Ranking Every WWE Money In The Bank PPV - From Worst To Best
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Usually, when you look back at a pay-per-view’s past showings, you’ll find there have been a fair few duds over the years.
But when it comes to Money in the Bank, the standard has generally been very high across the board. Despite fundamentally being a B-tier show, the event has earned itself a reputation as one of the better pay-per-views on the entire WWE calendar
Granted, it has the advantage of being home to a match that invariably features multiple guys, many of whom are often amongst the company’s best workers, jumping off and onto ladders for the better part of 20 minutes. But the show is far from just a spot fest. Over the years, the PPV has staged some classic one-on-ones and a number of main event meetings that nobody will be forgetting in a hurry.
Some past events may stand out more than others—no prizes for guessing which ones—but as we’ll soon be reminded, even the worst of the worst on this list was far from being a total trainwreck of a show. Competition has been very high across the last seven years.
7. 2014 - A Tale Of Two Matches, But Not Much Else
At the 2014 show, we were treated to two very different ladder matches. The first of the night saw Seth Rollins capture the Money in the Bank briefcase in more of a spot-driven affair, while the second was very much a story-driven match, in which John Cena helped himself to his 15th World Championship in the main event.
Both were great matches in their own right and a good demonstration of the concept's versatility, but beyond these two encounters, there wasn’t much else to write home about.
Rusev vs. Big E and the Rhodes Brothers vs. RybAxel were decent enough, but neither really had the feel of a PPV-calibre meeting. Though it's arguable that was because of the build more than anything.
The rest of the card was then padded out with overly gimmicky matches like Adam Rose vs. Damien Sandow and Layla vs. Summer Rae with Fandango as the special guest referee, meaning that from top-to-bottom, this one falls short when compared with the rest of the Money in the Bank offerings.