the ECW contingent was there just as a courtesy. However, it was ECW’s CM Punk who walked away with the briefcase, which he would hold onto until the most opportune moment.
Punk was drafted to Raw in mid-June, bringing the briefcase with him. A week later, Edge – who was shifted from Raw to SmackDown in the same draft – announced that he was taking the World Heavyweight Championship with him, leaving Raw with no world title. Batista came out to assault the Rated-R Superstar for cheating to retain the title the previous night.
Cue Punk, who ran out, cashed in his briefcase, and wrested the title from the departing Edge. Punk would hold the title for a little more than two months. While it wasn’t a really eventful title reign, it was Punk’s first and helped establish him as a guy who was world title material.