#3 Money in the Bank 2013
WHEN: July 14, 2013
WHERE: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia
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LADDER MATCHES: The two ladder matches in this event were exactly the opposite of each other and were very good, setting up some very exciting things for the summer of 2013. The SmackDown Money in the Bank ladder match opened the show, with all the competitors in the match being heels, who had never won a world title at that point.
Cody Rhodes was transitioning into a face throughout the course of this match, as he fought valiantly to get to the briefcase. But he was thwarted by his tag team partner, Damien Sandow. Unfortunately, Sandow did not cash-in successfully and his career practically fell off a cliff after this victory.
The Raw ladder match was the main event, and rightly so. It featured six babyfaces, who were all former world champions. This was the most star-studded Money in the Bank ladder match of all time.
The key moments involved Rob Van Dam's return to WWE, and Paul Heyman betraying CM Punk. In the end, Randy Orton grabbed the briefcase to set up the main storyline for the remainder of the year. Orton would turn heel at Summerslam, and cash in his briefcase on the then new WWE Champion, Daniel Bryan.
REST OF THE CARD: This was the event which succeeded the infamous Mark Henry retirement speech, where he had everybody fooled. He faced John Cena for the WWE Championship in a match which could not follow the hot angle in the build-up.
Dolph Ziggler had a fine World Heavyweight Championship match with Alberto Del Rio, which ended in a disqualification when AJ Lee interfered, trying to help Ziggler. AJ, who had defeated Kaitlyn earlier, cost Ziggler his rematch for the title he had earned by cashing in the briefcase he retrieved the previous year.
Elsewhere, Ryback sent Chris Jericho packing on tour with Fozzy as he attempted to recover from his losses for the WWE Championship over the past nine months. This show was fun, with some hot angles being blown off and new ones being started. The summer of 2013 was a really exciting time for WWE.
ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE THIS EVENT: Exciting