WWE Money in the Bank

Money in the Bank
Logo for Money in the Bank
Information
Promotion(s) WWE
Brand(s) Raw (2010–2011)
SmackDown (2010–2011)
First event Money in the Bank (2010)
Signature match types Money in the Bank ladder match

Money in the Bank is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced annually by WWE. It is named after the Money in the Bank ladder match, which previously only took place at WrestleMania. The Money in the Bank ladder match debuted at WrestleMania 21 in 2005. The Money in the Bank match would then be held at the next five WrestleMania events, after which the match concept was spun off on to its own pay-per-view beginning in 2010.

Concept

The "Money in the Bank" pay-per-view centers around a ladder match, the prize of which is a briefcase containing a contract for a Championship match. The winner of the contract (contained in the various colored briefcases shown below) can then cash in the contract at a time and place of their choosing anytime within the next year - beginning the night they win the briefcase - for a championship match.

As long as the WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship existed as separate titles, each of the annual pay-per-view featured two "Money in the Bank" matches, each contesting for a contract for one of the two championships. After the two titles were unified in December 2013, a contract for the now unified WWE World Heavyweight Championship became the prize of a single "Money in the Bank" match. However, in 2014 and 2015 the Championship itself has also been contested in a ladder match.

Theme song

Money in the Bank is the only WWE pay-per-view event with a regular theme song, as all but the first event have used "Money in the Bank" by in-house WWE composer Jim Johnston as its theme song.[1] This is in stark contrast to other pay-per-view events, which use songs sponsored by mainstream recording artists, which was the case with the first event using "Money" by I Fight Dragons.[2] Before the advent of the pay-per-view, the "Money in the Bank" song was used as the entrance music for Donald Trump for his numerous guest appearances on WWE television.[3]

Dates and venues

Event Date City Venue Main Event MITB Winner(s)
Money in the Bank (2010) July 18, 2010 Kansas City, Missouri Sprint Center Sheamus (c) vs. John Cena in a Steel Cage match for the WWE Championship The Miz - (Raw)
Kane - (SmackDown)
Money in the Bank (2011) July 17, 2011 Rosemont, Illinois Allstate Arena John Cena (c) vs. CM Punk for the WWE Championship Alberto Del Rio - (Raw)
Daniel Bryan - (SmackDown)
Money in the Bank (2012) July 15, 2012 Phoenix, Arizona US Airways Center John Cena vs. Kane vs. Big Show vs. Chris Jericho vs. The Miz in a Money in the Bank ladder match for the WWE Championship contract John Cena - (WWE Championship)
Dolph Ziggler - (World Heavyweight Championship)
Money in the Bank (2013) July 14, 2013[4] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[4] Wells Fargo Center Randy Orton vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Christian vs. Daniel Bryan vs. CM Punk vs. Sheamus in an "All-Stars" Money in the Bank ladder match for the WWE Championship contract Randy Orton - (WWE Championship)
Damien Sandow - (World Heavyweight Championship)
Money in the Bank (2014) June 29, 2014 Boston, Massachusetts TD Garden John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Randy Orton vs. Sheamus vs. Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns vs. Kane vs.Cesaro in a Ladder match for the vacated WWE World Heavyweight Championship Seth Rollins
Money in the Bank (2015) June 14, 2015 Columbus, Ohio Nationwide Arena Seth Rollins (c) vs. Dean Ambrose in a Ladder match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Sheamus
Money in the Bank (2016) June 19, 2016 Paradise, Nevada T-Mobile Arena Roman Reigns (c) vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Dean Ambrose

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