8 Worst WWE Money In The Bank Cash-Ins EVER
3. Damien Sandow (2013)
The first person to lose a Money in the Bank cash-in stands a pretty good chance of making this list, but it’s not just the dubious history Damien Sandow made, but how he went about arriving at this distinction.
Sandow at the time was part of a tag team, Team Rhodes Scholars (yes, they were actually called “Team,” because Vince McMahon is a weird, decrepit creep with brainworms) alongside Cody Rhodes. At Money in the Bank 2013, Sandow captured the briefcase by shoving his tag partner off the ladder.
Despite earning this anointing as a future world champion (12 of 13 previous winners had captured world title gold), Sandow proceeded to lose. A lot. During the next three months, Sandow lost to the likes of Christian, Randy Orton, Rhodes, Rob Van Dam, and Dolph Ziggler. His only televised win came against future mentor The Miz.
Then, there was the cash-in, which came against World Heavyweight Champion John Cena on an October Raw. Sandow attacked Cena’s injured elbow with the briefcase and battered him outside the ring before cashing in.
Despite the pre-match beatdown, Cena managed to rise above injury and had a 13-minute match where he dropped Sandow with a one-armed Attitude Adjustment, sending Damien hurtling further down the card. He would eventually re-emerge as an impersonator, transitioning to Damien Mizdow, The Miz’s “stunt double.”
Don’t worry, WWE ultimately botched that too.