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What's the story?
This week's episode of SmackDown Live saw the Superstars compete against each other for a place in the upcoming Money in the Bank pay-per-view.
There were two qualifying matches for the Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match, and one for the Women's.
Jeff Hardy and The Miz faced off for a spot, as did Rusev and Daniel Bryan. Former SmackDown Women's champion Charlotte faced Peyton Royce for a spot on the Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match.
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In case you didn't know...
The Money in the Bank pay-per-view is set to take place on 17th June. WWE has so far announced that two co-branded Money in the Bank Matches will take place, one for the men, and one for the women. There are rumours of a third Money in the Bank Match for the Tag Team Division but that has not been confirmed.
The Money in the Bank Ladder Matches for men and women are to have four participants from each of the two brands in both the matches.
On this week's episode of Raw, Finn Balor and Braun Strowman qualified for the Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Ember Moon qualified for the women's match by defeating Sasha Banks as well as Ruby Riott.
The heart of the matter
In the first match of the night, The Miz qualified by defeating Jeff Hardy. He had announced his intentions to go after the WWE Championship after he failed to win back the Intercontinental Title from Seth Rollins.
In the second qualifying match of the night, Charlotte defeated Peyton Royce. This victory came after her loss to Carmella at Backlash in her rematch for the SmackDown Live Women's Title.
The third and last qualifying match was the main event of the night which saw Rusev defeat Daniel Bryan to secure a place in the Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match.
Bryan's defeat came after the beatdown he suffered at the hands of Cass at Backlash.
What's next?
Next week's episodes of SmackDown Live and Raw is set to air from the O2 Arena in London.
Author's take
There are four spots remaining the Men's Money in the Bank Match which will be filled by two stars from each brand. The Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match has six spots remaining.
It will be interesting to see who takes up the spots on the coming episodes of Raw and SmackDown Live.
