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#2.5. WWE MITB Cash-In Honorable Mentions
Before we get o the #1 Cash-In, let's take a look at a few cash-in's that did NOT make the Top 5: WWE Money in the Bank Cash-Ins list.
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It's hard to make a "Best of" type list with only 5 spots. A few significant big-time cash-ins had to be excluded. However, it's important to recognize them in some capacity, even if they didn't make the cut. Quickly, here are 3 Honorable Mention Cash-Ins:
WWE Superstar The Miz
The Miz cashed-in his first Money in the Bank contract on the November 22nd edition of Monday Night RAW in 2010. Cashing-in on then WWE champion Randy Orton after he defeated Wade Barrett moments earlier.
The reaction of the WWE universe was that of shock and horror, as the biggest and most annoying loud mouth character in WWE, was now the top champion in the company. Many WWE fans in the arena were not pleased, with one fan - "The Angry Miz Girl" - in particular becoming internet famous overnight.
While it was clear that WWE loved having such a charismatic heel to work with, no one ever thought The Miz would reach the top of the mountain. From a guy who had been banned from changing in the locker room, The Miz had defied the odds and became WWE Champion by beating Randy Orton.
Love him or hate him, The Miz's first cash-in is both memorable and a testament to how far any WWE Superstar can climb.
WWE Superstar Carmella
The Princess of Staten Island was the first woman to win WWE's Women's Money in the Bank match and the first woman to successfully cash-in a contract and win a championship. How does she NOT get an honorable mention?
On the April 10th edition of SmackDown, Carmella cashed-in on the then-WWE SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair after she was attacked by The IIconics.
Carmella had technically won the briefcase twice, but her first win at WWE's 2017 Money in the Bank pay-per-view was thrown out by WWE SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan. Carmella would then win the briefcase in the next edition of SmackDown.
Carmella's cash-in earned her a huge pop with the WWE universe, as many were happy to see WWE's Queen Charlotte dethroned. Fans had been waiting for some time to see Carmella cash-in her briefcase, as Carmella held onto her contract for a combined of 287 days. Which still stands as the longest time any WWE Superstar has held onto an MITB contract.
WWE Superstar Dean Ambrose (aka Jon Moxley)
Dean Ambrose's 2016 Cash-In of his Money in the Bank contract was easily one of the most satisfying from a storyline perspective in recent WWE history.
In June of 2014, WWE's most dominant trio finally imploded when Seth Rollins turned his back on his brothers, attacking them both with a steel chair. The first person who Rollins would hit was Roman Reigns, forcing Ambrose to watch the betrayal. With Ambrose's eyes telling a story of betrayal and heartbreak better than words ever could.
In the year to follow, Rollins and Dean Ambrose would face-off in a series of intense clashes. Rollins would eventually go on to win the Money in the Bank briefcase and cash-in at WrestleMania 31, becoming WWE World Heavyweight Champion in the process. In 2016, it was Ambrose's time for some revenge.
Ambrose won the Money in the Bank briefcase at WWE's Money in the Bank pay-per-view in 2016, with his former Shield brothers WWE Champion Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins main eventing the show. Rollins would ultimately win the bout, only to have Ambrose's music hit almost instantly - signaling that he may be about to cash-in.
As Seth Rollins prepared himself, watching the entrance ramp like a hawk. Ambrose ran in behind him, hitting him with the briefcase and telling the referee to ring the bell. Moments later, the match officially started and with a vicious Dirty Deeds, Ambrose won the WWE Championship. Only having been Mr. MITB for 57 minutes, the second shortest reign as the MITB holder in WWE history.
In addition to the fantastic story-telling, a fun fact about this cash-in is that with it, every member of The Shield was WWE champion at one point in the night. Reigns came in as WWE Champ, Rollins defeated him for the title, and Ambrose would subsequently win his first World Championship after cashing-in.
