Ranking Every WWE Money In The Bank Winner’s Run With The Briefcase

It’s been 12 years since Money in the Bank became a staple of WWE programming, and since then it’s proved a pretty versatile concept.

On one end of the spectrum, we’ve seen seasoned veterans like John Cena, Kane and Randy Orton get their get their mitts on the briefcase, and on the flipside, nine less-established names have managed to win their maiden world championships off the back of a Money in the Bank cash-in.

The cash-ins themselves are naturally the moments that tend to make the most headlines, but in some cases, the run with the briefcase that precedes that pay-off can provide just as many highlights.

So, in the interest of looking at the bigger picture, let’s have a stab at ranking each Money in the Bank winner’s run with the briefcase. We’ll take into account stats like the length of that run, any memorable moments from along the way as well as the eventual cash-in itself, starting with a guy who is technically a Money in the Bank record holder. It just so happens that this record isn’t a particularly welcome one...

Safe to say that Mr. Kennedy’s Money in the Bank push didn’t go quite according to plan. Having won the briefcase at WrestleMania 22, he’d then lose it to Edge just 36 days later, making him the only man in history who never had the chance to actually cash-in his Money in the Bank privilege.

The reality of the situation was that Kennedy had just suffered a torn triceps injury and so the company were looking for a quick-fix angle to write him out of storylines. That quick-fix arrived in the form of Edge, who goaded Kennedy into an impromptu match on Raw with the briefcase on the line, before jumping his opponent before the match to pick up an easy victory and with it the Money in the Bank contract.

To add insult to the injury, Edge cashed in that very same week, capping off what will go down as a fairly miserable stint for Kennedy as Mr. Money in the Bank.