Money in the Bank
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What’s up WWE Universe! It’s everyone’s favorite results reporter, “The Real Deal” Billy Rouse. Welcome to Money in the Bank!
KICKOFF SHOW
Kickoff Panel: Jonathan Coachman, Charly Caruso, Sam Roberts & David Otunga
Backstage interview with Becky Lynch & Sarah Schreiber
Video promo from Lacey Evans
Video package: Kofi Kingston VS Kevin Owens
Backstage interview with Kevin Owens and Sarah Schreiber
SmackDown Rebound: Elias VS Roman Reigns rivalry
Video package: Shane McMahon VS The Miz
Video promo from Nikki Cross
Beth Phoenix and Sonya Deville join the panel to discuss the Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match
NONTITLE MATCH
Rowan & Daniel Bryan VS The Uso’s
Commentators: Corey Graves, Byron Saxton & Tom Phillips
Momentum changed when Jimmy Uso posted Rowan. Didn’t last long though. Rowan hit a double superplex on the Uso’s. Bryan reversed a Superfly Splash into the LeBell Lock. The dual Superfly Splash got the pin on Daniel Bryan.
Winners via pinfall: The Uso’s
Beth Phoenix is still with the panelists.
Video package: Seth Rollins VS AJ Styles
PPV Goes Live and Naomi’s music hits!
The PPV Begins with a memorial graphic for Ashley Massaro
WOMENS MONEY IN THE BANK LADDER MATCH
Naomi VS Bayley VS Mandy Rose VS Ember Moon VS Carmella VS Nikki Cross VS Natalya VS Dana Brooke
Nikki took half the field out with a ladder. Dana tried the Kofi ladder climb. Naomi does a split to Dodge two ladders. Carmella being checked out by medics for a potential knee injury, she’s being taken to the back. Dana executes a handspring elbow while Ember is in a ladder of woe. Mandy & Natalya ladder sandwiched Bayley. Dana cracks Nikki with the ladder hard. Ladder falls and takes out half the match. Moon hits an Eclipse off a ladder. Carmella returns to the match! Sonya Deville is climbing the ladder with Mandy Rose on her shoulders! Bayley wins!
Winner: Bayley
In ring interview with Bayley & Charly Caruso
RAW RECAP: Sami Zayn’s journey to the ladder match tonight
Triple H has informed Sami that Braun Strowman has been banned from the building tonight.
UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
Rey Mysterio VS Samoa Joe
Joe suffered a broken nose during the match. Rey won with a contentious pin.
Winner via pinfall and NEW WWE United States Champion: Rey Mysterio!
Postmatch, Joe destroys Mysterio with his son watching at ringside
Braun Strowman has defied the ban!
STEEL CAGE MATCH
Shane McMahon VS The Miz
Shane powerbombs Miz into the cage wall. Shane busts out a torture rack into an inverted TKO. Miz has a chair in the cage! Skull-Crushing Finale to the chair! Miz hit Shane’s leg twice with the chair! Shane fell from the top of the cage to the mat! Shane slips away to the floor.
winner via cage escape: Shane McMahon
MICK FOLEY WILL BE ON RAW TO ANNOUNCE WWE’S NEWEST TITLE!
Backstage, Sami Zayn is strung upside down somehow
CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Tony Nese VS Ariya Daivari
Daivari drags Nese’s left eye across the top rope. Daivari botches an inverted Boston Crab. Daivari hits the iconoclasm. Nese hits the Fosbury Flop and a 450. Running Nese in the corner retains the belt for Nese.
Winner: Tony Nese
Triple H has denied Strowman the opportunity to replace Sami Zayn in the ladder match.
Zayn has been taken to a local medical facility
RAW WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP
Becky Lynch VS Lacey Evans
Lacey hits a unique DDT. Women’s Right from the apron. Evans hits a monkey roll splash. Lynch hits a second rope forearm. Charlotte-style big boot by Evans. Acid Drop and a pump knee by Evans. DisArm Her gets the submission.
Winner via submission: Becky Lynch
SMACKDOWN LIVE WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP
Becky Lynch VS Charlotte Flair
Charlotte gets Lynch in a Liontamer. “Forearm Party” with both competitors. Charlotte crashed and burned off an attempted Natural Selection on the apron. Lacey Evans hit a Women’s Right behind the ref’s back. Charlotte pins Lynch after a big boot.
Winner via pinfall and NEW SmackDown Live Women’s Champion: Charlotte Flair
postmatch a three way brawl erupts!
Bayley hits the ring and evens the odds.
BAYLEY IS CASHING IN!
SMACKDOWN WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP MITB CASH-IN MATCH
Bayley elbow drops Charlotte and wins the belt!
New SmackDown Live Women’s Champion: Bayley!
Elias smashes the guitar over Roman backstage
Elias plays on a Fender Stratocaster tonight.
Elias VS Roman Reigns
Reigns hit the Spear for the squash win.
Winner via squash: Roman Reigns
UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Seth Rollins VS AJ Styles
AJ pulls off a Ricochet-style headscissors. Rollins blocked a piledriver/Styles Clash attempt off the apron. Rollins hits the suicide dive and drives AJ into the English announcers table twice. Rollins hits a springboard clothesline. Rollins turns a pin attempt into a Buckle Bomb and an RVD frog splash. AJ hits the Torture Rack into an Argentine Powerbomb. Seth hits an inverted superplex into Finn Bálor’s 1916. AJ Counters the Burn it Down Stomp into the Calf Crusher. Styles turned the Burn it Down Stomp into a Styles Clash. Ripcord Knee, Avada Kedavra, Burn it Down Stomp, pinfall.
Winner via pinfall: Seth Rollins
Backstage interview with Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods & Charly Caruso
SIX MAN TAG TEAM BONUS MATCH
Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik, Lince Dorado & Kalisto) VS ?
Lars Sullivan attacks and the match is a no contest.
Lars got busted open hardway.
WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Kofi Kingston VS Kevin Owens
Kofi hits a big leap on Owens right away. Kofi runs up from the floor to the top rope and hits a 180 double axhandle. Kofi backdrops Owens extremely close on the top turnbuckle. Kofi hits a mushroom stomp on the apron. 360 double axhandle countered with an Owens superkick. Counters galore into the SOS. Popup Powerbomb by Owens. Trouble in Paradise knocks Owens over the second rope. Owens takes Kofi’s shoes off. Kofi hits Trouble in Paradise for the win.
Winner via pinfall: Kofi Kingston
MAIN EVENT TIME!
MENS MONEY IN THE BANK LADDER MATCH
Drew McIntyre VS Baron Corbin VS Ricochet VS Ali VS Finn Bálor VS Andrade VS Randy Orton.
Ricochet hits a springboard somersault the top outside. Orton back suplexed Ali, Bálor & Ali on the English announcers table. McIntyre & Corbin are going clubberin’ with ladders. Ali hits a suicide dive through the ladder to McIntyre. Ricochet gets overhead suplexed on to a ladder. Orton hits an assisted DDT on Corbin. Shotgun dropkick to McIntyre. Sunset flip Powerbomb on Bálor by Andrade through a ladder propped between the second rope and the ladder. Rewind Rana to Ricochet by Ali. Ali hits a C4 off two ladders on Andrade and Andrade’s legs hit the ropes.McIntyre bridges a ladder between the ring & the English announcers table. Ali chokeslammed through the Spanish announce table. Bálor gets chokeslammed on a ladder laying on it’s side. Ricochet gets Deep Sixed outside on the floor. McIntyre hits a deadlift snap suplex on a ladder. Ricochet gets bealed outside the ring to destroy a ladder. Orton with an RKO off the ladder. BROCK LESNAR RETURNS AND DUMPS ALI OFF THE LADDER! Without being officially entered, Brock Lesnar wins!
What just happened?! I’ll see you folks tomorrow night for what sounds like a historic RAW! For Steve Gerweck and the rest of the site, this is “The Real Deal” Billy Rouse. When life hands you odds, tell the odds to shove it! Goodnight!
