Damian Priest is your 2023 Mr. Money in the Bank.
This year’s WWE Money in the Bank premium live event kicked off with the seven-man ladder match featuring Butch, Shinsuke Nakamura, Santos Escobar, Damian Priest, Ricochet, LA Knight, and Logan Paul.
Paul was an early target by the rest of the field as the first man to get tossed out of the ring and also the first to be pulled off of a ladder. His chances of winning, though, were officially eliminated when he and Ricochet tumbled out of the ring onto a pair of tables.
From there, Damian Priest chokeslammed Butch off the top of the ladder onto another one propped in the corner. When Knight tried playing spoiler, Priest slammed him off the ladder as well before The Judgment Day member ultimately unhooked the briefcase to win.
Check out a full recap of the match, courtesy of our live coverage page:
Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Logan Paul vs. Butch vs. Santos Escobar vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. LA Knight vs. Ricochet vs. Damien Priest
Everyone attacks Logan Paul as soon as the bell rings. The fight spills out of the ring. Nakamura works over Paul in the corner. Priest gets trapped behind a ladder. Nakamura blasts Priest with a diving knee on the ladder. Butch and Nakamura are left in the ring. Both men trade strikes. Escobar dives off the top and catches Nakamura with a crossbody. Paul tries to sneak in and climb a ladder, but the entire field pulls him off the ladder and stomps him out. Butch pulls a bunch of tables from under the ring. Butch beats everyone in with a cricket bat. Paul flattens Priest with a frog splash on a ladder.
Butch lands a moonsault off a ladder onto everyone. Butch tries to climb the ladder. Paul pulled him down and tossed him out of the ring. Escobar destroys Paul with a running knee strike. Nakamura and Escobar fight on top of the ladder over the briefcase. Knight breaks it up. Escobar takes Knight off the ladder with a rana. Escobar and Nakamura climb again. Paul, Knight, Ricochet, and Paul all fight on two ladders. Paul and Ricochet kick over Escobar and Nakamura’s ladder.
Knight knocks over Paul and Ricochet’s ladder, but Paul and Ricochet land on the top rope and balance themselves. Ricochet grabs Paul and hits a Spanish Fly off the top through two tables. Paul seemed to land on his head in the process. Knight clears the field and almost pulls down the case. Priest cuts him off and hits the broken arrow off the ladder. Priest climbs the ladder and pulls down the case for the win.
Winner- Damian Priest
