Money in the Bank (2010)

For the professional wrestling match, see Money in the Bank ladder match.

Money in the Bank
Promotional poster featuring Kofi Kingston
Theme song(s)	"Money" by I Fight Dragons[1]
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Date	July 18, 2010
Attendance	8,000[2]
Venue	Sprint Center
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Pay-per-view chronology
Fatal 4-Way Money in the Bank SummerSlam (2010)
WWE Money in the Bank chronology
First Money in the Bank Money in the Bank (2011)

Money in the Bank was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which took place on July 18, 2010 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.^[3] The concept of the event was based around the Money in the Bank ladder match, with two matches held at the event for the Raw and SmackDown brands respectively.^[4][5] Eight matches took place.

This event received 165,000 buys. A second Money in the Bank event took place on July 17, 2011 at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois.

Background

See also: Professional wrestling

Money in the Bank featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) television programs. Wrestlers portray a villain or a hero as they follow a series of events that built tension, and culminated into a wrestling match or series of matches.^[6]

At Fatal 4-Way, it was announced that the Money in the Bank event would be based around the Money in the Bank ladder match.^[5] On the June 25 episode of SmackDown, it was announced that two Money in the Bank ladder matches will be held at the event for the Raw and SmackDown brands respectively, with the winners of the respective matches given a title match for the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship respectively at a time of their choosing within the next 12 months.^[7] Three days later, all eight competitors for the Raw brand's match were announced by Raw guest host Rob Zombie. The eight competitors would be Randy Orton, The Miz, R-Truth, Chris Jericho, Evan Bourne, Ted DiBiase, John Morrison and Edge.^[8]

On June 30, WWE announced six of the competitors for the SmackDown brand's match through its official website: Matt Hardy, Kane, Cody Rhodes, Christian, Kofi Kingston and The Big Show.^[9] On the July 5 episode of Raw, The Miz attacked R-Truth and injured him, taking him out of the Money in the Bank match. On the July 12 episode of Raw, Mark Henry was announced as R-Truth's replacement. On the July 9 episode of SmackDown, Dolph Ziggler defeated Montel Vontavious Porter and Chavo Guerrero in a Triple Threat Match to qualify for SmackDown's ladder match. On the same night, Drew McIntyre earned the final spot by pinning Kofi Kingston.

The main rivalry from the SmackDown brand heading into the Money in the Bank event was between the defending champion Rey Mysterio and Jack Swagger for the World Heavyweight Championship. Mysterio replaced The Undertaker, who was found in a vegetative state by his brother Kane, in the Fatal Four-Way match at the Fatal 4-Way event by winning a battle royal.^[10] Before the pay-per-view, Mysterio managed to pick up a non-title victory over Swagger.^[11] At the event, Mysterio once again pinned Swagger in SmackDown's Fatal Four-Way match which also involved CM Punk and The Big Show to become a two-time World Heavyweight Champion.^[12] On the June 25 episode of SmackDown, Swagger announced that he would get his rematch at the Money in the Bank event.^[7]

The main rivalry from the Raw brand heading into Money in the Bank was between the defending champion Sheamus and John Cena for the WWE Championship. Sheamus won the title at the Fatal 4-Way event following interference from seven of the contestants from the first season of WWE NXT, collectively known as "The Nexus".^[13] The next night on Raw, John Cena invoked his rematch clause, but The Nexus interrupted the match.^[14] The following week on Raw, due to the previous match's result being inconclusive, Raw's anonymous general manager announced a Steel Cage match between Sheamus and Cena to ensure that no outside interference would take place during the match.^[8]

Aftermath

On the same night of Money in the Bank pay-per view, Kane cashed in for the World Heavyweight Championship. Kane entered the ring and tombstoned Rey Mysterio for the pin to earn the World title. Kane would then successfully defend the title at Summerslam that year and thus creating a feud that same night with his kayfabe brother The Undertaker. Both would fend in several matches in which all was won by Kane, due to outside interferences by Paul Bearer and The Nexus respectively. Kane would then lose the title to Edge at T.L.C and eventually return as a face superstar. .

The next night on Raw, Edge, Chris Jericho and Randy Orton faced off in a Triple Threat match, where the winner would face Sheamus at SummerSlam for the WWE Championship. Orton won the match, and therefore earned the right to face Sheamus for the WWE title. At SummerSlam, Orton would win the match by Disqualification but not the title

On the following episode of SmackDown, Rey Mysterio and Jack Swagger faced each other in a first to two falls match to see who would face Kane at SummerSlam. Mysterio defeated Swagger, allowing him to face Kane once more in a rematch for the World Heavyweight Championship. Mysterio was unsuccessful at the event however.

On the November 22 edition of Raw, The Miz successfully cashed in the briefcase he won at the pay-per-view against Randy Orton to become the WWE Champion.This made The Miz the 40th WWE Champion in WWE history.

Reception

Rob McNichol of The Sun stated it was a "gripping night of grappling action", calling both ladder matches outstanding. McNichol also praised the World Heavyweight Championship match, saying it demonstrated "WWE storytelling in a very good light". He also described the Women's Championship match as "overbooked and poorly executed contest – the worst of the evening". The WWE Championship match was negatively received by McNichol as well, complaining that it was "forgettable, and oftentimes very slow". Overall, McNichol said it was a very entertaining night of action and gave the event a score of 8 out of 10.^[15]

SLAM! Wrestling's Andy McNamara rated both Money in the Bank ladder matches a 4 out of 5, the WWE Championship match a 3 out of 5, and the World Heavyweight Championship match a 3.5 out of 5.^[16]

Results

#	Matches	Stipulations	Times[2]
Dark	Santino Marella defeated William Regal[17][unreliable source?]	Singles match	Unknown
1	Kane defeated The Big Show, Matt Hardy, Christian, Kofi Kingston, Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler[9]	SmackDown's Money in the Bank ladder match	27:18
2	Alicia Fox (c) defeated Eve Torres[18]	Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship	05:52
3	The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd (with Natalya)) (c) defeated The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) (with Tamina) via submission[19]	Tag team match for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship	05:53
4	Rey Mysterio (c) defeated Jack Swagger[20]	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship	10:43
5	Kane defeated Rey Mysterio (c)	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship	00:54
6	Layla (c) (with Michelle McCool) defeated Kelly Kelly (with Tiffany)[21]	Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship	03:56
7	The Miz defeated Ted DiBiase, Chris Jericho, Edge, Evan Bourne, John Morrison, Randy Orton and Mark Henry[22]	Raw's Money in the Bank ladder match	20:25
8	Sheamus (c) defeated John Cena[23]	Steel Cage match for the WWE Championship	23:00
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References

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16. ^ McNamara, Andy (2010-07-19). "Kane, Miz make most of Money In The Bank". SLAM! Wrestling. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2010/07/19/14753996.html. Retrieved 2010-08-05. 
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External links

Professional wrestling portal

• Official Money in the Bank website