10 Best WWE Matches of the Year 2005

Some excellent encounters
Some excellent encounters

#3 Money in The Bank Ladder Match - WrestleMania 21

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The first may still be the best
The first may still be the best

It was the inaugural Money in The Bank Ladder match. As mentioned on TV, this match was invented by one of its participants, Chris Jericho, although he originally had something else in mind for the winner instead of a World Championship match, which was to be a contract for anything the superstar wanted in WWE.

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They loved the multi-person ladder match idea but opted for the World title option instead.

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This first one in history would feature Jericho, Edge, Christian, Shelton Benjamin, Kane and Chris Benoit.

Everyone teams up at the beginning to try to take out Kane, as he is the biggest in the match. As they all fight on the floor, Christian hit a springboard plancha on them.

This is followed by Shelton hitting one of his own, only with running up and over the ladder. Kane gave his own version next, which got a major pop.

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Some attempts to grab the case and use of the ladders from pretty much everyone, including some double team from WrestleMania ladder match vets Edge and Christian. Shelton hit a rough T-Bone Suplex on Edge from the top.

The coolest spot in the match came when Jericho is attempting to grab the case but Shelton runs up a ladder leaning against the one Jericho is one and takes him off it with a clothesline. Kane Chokeslammed Shelton out of the ring and tossed Christian off the top of te ladder onto Tyson Tomko on the outside.

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Kane looked like he was going to take it down but was met by Benoit, who gave him several headbutts to knock him down.

As it looked like Benoit was about to win, Edge came running in out of nowhere hitting Benoit's 'injured' arm with a chair and climbed up to take down the case and become the first ever winner.

The Money in The Bank Ladder match(es) is usually a highlight on the WWE calendar every year, but this one might still be the best one yet.

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