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Every year, WWE books a Money in the Bank match with a plan in order. There are six to eight participants in the match and from them, there are only a few viable winners. The field is filled with capable wrestlers who are suitable and adaptable in a multi-man ladder match environment, but not everyone can work as Mr. MITB. This narrows down the unpredictability factor of the match a little bit.
But this year it is different. Out of the eight competitors in the match, seven of them would be good choices to win the dark green briefcase. The only exception being the extremely stale Bobby Roode, who desperately needs to turn heel.
Everybody else would make a popular choice from Braun Strowman or Samoa Joe to Rusev or any member of The New Day. The men's briefcase match this year is probably the most exciting one in years and the sheer number of possibilities helps its case.
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Winning Money in the Bank this year could set a superstar on the way to world championship stardom or a ticket to return to the heights they have reached before. The effect on this year's winner could be one of the most positive ones in the history of the Money in the Bank ladder match. Here are the four best choices to become Mr. Money in the Bank and how they should utilize their championship opportunity.
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#4 Samoa Joe
Samoa Joe has consistently been one of the best all-round performers in the WWE ever since he came up from NXT, but a few injury problems have derailed his progress.
Now that he is back and better than ever, he looks set to dominate the main event scene on SmackDown. He is certainly one of the most credible threats to any top champion in the company. His feud with Brock Lesnar at this time last year made him look amazing, like the savage killer he is.
Joe's promo game is also excellent. You believe every single word he says because of his legitimate delivery, which makes the words coming from his mouth feel organic and natural. This is an ability which only a few have and Joe is using it to his complete advantage.
He is incredible in the ring and can do many things that a man his size should not be able to. All of his attributes add up and make him one of the best superstars on the roster and a perfect fit to become WWE Champion later this year. The briefcase could be a step towards that for Joe.
Samoa Joe's cash-in: Samoa Joe wins the Money in the Bank ladder match towards the end of the show while the pay-per-view is main evented by AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura's brutal Last Man Standing match. AJ just manages to come out victorious while we hear the tuba blaring on the speakers.
Joe runs down and decimates Styles before he pins him and wins the WWE Championship, becoming the third person in history to win the briefcase and cash it in on the same show. This could branch out into a summer-long feud for the WWE title between the two former TNA superstars.
#3 Finn Balor
When he joined the main roster, Finn Balor was being presented as a huge deal. He was the number five pick in the WWE Draft and became the first ever Universal Champion. However, a shoulder injury from the title match meant that he had to immediately relinquish the title. He would never reach such heights again. But it could all change at Money in the Bank.
The former Bullet Club leader could return to the main event scene on Raw using the briefcase. He is a solid shout because of his sneakiness, you never know when the Demon is lurking in the shadows. The briefcase could make him a more mysterious figure.
Balor is versatile and would be a fantastic heel even though he hasn't been one in WWE yet. There is a lot of potential in a heel turn if he ever does turn. It would be very interesting to see Finn Balor with the Money in the Bank briefcase waiting for the perfect moment to strike and grab the title that he never lost.
Character development is never a bad thing and that's what we should see with Balor, as he is getting more and more frustrated at not being anywhere close to his title.
Finn Balor's cash-in: The Universal title scene is set to be occupied by Brock Lesnar, The Shield members and Braun Strowman until WrestleMania, meaning that Balor will keep hold of the contract until after the Show of Shows. He announces his cash-in ahead of time on the Universal Champion for Backlash, with the return of the Demon.
It could be either Seth Rollins or Braun Strowman Balor cashes in on. Come Backlash, Demon Balor wins the Universal title following outside interference from The Club, who return to Raw in the Superstar Shakeup. Finn Balor permanently unites with Anderson and Gallows, finally turning heel in the process.
#2 Kevin Owens
Kevin Owens is the perfect candidate to win the Money in the Bank briefcase. He is more than a credible threat, he's a great worker and he can be really sneaky as well. His only world title win came when Triple H pedigreed Seth Rollins.
He can go from sneaky to legitimate very quickly. Owens is an incredible talker and is one of the most entertaining and charismatic guys in the entire WWE. He has not been booked well for quite a long time now, so hopefully, a victory on Sunday could help him in redeeming himself.
If booked well enough, Kevin Owens can become an unbeatable monster but he has been hamstrung a lot by WWE's booking decisions. Still, he is ridiculously talented and has already achieved so much in a company he wasn't expected to even be in.
His on again-off again friendship with Sami Zayn could also factor in him grabbing the briefcase. Owens can regain his special aura as the Prizefighter with the right booking decisions.
Kevin Owens' cash-in: Like with Finn Balor, Kevin Owens will have to wait until after WrestleMania to have his moment. People are expecting Owens to cash-in on Universal Champion Seth Rollins, but SWERVE!
On the second night of the Superstar Shakeup, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn invade SmackDown and attack new WWE Champion Daniel Bryan, as Owens cashes in his briefcase and wins the WWE title from the beloved Bryan.
This would set up a fresh start for Owens and Zayn, avoid an extended title reign for Daniel Bryan and frees up the Universal title scene on Raw.
#1 The Miz
If I would have told you, on the day he lost the WWE Championship, that The Miz would become champion once again, you would have shut me down. It is remarkable how much The Miz has improved since then.
It took a few movies, a failed face run and the Intercontinental Championship to really make him stand out as one of the better performers in the WWE. His promos are as organic as they can be, while he is getting better and better in the ring all the time. All of us would love to see The Miz become world champion again, he certainly deserves it.
His run since mid-2016 has been consistently excellent and has been the best part of the show he was on almost all the time. It started coming together during that fiery Talking Smack promo with Daniel Bryan.
Since then, he has been on fire. After two years of making the Intercontinental title feel like a major belt, it is time for The Miz to move on to bigger and better things. A victory in the Money in the Bank ladder match would give him the opportunity to right the biggest wrong of his career and have a respectable reign as WWE Champion.
He is the favorite to land the green briefcase and is the best choice as well. Even though he is the only one in the match to have previously won MITB before, he should do it again. The ensuing title run will be AWESOME!
The Miz's cash-in: This one is the most obvious and logical idea for a Money in the Bank cash-in and it writes itself. Daniel Bryan finally returns to the top of the WWE mountain as he beats Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam.
But it all comes crashing down as The Miz runs to the ring and quickly beats Bryan for the belt, thus beginning the hottest feud in the WWE. Daniel Bryan vs The Miz has been the hottest WWE main roster feud in the last two years and they haven't even gotten physical once.
Now that Bryan has been cleared to compete, imagine how much better this feud will be. The rest of the year sure is going to be exciting as hell!
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