5 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Money In The Bank 2025 (Results & Review)

3. Contrived Ladder Spots

WWE has been holding Money in the Bank ladder matches for 20 years, with more than 30 men’s and women’s matches taking place during that time. Through the years, one would think fans have seen just about every conceivable spot, but the wrestlers continue to surprise.

That said, getting some of these unique spots set up requires a hell of a lot of suspension of disbelief. Probably the most contrived spots in these ladder matches occur when wrestlers build nonsensical “ladder bridges” from the ropes to the ladder in the center of the ring. They exist solely for someone to either run across them and/or get slammed or dropped onto the bridge. That’s it.

They never look organic being set up and constantly reveal the wires of the match, especially when they’re erected and immediately utilized for some elaborate spot. In the men’s ladder match, Andrade struggled mightily to set up the bridge because the main ladder was too far away and the bridging ladder was too short. Penta had to move the ladder closer to the corner while lying on the mat selling.

Also, the stereo Code Reds from Alexa Bliss and Roxanne Perez was a great example of a maneuver on the ladder that looked incredibly contrived, with both women checking the other to see if they were ready to go at the same time.

Throw in some of the slow climbs that saw wrestlers basically standing in place atop the ladder (Penta spent an eternity just fingertips away from the briefcase while El Grande Americano rushed through his ladder climb from the floor) and you have a good smattering of forced spots that pulled you out of the moment.