#4 World Heavyweight Champion: Jack Swagger
April 2, 2010 - June 21, 2010
The beautiful thing about the Money In the Bank contract is that it can make a star overnight. You can go from being dwindling on the pre-show, to main eventing pay per views for years to come.
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For Jack Swagger, things didn't quite turn out that way.
Swagger won the coveted briefcase in the largest MITB ladder match, defeating 9 other opponents to win. It was a bad sign that the Oklahoma native took an age to unhook the briefcase.
Cashing in on the immediate Friday Night SmackDown, Swagger defeated a prone Chris Jericho to become World Champion. However, almost immediately, Swagger changed. He went from a brash, emotive in your face star, to a quiet, reserved, stone-faced champion. His reign didn't last long, losing the title to Rey Mysterio in a Fatal 4-Way, and Swagger, despite teaming with Dolph Ziggler and claiming the US Title later in his career, never truly recovered.