10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Money In The Bank

5. The Kane Mutiny (2010)

Kane World Heavyweight Champion Money in the Bank 2010
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Just like Sheamus in 2015, Kane was past his expiration date in 2010. Still, he won the World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank match, defeating Matt Hardy, Christian, Drew McIntyre, Dolph Ziggler, Cody Rhodes, and The Big Show to win the briefcase. When it came to getting fans to care about Kane, this was too little, 12 years too late.

WWE wasn't done, though - if nothing else, the company gets an "A" for effort. Later than evening, World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio defended his title successfully against former champ Jack Swagger. Swagger attacked Mysterio after the match, but Kane - then a babyface - ran him off... only to cash in his briefcase and pin Rey for the title.

Kane became the only man to cash in his Money in the Bank contract the evening he won it, meaning that he scored two of the most important victories of his career on the same show. All things considered, it seems like WWE could have found someone better to push in 2010.

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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013