11 Things You Didn't Know About WWE Money In The Bank

3. Cashing-In Twice

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We all know that Edge was the first to cash-in the briefcase twice, that CM Punk was the first chap to win the match on two occasions and that Carmella was the first to do so on the female side of the ledger, although that whole thing is shrouded in nonsense. Still, the history books are the history books, no matter who is holding the pen.

Fans know all of these things, but many may have forgotten that our lord and saviour Daniel Bryan remains the only man to have a successful cash-in voided. Bryan - to the shock of everyone - won the match in 2011 after months of losing to anyone and everyone, beginning a slow turn that led to the beginning of the YES! Movement. Bryan cashed the briefcase in on Big Show and began celebrating his increasingly pathetic defences in overly exuberant fashion, and the rest is history.

What is somewhat forgotten is that Bryan successfully cashed-in his briefcase on two occasions. 23 days prior to winning the title, Bryan exchanged his briefcase for glory on an episode of SmackDown, pinning Mark Henry after the 'World’s Strongest Man' had been knocked out by Big Show. All was right with the world before Teddy Long ran down to tell Bryan that his cash-in was null and void as Henry was not cleared to compete.

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