Money in the Bank (PPV)

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, and the first person to grab a briefcase hanging from the rafters won and was guaranteed a world championship match at any time for the next twelve months. The Money in the Bank match was held at the next five WrestleMania events, after which a pay-per-view was created and centered on the match.
Each Money in the Bank pay-per-view up until and including 2013 featured two ladder matches. One was contested for a contract for a WWE Championship match, with the briefcase colored red, and the other was contested for a World Heavyweight Championship match contract, with the briefcase colored blue. Originally, these colors represented the two components of the WWE Brand Extension which was still in effect at the time; Raw featured the WWE Championship and had a red color scheme while SmackDown featured the World Heavyweight Championship and a blue color scheme. Shortly after the 2011 Money in the Bank event, the Brand Extension was discontinued. However, WWE kept conducting separate Money in the Bank matches in 2012 and 2013.
Starting with the 2014 Money in the Bank PPV, the single contract for the now unified WWE World Heavyweight Championship was placed in a gold briefcase.
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. 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. 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.
==Concept==
The original concept of this pay-per-view was that there were two Money in the bank ladder matches - one for a WWE Championship contract, and one for a World Heavyweight Championship contract. The winner would receive a contract for a match for his designated championship.
Originally, the matches were divided by brand, with Raw wrestlers vying for the WWE Championship contract, and SmackDown wrestlers competing for the World Title contract. But with the dissolving of the brand extension in August 2011 in favor of all programming becoming full roster "Supershows", the ladder matches in 2012 and 2013 were then simply divided by championship.
As of 2014, after the unification of both the WWE and World Heavyweight Championships at the TLC PPV in December 2013, only one briefcase is in play, with a contract for the now unified WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
During the match, there are multiple wrestlers in the ring. The first wrestler to climb the ladder and retrieve the briefcase is declared the winner. The winner can then cash-in the contract anytime and any place for up to one year, starting on the night of the pay-per-view.
==Money in the Bank dates and venues==
Event 	Date 	City 	Venue 	Main Event
Money in the Bank 2010	July 18, 2010	Kansas City, Missouri 	Sprint Center 	John Cena vs Sheamus in a Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship
Money in the Bank 2011	July 17, 2011	Chicago, Illinois 	Allstate Arena 	CM Punk vs John Cena for the WWE Championship
Money in the Bank 2012	July 15, 2012	Phoenix, Arizona 	US Airways Center 	John Cena vs Big Show vs The Miz vs Kane vs Chris Jericho in a Money in the Bank Ladder Match for a WWE Championship contract
Money in the Bank 2013	July 14, 2013	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wells Fargo Center 	Randy Orton vs CM Punk vs Daniel Bryan vs Sheamus vs Christian vs Rob Van Dam in a Money in the Bank Ladder Match for a WWE Championship contract
Money in the Bank 2014	June 29, 2014	Boston, Massachusetts 	TD Garden 	John Cena vs Bray Wyatt vs Alberto Del Rio vs Sheamus vs Cesaro vs Randy Orton vs Roman Reigns vs Kane in a Ladder Match for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Money in the Bank 2015	June 14, 2015	Columbus, Ohio 	Nationwide Arena 	Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose in a Ladder Match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Money in the Bank 2016	June 19, 2016	Las Vegas, Nevada 	T-Mobile Arena 	Roman Reigns (c) vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Money in the Bank 2017	June 18, 2017	St. Louis, Missouri 	Scottrade Center 	Kevin Owens vs. AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin vs. Sami Zayn vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in a Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE Championship match contract
Money in the Bank 2018	June 17, 2018	Chicago, Illinois 	Allstate Arena 	Braun Strowman vs. Finn Bálor vs. Kevin Owens vs. Bobby Roode vs. The Miz vs. Samoa Joe vs. Rusev vs. Kofi Kingston in a Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE Championship match contract
Money in the Bank 2019	May 19, 2019 	Hartford, Connecticut 	XL Center 	Finn Bálor vs. Ali vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Andrade vs. Ricochet vs. Baron Corbin vs. Randy Orton in a Money in the Bank ladder match for a world championship match contract
Money in the Bank 2020	May 10, 2020 	Stamford, Connecticut 	WWE Global Headquarters	Shayna Baszler vs. Nia Jax vs. Dana Brooke vs. Asuka vs. Lacey Evans vs. Carmella in a Money in the Bank ladder match to win a Championship match contractDaniel Bryan vs. Aleister Black vs. Rey Mysterio vs. King Corbin vs. Otis vs. A.J. Styles in a Money in the Bank ladder match to win a Championship match contract
Money in the Bank 2021	July 18, 2021	Fort Worth, Texas 	Dickies Arena 	Roman Reigns (c) vs. Edge for the WWE Universal Championship
Money in the Bank 2022	July 2, 2022 	Paradise, Nevada 	MGM Grand Garden Arena 	Theory vs. Seth "Freakin" Rollins vs. Sheamus vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Omos vs. Sami Zayn vs. Riddle vs. Madcap Moss in a Money in the Bank ladder match for a world championship match contract
Money in the Bank 2023	July 1, 2023 	London, England 	The O2 Arena 	The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) vs. The Bloodline (Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa) (w/ Paul Heyman)
==Images==
WWE MITB 2010.jpg|MITB 2010
MITB 2011 Official Poster.jpg|MITB 2011
WWE MITB 2012.jpg|MITB 2012
WWE Money In The Bank 2013 poster.jpg|MITB 2013
Mitb2014 poster1.jpg|MITB 2014
Money in the Bank 2015.png|MITB 2015
Money in the Bank 2016 poster.jpeg|MITB 2016
Money in the Bank 2017 poster.jpg|MITB 2017
Money in the Bank 2018 poster.jpg|MITB 2018
MoneyInTheBank2019poster.jpg|MITB 2019
Money in the Bank 2020poster.jpg|MITB 2020
Money in the Bank 2021 poster.jpg|MITB 2021
Money in the Bank 2022 poster.jpg|MITB 2022
Money in the Bank 2023 poster.jpg|MITB 2023
==Images==
Money in the Bank case.jpg
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==Winners' Images==
==See also==
*List of WWE pay-per-view events
==External links==
*Money in the Bank Official Website
* Money in the Bank on WWE Network
Category:World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view events
Category:Money in the Bank