10 Wildest Spots In The History Of The WWE Money In The Bank Match

A countdown of the best moments from the ladder match's near-fifteen year history.

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Money In The Bank 2019 is mere days away. Hooray! A chance to see our favourite wrestlers win the coveted briefcase, then fail to cash in and be relegated to an even lower position in the card than they already were. Hooray!

Cynicism aside, Money In The Bank is actually a very exciting time of year, if not for the storylines, but for the titular match.

Since its debut in 2005, the Money In The Bank ladder match has taken place a whopping 22 times, moving from an annual staple at WrestleMania to its own pay-per-view special attraction. There was also that one Money In The Bank match that took place on SmackDown, but that was a whole thing with James Ellsworth that we don't have time to get into now.

Across its nearly 15-year existence, the Money In The Bank match has given fans plenty of memorable moments, as you would expect from a multi-man ladder-fest.

From high-flying feats to hardcore madness to things that no ladder should ever have to witness, the match has hosted some amazing spots over the years - way more than ten. However, this is a list article and it's the law that there are ten entries, so we've done our best to whittle the countless jaw-dropping moments down to the absolute best of the best.

10. AJ Hangs Out

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This is the tamest spot on this list by far, but that doesn't make it any less impressive.

Money In The Bank 2017 was, all-in-all, a diabolical pay-per-view.

Jinder Mahal beat Randy Orton to retain his WWE Championship (remember that?), Lana challenged Naomi for the SmackDown Women's Championship, and there was that whole thing with James Ellsworth that we are NOT GETTING INTO!

The high-point of this carwreck was most definitely the Men's Money in the Bank ladder match, which saw six of SmackDown's top stars battle it out for the blue briefcase.

Any match featuring Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, and Shinsuke Nakamura was always going to be great, but throw in the Phenomenal AJ Styles too and that's a recipe for one tasty bout.

The most memorable moment of the night came when AJ was literally left hanging by Dolph Ziggler, when The Showoff pulled a ladder out from underneath AJ and the former TNA star was left clinging to the briefcase itself.

Ironically, the flat Earth-er eventually did the job to gravity and plummeted back to the mat. The visual of Styles hanging desperately onto the briefcase, then falling from the sky was spectacular and showed just how willing Styles was to go the extra mile to make his match special.

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