Money in the Bank (2010)

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Money in the Bank
Sprint Center
Attendance8,000[1]
Buy rate169,000
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The 2010 Money in the Bank was the inaugural

Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The event included two Money in the Bank ladder matches, one for each brand. The eponymous ladder match was previously held at WrestleMania from 2005 to 2010. Following WrestleMania XXVI
in March, the match concept was spun off into its own PPV event. The event received 169,000 pay-per-view buys.

Eight matches were contested at the event, including the two Money in the Bank ladder matches.

Jack Swagger
to retain the World Championship, only to lose it minutes later to Kane, who cashed in the Money in the Bank contract he won earlier in the event to defeat Mysterio for the title.

Production

Background

Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri
.

In 2005,

Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.[4] Unlike WrestleMania, the Money in the Bank event included two ladder matches. One was exclusive to wrestlers from the Raw brand while the other was exclusive to those from SmackDown. Raw's match granted a contract for a WWE Championship match while SmackDown's granted a World Heavyweight Championship match contract.[5][6]

Storylines

Money in the Bank comprised

promotion, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).[7][8] Storylines between the characters were produced on WWE's weekly television shows Raw and SmackDown with the Raw and SmackDown brands—storyline divisions in which WWE assigned its employees to different programs.[9]

At

Evan Bourne, Ted DiBiase Jr., John Morrison, and Edge.[11] On the July 5 episode of Raw, The Miz attacked and injured R-Truth; he was taken out of the Money in the Bank match and replaced with Mark Henry
the following week.

On June 30, six of the competitors for the SmackDown brand's match were named:

Christian, Kofi Kingston, and Big Show.[12] On the July 9 episode of SmackDown, Dolph Ziggler defeated Montel Vontavious Porter and Chavo Guerrero Jr. in a triple threat match to qualify for SmackDown's ladder match. On the same night, Drew McIntyre
earned the final spot by pinning Kofi Kingston.

The main rivalry from the SmackDown brand heading into the Money in the Bank event was between

fatal four-way match,[13] which also involved defending Champion Swagger, CM Punk and Big Show, to become a two-time World Heavyweight Champion.[14] On the June 25 episode of SmackDown, a rematch between Swagger and Mysterio was scheduled for Money in the Bank.[10]

The main rivalry from the Raw brand heading into Money in the Bank was between WWE Champion Sheamus and John Cena. Sheamus won the title at the Fatal 4-Way event after interference from seven of the contestants from the first season of

Steel Cage match between Sheamus and Cena to ensure no outside interference from The Nexus.[11]

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
English
commentators
 Michael Cole
Jerry Lawler
Matt Striker
Spanish commentators Carlos Cabrera
Hugo Savinovich
Ring announcers Tony Chimel
Justin Roberts
Backstage
interviewer
 Josh Mathews
Referees Charles Robinson
Mike Chioda
John Cone
Jack Doan
Rod Zapata

Preliminary matches

The actual pay-per-view opened with the Money in the Bank ladder match for a World Heavyweight Championship match contract, which involved Big Show, Matt Hardy, Christian, Kane, Kofi Kingston], Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, and Dolph Ziggler. Midway through the match, Kingston performed a Boom Drop off a ladder on McIntyre through a broadcast table. Big Show climbed a super-sized ladder he had set up, but Kane pushed the ladder over and Christian and Rhodes buried Big Show under multiple ladders. In the end, McIntyre attempted to retrieve the briefcase, but Kane performed a chokeslam off the ladder on McIntyre and retrieved the briefcase to win the match.

Next,

scissors kick
on Eve to retain the title.

After that,

Unified WWE Tag Team Championship against The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso). Smith forced Jimmy to submit to the sharpshooter
to retain the titles.

In the fourth match, Rey Mysterio faced Jack Swagger for the World Heavyweight Championship. In the end, Swagger applied an ankle lock on Mysterio, but Mysterio removed his boot, performed a hurricanrana on Swagger and pinned Swagger with a rana to retain the title. After the match, Swagger attacked Mysterio, but Kane entered the ring and chased off Swagger. After that, Kane then returned to the ring with referee Charles Robinson and his briefcase, electing to cash in his contract, marking the first time a wrestler cashed in their briefcase on the same night they won it. Kane then chokeslammed an injured Mysterio before executing a Tombstone Piledriver to win the World Heavyweight title in 54 seconds.

Next, Layla defended the WWE Women's Championship against Kelly Kelly. In the end, Kelly attempted a sunset flip on Layla, who countered into a roll-up to retain the title.

The Miz as United States Champion and Money in the Bank contract holder in August 2010.

After that was the Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE Championship match contract involving Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, Edge, Evan Bourne, John Morrison, The Miz, Mark Henry, and Ted DiBiase Jr. During the match, Orton performed an

spear
on Henry. In the end, Orton attempted to retrieve the briefcase but The Miz pushed the ladder, causing Orton to fall, and retrieved the briefcase to win the match.

Main event

In the main event, Sheamus defended the WWE Championship against John Cena in a Steel Cage match. Sheamus threw Cena into the cage first. It was followed by Cena to do the same. Cena intercepted Sheamus with a twisted slam for a two count. Sheamus attacked with axe handles. After two axe handles, Cena countered the third one and lifted Sheamus for the Attitude Adjustment, but Sheamus escaped. After battling on the top rope, Cena took Sheamus down with a bulldog from the top turnbuckle only for Sheamus to kickout. Sheamus was then laid down for the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Cena tried another Five Knuckle Shuffle from the top turnbuckle but Sheamus moved out of the way. He tied Cena to the middle rope and climbed through Cena to the top. Cena freed himself and tried to stop Sheamus. Sheamus then caught Cena in a

Darren Young
and Tarver at the ringside and walked away with Tarver's Nexus Armband.

Reception

Andy McNamara, a reviewer for the

Canadian Online Explorer's wrestling section, rated both Money in the Bank ladder matches a 4 out of 5, the WWE Championship match a 3 out of 5, and the World Heavyweight Championship match a 3.5 out of 5.[17] The event was attended live by a crowd of 8,000 fans.[1] Money in the Bank drew 169,000 pay-per-view buys, approximately 99,000 of which came in the United States.[18][19]

Aftermath

Kane was then involved in a feud with his (kayfabe) brother The Undertaker, facing him on several occasions. The next night on Raw, Edge, Chris Jericho and Randy Orton faced off in a triple threat match, where the winner would face Sheamus at SummerSlam for the WWE Championship, which Orton won.[20] At SummerSlam, due to Orton winning the match via disqualification, Orton did not win the title.[21]

On the following episode of SmackDown, Rey Mysterio faced Jack Swagger in a

two out of three falls match to determine Kane's opponent at SummerSlam. Mysterio defeated Swagger to earn a championship rematch,[22] but was unsuccessful in regaining the championship at the event.[21]

On the November 22 episode of Raw, The Miz successfully cashed in the briefcase on Randy Orton (who won the title back at Night of Champions) to win the WWE Championship.[23]

A

Chief Revenue Officer Nick Khan referred to Money in the Bank as one of the company's "five annual tentpoles", thus elevating the event's status as one of WWE's five biggest events of the year, referred to as the "Big Five".[27]

Results

No.Results
dark match

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