The 15th WWE Money in the Bank takes place from Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena — the first time the event has taken place in Canada and the second-straight year it’s being held internationally.
Two ladder matches that give the winners the ability to cash in for an anytime, anywhere title shot of their choosing will go down with Jey Uso vs. Carmelo Hayes vs. Andrade vs. Chad Gable vs. LA Knight vs. Drew McIntyre set for the men and IYO SKY vs. Chelsea Green vs. Lyra Valkyria vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Naomi vs. Zoey Stark set for the women.
World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest will look for his third title defense as he faces Seth Rollins in the latter’s first match since having knee surgery after WrestleMania 40. If Priest wins, Rollins won’t get another title shot while Priest is champion. But if Rollins wins, Priest not only loses his title but has to leave Judgment Day.
Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes will team with Randy Orton & Kevin Owens against three members of The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, Jacob Fatu). Plus, Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn defends against Bron Breakker.
The show streams live on Peacock/WWE Network starting at 7 p.m. Eastern. There will also be a two-hour countdown show airing before the event.
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COUNTDOWN TO MONEY IN THE BANK
– The two-hour countdown show began with a live shot of outside Scotiabank Arena, as well as footage of the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match participants arriving to the arena. Michael Cole then mentioned Trish Stratus as the host for tonight’s PLE as we then went to a cool animated cold open for the show.
– Cole introduced himself, as well as Wade Barrett and Big E, who were all standing outside of Scotiabank Arena with a crowd of fans behind them. Big E paraphrased a lyric from AJ Lee’s theme song during his introduction. Cole mentioned Paul “Triple H” Levesque hinting that there could be some surprises in store tonight before he and the panel ran down the card for the evening.
– The panel discussed the Damian Priest versus Seth Rollins match for the World Heavyweight Championship, specifically focusing on Rollins’s condition in his first match since WrestleMania XL. They then went to a sitdown interview Cole had with Rollins.
– As the interview began, Rollins talked about how it felt good to feel the energy of the WWE fans when he returned. Cole asked Rollins about Becky Lynch, which prompted a response of “she’s doing well, though her future is unclear.”
Rollins talked about how the WrestleMania XL night one tag match didn’t go the way he might’ve wanted, but it was an experience he enjoyed. He mentioned how the second night was an uphill battle. He said that he didn’t regret sacrificing his own World Title reign and well being to help Cody Rhodes finish the story. Rollins admitted that there might be some hint of jealously, but he knew that for the first time in twelve years, he could rest comfortably. We then got a tease for the second part of the interview that would air later on during the countdown show.
– We returned to the panel discussing the first part of the Rollins interview. A partial compilation of the Top 10 Money in the Bank Crash Landings was shown.
– The Judgment Day, Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, and Kevin Owens, plus Solo Sikoa’s Bloodline were shown arriving at the arena. We got a recap of the rise of this new Bloodline.
– Cole mentioned that Triple H and WWE officials had to get involved just to have Jacob Fatu allowed in Canada for the six-man tag match due to how dangerous he was. Wade Barrett wondered when Fatu would incinerate the rest of the Bloodline, citing that “when you play with fire, you get burned.”
– Cathy Kelley stood by for an interview with Sami Zayn. She asked about how difficult things were for Zayn as he put his comedy show together and preparing for facing Bron Breakker tonight. Zayn said that with the comedy show over with, he’s got himself into the mindset of seeing himself walking out of Canada with the Intercontinental Championship.
– Elsewhere, Jackie Redmond interviewed Bron Breakker, who put himself over as one of the toughest athletes in wrestling today. He said that he’d be winning the Intercontinental Championship tonight before leaving. A video package for Zayn versus Breakker aired.
– While the panel discussed Zayn versus Breakker, Big E walked off and had to leave for an urgent matter. Following that, we were shown a video on the Money in the Bank briefcase narrated by Damian Priest. The video ended showing all the previous MITB briefcases left at what appeared to be the WWE Warehouse.
– A “WWE Playback” featuring members of Damage CTRL and former leader Bayley watching last year’s women’s Money in the Bank ladder match was shown.
– A video about Toronto’s significance in WWE history, narrated by Redmond was shown.
– Shawn Michaels joined Cole and Barrett at the panel as they talked about NXT Heatwave coming up tomorrow night. Michaels discussed matches we’ll see tomorrow, including Trick Williams versus Je’Von Evans versus Ethan Page versus Shawn Spears and Roxanne Perez versus Lola Vice. He then talked about Oba Femi’s progress after a year in NXT. Cole then cued up more of the Top 10 MITB Crash Landings.
– The panel discussed the men’s MITB ladder match as Michaels put over his own history in ladder matches. Barrett predicted LA Knight would win the men’s ladder match, while Cole predicted Jey Uso would get the win.
– Cathy Kelley was backstage with Jey Uso, who sold his confidence in winning the men’s ladder match.
– Back at the panel, we saw that Big E was inside Scotiabank Arena, where he hyped up the crowd inside the arena with his vintage New Day intro. He went into the rink and talked about how the risk was worth the reward. Big E climbed the ladder and said that tonight would be a special night before we returned to the panel and the second part of the Seth Rollins interview up next.
– An excerpt from the WrestleMania XL: Behind the Curtain documentary was shown.
– The participants for the women’s MITB ladder match were shown arriving at the arena as hour two of the countdown show began. A “By the Numbers’ video for the event soon followed.
– We returned to the kickoff panel, with Redmond now in Cole’s place and Big E back in there. Redmond got the fans behind the panel to make some noise. The second part of the Rollins interview was then shown.
– In part two of Cole’s interview with Rollins, Damian Priest’s time as World Champion was discussed. Rollins said that he wasn’t bitter, and pointed out how Priest needed assistance to win his previous title defences. He talked about the “gentleman’s agreement” and how he agreed on it to push Priest to be confident in himself and stand on his own two feet.
Cole asked about if the past few months have forced Rollins to re-examine his legacy. Rollins answered that he’s given a lot of thought to it and that he wanted to add the World Title to that legacy. When asked about what he’d do if he failed to win tonight, Rollins said that he’d re-evaluate and figure out how to move forward. On the subject of Gunther waiting for him at SummerSlam should he win tonight, Rollins noted that it would be a dream match and that he’d be excited to face him. The interview wrapped on that note.
– A video about WWE’s community impact with the MLSE Launch Pad, Yonge Sttreet Mission, and Scadding Court Community Centre was shown.
– Another “WWE Playback”, with the competitors of last year’s men’s MITB ladder match was shown.
– The second half of the “By the Numbers” video was shown.
– Kelley stood backstage with Tiffany Stratton, who said that her opponents in the women’s MITB ladder match should concerned about her because it will be “Tiffy in the Bank” when all is said and done. As Stratton left, Kelley noted that she saw LA Knight and was going to try and get an interview with him before she tossed it back to the panel.
– The panel discussed the women’s MITB ladder match for a bit before the aforementioned LA Knight interview.
– Knight talked about how everyone out there could be pulling for Jey Uso more than him, and that he’s been there since day one and that everyone will be saying “L.A. Knight… Yeah!”
– The panel polled the crowd on who they wanted to win the men’s MITB ladder match with Knight and Jey getting equal love from the crowd. Big E noted how nearly all the competitors had someone not in the match itself that could get involved. Redmond noted that fans loved surprises at WWE’s Premium Live Events while acknowledging the crowd chanting for AJ Lee.
– There was a preview for a new WWE documentary focusing on Damian Priest. This documentary, “WWE 24: Damian Priest”, is set to premiere in August.
– The Number 1 MITB Crash Landing was Braun Strowman sending Kevin Owens for a crash through a table in 2018.
– We were shown highlights of Sami Zayn’s comedy show that happened this past Thursday.
– A very funny video of Chelsea Green doing the CN Tower Edge Walk was shown.
– The panel showed a video of Paul Levesque’s Twitter/X video about how the landscape of WWE could very well change tonight, and how there were a “few surprises in the tank” for this evening. We then were shown a video package for Rollins versus Priest (that inexplicably had audio of inside the Scotiabank Arena for a bit before the proper audio was restored).
– We went back to the panel, but the audio issues came back, as we heard the commentary team being introduced. They discussed Rollins versus Priest and the six-man tag match before we went inside the Scotiabank Arena.
– The host of Money in the Bank, Trish Stratus, made her way to the ring to a huge hometown ovation. Stratus said that she was excited to welcome everyone to a night that would change WWE forever before she introduced Samantha Irvin to sing the U.S. national anthem. The Canadian national anthem was sung by Ryland James.
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MONEY IN THE BANK 2024
– A live aerial shot of Toronto greeted us to the show as we then went to the new Bloodline, Cody Rhodes, Kevin Owens, and Randy Orton arriving at the Scotiabank Arena. Seth Rollins, Damian Priest were also shown making their arrival.
– The animated cold open for the event was then shown once more (having been previously aired at the top of the Countdown).
– Michael Cole and Corey Graves welcomed us to the event and announced that we’d be kicking off with the men’s ladder match.
Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Drew McIntyre defeated Jey Uso, LA Knight, Andrade, Carmelo Hayes, and Chad Gable
The announcers noted that the men’s ladder match was sponsored by The Boys show on Amazon Prime, and the case had a Vought International (a fictional megacorporation from The Boys) logo on it.
Jey Uso entered first to a great ovation from the Toronto crowd, who all chanted “YEET” and did his signature dance. After Andrade’s entrance, LA Knight made his way to the ring to a reaction that equaled Jey’s entrance. Knight walked under the ladder set up at ringside as the fans chanted for him. Chad Gable got booed loudly by the crowd as they chanted “You Suck” in time with his theme. Carmelo Hayes wore Toronto Raptors-themed gear for the match. For Drew McIntyre’s entrance, the crowd chanted “CM Punk” at him.
All six competitors teed off on each other as the bell rang. McIntyre flattened Andrade with a Glasgow Kiss headbutt. Hayes and Knight fought each other, while Jey and Gable briefly brawled. Jey and Knight were the only ones left in the ring as they stared each other down. They took out Hayes and Gable on opposite ends of ringside.
McIntyre entered the ring and hit everyone with a ladder before he set it up in the middle so he could climb it. Gable intercepted him and trapped McIntyre in an armbar across the top of the ladder. Andrade took Gable out with a springboard legdrop. He then used the ladder as a weapon to bludgeon McIntyre and Gable with.
Hayes and Andrade exchanged blows before Hayes flattened his foe with a springboard clothesline. Hayes tried for another springboard move, but Andrade caught him for a springboard Spanish Fly onto a ladder spread across the ring. That earned a “Holy s**t” chant from the Toronto faithful.
Jey and McIntyre faced off in the ring and started to exchange strikes before Uso hit a spear on his Scottish foe. Gable threw Jey with a fierce German suplex before he did the same to McIntyre. Gable caught Hayes and launched him with an impressive Chaos Theory suplex. After he pulled down the straps, Gable did a German suplex on a ladder to throw it onto Andrade.
Gable’s ascent to the top was stopped by Knight, who stomped away on him in the corner. Gable responded with a leg whip across the middle rope to immobilize Knight. With the ladder stood on its side, Knight threw Gable with a neckbreaker into the ladder.
Outside the ring, Knight bashed Hayes’ head against the commentary table before he set a particularly large ladder across the ring and commentary table. Knight’s attempted powerbomb was stopped by a knee from Hayes.
With two ladders set up in the ring, Gable and Hayes brawled it out as Gable caught his opponent with an ankle lock across the two ladders. McIntyre grabbed Gable and threw him against one of the ladders before he drove him into a ladder with a powerbomb. McIntyre hit a Claymore Kick on Andrade as he tried to climb up. Knight and Jey teamed up to stop McIntyre, hitting him with the BFT and Uso Splash, respectively.
Jey and Knight both tried to head up the ladder and were caught at a stalemate. They traded blows (with dueling “YEAH” and “YEET”) chants. Hayes emerged and tipped the ladder to throw Jey and Knight over. He floored Jey with Nothin’ But Net.
Hayes almost had the briefcase in hand, but Andrade stopped him before he could get to it completely. Andrade set up a ladder bridge between the free-standing ladder and the middle rope. Knight threw Andrade off the ladder, which caused a sunset flip powerbomb right onto the ladder bridge. That move took Hayes out of the equation.
Gable threw Knight on the ladder bridge set up at ringside. He appeared to be all clear for grabbing the briefcase, but Jey pushed the ladder away to leave him dangling precariously. Gable fell off and got hit with a spear.
Jey came dangerously close to grabbing the briefcase, but McIntyre stopped him by throwing the ladder in his face. That put Jey out of commission. McIntyre was in the clear and he grabbed the briefcase for the win.
A hot opener to get the ball rolling for tonight. Hayes and Gable particularly were the standouts of the match, getting some of the best spots out of everyone. McIntyre’s win sets up the teased cash-in for tonight during Rollins vs. Priest and a possible CM Punk appearance, so that’s to be determined.
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– We got a promo from the head of Vought International that served to promote the second season of The Boys on Prime Video.
Intercontinental Championship: Sami Zayn (c) defeated Bron Breakker
Breakker entered to a new theme song, while Zayn naturally got a huge home country reaction from the Toronto crowd.
The two sized each other up in the middle of the ring before Breakker throw Zayn overhead. Breakker followed that up with another shoulder throw. The commentators noted that Breakker said he wanted to “destroy” Zayn.
Zayn slapped Breakker in the face, which prompted a shoulder thrust to the corner. Zayn quickly recovered and took down Breakker with a top rope elbow smash. Breakker got thrown over the top rope and Zayn sized him up for an Arabian Press, which he barely connected with.
Zayn worked over Breakker for a bit until he got crushed with a high-speed Steinerline. Breakker followed that up with a belly to belly suplex as he continued the attack on Zayn in the corner. Breakker mocked Zayn’s “ole ole ole” chant as he kept up the onslaught. Zayn kicked out after another belly to belly as Breakker just did push ups next to him.
Breakker got battered with repeated elbows as Zayn caught him with a DDT from the top ropes. That only got a close two. Zayn went on the offensive once again, clotheslining him over the top rope yet again.
At ringside, Zayn tried for a moonsault, but Breakker caught him. Zayn pushed Breakker into the ringpost to briefly create some separation. Zayn threw Breakker out of the ring and looked to have him set up for his tornado DDT. Breakker intercepted him with a fierce pounce and threw Zayn back into the ring.
Zayn countered the spear with the Blue Thunder Bomb, but Breakker kicked out at two. Breakker positioned Sami across the top turnbuckle and ran full force for an impressive Frankensteiner. Zayn just barely kicked out at two. The crowd responded to the action they were seeing with justified “this is awesome” chants.
Outside the ring, Breakker looked to have the spear, but Zayn avoided calamity. Breakker instead flattened Zayn with a leaping clothesline from the apron.
Breakker grabbed Zayn for the gorilla press, but he got countered into the Exploder suplex. Zayn’s Helluva Kick was intercepted with a vicious knee strike. Gorilla Press Slam by Breakker. Zayn was in prime position for the Spear, but he kicked Breakker in the head and brought this match to an end with a Helluva Kick to retain.
A heck of a match to follow up the hot opener. Zayn retaining on Canadian soil was the right call. For his effort, Breakker looked like he could hang and he put forth one of his best main roster performances to date. While he lost here, Breakker’s story with the IC Title looks like it’s just beginning.
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– A video with Cody Rhodes and Metro Boomin hyped up the return of Bad Blood in Atlanta on Sunday October 5th, 2024.
The Last Time Is Now
– Trish Stratus appeared on the stage and asked if the fans were having fun this evening. She put over her special moments inside Scotiabank Arena as she introduced John Cena.
Cena made his appearance to a massive reaction from the Toronto crowd, decked out in new “The Last Time Is Now” gear. The crowd sang along to Cena’s theme song.
Cena said that he was here to officially announce his retirement from WWE, much to the crowd’s dismay. Cena acknowledged the reaction being mixed and wondered why he chose to announce his retirement here. He said that in two decades of being in WWE, he’s seen waves of prosperity and also times of tremendous hardship, where only the most dedicated fans stand by your side.
He said that whether WWE was hot or cold, Canadians always showed up. Cena said that the farewell does not end tonight, as he put over Raw’s move to Netflix. He pledged to be there and that the 2025 Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber, and that WrestleMania 41 will be his last shows.
Cena told fans that he’d kick off the press conference immediately after Money in the Bank to field any questions about his impending retirementg. He wanted to thank the fans for their support as they chanted “thank you Cena”. With tears in hiis eyes, Cena sincerely thanked the fans for their honesty and for allowing him to plan something unforgettable, and that they can start this in Toronto. “If you want some, then hurry up and come get some… because the last time is now!” Cena wrapped his promo up.
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– Backstage, Damian Priest told Judgment Day not to get involved in his business as he went to prepare for his World Title Match. As Priest left, Balor said, “whatever you want… boss.”
World Heavyweight Championship: Damian Priest defeated Drew McIntyre and Seth “Freakin’” Rollins (McIntyre cashed in Money in the Bank mid-match)
The stipulations agreed upon for this match: if Rollins wins, Priest must leave the Judgment Day; if Priest wins, Rollins can never challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship ever again.
Rollins, of course, entered to a huge ovation and the crowd loudly singing his song.
After the introductions, the match started fast with Rollins and Priest attempting to hit their signature moves on one another, but to no avail. Rollins’ suplex was countered into a Falcon Arrow by Priest in this exchange.
Priest crushed Rollins with repeated splashes in the corner, but got caught with the Slingblade on the third attempt. He got sent to the outside as Rollins looked to the entrance and called out Drew McIntyre to get it over with.
Rollins hit a series of three suicide dives on Priest that sent him over the announce table. He dodged a kick from Priest and took him down with a superkick. With Priest stunned in the middle of the ring, Rollins launched himself with a springboard swanton, then a moonsault for the near-fall.
Priest planted Rollins with the headlock driver as he tried for South of Heaven, but that got countered into a pin attempt. Rollins slammed Priest down with a powerslam, followed by a running knee. He ascended to the top rope for the frog splash. That only got a two count, unfortunately.
Rollins tried for another top rope move, but Priest hit him with a throat thrust to stun him. Priest looked to hit a move of some sort, but Rollins wriggled out of the way and hit a buckle bomb instead. Priest responded with a sit-down powerbomb.
Priest began to smacktalk Rollins as he slapped him the face. This fired Rollins up and we got an exchange of blows from champion and challenger. Priest got the better of Rollins with repeated spinning kicks and looked to have him caught in the South of Heaven. Rollins revesred it and managed to land the Stomp on Priest for the incredibly close near-fall.
Rollins yelled at Priest to stand on his own to feet as the World Champion struggled to get himself up. Priest recovered and planted Rollins with the Razor’s Edge for a near-fall of his own.
Priest went to the top rope, but Rollins intercepted him with a headbutt. Priest managed to stave off Rollins briefly, but not for long, as Rollins got his superplex and Falcon Arrow combo. A 2.99999 nearfall there as Drew McIntyre lived up to his promise and looked to cash in his Money in the Bank Contract, though the timing for McIntyre’s entrance seemed to be off by just a bit.
McIntyre dropped Rollins with a Future Shock DDT and sized him up for the Claymore. Priest intercepted with a clothesline, but he got taken down by a kick that grazed him. McIntyre wanted to finish Priest off, but CM Punk ran in and attacked McIntyre to a huge roar from Toronto’s crowd.
Punk assaulted McIntyre at ringside with a steel chair. He threw McIntyre into the timekeepers area and smashed the chair over him repeatedly. Punk eyed the World Title and smashed McIntyre with it. Satisfied with his handiwork, Punk sat crosslegged across the commentary table. Priest got back up to his feet and hit South of Heaven on the dazed McIntyre for the pin to retain the World Title.
After the match, Rollins yelled at Punk for costing him the World Title as Corey Graves tried to calm him down.
The one-on-one portion of the match was decent and somewhat sloppy at times. The weird timing botch with the pin attempt and McIntyre’s cash-in didn’t help matters. That said, Punk’s intervention kinda brought things back up. The finish reheats both Punk’s feuds with McIntyre and Rollins, which brings Raw’s main event scene into some fun chaos in the coming months. The men’s MITB briefcase being sacrificed for it might be a sore spot for some as it could’ve gone to a different winner to give them a big opportunity.
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Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Chelsea Green vs. Naomi vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Zoey Stark vs. Lyra Valkyria vs. IYO SKY