Leading up to this event, people were dubbing this the “greatest Money in the Bank event in history”. After seeing the event, I think that statement can definitely be argued. There were a lot of firsts, two championship changes with one championship, one betrayal and some controversy that took place at this year’s Money in the Bank event. Below are the moments that I personally think highlighted the event.
- The Golden Truth (Goldust & R-Truth) finally got their first victory as a tag team by defeating a sun burnt Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango).
- Not only did Hart & Fire (Natalya & Becky Lynch) get beaten by WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte & Dana Brooke, but Natalya also shocked everybody when she attacked Becky Lynch after the match, thus turning on Becky, as well as The Best Team Ever (Cesaro & Natalya’s husband Tyson Kidd) and turning heel in the process.
- Apollo Crews got the biggest victory of his career when he defeated former World Champion Sheamus.
- In a dream match 15 years in the making, AJ Styles defeated John Cena, but unfortunately he had help from fellow Club members Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson, despite the fact that AJ signed a contract stating that they would not be at ringside during the match.
- Dean Ambrose became Mr. Money in the Bank. Later in the show, Seth Rollins beat Roman Reigns to become a 2-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion. After the match, Ambrose would hit Rollins from behind with his Money in the Bank briefcase, cash in his contract and beat Rollins in seconds to win his first WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Rollins knows what it is like to be on the giving end of a devious cash-in with the Money in the Bank contract, now he knows what it is like to be on the receiving end of it. Now, all three former members of The Shield (Ambrose, Rollins & Reigns) can claim that they have held the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. This also marks the second time in history that a Superstar has won the Money in the Bank contract, cashed in later the same night and won a World Championship; Kane was the first.
