page_title: Ladder match
hierarchical_section_title: Ladder match
caption_attribution_description: During the Money the Bank pay-per-view in Rosemont, Illinois on 17 July 2011, various professional wrestlers (from left to right; Alberto Del Rio, Evan Bourne, Alex Riley, Rey Mysterio &lt;masked&gt;, Kofi Kingston, R-Truth &lt;mostly obscured&gt; and Jack Swagger) fight on top of ladders in a Money in the Bank ladder match to retrieve the Raw Money in the Bank briefcase for a WWE Championship shot.
context_page_description: A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling, most commonly one in which an item is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves the item. The ladder itself becomes a key feature of the match, as wrestlers will use the ladder as a weapon to strike the opponent, as a launching pad for acrobatic attacks, and frequently these matches include impressive falls from the top of the ladder. However, there were very few matches in which the hung item must be used in a special manner in order to win the match, such as striking the opponent with the item.
  Ladder matches are often used as a finale to storylines and it is more common to have symbolic briefcases or championship belts hung above the ring. Ladder matches and their variants are often used in feuds that involve a dispute over possession of an item. Ladder matches are almost always fought under no disqualification rules.
context_section_description: A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling, most commonly one in which an item (usually a title belt) is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves the item. The ladder itself becomes a key feature of the match, as wrestlers will use the ladder as a weapon to strike the opponent(s), as a launching pad for acrobatic attacks, and frequently these matches include impressive falls from the top of the ladder.  However, there were very few matches in which the hung item must be used in a special manner in order to win the match, such as striking the opponent with the item (see Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Scott Hall taser match, where one must strike the opponent with the taser, regardless of who retrieved the taser first).
  Ladder matches are often used as a finale to storylines and it is more common to have symbolic briefcases (usually "containing" a contract for a future championship match) or championship belts hung above the ring.  Ladder matches and their variants (such as TLC matches and Full Metal Mayhem) are often used in feuds that involve a dispute over possession of an item (such as a stolen title belt or the "paperwork" for the contractual services of a manager).  Ladder matches are almost always fought under no disqualification rules.
caption: The Raw Money in the Bank ladder match at Money in the Bank (2011).
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