Official Money in the Bank Thread: 6/19/2016

Ugh Ambrose

I just realized that all 3 members of the Shield became WWE champion by beating each other.

-Rollins cashed in MITB to beat Roman Reigns and win the WWE Title for the 1st time.
-Reigns beat Ambrose at Survivor Series to win the WWE Title for the 1st time.
-Ambrose cashed in MITB on Rollins to win the WWE title for the 1st time.

It's Surreal and perfect rivalry lol

What happened to Gallows? Just waited to get booted out by Cass. Weird.

Almost all of the time (maybe 90%) I don't care who wins or loses or who is the champion I just want to see whoever is in the ring give 100% effort and entertain me. From the spoiler I read on the Mattel board in one of the replies in the "MitB Dean Elite" thread this is the time I am very disappointed with who is the champion. I have tried and tried to like Ambrose, but can't. I love 90% of his promo/interviews, but once he gets into the ring he loses my interest as soon as he does either the his girl fight beatdowns on his mid-ropes slingshot clothesline. Those moves are both almost as pathetic as the Cobra. So because I saw that spoiler I will probably pass on MitB (was planning on watching it today). I am happy for those who wanted him as champion, but I personally feel it is a mistake giving the most prestigious title they have to a guy who has a weak movesets. Because for me with him as champion I will lose all interest in the title. I know people will tell me to check out Dean's matches prior to the WWE, but that doesn't matter to me because I am judging him on what he is doing in the WWE.

Cass was out of position, much like how Charlotte was out of position to hit Nattie when she made her first attempt at the hot tag. Really ruined both moments.

However, it ended up really making the Magic Killer look strong. Took out Aiden English, who was down for a good amount of time while they tried to set up the Big Cass/Gallows sequence and whatever name the New Day has for its move to take out Anderson. English was down a good 30 seconds. Then when they did it on Cena for AJ to get the pin, it made sense that he wouldn't kick out.


Speaking of that, I was shocked that AJ won. Yes, he won by cheating, but that's the Club MO. I was just shocked that Cena sold the leg injury and that COLE of all people actually called a pretty damn good match. One of his lines was something to "a weak kick out by Cena" It was amazing how well Cole put over that match, which was a 5*


Lastly, AJ really carried Reigns in his two matches. No offense to Rollins, who I love, but this match with Reigns plodded through. The only reason I cared was wondering if Dean was going to interfere.


As I'm sure others have stated, all 3 Shield Members were WWE World Champions on one night. I like it. I'm just shocked that Rollins went over CLEANLY on Reigns, and Ambrose pinned Rollins. So both Rollins and Reigns can no longer say they was never defeated for the title. I am so happy Dean won.

Man, what was up with Luke Gallows at the end of that tag match? He was so out of position.

First, they hit the double team move, and Anderson goes for the pin, Big E comes in to break up the pin and Gallows just stands there staring at him and doesn't even attempt to block.....then, Big E picks up Anderson, and instead of saving him, Gallows runs PAST them at Big Cass for some reason so he can fall over the top rope?

The end of the tag match was really botched......mostly because Gallows seemed to be either standing around not doing anything, or moving away from what in REAL LIFE he should be going towards.

Were they? I'm gonna rewatch it today to focus more (since I had the game on too) but from what I saw, I don't think it was better than 2011.

The tag opener was alright but disappointing.
The next three matches felt like absolute filler and dragged.
AJ/Cena was great though it had a poop finish.
Money in the Bank was all kinds of awesome.
Rusev/Titus was more filler.
Main event was really good and the finish to the show was top notch.

This. Look at '99. There were about 5 guys who deserved it all year so the constant title switches didn't bother me. This past fall was crap because Sheamus and HHH didn't need title runs. Big different. Last night reflects '99 more so than this past fall.

I really enjoyed the main event. Rollins going over Reigns made the show for me. I wasn't even bothered by Dean cashing in honestly. It was cool to see all 3 guys hold the title on the same night. I didn't think Rollins was going over at all and it was totally clean.

I was confused by New Day retaining a bit. Feels like it's time to move on from them but I'm not complaining either. The Good Brothers and Enzo & Cass were both protected and I thought that was the right play if New Day was retaining. I thought the end was kind of a ing mess, but entertaining enough for what we were supposed to get out of it.

Corbin vs Ziggler was a disaster. Not because the match was particularly bad but because nobody cared. I know there are 10 of you out there in internet land who think Corbin is really great, but I genuinely don't think it's going to work out for him. He came up before he was ready and now they're trying to force the crowd to care about him.

My buddy and I briefly talked about who was turning heel after the Women's match. It kind of played out exactly how expected. I'm ok with it. Natty was a place holder feud for Charlotte anyway, and it's nice to move away from the Bret vs Ric crap. I love Becky though. I hope she wins the title.

Crews vs Sheamus was better than the crowd was treating it imo but another situation similar to Ziggler vs Corbin where they just seemed disinterested. With the rollup finish they'll certainly keep feuding too. Meh.

Loved everything about AJ vs Cena. I didn't mind the run-in at all either. I think if you can cheat to win, and you're technically a heel, why the hell not. This is what the BC does. They're a pack of wolves. I'm sure Cena will get his win back but last night was fun.

I really wasn't that impressed with the actual MITB match. I don't know if it's because I knew Ambrose was winning or if it's because the story telling wasn't there for me, but I just wasn't ever into it. Some of the spots had my cringing, but I wasn't ever captivated by it. It was a means to an end and I was ok with that. I also think it's proof that they didn't want the MITB case factoring into the brand split.

The US Title match happened.

Solid show with a strong ending imo. I think Ambrose is losing the title at Battleground but that's neither here nor there. It's kind of a Zack Ryder moment where he got it done and that's important when your character is a loose cannon type and doesn't really need it for months on end to be credible. If Reigns is the Rock, Rollins is Triple H, then Ambrose is Foley. It's nice to get multiple guys in that World Title picture and it's nice to see them all win. Seems like there is a moderate chance we see a double turn of sorts from Reigns and Rollins now since they seem to be fully booking Rollins as a babyface at the moment.