Big Backstage Update On Last Night's WWE's Money In The Bank 2020 PPV
When was the ladder match filmed? Why was AJ wearing an OC shirt? What happened to Rey and Black?
With the 2020 Money in the Bank PPV now in the record books, we have an update on several elements of this most unique of shows.
Courtesy of PWInsider, the ladder match which closed out the event was actually filmed on Wednesday, April 15. The shoot lasted the whole day and the camera crew was instructed to do film the match in a way akin to a TV series – with multiple camera angles shot, and the moments of the match shot out of sequence.
As for the inclusion of AJ Styles in the bout, this was always meant to be the case despite the Phenomenal One only returning to WWE TV on the Raw before Money in the Bank. Given that the match was filmed nearly three weeks before Styles’ return, it’s safe to assume that Apollo Crews was never planned to be a part of the Titan Tower spectacle.
For those wondering about the demise of Rey Mysterio and Aleister Black at the hands of the dastardly King Corbin, fear not, for Mysterio and Black were tossed onto a darkened rooftop area that was made up of crash pads.
In other noteworthy nuggets, the spot where Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles tidied up the chairs in Vince McMahon’s office is an inside joke poking fun at a Vince-ism where McMahon is insistent on chairs being returned to their original spot. As for the badass dinosaur skull spotted adorning the walls of Vinny Mac’s office, that was a gift from Triple H. And finally, the janitor who Asuka interacted with was Bruce Prichard’s son Kane.
Interestingly, that April 15 date is the same day as WWE’s Black Wednesday mass releases, which may explain why AJ Styles was wearing an OC shirt – with his OC pals Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson still employed as the match was being filmed, only to be fired later that day.