Daniel Bryan Vs Samoa Joe
The following is a new preview for tomorrow night’s episode of WWE Smackdown Live, where Daniel Bryan will face Samoa Joe in a Money In The Bank qualifying match:
TOMORROW NIGHT, @WWEDanielBryan collides with @SamoaJoe on #SDLive at 8/7c on @USA_Network, with the winner earning the FINAL spot in the Men's #MITB #LadderMatch! pic.twitter.com/zmGeL6FSuO
— WWE (@WWE) May 29, 2018
Money In The Bank
WWE.com recently ranked every Money In The Bank cash-in ever; check out a few highlights from the list of 19 total cash-ins below:
19. Baron Corbin (WWE Championship; 2017)
Baron Corbin is one of the most capable Superstars on the roster today, and between his Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal win and impressive run as United States Champion, he’s proven that he can deliver in big moments. Unfortunately, what should have been the easiest — and most significant — putt of his career ended up being a hard shank right: The Lone Wolf cashed in his contract in the middle of such a brouhaha that he was immediately rolled up by Jinder Mahal to lose his title match. To his credit, Corbin shook it off and plowed forward as he always does, rebounding to win the U.S. Title. His cash-in brings up the rear of this list, but in the grander context, it’s an anomalous smudge on an otherwise promising career, and this moment may well end up being more exception than rule.
9. Carmella (Smackdown Women’s Championship; 2018)
Carmella started out as the token girl of a boys’ club in NXT. She only had one championship opportunity at Full Sail University before becoming the very last pick of the 2016 WWE Draft. She won the Women’s Money in the Bank contract with help. Everybody with a smartphone and an egg avatar was calling her cash-in a disaster waiting to happen, but lo and behold, she took out Charlotte Flair, who had all the momentum in the world after snapping Asuka’s 500 some-odd day undefeated streak two days prior. Everything about Money Mella’s cash-in speaks to the power of perseverance and patience, to say nothing of making good on whatever opportunities are thrown your way. While the verdict is still out on The Princess of Staten Island’s very young championship reign, this was a tough one to beat as far as statements go.
Imagine for a moment you’re sitting on your parents’ couch watching ECW in 1997 and someone hops out of a time machine to inform you that, in nine years, Rob Van Dam will defeat WWE’s standard-bearer on an ECW show to win the WWE Championship. Your first reaction, probably, would be, “what’s WWE?” Your second, after a brief explanation, would be to laugh in this wayward traveler’s face. But come ECW One Night Stand 2006, you would see the impossible come true, as Rob Van Dam used his Money in the Bank contract to challenge John Cena at ECW’s raucous revival show and claim the ultimate prize, with Paul Heyman himself counting the three. RVD’s time as champion was short-lived, so points must be deducted here. But this was a capital-M moment for both RVD as a competitor and ECW as a whole: The bingo hall promotion had finally hit the jackpot.
1. Seth Rollins (WWE World Heavyweight Championship; 2015)
First cash-in to happen at WrestleMania. First cash-in to happen in the main event of WrestleMania. First cash-in to happen in the middle of any match, ever. Seth Rollins’ “Heist of the Century” against Brock Lesnar — and, to a lesser extent, Roman Reigns — carries all the historical hallmarks worthy of a No. 1 selection, but it’s the top moment because, in the simplest possible terms, nobody saw it coming. Not only did it defy the conventional wisdom surrounding that particular WrestleMania main event, it challenged the norms of Money in the Bank itself. The contract was an institution by then, and had been thought of as one thing for 10 years: A tool you use to pounce on a weakened champion after a match. By making his move in the middle of a match — the match — Rollins didn’t just burn that norm down. He rebuilt it in his image.
