Money in the Bank ladder match

The 2012 Money in the Bank ladder match

The Money in the Bank ladder match (sometimes referred to as MITB in shorthand) is a professional wrestling ladder match held by WWE. It was first contested in 2005 at WrestleMania 21 and was then exclusive to Raw Superstars. From 2006–2010, the MITB match became a WrestleMania tradition, and had become open to all WWE brands.

In July 2010, a second and third Money in the Bank ladder match was held in the same year as WWE debuted the Money in the Bank PPV. Unlike when the match took place at WrestleMania, this new PPV featured two ladder matches - one each for a contract for the WWE and World Heavyweight Championship respectively.

Before the establishment of the annual Money in the Bank pay-per-view, wrestlers were allowed to use the contract to claim a match for any world championship in WWE. After the establishment of the MITB PPV, wrestlers were then only able to challenge for the designated title related to their match.

With the unification of the WWE and World Heavyweight titles into the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in December 2013, there is now only one single briefcase/contract in play, which is for the now unified title. This went into effect beginning at the 2014 Money in the Bank PPV. The first ever 'Mr. Money in the Bank' was Edge and the first 'Ms. Money in the Bank' was Becky Lynch.

Matches

Year	Event	Prize	Winner	Other competitor(s)	Time
2005	WM 21	World Heavyweight Championship match	Edge	Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Shelton Benjamin, Kane and Christian	15:17
	In the 2005 WWE Draft, World Champion Batista was drafted to SmackDown and WWE Champion John Cena was drafted to Raw, thus enabling Edge to challenge for the WWE Championship instead. Successfully defended his contract in a Ladder match against Matt Hardy at WWE Homecoming on the October 3, 2005 episode of Raw. Edge held the contract for 280 days, the longest amount of time any wrestler has held the contract.
2006	WM 22	World Heavyweight Championship	Rob Van Dam	Matt Hardy, Shelton Benjamin, Ric Flair, Finlay, and Bobby Lashley	12:14
	Successfully defended his contract against Shelton Benjamin at Backlash in a contract vs championship winner take all match on April 30, 2006, winning Benjamin's Intercontinental Championship in the process. Van Dam is the first person to choose the event where he cashed in the contract and the first person to win a title in a match where opponent was given prior notice to the cashing in of the contract. Van Dam held the contract for 70 days.
2007	WM 23	Any world championship match	Mr. Kennedy	Edge, Jeff Hardy, CM Punk, King Booker, Finlay, Matt Hardy, and Randy Orton	24:10
	Lost his contract in a match against Edge on the May 7, 2007 episode of Raw. Mr. Kennedy held the contract for 36 days. As a result of the switch, Edge became a member of the SmackDown brand, marking the first time this occurred. Edge held the contract for 1 day.
2008	WM XXIV	Any world championship match	CM Punk	Mr. Kennedy, Chris Jericho, Shelton Benjamin, Carlito, John Morrison, and Montel Vontavious Porter	15:12
	Following the successful cash-in the World Heavyweight Championship transferred back to Raw. CM Punk held the contract for 92 days.
2009	WM XXV	Any world championship match	CM Punk	Christian, Shelton Benjamin, Kane, Finlay, Montel Vontavious Porter, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry	14:32
	CM Punk held the contract for 63 days.
2010	WM XXVI	Any world championship match	Jack Swagger	Shelton Benjamin, Christian, Kane, Matt Hardy, Drew McIntyre, Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, Montel Vontavious Porter, and Dolph Ziggler	13:44
	Swagger becomes second MITB winner to switch brands after cashing in his contract. Swagger held the contract for 2 days.
	Money in the Bank	World Heavyweight Championship match	Kane	Christian, Matt Hardy, Big Show, Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston, Drew McIntyre, and Cody Rhodes	26:18
	Kane becomes the first (and thus far only) wrestler to cash in the contract on the same night as winning it. Kane held the contract for roughly 50 minutes.
	Money in the Bank	WWE Championship match	James Harrison	Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, Edge, John Morrison, Evan Bourne, Ted DiBiase, and Mark Henry	20:26
	Harrison held the contract for 127 days.
2011	Money in the Bank	World Heavyweight Championship match	Daniel Bryan	Wade Barrett, Kane, Cody Rhodes, Sheamus, Sin Cara, Justin Gabriel, and Heath Slater	24:27
	His first cash in and win against Mark Henry was nullified. This marks the first time that a successful cash in was reverted. Bryan held the contract for 154 days.
	Money in the Bank	WWE Championship match	Alberto Del Rio	The Miz, Rey Mysterio, Jack Swagger, R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, and Alex Riley	15:54
	Del Rio would become the second wrestler to fail in his cash-in attempt but unlike last year defending champion won cleanly. Del Rio held the contract for 28 days.
2012	Money in the Bank	World Heavyweight Championship match	Dolph Ziggler	Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Christian, Tyson Kidd, Sin Cara, Tensai, and Santino Marella	18:23
	Successfully defended his contract against Chris Jericho on the August 20th episode of Raw in a career vs contract match. Successfully defended his contract in a Ladder match against John Cena at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs Ziggler held the contract for 267 days.
	Money in the Bank	WWE Championship match	John Cena	Chris Jericho, The Miz, Kane, and Big Show	20:15
	Cena is the third wrestler to not win a world championship in a cash-in match. He is also the second wrestler to announce when he was going to cash it in. Cena held the contract for 8 days.
2013	Money in the Bank	World Heavyweight Championship match	Damien Sandow	Cody Rhodes, Wade Barrett, Dean Ambrose, Jack Swagger, Fandango, and Antonio Cesaro	16:24
	Second Money in the Bank winner to fail to win a world championship in a cash-in match. Sandow held the contract for 106 days.
	Money in the Bank	WWE Championship match	James Harrison	CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Christian, Sheamus, and Rob Van Dam	28:38
	Harrison held the contract for 35 days.
2014	Money in the Bank	WWE World Heavyweight Championship match	Seth Rollins	Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, Rob Van Dam and Dean Ambrose	23:10
	Rollins held the contract for 273 days. Rollins is the first to cash in at WrestleMania, the first to win the championship after cashing in without pinning the champion and the first to cash in while a championship match was in progress.
2015	Money in the Bank	WWE World Heavyweight Championship match	Sheamus	Dolph Ziggler, Neville, Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, Luke Harper, Kane	22:36
	Lost in contract to Randy Orton in a match at Battleground on July 19, 2015. Sheamus held the contract for 35 days Orton held the contract for 35 days.
	Money in the Bank	WWE Divas Championship match	Becky Lynch	Alicia Fox, Bayley, Naomi, Eva Marie, Brie Bella, Summer Rae	15:38
	First Divas Money in the Bank match. Lynch held the contract for 294 days.
2016	Money in the Bank	WWE Championship match	Shinsuke Nakamura	Sami Zayn, Cesaro, Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, Alberto Del Rio, Finn Bálor	20:32
	Nakamura held the contract for 35 days
	Money in the Bank	World Heavyweight Championship match	AJ Styles	Kane, Sheamus, Big Show, R-Truth, Dolph Ziggler, Goldust	21:09
	Styles held the contract for 98 days As a result of this AJ Styles swapped to the Raw brand to allow each show to keep a world title
	Money in the Bank	Divas Championship match	Melissa	Lana, Alexa Bliss, Carmella,Charlotte, Natalya	14:26
	Melissa held the contract for 156 days After the Divas Championship was replaced by the Global Championship, Melissa was allowed to challenge for that title.
	Money in the Bank	WWE Women's Championship match	Bayley	Sasha Banks, Candice LeRae, Taryn Terrell, Maryse and Paige	16:25
	Bayley held the contract for 120 days
2017	Money in the Bank	WWE Championship	Bray Wyatt	Cesaro, Samoa Joe, Rusev, Abyss, Tyler Breeze	20:44
	Wyatt held the contract for 224 days
	Money in the Bank	WWE Global Championship	Emma	Billie Kay, Peyton Royce, Taya Valkyrie, Melissa, Candice LeRae	20:16
	Emma has held the contract for 224 days After cashing in her contract this made it the first time two contracts had been cashed in on the same day
2018	Money in the Bank	World Championship match	Samoa Joe	Drew McIntyre, Neville, Finn Bálor, Kota Ibushi, Shinsuke Nakamura, Velveteen Dream, Hiroshi Tanahashi	21:30
	Joe has held the contract for 105 days. Joe announced he would challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship.
	Money in the Bank	Women's Championship match	Alexa Bliss	Ember Moon, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Dakota Kai, Cheerleader Melissa, Asuka, Taya Valkyrie	18:30
	Bliss has held the contract for 91 days. Bliss announced she would challenge for the WWE Women's Championship.
2019	WM 35	World Championship match	Will Ospreay	Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, Finn Bálor, Jay Lethal, Daniel Bryan, AJ Styles, Ricochet	21:40
	Ospreay held the contract for 231 days. Ospreay challenged for the WWE Championship
	WM 35	Women's Championship match	Taya Valkyrie	Ana Sanchez, Ember Moon, Bayley, Becky Lynch, Dakota Kai, Toni Storm, Asuka	16:40
	Valkyrie has held the contract for 294 days. Valkyrie challenged for the WWE Global Championship
2020	WM 36	World Championship match	Pentagón Jr.	Tyler Bate, Tommaso Ciampa, Aleister Black, Roderick Strong, Samoa Joe	18:45
	Pentagón held the contract for 140 days. Pentagón challenged for the World Heavyweight Championship
	WM 36	Women's Championship match	Sasha Banks	Amelia Lopez, Lena, Asuka, Kairi Hojo, Toni Storm	15:56
	Valkyrie has held the contract for 104 days. Valkyrie challenged for the WWE Women's Championship
2021	Money in the Bank	World Championship match	Tyler Bate	Kevin Owens, Drew McIntyre, Johnny Gargano, Shinsuke Nakamura, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kofi Kingston, Jay Lethal	25:50
	Bate held the contract for 216 days. Ospreay challenged for the World Heavyweight Championship
	Money in the Bank	Women's Championship match	Toni Storm	Kairi Hojo, Kimber Lee, Candice LeRae, Lena, Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks, Naomi	17:35
	Storm held the contract for 201 days. Storm challenged for the WWE Global Championship
2022	WM 38	World Championship match	Donovan Dijak	Shinsuke Nakamura, Ricochet, Seth Rollins, Sami Zayn, Pete Dunne	21:00
	Dijak held the contract for 209 days. Dijak challenged for the World Heavyweight Championship
	WM 38	Women's Championship match	Bianca Belair	Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks, Ember Moon, Kairi Hojo, Io Shirai	20:00
	Belair held the contract for 153 days. Belair challenged for the WWE Global Championship
2023	WM 39	World Championship match	Ricochet	Finn Bálor, Johnny Gargano, Seth Rollins, El Hijo del Vikingo, Pentagón Jr., Rey Fénix, Shinsuke Nakamura
	Ricochet has held the contract for 383 days.
	WM 39	Women's Championship match	Santana Garrett	Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Asuka, Deonna Purrazzo, Taya Valkyrie, Shotzi Blackheart, Cheerleader Melissa	24:45
	Garrett has held the contract for 384 days.

Record

Championship	Successful cash-ins	Attempts
WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship	9	11
World Heavyweight Championship	11	12
WWE Divas Championship	1	1
WWE Women's Championship	2	2
WWE Global Championship	5	5
Total	28	31

Cash-in matches

#	Case Holder	Championship	Event	Date	Results
1	Edge	WWE	New Year's Revolution	January 8, 2006	Edge defeated John Cena with two Spears to win the championship following Cena's victory in an Elimination Chamber match.
2	Rob Van Dam	WWE	ECW One Night Stand	June 11, 2006	Van Dam defeated John Cena in an Extreme Rules match after an attack by Edge and a Five-Star Frog Splash to win the championship.
3	Edge	World Heavyweight	Smackdown	May 8, 2007	Edge defeated The Undertaker with a Spear to win the championship after Undertaker went to a draw in a Steel Cage match with Batista and was attacked by Mark Henry.
4	CM Punk	World Heavyweight	Raw	June 30, 2008	CM Punk defeated Edge with a GTS to win the championship after Edge was attacked by Batista.
5	CM Punk	World Heavyweight	Extreme Rules	June 7, 2009	Punk defeated Jeff Hardy with 2 GTSs to win the championship after Hardy won the championship in a Ladder match against Edge.
6	Jack Swagger	World Heavyweight	SmackDown	March 30, 2010	Swagger defeated Chris Jericho with a Gutwrench powerbomb to win the championship after an already injured Jericho was attacked by Edge.
7	Kane	World Heavyweight	Money in the Bank	July 18, 2010	Kane defeated Rey Mysterio with a Tombstone Piledriver to win the championship after Mysterio successfully defended the championship against Jack Swagger.
8	James Harrison	WWE	Raw	November 22, 2010	Harrisond defeated Randy Orton with a Tombstone Piledriver to win the championship after Orton was attacked by The Nexus after successfully defending the title against Nexus leader Wade Barrett.
9	Alberto Del Rio	WWE	SummerSlam	August 14, 2011	Harrison had just defended the title against CM Punk and Del Rio cashed in and became the first to lose cleanly. Harrison got Del Rio to submit to Hell's Gate.
10	Daniel Bryan	World Heavyweight	SmackDown TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs	November 22, 2011 December 18, 2011	Originally Bryan cashed in title shot for a World Heavyweight Championship match against Mark Henry after an attack by Big Show and won. However, SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long nullified the cash-in match, as Henry was not medically cleared to compete. Bryan defeated Show after an attack by Henry to win the championship after Show defeated Henry in a Chairs Match to become champion.
11	John Cena	WWE	Raw 1000	July 23, 2012	Cena won his cash in match against James Harrison by disqualification after Big Show interfered, but failed to win the title due to championships not being able to change hands on count-outs or disqualifications.
12	Dolph Ziggler	World Heavyweight	Raw	April 8, 2013	Ziggler defeated Alberto Del Rio with a Zig Zag to win the championship after Del Rio defeated Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter in a 2-on-1 handicap.
13	James Harrison	WWE	SummerSlam	August 18, 2013	Harrison defeated Daniel Bryan after a Pedigree from Triple H (who was special guest referee) to win the championship after Bryan had defeated John Cena to become champion.
14	Damien Sandow	World Heavyweight	Raw	October 28, 2013	Sandow attacked champion John Cena and immediately cashed in the contract, but became the second man to lose a cash-in match when Cena won the match with an Attitude Adjustment.
15	Seth Rollins	WWE World Heavyweight Championship	WrestleMania 31	March 29, 2015	During the main event between Roman Reigns and defending champion James Harrison, Rollins cashed in his briefcase. The referee accepted the cash-in while the match was in progress and converted the singles match into a triple threat match. Rollins pinned Reigns in the resultant match to capture the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
16	Randy Orton	WWE World Heavyweight Championship	SummerSlam	August 23, 2015	Orton defeated Seth Rollins after he had defended the title against John Cena. James Harrison hit Rollins with a chokeslam, Dean Ambrose with Dirty Deeds and Roman Reigns with a spear before Orton cashed in.
17	Becky Lynch	WWE Divas Championship	WrestleMania 32	April 3, 2016	Lynch defeated Ana Sanchez after she had successfully defended her title against Sasha Banks.
18	Shinsuke Nakamura	WWE Championship	Unforgiven	July 24, 2016	Nakamura defeated Dean Ambrose after he had defended the title against Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns. Ambrose hit Nakamura with the Dirty Deeds which Nakamura kicked out of, then Nakamura hit Ambrose with a Kinshasa.
19	AJ Styles	World Heavyweight Championship	Starrcade	September 25, 2016	Styles defeated James Harrison after he had defended the title against Matthew Harrison. Styles hit a Styles Clash which Harrison kicked out of before he hit a Phenomenal Forearm on him and pinned him.
20	Bayley	WWE Women's Championship	Raw	October 17, 2016	Bayley defeated Alexa Bliss with a Bayley-to-Belly after Bliss had defeated Charlotte in a non-title match.
21	Melissa	WWE Global Championship	SmackDown	November 22, 2016	Melissa pinned Asuka following a Butterfly Effect after Asuka had beaten Candice LeRae to become champion.
22	Emma	WWE Global Championship	Royal Rumble	January 28, 2018	Emma pinned Asuka following a michinoku driver after Asuka had defended her title against Naomi. Asuka became the first person to lose their title twice due to cash-ins.
23	Bray Wyatt	WWE Championship	Royal Rumble	January 28, 2018	Wyatt pinned Kazuchika Okada following a Sister Abigail after he had defended the title against John Cena.

Participant list

Men

Superstar	Victories	Appearances
James Harrison	2	2
CM Punk	2	4
Bray Wyatt	1	1
John Cena	1	1
Seth Rollins	1	1
Will Ospreay	1	1
AJ Styles	1	2
Alberto Del Rio	1	2
Mr. Kennedy	1	2
Samoa Joe	1	2
Shinsuke Nakamura	1	2
Daniel Bryan	1	3
Edge	1	3
Rob Van Dam	1	3
Jack Swagger	1	4
Randy Orton	1	4
Sheamus	1	4
Dolph Ziggler	1	6
Kane	1	8
Abyss	0	1
Alex Riley	0	1
Bobby Lashley	0	1
Booker T	0	1
Carlito	0	1
Chris Benoit	0	1
Damien Sandow	0	1
Fandango	0	1
Heath Slater	0	1
Hiroshi Tanahashi	0	1
Kota Ibushi	0	1
Jay Lethal	0	1
Jeff Hardy	0	1
Johnny Gargano	0	1
Justin Gabriel	0	1
Goldust	0	1
Kevin Owens	0	1
Luke Harper	0	1
Rey Mysterio	0	1
Ric Flair	0	1
Ricochet	0	1
Roman Reigns	0	1
Rusev	0	1
Sami Zayn	0	1
Santino Marella	0	1
Ted DiBiase	0	1
Tensai	0	1
Tommaso Ciampa	0	1
Tyler Breeze	0	1
Tyson Kidd	0	1
Velveteen Dream	0	1
Dean Ambrose	0	2
John Morrison	0	2
Mark Henry	0	2
Neville	0	2
Sin Cara	0	2
R-Truth	0	2
The Miz	0	2
Wade Barrett	0	2
Big Show	0	3
Drew McIntyre	0	3
Evan Bourne	0	3
Finlay	0	3
Finn Bálor	0	3
Montel Vontavious Porter	0	3
Chris Jericho	0	4
Cody Rhodes	0	4
Matt Hardy	0	4
Kofi Kingston	0	5
Shelton Benjamin	0	5
Christian	0	5

Women

Superstar	Victories	Appearances
Emma	1	1
Alexa Bliss	1	2
Becky Lynch	1	2
Cheerleader Melissa	1	3
Taya Valkyrie	1	3
Bayley	1	4
Alicia Fox	0	1
Ana Sanchez	0	1
Billie Kay	0	1
Brie Bella	0	1
Carmella	0	1
Charlotte	0	1
Eva Marie	0	1
Lana	0	1
Maryse	0	1
Naomi	0	1
Paige	0	1
Peyton Royce	0	1
Summer Rae	0	1
Taryn Terrell	0	1
Toni Storm	0	1
Asuka	0	2
Candice LeRae	0	2
Dakota Kai	0	2
Ember Moon	0	2
Sasha Banks	0	2