10 WWE Wrestlers Who Won Matches They Weren't Booked In

1. Seth Rollins - WrestleMania 31

Seth Rollins Wrestlemania 31
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Ten years later, this is still the greatest Money in the Bank cash-in that has ever been.

Leading up to WrestleMania 31, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar was on a collision course with Royal Rumble winner Roman Reigns; a situation that fans were less than thrilled about since it was all-but a foregone conclusion that the bland babyface Big Dog was walking away with the title after the show. His less than stellar in-ring work, heavily scripted and dull promos, and forced push to the top over beloved workhorses like Daniel Bryan, Dean Ambrose, etc. left everyone with a very sour taste.

Come the night itself, the match was a fun, hard-hitting hoss fest but the crushing inevitability of a Reigns win still hung in the air. Then Seth Rollins' music hit and the excitement was elevated to a whole new level. Rollins charged to the ring with briefcase in hand and insert himself into the match he, up until that point, had nothing whatsoever to do with.

The Architect won after little more than a minute of action, earning multiple accolades that night, most prominent being that he was the first, and so far only, superstar to cash-in his Money In The Bank contract mid-match, in what Michael Cole perfectly coined as "The Heist Of The Century".

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