Part of Priest's story is that he wants to win clean but people keep interfering.

Fun fact: We have NEVER gotten past Summerslam with a man and a women both having their Money in the Bank briefcase still.

Drew: "Hey Punk, Im gonna win MITB and cash in the same night against Priest" Punk: arrives at this said time to cost Drew Drew: >:o

To add to the point on HHHs long term booking philosophy - not all feuds need to be booked with a view to them being long term - sometimes its best to strike when the iron is hot rather than thinking "well this guy is over now, but we can make him lose, do the story for another 6 months/year and then put them over" - i dont think its happened yet but eventually we will hit a point where a wrestlers popularity cooling or a long term injury will completely derail a storyline that they were taking a long time to slowly tell. Quite frankly its been amazing that theyve managed to keep the Punk v Drew feud alive for 6 months now without a single match happening between the two with Punk rarely being on TV due to his injury. WWE wont be able to cover every feud the same way that hits a roadblack like this. There should be a mix of long term and short term bookings in wrestling at all times.

So everyone already forgot about Austin Theory MITB cash in huh

To add on to how bad the Austin Theory cash in was: Seth Rollins was doing open challenges... Theory could have hung on to his briefcase by just waiting and answering Seth's challenges.

wow nice to see my hot take here, thanks for that

Drew having the worst cash in? Theory exists also Corbin and Sandow both had rotten cash ins too at least this sets up a story beat the other failed cash ins didn't.

People are so reactionary I swear. Do you really think any of those guys are gonna dethrone either Cody or Gunther when he wins the title. This served a story purpose and got rid of future booking roadblocks that the Mitb briefcase always seems to present.

The hottest AND freshest takes!

Drew winning MITB felt so unnecessary. They could’ve announced a triple threat between Drew, Damian, and Seth and we could’ve gotten to the same outcome.

Mr John WrestleJuice please don't retire 🥲

I like the idea of a retro Raw. For Randy, it could be Randy/Kofi to call back to that old feud.

Do we really wanna see another year long angle of someone trying to cash in but unsuccessfully doing so? We just had that story with Priest. I'm glad they did it this way. We can focus that story on Tiffany.

I still think Baron failing his cash in was punishment for him getting into an argument with that doctor who tried to down play concussions while Baron having a background in football that it's a serious thing, cuz even Cena was out there distracting him

Chelsea Green winning the briefcase and cashing it in to win the title and then bringing back the Divas Title like she said would give her nuclear heat !

Thank you. I shouldn't be surprised that people aren't connecting what happened with the MITB and Drew. Like the story development for Drew vs Punk and Seth vs Punk are pretty clear.

I’m thinking Priest was pissed at the end of the match because he has no clean victories defending his championship. It’s either his own crew or Punk shenanigans (Or maybe I’m just covering the botched kick out the poor bastard)

Fun Fact: 2019 is the only year both Mr. & Ms. MITB has cashed in BEFORE SummerSlam. Every other year apart from 2017 and 2024 Mr. MITB has held onto that briefcase past the biggest party of the Summer.

THe writing with Drew made sense. 1) It removes the MITB Briefcase from the equation for hte coming year. WHen Damien Priest had his long run with the case, or basically every time that happens, people complained about how he wasn't cashing in on a good situation, even pointing out that the WM Cash in wasn't really "the best moment" because there had been better ones beforehand Now imagine, purely as an example, Priest and RHodes have a HiaC match that leaves both of htem completely drained and unable to do anything when the cage gets lifted. But nobody cashes in. "Why didn't *insert name here* cashing in?!" (Because, of course, the plans say so). Then he cashes in 2 months later in a less advantageous situation. "Idiot!" blabla I've now seen people go "Chad/Knight/whoever shoulda cashed the briefcase in on their midcard title!!!" Ya know, the same thing people called a stupid decision, and how stupid it made him look, when Austin Theory cashed in on the US belt... 2) "Why didn't Punk let Drew win the belt! THen he'd face him for it at SS!!!" For one, Punk wouldn't. Gunther has his KotR win shot at Summerslam. So either GUnther would get screwed by making it a Triple Threat (with him as the THird Wheel), or Drew retaining would be set. In any case, Gunther should be the next WHC champ. And if Gunther takes the belt, people would ask: "Why even have Drew take it at KotR!" And: Punk, for now, doesn't really care about the belt! He wants to make Drew suffer for injuring him, for running the pleasure he took in that and hten the SD attack. It's not about the belt. I mean, for other feuds, we love to criticise WWE just putting a title on one of them to make it seem "bigger" just for fans to go "Eh, the feud didn't need the title. Felt kinda tacked on and that guy deserved a better run..." 3) This neatly sets up Punk VS Rollins for later, since he screwed ROllins as well. While I agree that Punk or AJ screwing Drew in the MitB match could'Ve been the better call, it also could've led to other old complaints coming back. I think a major reason for the cash in complaints are a combination of "It wasn't the guy I wanted to win!" + "And they waste that immediately!!!" Making it seem, for them, far worse.

i didnt think it was a bad show at all, maybe one of triple hs peakest shows under his main run becaue usually his ppvs are pretty good but i dont think the show was ass like everyone else is saying

Im ok with the Damian never having a clean finish since most of the time its out of his hand. He tells Judgment day to not interfere with his match

I’m still in disbelief that no one from the JD interfered during Damian’s match. They had that teasing video before and everything

Bro this shot is cleaaaaaan 🔥 (I’m just starting the video but had to comment on it immediately)

It would have been cool to see jey win it and cash in for a match against gunther to reignite the feud from the intercontinental title

I saw a comment somewhere where they suggested that Finn paid the ref to not count the 3. That would be a good way to make it work storyline wise

I disagree with the briefcase not having a place in the Bloodline drama. Imagine Roman comes back, feuds with Solo's group with Solo having won the the WWE title and he and Roman wrestle for the title and position at head of the table, but they have the stipulation that whoever loses can't compete for the title again and is ex-communicated from the Bloodline. Roman gets screwed, so now he has to figure out a way to get the Bloodline back. This lead him to back to Jey, Mr. Money in the Bank and Roman has to finally resolve his issues with Jey to get another shot and taking down Solo. Roman has to actually back up his gaslighting from before and Prove he actually does want to do what's best or his family. So eventually Jey calls his shot on Solo and Roman ensures that Jey wins, gets his first title, and turns the whole original bloodline face. I'm just saying there are story options with Jey having the case,

Botch in the Bank really shows why AEW exists.

It's a shame Edge isn't in WWE, Edge v Cena is one more match I'd like to see.

I get people not liking the McIntyre cash in. It wasn't a good cash in. However if people say that this is the WORST cash in of all time, I would like to remind you of the Austin Theory MiTB run.

As soon as priest screwed that kick out up they said shit play the music! 😂

I like that Drew failed his cash-in, not only because it works super well for his story with Punk and it re-ignited his issues with Seth, but because Priest had that fkin thing for 9? months and now next year when Money in the Bank rolls around again it's gonna feel exciting to see a Mr. Money in the Bank again.

Honestly though if you have someone else win the briefcase they’d just end up cashing in and losing because the 2 world champions are practically set for the rest of the year at least with Gunther and Cody or they’d hold it for 10 months and people would complain about that like they did with priest. I honestly can’t see how this was a bad cash in when it keeps pushing the Punk v Drew story and reheats the Punk v Seth story

Perfect timing

Story > The Briefcase. CMPunk screwing Drew and Rollins was EPIC and the RIGHT CHOICE for this angle. LOVED IT!

As a selfish Bostonian, Cena retiring at Fenway Park would be the greatest thing ever

Theres gonna be a multi man match for the international title soon here they been building it

Bron should have squashed Sami like Lesnar did Cena. This should have been Bron’s “arrival”

Things I want to see in the John Cena Retirement Tour: - Cena winning the 17th world title. - Cena having a tag team title reign with Austin Theory. - WarGames Match with Orton and Punk on his team. - 7 match ups I want to see... Cena vs Dirty Dom, Cena vs McIntyre, Cena vs Gunther, Cena vs Kross, Cena v Pete Dunne, Cena vs Breakker, and Cena vs Rhea Ripley! Yup! Cena competing in an intergender match and he can compete as The Peacemaker for all I care 😂

My problem with the Drew cash-in is that it didn’t need Money in the Bank at all. It could’ve been a regular triple threat and accomplished the same exact thing. Also, that’s twice in a row where Damian Priest is the least important part of his own title defense lmao

If that’s the best storyline they could do with MITB just wrap the concept up

Punk vs Mccintire at summer slam is going to be NUCLEAR 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The mens MITB ladder match a sponsored match,because it had the Vought logo on it from The Boys. Maybe it had to be used the night of cause you wouldn’t want the show that is on Prime being advertised via MITB briefcase on the USA network.

To me, a good title reign is one that lasts for at least 3-4 months, with a majority of solid title defenses, and the champion actually making it seem like the belt they hold is really important to them, not some afterthought.

Book that retro raw for a wrestlejuice vid!!

A cash in, success or failure, should always serve a story, don’t give a case to someone just cause you feel you HAVE to have some shock moment the next year, it served the story of Drew being his own worst enemy, he ALWAYS thinks he has the work done before he actually does, gets cocky and then loses. Just like him announcing all along he’d cash in the same night, congrats, you gave Punk his shot well in advance to screw you.

Fellas I've cracked the booking!! The world title scene has probably already been figured out for the next 6 to 12 months so you'd rather have a former world champion fumble the cash-in. Doesn't damage any of the other guys

One of my main issues with WWE these days, for all the praise they get for telling long-term stories, you can so often see the major beats coming from a mile away. Sure, it's better than the nonsensical "swerves for swerves' sake" booking Vince used to do, but while WWE now is consistent, it rarely feels that dramatic to me because you so often just know exactly how things are going to go. Especially now with Triple H's glacial storytelling pace, it becomes very easy to piece things together well before they happen.

Im glad Im not the only one saying the women's MITB was the best MITB in history of the match.

Couple things Steve gets wrong here. Chelsea and Stratton do not occupy the same space. Chelsea is comic relief that isn't at all known for her in ring ability. Stratton has all the wrestling talent in the world. They don't occupy the same space. Second, Sami beating Bron was the right call. Keep this feud going. Bron needs to destroy Sami with a frightening attack on Raw, and then Sami can drop the belt to Bron after he returns from "injury." The belt is a pretty big deal now. You don't just hand it over to Bron.

When I said Drew had the worst MITB cash-in of all time I was still acting emotionally because the PPV had just happened but now that I’ve had some time to process it and think some more… I still 100% think his is the worst. Austin Theory’s cash-in was stupid but it clearly came from Theory getting the briefcase while McMahon was in charge and Triple H not liking the direction his character was going so he tried using a failed cash-in as a character growth moment. Braun Strowman announcing his cash-in ahead of time made sense for his character and although I’ll never defend the choice to end a Hell in a Cell match by no contest, the angle of Brock Lesnar coming out and laying out Reigns and Strowman was at least something new. Drew McIntyre literally said before the match what he was going to do with the briefcase if he won, eliminating the suspense of when someone will choose to cash-in. And anybody who’s been paying attention to WWE at all knew exactly what was going to happen the moment he unhooked that briefcase, that CM Punk was going to cost him his cash-in later that night. The main argument I’ve seen in support of this is that it furthered the feud between Drew McIntyre and CM Punk, which it did not. Instead of using the uniqueness of the briefcase to do tell a new story beat, they instead chose to just retell the same story beat from Clash at the Castle. You could say it further the feud between CM Punk and Seth Rollins, since Punk screwed him out of a title shot too, but then what does that have to do with Drew McIntyre, the man who is actually cashing in? Ultimately this just felt like Triple H didn’t want a briefcase floating around to mess up his longer term plans, so he just used it in the least creative way possible to get it out of the way, all while reaffirming that the stipulation match that the PPV is named after does not matter

Late with my Hot Take: As much as I loved the women’s match, I worry about Stratton. She had a lot of in ring confidence in NXT, but she seems to be have more fear of messing up on a bigger stage. Really hoping I’m proven wrong, but I see moments of hesitation in strings of moves. She’ll improve with time though. She just needs more main roster experience. Just hope fans allow her time to find her groove.

There’s a difference between good stories and good title reigns. Titles are kinda more important because titles have lineage and keep track of history. New fans 20-25 years from now can look through a title’s lineage, find a wrestler, and watch their defenses and matches. The week-to-week stuff is important now, yes. But from a historical standpoint, are we going back to watch 2004 WWE shows to see a champion’s weekly Smackdown or RAW segments, or are we going back to watch their PPV matches? Damian Priest has had that title for 3 months, wasn’t even on one of the PLEs since then, and he hasn’t been the reason for his own wins.

Corbin losing to Jinder wasn't Vince not knowing what to do They were punishing him because he argued with their quack doctor, that tried to downplay concussions.

Gunther has been MIA since winning kotr 😂

I feel like Triple H probably doesn't like doing MITB because it's a vehicle that literally interferes with trying to write long term stories if you always have to factor in this one guy with a free title ticket. Also I'm pretty sure Priest not having any clean wins is the point. They've been saying that on tv. That's his character motivation.

In a way I think this is good, a year without the MITB case for once. We don't have to worry about WWE shoehorning someone into the title picture because they HAVE to use the case.

I liked the faiked cash in, I liked that Tiffany won, I think Priest and Rollins had a pretty good match and I love that Sami finished with just one Helluva Kick, just like I loved when Cody finished AJ Styles at Backlash with only one Cross Rhodes. I hope this becomes more and more common and finishers are really finishers that actually finish the match. That'll be beneficial for WWE because it'll make it more different from the competition.

1. Cena’s Mania match should be against Randy Orton (despite how many times they wrestled, it was never one on one at Mania) 2. His last match should be to tie the World Championship record

It's the best failed cash-in WWE has ever done. But I do think a good holder was necessary in rebuilding the prestige of the MITB.

I think Tiffany winning tells a similar story to the Naomi/Bayley storyline that could’ve happened. But on a grander scale. If Naomi wins, the potential drama between her and Bayley would be great. However, that would probably lead to a Heal Turn from one or the other and it doesn’t seem like their current presentation/character would suit that turn. With Tiffy winning and Nia winning the title at SS, the potential cash in during the lead up to WM can lead to her Baby Face turn that’s been gaining traction since Elimination Chamber. I don’t think WWE were expecting her to be so over with International Crowds. I do think they need to do a better job with Naomi. Hopefully we see a Midcard Championship introduction and fued between her and the likes of Chelsea Green etc

It will be interesting how they get jey back invovled with the bloodline storyline

Cena will be Gunther on the first episode of Raw on Netflix.

Damian = Señor Botchamania

I'd like to see MITB in the future alternate between men and women year on year. Having two short MITB reigns in a year kills the gimmick, but having two long MITB reigns ends up with the same storyline.

Seth and Drew were the 2 ppl that called out Punk before he came back to WWE. When he came back both of them showed there animosity towards Punk. The results is long term booking and Punks revenge on Seth and Drew. Bad Blood = Drew vs Punk vs Seth 🔥🔥🔥

I would like see someone cash in at say wrestliemain or summerslam press conference.

Personally, we're due for a big cash in like Rollins or Ziggler. The feeling that he wasted it would be way less prevalent if people had reason to pop for Priest's cash in.

I just wanted to say I am tired of the wrestling Internet community not realizing how niche we are in reality there is no booking situation that we cannot conceive on this here Internet when it comes to professional wrestling no matter what they had booked somewhere somehow on Reddit/ Twitter wherever someone would’ve put forward a theory and figured out what they were planning so to say they could’ve executed this differently and given us more twists and turns or surprises is the perfect example of why we are called fickle and why McMahon refused to give us what we wanted for so long. 😂 The wrestling community that’s online is to then we know all the tricks we know all of the backstage stories we know all of the rumors and we actively seek them out so we make it impossible for them to surprise us and then when the story plays out just the way we’ve investigated until we found out it’s going to play out we are upset because we weren’t surprised🤣🤣🤦🏽‍♀️ there is no one on the roster that they are going to put into a world title picture who could have held the money in the bank briefcase that’s why they used it as a tool in a story instead of on its own I don’t understand how people don’t understand that very simple concept 🤷🏽‍♀️

1. Agree. 2 feuds for 1 cash in 2. Agree. Bron should have not won, gotta make his call up beans, good first feud tho. 3. Agree. Jey is on a rocket without the title 4. False. 6 mans are cool, have been cool, and will be cool with the right participants and motives. 4a. The fans love SZ.

I feel like they want Sami to win because Gunther was so dominant that if the guy that took his belt didn’t look even half as strong as Gunther then it might make Gunther reign weaker. So by having Sami win all the time it makes him seem more worthy that he defeated Gunther

I personally enjoyed the show. Of course it was stumbles along the way but I’ve learned to appreciate that it comes with the gig. I do think they could have did the cash in different AT FIRST but soon as Seth came around that corner, no words needed to be said.

"The longer Sami Zayn holds the title the more fans will treat him like Cena". He's only held it 3 months. I like Bron but he looked pretty green in the match, his time will come

People forget Damien had the briefcase for a good year. Do we really need another year of drew holding it

Just remember Austin theory cashed in on a open challenge

Bring back Ryba- no don't do that💀💀💀

Cena winning the world heavyweight championship will elevate the title's status as it will be considered as the one which broke the all time record and Cena will give it more credibility.

Ah, rasslin social media: The Final Frontier Of Fandumb. Drew being screwed was the only call to make. Punk isn't a babyface. We're meant to sympathize with Drew. Besides, they're telling the Punk/Elite story that was left unfinished, but in WWE style. MITB is what it's always been - a plot device, just like the Hell in a Cell that Punk and Drew will likely fight in at Bad Blood, signaling the winner as top contender. Geez, they could realistically book a Scramble match or Fatal 4-way at SummerSlam for the championship instead. And I don't think Gunther is necessarily a shoe-in to even win it all right now. It's not necessary. Another thing that's obvious: Priest's sole purpose is to defeat Balor clean. Then, he can lose to anyone.

I like what they did with the Mens Briefcase. We have not long ago had Priest hold that thing for a long, long time. Give the gimmick some time off. That and like others have said, the way it was done furthers two feuds really well. Another option though could have been give it to Jey, have Solo win at Summerslam, Roman comes out and beats the shit out of him, Jey cashes in on Solo.

With all due respect I’m glad Gallus didn’t show up

I'm honestly burnt out on Drew getting screwed over and over

When did Danhausen Curse Drew McIntyre. Seems like he can’t be anywhere near the MITB contract without something going wrong.

Triple H apologists in tears

Priest might have beef with Punk too. He wouldn’t be champion without him.

my hot take: i liked bron breakkers "old" theme, the on from nxt sucked big time, the new one was fast and intense, just wished he would run into the ring do some rope runs etc. the "new" new one from mitb is a good song but lacks the intensity.

Your opinion on Knight is wild

What’s with everyone saying Orton should be Cena’s last match? It should be one last Punk match

Damien Priest not winning clean and cheapening his reign is the point. That is on purpose .

I just realised Drew holds a record for one of the fastest cash ins and not be succesful. Everyone else who cashed in on the same night always got a victory. Kane, Liv Morgan, Dean Ambrose all had victories.

Drew and cm punk have the best Is program going on right now in wrestling . The failed cash in has made it even better!

Best failed cash in ever.

I lean more on the side the didn't like how they handled Drew cashing in, but I would not say it was the worst cash in ever. Austin Theory, Baron Corbin, Braun Strowman, Damien Sandow, John Cena, the Miz in 2021. I would argue all or most of those were far more egregious. I don't think I'd even put Drew's in the top 5 worst.

Hot take: Solo is taller than Steve

Really are we really going to talk about the same guy Sami that beat Gunther at Wrestlemania

I think people are overreacting on Bron losing to Sami. Bron is new to the main roster and he lost to Sami Zayn, a man who is a well established wrestler on the main roster. A man who has experience as an underdog and overcoming the odds so its fine that Sami got the win. Plus lets be real, there have been mutliple instances of people thinking the "wrong person won" in the Triple H era and it working out for the best with the loser ending up in a more interesting position (recent example being Chad Gable). So all I can say with Bron is to let it play out

Women ladder match was great

Drew should bring back Jinder as an ally

Fucking hated that Drew cash in. As soon as Drew’s music hit I knew Punk was going to screw him. They wasted MITB for a story that already has enough heat behind it. Drew has now been screwed out of the World Title THREE times in three months as well as the Backlash France number one contendership. It’s ridiculous and shit at this point. Drew should just absolutely squash Punk at SummerSlam. Just once it would have been nice to have both MITB holders have their briefcases until after SummerSlam. A much better use for MITB would have been Ilja winning that qualifying match, winning the briefcase and then announcing his cash in at SummerSlam for Bash in Berlin.

HOT TAKE Turn Cena heel on in his last match to win his 17th and final world championship.

No one else in the match is likely to win the world title within the next year. Having a failed cash in would be worse than not winning at all.