The concept of the Money in the Bank ladder match is a simple one in many ways – give someone a briefcase and have them threaten to cash in on the World Champion. That’s it. Of course it can be more complex than that in certain scenarios, but for the most part, it’s an incredibly accurate description of an incredibly played out process.
So then, why not try and mix things up with ideas that even WWE have probably never thought of before? Of course the reason why they’ve never thought of them is probably because they wouldn’t work as well as they do in theory, but still, it’s nice to think up alternatives especially when the outcome seems incredibly predictable from our point of view.
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Money in the Bank is considered by many to be the biggest pay per view outside of the big four, and there’s a lot of logic behind that. For the most part, what happens in the match ends up shaping World Title storylines leading into the Rumble and WrestleMania, and even if it doesn’t there’s always the lingering threat of the dreaded cash in.
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So with all of that being said, here are five new ideas for the MITB concept.
#1 Mystery man
Picture the scenario: the six entrants in the ladder match have beaten each other senseless for the better part of 10 minutes. Every man has been thrown from one or two ladders, and they’re all lying motionless on the ground. Then, before the commentators can even catch their breath, the lights in the area fade to black.
When they come back on a man dressed in all black is climbing the ladder, at which point he retrieves the briefcase and runs backstage with it. Confused, the ring announcers ring the bell to signal the end of the match with nobody knowing who is actually in possession of the contract.
It’d create a thrilling “who’s Mr MITB?” storyline, with the superstar in question revealing themselves upon their cash-in.
#2 The clock is ticking
One of the problems with MITB is figuring out when the holder is going to cash in. Sometimes it’s decided weeks and months in advance, but 90% of the time WWE decides on the night that the person in possession of the briefcase is going to become the new World Champion.
So then, why not have someone genuinely fearing that they’ll lose their opportunity?
If someone like Kevin Owens or Dolph Ziggler wins the match, but for the 11 months, they can’t find a good enough opportunity to cash it in. Then, with around a week remaining, they start to panic with fans not knowing whether they’d miss the deadline and have their championship opportunity taken away from them.
#3 Co-winners
We’ve all seen it happen – two superstars are jostling at the top of the ladder for possession of whatever is hanging up there, and there’s that slither of doubt in your mind that they’re going to end up pulling it down together.
In this case, why have them do exactly that which would, therefore, create co-winners?
The two men in question, probably a face and a heel, would either have to collaboratively decide when to cash it in (which would then lead to a match between the two of them for the championship) or they have a ladder match at SummerSlam in order to decide who the rightful owner of the briefcase is.
#4 MITB World Champion
We were on the verge of seeing this scenario become a reality at the 2015 Royal Rumble with Seth Rollins, and now we genuinely want to see what would happen.
Essentially we would have someone with Money in the Bank – say Baron Corbin – only for them to actually end up earning a #1 contender’s match a few months later due to his overwhelming dominance on SmackDown Live.
Corbin bizarrely wins the title, and thus has the championship AND the MITB briefcase in his possession. It would make him feel like an absolute monster, with Mr End of Days claiming that even if he lost the title on a fluke decision he would be able to have an instant rematch. If you want to build up a credible heel, this is the way to do it.
#5 The ultimate partnership
This one is particularly relevant, given that this Sunday we’ll be seeing the first ever women’s MITB ladder match. The scenario would play out by firstly having someone like Carmella win the contract, probably after spending most of the match hiding on the outside.
Then, in the men’s match, Carmella comes out to ringside towards the end of the bout and pushes someone off of a ladder and through a table. Then another competitor – let’s say Ziggler – wins the briefcase and the two reign supreme as one of the most powerful couples in all of WWE.
