What If The WrestleMania 10 Ladder Match Had Flopped?

#2 No Money In The Bank Ladder match

Without a legacy of great Ladder Matches before it, Money in the Bank may not have taken off.

Besides a number of great Ladder Matches and TLC Matches that the WrestleMania 10 Ladder Match opened the door too, another profound part of the match’s legacy is Money in the Bank.

Chris Jericho takes credit for pitching the original idea for the first Money in the Bank Ladder Match, not necessarily foreseeing the world title implications, but rather suggesting a large scale Ladder Match featuring under-utilized talents with no clear directions set for WrestleMania.

Perhaps a concept similar to the Money in the Bank Contract would have come about anyway, but the fact that it’s rooted in Ladder Matches that are more often than not great in their own right went a long way toward immediately lending credibility to the briefcase.

Take away Michaels vs. Ramon, and maybe Money in the Bank would be contested under battle royal or tournament rules. You can thus erase a number of great WrestleMania matches that resulted, and likely the concept getting its own annual PPV spectacular.