Money in the Bank ladder match

The **Money in the Bank ladder match** is a multi-person ladder match held by the professional wrestling promotion WWE. First contested at WWE's annual WrestleMania event beginning in 2005, a separate Money in the Bank pay-per-view was created in 2010.

The winner of the match gets a contract that they can use anytime to get a match for a championship of their choosing within the next 12 months. Originally the winners could only cash in on their brand's world/women's championship. This restriction was removed in 2022. A women's variation exists since 2017.

## History

In WWE storyline, the concept for the Money in the Bank match was introduced in March 2005 by Chris Jericho. Jericho then pitched the idea to Raw general manager Eric Bischoff, who liked it and promptly began to book the match for WrestleMania 21. Edge won the first match and held the contract until New Year's Revolution in January 2006. There, he cashed in his Money in the Bank contract against WWE Champion John Cena, who had just successfully defended the title in an Elimination Chamber match. Edge defeated Cena to become WWE Champion and quickly establishing the precedent of "cashing in" on a vulnerable champion.

The 2017 Money in the Bank pay-per-view took place on June 18 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri as a SmackDown-exclusive event, this was the only single-branded Money on the Bank event. It also featured the first women's Money in the Bank match, which was won by Carmella.

## Matches

|style="background:#dedde2; width:8%;"|Year|style="background:#dedde2; width:8%;"|Event|style="background:#dedde2; width:8%;"|Prize|style="background:#dedde2; width:25%;"|Winner|style="background:#dedde2;"|Other competitors|style="background:#dedde2; width:5%;"|Time|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|2005|style="background:#fbb; text-align:center;"|WrestleMania 21|style="background:#fbb; text-align:center;"|World Heavyweight Championship match|style="background:#fbb; text-align:center;"|**Edge**|style="background:#fbb;"|Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Shelton Benjamin, Kane and Christian|style="background:#fbb; text-align:center;"|15:17|
|colspan=5|* <small>In the 2005 WWE draft, World Heavyweight Champion Batista was drafted to _SmackDown_ and WWE Champion John Cena was drafted to _Raw_, thus enabling Edge to challenge for the WWE Championship instead.</small> * <small>Successfully defended his contract against Matt Hardy in a Ladder match on the WWE Homecoming episode of _Raw_ on October 3, 2005.</small> * <small>Edge held the contract for  days.</small>|||||||||||
|rowspan="2" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|2006|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|WrestleMania 22|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|Winner's brand's world championship match|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|**Rob Van Dam**|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|Matt Hardy, Shelton Benjamin, Ric Flair, Finlay and Bobby Lashley|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|12:14|
|colspan=5|* <small>Successfully defended his contract against Shelton Benjamin in a contract vs. championship winner take all match at Backlash, winning Benjamin's Intercontinental Championship in the process.</small> * <small>Van Dam is the first winner to choose the event where he cashed in the contract.</small> * <small>Van Dam held the contract for  days.</small>|||||||||||
|rowspan="2" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|2007|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|WrestleMania 23|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|Any world championship match|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|**Mr. Kennedy**|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|Edge, Jeff Hardy, CM Punk, King Booker, Finlay, Matt Hardy and Randy Orton|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|24:10|
|colspan=5|* <small>Lost his contract against Edge on the May 7, 2007 episode of _Raw_.</small> * <small>Mr. Kennedy held the contract for  days.</small> * <small>As a result of the switch, Edge became a member of the _SmackDown_ brand, marking the first time this occurred.</small> * <small>Edge held the contract for  day. ( days according to WWE, due to the episode of _SmackDown_ airing on tape delay.)</small>|||||||||||
|rowspan="2" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|2008|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|WrestleMania XXIV|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|Any world championship match|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|**CM Punk**|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|Mr. Kennedy, Chris Jericho, Shelton Benjamin, Carlito, John Morrison and Montel Vontavious Porter|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|15:12|
|colspan=5|* <small>As a result of the cash-in, the World Heavyweight Championship transferred back to _Raw_, marking the first (and only) time this occurred.</small> * <small>CM Punk held the contract for  days.</small>|||||||||||
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2009|style="text-align:center;"|WrestleMania XXV|style="text-align:center;"|Any world championship match|style="text-align:center;"|**CM Punk**||Christian, Shelton Benjamin, Kane, Finlay, Montel Vontavious Porter, Kofi Kingston and Mark Henry|style="text-align:center;"|14:32|
|colspan=5|* <small>CM Punk was the first back-to-back Money in the Bank winner.</small> * <small>CM Punk held the contract for  days.</small>|||||||||||
|rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|2010|style="text-align:center;"|WrestleMania XXVI|style="text-align:center;"|Any world championship match|style="text-align:center;"|**Jack Swagger**||Shelton Benjamin, Christian, Kane, Matt Hardy, Drew McIntyre, Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, Montel Vontavious Porter and Dolph Ziggler|style="text-align:center;"|13:44|
|colspan=5|* <small>Swagger was transfered to SmackDown after his victory</small> * <small>Swagger held the contract for  days. ( days according to WWE, due to the episode of _SmackDown_ airing on tape delay.)</small>|||||||||||
|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|Money in the Bank|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|World Heavyweight Championship match|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|**Kane**|style="background:#bbf;"|Christian, Matt Hardy, Big Show, Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston, Drew McIntyre and Cody Rhodes|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|26:18|||
|colspan=5|* <small>Kane is the fastest winner to cash-in the Money in the Bank contract and the first wrestler to cash-in the contract on the same night as winning it.</small> * <small>Kane held the contract for 49 minutes.</small>|||||||||||
|style="background:#fbb; text-align:center;"|Money in the Bank|style="background:#fbb; text-align:center;"|WWE Championship match|style="background:#fbb; text-align:center;"|**The Miz**|style="background:#fbb;"|Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, Edge, John Morrison, Evan Bourne, Ted DiBiase and Mark Henry|style="background:#fbb; text-align:center;"|20:26|||
|colspan=5|* <small>The Miz held the contract for  days.</small>|||||||||||
|rowspan="4" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|2011|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|Money in the Bank|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|World Heavyweight Championship match|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|**Daniel Bryan**|style="background:#bbf;"|Wade Barrett, Kane, Cody Rhodes, Sheamus, Sin Cara, Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|24:27|
|colspan=5|* <small>Bryan's first cash-in and win against Mark Henry on the November 25, 2011 episode of _SmackDown_ was nullified. This marks the first time that a successful cash-in was reverted.</small> * <small>Bryan held the contract for  days.</small>|||||||||||
|style="background:#fbb; text-align:center;"|Money in the Bank|style="background:#fbb; text-align:center;"|WWE Championship match|style="background:#fbb; text-align:center;"|**Alberto Del Rio**|style="background:#fbb;"|The Miz, Rey Mysterio, Jack Swagger, R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne and Alex Riley|style="background:#fbb; text-align:center;"|15:54|||
|colspan=5|* <small>Del Rio held the contract for  days.</small>|||||||||||
|rowspan="4" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|2012|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|Money in the Bank|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|World Heavyweight Championship match|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|**Dolph Ziggler**|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Christian, Tyson Kidd, Sin Cara, Tensai and Santino Marella|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|18:23|
|colspan=5|* <small>Successfully defended his contract against Chris Jericho in a career vs. contract match on the August 20, 2012 episode of _Raw_.</small> * <small>Successfully defended his contract against John Cena in a Ladder match at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs.</small> * <small>Ziggler held the contract for  days.</small>|||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|Money in the Bank|style="text-align:center;"|WWE Championship match|style="text-align:center;"|**John Cena**||Chris Jericho, The Miz, Kane and Big Show|style="text-align:center;"|20:15|||
|colspan=5|* <small>Cena is the first wrestler to not win a world championship in a cash-in match.</small> * <small>Cena held the contract for  days.</small>|||||||||||
|rowspan="4" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|2013|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|Money in the Bank|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|World Heavyweight Championship match|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|**Damien Sandow**|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|Cody Rhodes, Wade Barrett, Dean Ambrose, Jack Swagger, Fandango and Antonio Cesaro|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|16:24|
|colspan=5|* <small>First wrestler to cleanly lose a cash-in match</small> * <small>Sandow held the contract for  days</small>|||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|Money in the Bank|style="text-align:center;"|WWE Championship match|style="text-align:center;"|**Randy Orton**||CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Christian, Sheamus and Rob Van Dam|style="text-align:center;"|28:38|||
|colspan=5|* <small>Orton held the contract for  days.</small>|||||||||||
|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2014|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|Money in the Bank|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|WWE World Heavyweight Championship match|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|**Seth Rollins**|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, Rob Van Dam and Dean Ambrose|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|23:10|
|colspan=5|* <small>Rollins is the first to cash in at WrestleMania, and the first to cash in while a championship match was in progress.</small> * <small>Rollins held the contract for  days.</small>|||||||||||
|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2015|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|Money in the Bank|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|WWE World Heavyweight Championship match|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|**Sheamus**|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|Dolph Ziggler, Kane, Kofi Kingston, Neville, Randy Orton and Roman Reigns|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|20:50|
|colspan=5|* <small>Sheamus held the contract for  days.</small>|||||||||||
|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2016|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|Money in the Bank|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|WWE World Heavyweight Championship match|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|**Dean Ambrose**|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|Sami Zayn, Cesaro, Chris Jericho, Kevin Owens and Alberto Del Rio|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|21:38|
|colspan=5|* <small>Ambrose held the contract for 57 minutes.</small>|||||||||||
|rowspan="6" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|2017|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|Money in the Bank|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|WWE SmackDown Women's Championship match|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|**Carmella**|style="background:#bbf;"|Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Natalya and Tamina|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|13:20|
|colspan=5|* <small>This was the first Women's Money in the Bank ladder match.</small> * <small>SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan stripped Carmella of the briefcase two days after the event because of interference by Carmella's manager James Ellsworth, who retrieved the briefcase for Carmella and dropped it to her. A rematch was scheduled for the June 27 episode of _SmackDown_.</small> * <small>Carmella held the contract for 2 days.</small>|||||||||||
|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|Money in the Bank|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|WWE Championship match|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|**Baron Corbin**|style="background:#bbf;"|AJ Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura, Dolph Ziggler, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|29:45|||
|colspan=5|* <small>Corbin held the contract for  days.</small>|||||||||||
|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|_SmackDown Live_|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|WWE SmackDown Women's Championship match|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|**Carmella**|style="background:#bbf;"|Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Natalya and Tamina|style="background:#bbf; text-align:center;"|24:00|||
|colspan=5|* <small>This was a rematch ordered by SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan after he stripped Carmella of the briefcase following the controversial finish at the Money in the Bank PPV. As a result of his actions during the original match, James Ellsworth was banned from the arena, though Ellsworth still interfered in the match on Carmella's behalf. </small> * <small>This was the first Money in the Bank ladder match to not air on pay-per-view, as well as the first to take place on _SmackDown_.</small> * <small>Carmella held the contract for 287 days, which is the longest of any wrestler to hold the contract. </small>|||||||||||
|rowspan="6" style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|2018|style="background:##f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|Money in the Bank|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|Winner's brand's women's championship match|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|**Alexa Bliss**|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|Ember Moon, Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Natalya, Lana, Naomi and Sasha Banks|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|18:30|
|colspan=5|* <small>Bliss held the contract for 2 hours and 52 minutes.</small>|||||||||||
|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|Money in the Bank|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|Winner's brand's world championship match|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|**Braun Strowman**|style="background:#f2f2f2;"|Finn Bálor, The Miz, Rusev, Bobby Roode, Kevin Owens, Kofi Kingston and Samoa Joe|style="background:#f2f2f2; text-align:center;"|19:53|||
|colspan=5|* <small>Successfully defended his contract against Kevin Owens at SummerSlam.</small> * <small>Strowman held the contract for 70 days. To make his announced cash-in match at _Hell in a Cell_ official, Strowman relinquished the briefcase on the August 27th, 2018 episode of _Raw_.</small>|||||||||||

### Record

|scope=col|Championship|scope=col|Successful cash-ins|scope=col|Attempts|scope=col|Success rate|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|WWE (World Heavyweight) Championship|8|10||||||
|WWE Universal Championship|0|0||||||
|World Heavyweight Championship|7|8||||||
|WWE Raw Women's Championship|1|1||||||
|WWE SmackDown Women's Championship|1|1||||||
|**Total**|**17**|**20**|****|||||

#### Males

|scope=col|No.|scope=col|Case Holder|scope=col|Championship|scope=col|Date|scope=col|Location|scope=col|Event|scope=col|Results|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Edge|WWE Championship|January 8, 2006|Albany, NY|New Year's Revolution|Edge defeated John Cena after two _Spears_ to win the championship after Cena had successfully defended the title against Carlito, Chris Masters, Shawn Michaels, Kane and Kurt Angle in an Elimination Chamber match||||||||
||Rob Van Dam|WWE Championship|June 11, 2006|New York, NY|ECW One Night Stand|This was an Extreme Rules match. Van Dam defeated John Cena after a run-in and _Spear_ by Edge and a _Five-Star Frog Splash_ to win the championship||||||||
||Edge|World Heavyweight Championship|May 8, 2007 (aired May 11, 2007)|Pittsburgh, PA|_SmackDown!_|Edge defeated The Undertaker after a _Spear_ to win the championship after Undertaker went to a draw in a Steel cage match with Batista and was attacked by Mark Henry||||||||
||CM Punk|World Heavyweight Championship|June 30, 2008|Oklahoma City, OK|_Raw_|CM Punk defeated Edge after a _GTS_ to win the championship after Edge was attacked by Batista||||||||
||CM Punk|World Heavyweight Championship|June 7, 2009|New Orleans, LA|Extreme Rules|CM Punk defeated Jeff Hardy after two _GTS_s to win the championship after Hardy had defeated Edge in a Ladder match to win the title||||||||
||Jack Swagger|World Heavyweight Championship|March 30, 2010 (aired April 2, 2010)|Paradise, NV|_SmackDown_|Swagger defeated Chris Jericho after a Gutwrench powerbomb to win the championship after an already injured Jericho was attacked by Edge||||||||
||Kane|World Heavyweight Championship|July 18, 2010|Kansas City, MO|Money in the Bank|Kane defeated Rey Mysterio after a _Tombstone Piledriver_ to win the championship after Mysterio had successfully defended the title against Jack Swagger||||||||
||The Miz|WWE Championship|November 22, 2010|Orlando, FL|_Raw_|Miz defeated Randy Orton after a _Skull Crushing Finale_ to win the championship after Orton was attacked by The Nexus following a successful defense of the title against Nexus leader Wade Barrett||||||||
||Alberto Del Rio|WWE Championship|August 14, 2011|Los Angeles, CA|SummerSlam|Del Rio defeated CM Punk after a Step-up enzuigiri to win the championship after Punk had defeated John Cena to become undisputed champion and was then attacked by Kevin Nash||||||||
||Daniel Bryan|World Heavyweight Championship|December 18, 2011|Baltimore, MD|TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs|Bryan defeated Big Show after an attack by Mark Henry to win the championship after Show had defeated Henry in a Chairs match to win the title||||||||
||John Cena|WWE Championship|July 23, 2012|St. Louis, MO|_Raw 1000_|Cena won his cash-in match against CM Punk via disqualification after Big Show interfered, but failed to win the title because championships cannot change hands via count-outs or disqualifications (unless the match stipulation says otherwise)||||||||
||Dolph Ziggler|World Heavyweight Championship|April 8, 2013|East Rutherford, NJ|_Raw_|Ziggler defeated Alberto Del Rio after a _Zig Zag_ to win the championship after Del Rio was attacked by Jack Swagger, who he had defeated along with Zeb Colter in a 2-on-1 Handicap match||||||||
||Randy Orton|WWE Championship|August 18, 2013|Los Angeles, CA|SummerSlam|Orton defeated Daniel Bryan after a _Pedigree_ from Triple H (who was the special guest referee) to win the championship after Bryan had defeated John Cena to win the title. This was the first cash-in to involve a guest referee||||||||
||Damien Sandow|World Heavyweight Championship|October 28, 2013|Orlando, FL|_Raw_|Sandow attacked champion John Cena and immediately cashed in the contract, but became the first man to lose a cash-in match when Cena won the match after an _Attitude Adjustment_||||||||
||Seth Rollins|WWE World Heavyweight Championship|March 29, 2015|Santa Clara, CA|WrestleMania 31|During the main event between defending champion Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns, Rollins cashed in his briefcase. The referee accepted the cash-in while the match was in progress and converted the singles match into a triple-threat match. Rollins then pinned Reigns after a _Curb Stomp_ to win the championship. This was the first successful cash-in where the contract holder did not pin the champion.||||||||
||Sheamus|WWE World Heavyweight Championship|November 22, 2015|Atlanta, GA|Survivor Series|Sheamus defeated Roman Reigns after a _Brogue Kick_ to win the championship after Reigns had defeated Dean Ambrose to win the vacant title||||||||
||Dean Ambrose|WWE World Heavyweight Championship|June 19, 2016|Paradise, NV|Money in the Bank|Ambrose defeated Seth Rollins after a _Dirty Deeds_ to win the championship after Rollins had defeated Roman Reigns to win the title||||||||
||Baron Corbin|WWE Championship|August 15, 2017|Providence, RI|_SmackDown Live_|Corbin interfered in a match between John Cena and champion Jinder Mahal and attacked Cena, who won by disqualification. He then cashed in the contract after almost departing, but after the match started, he attacked Cena who was standing on the apron and was then rolled-up by Mahal.||||||||
||Braun Strowman|WWE Universal Championship|September 16, 2018|San Antonio, Texas|Hell in a Cell|The match ended in no contest, when Brock Lesnar give F-5 both. This mean Roman Reigns retain his title.||||||||

#### Females

|scope=col|No.|scope=col|Case Holder|scope=col|Championship|scope=col|Date|scope=col|Location|scope=col|Event|scope=col|Results|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Carmella|WWE SmackDown Women's Championship|April 10, 2018|New Orleans, LA|_SmackDown Live_|Carmella defeated Charlotte Flair after a Princess Kick to win the championship after Flair was attacked by the debuting IIconics (Peyton Royce and Billie Kay).||||||||
||Alexa Bliss|WWE Raw Women's Championship|June 17, 2018|Rosemont, IL|Money in the Bank|Bliss interrupted the scheduled championship match between defending champion Nia Jax and Ronda Rousey by attacking both competitors with her briefcase causing the match to end in a disqualification. After incapacitating Rousey, she cashed in the contract and defeated Jax after a Bliss DDT and a Twisted Bliss to win the championship.||||||||