Money in the Bank (2015)

Money in the Bank (2015)

Promotional poster featuring Dean Ambrose
Theme
song(s)		 "Money in the Bank" by Jim Johnston
Information
Promotion WWE
Sponsor(s) Kool-Aid
Date June 14, 2015
Attendance 15,277[1]
Venue Nationwide Arena
City Columbus, Ohio
WWE Network event chronology

Elimination Chamber (2015) Money in the Bank (2015) The Beast in the East
Money in the Bank chronology

Money in the Bank (2014) Money in the Bank (2015) Money in the Bank (2016)

Money in the Bank (2015) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on June 14, 2015 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.[2] It was the sixth event under the Money in the Bank chronology. This was the first WWE pay-per-view event held in Columbus since 2004's Bad Blood. Money in the Bank was available for free to new subscribers on WWE's monthly subscription service, the WWE Network in over 140 countries.[3][4][5]

Six matches were contested at the event, with one match contested on the pre-show. The titular ladder match for the Money in the Bank contract was won by Sheamus. The main event saw Seth Rollins retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in a ladder match against Dean Ambrose. The event had 57,000 buys (excluding WWE Network views), down from the previous year's 122,000 buys.[6]

Production

Background

WWE's Money in the Bank pay-per-view events feature their own variant of ladder matches, where multiple wrestlers use ladders to retrieve a briefcase hanging above the ring. The respective winner was guaranteed a match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at a time of their choosing within the next year.[7] It was the first annual of Money in the Bank event where John Cena was not involved in one of the show's main event.[8][9][10][11]

Storylines

Money in the Bank featured professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines that played out on WWE's primary television programs, Raw, SmackDown and NXT. Wrestlers portrayed heroes or villains as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[12][13] The ongoing storylines in WWE's weekly television programs provided the background to the 2015 event, which continued the storylines from the previous event in WWE's 2015 pay-per-view schedule,[14][15] Elimination Chamber.[16]

At Elimination Chamber, Kevin Owens defeated John Cena. Later in the event, it was announced that Cena would face Owens at the Money in the Bank.[17]

As is tradition at this event, the Money in the Bank ladder match will be held where the winner wins a contract for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at any time within the next year. At Elimination Chamber, it was announced that Dolph Ziggler, Neville, Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, Kofi Kingston and Sheamus were added to the match.[17] On the June 4th episode of SmackDown, Kane announced his participation in the match.[18]

At Elimination Chamber, Dean Ambrose defeated WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins by disqualification. After the match, Ambrose took the title belt.[17] On the June 1st episode of Raw, Roman Reigns announced that Ambrose wanted a rematch for the title in a ladder match at Money in the Bank, which Rollins accepted.[19]

On the June 4th episode of SmackDown, The Prime Time Players defeated The Ascension and The Lucha Dragons in a triple threat tag team match to become the #1 contenders to face The New Day for the WWE Tag Team Championship at the event.[18]

At Elimination Chamber, Ryback captured the vacant Intercontinental Championship in an Elimination Chamber match.[17] On the June 1 episode of Raw, before Ryback was scheduled to defend the title against The Miz, Big Show attacked Miz and confronted Ryback.[19] On June 8, it was announced on WWE.com that Ryback would defend the title against Big Show at the event.

On the June 1 episode of Raw, Nikki Bella retained the Divas Championship against Paige after Brie Bella switched with Nikki during the match and pinned Paige.[19] On June 8, it was announced on WWE.com that Nikki would defend the title against Paige at the event.

At Elimination Chamber, R-Truth eliminated King Barrett during the Elimination Chamber match for the Intercontinental Championship.[17] On the June 8 episode of Raw, it was announced that Truth would face Barrett on the preshow.[20]

Event

Pre-show

On the pre-show, R-Truth defeated King Barrett with a crucifix followed by a pin.

Main card

The first match on the main card was the Money in the Bank ladder match which featured Roman Reigns, Sheamus, Randy Orton, Dolph Ziggler (with Lana), Neville, Kofi Kingston and Kane. Near the climax of the match, it seemed as Reigns was climbing the ladder until Bray Wyatt emerged and attacked him preventing him from retrieving the briefcase. The end of the match saw Sheamus throwing Neville off the ladder and retrieving the briefcase thus winning the match.

The second of the night was Nikki Bella defending the WWE Divas Championship against Paige. Halfway through the match, Paige executed a Ram-Paige but secured a two count only. As the referee was focusing on Paige, Nikki then switched places with her sister Brie (who was hiding under the ring) for "Twin Magic". Paige secured a roll-up victory for the win. A surprised Paige thought she had won until Brie revealed her face to the referee. The match continued and Nikki executed a Rack Attack on Paige to retain her title.

The third match was Ryback defending the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Big Show. The Miz was on commentary for this match and became a focal point. Near the end of the match, Show executed a Knockout Punch on Ryback who rolled out the ring. As Show rolled Ryback in for the pin, Miz attacked Show causing a disqualification.

The fourth match was a rematch between NXT Champion Kevin Owens and WWE United States Champion John Cena. This was a vicious back and forth which saw a lot of counters and finishers. Owens mocked Cena with his "You Can't See Me" gesture, but Cena responded with the same move to capitalize Owens. Owens executed a Pop-up Powerbomb for a two while Cena responded with an Attitude Adjustment (AA) for a two count. Cena executed another AA for another two count. Cena also managed to execute Owens own Pop-up Bomb on him but only secured a two count. In disbelief, Cena eventually executed a third AA for the decisive pin. After the match, Owens powerbombed Cena on the ring apron and walked off.

The fifth match was The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) defending the WWE Tag Team Championship against The Prime Time Players (Titus O'Neil and Darren Young). Young won the match for his team by pinning Woods and winning the Tag Titles for the first time.

Main event

The main event was Seth Rollins defending the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Dean Ambrose in a Ladder match. Ambrose executed Dirty Deeds on Rollins on the Spanish announcers' table but it did not break. The climax saw both Ambrose and Rollins jostle atop the ladders for the championship. The championship was accidentally unhooked and as Rollins and Ambrose came crashing down, It was Rollins who reclaimed the title thereby winning the match and the title from Ambrose.

Aftermath

After retaining the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, Seth Rollins celebrated the following nights episode of Raw by renaming it "Monday Night Rollins" before being interrupted and attacked by Dean Ambrose, forcing Rollins to retreat. Ambrose then sat on a steel chair in the ring waiting for Rollins to return but instead ended up facing Sheamus which he defeated thanks to a distraction by Randy Orton. Orton attacked Sheamus after the match leading to a feud between the two headed into both Battleground and SummerSlam. Later that night Triple H revealed Seth Rollins next challenger for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Battleground, Brock Lesnar, returning from suspension and his rematch clause for the title accepted by The Authority. At Battleground The Undertaker returned and attacked Lesnar, beating Rollins by disqualification but cost Lesnar his chance to win the title back.

After feeling humiliated following his loss to John Cena, Kevin Owens challenged Cena to a match for the WWE United States Championship at Battleground, which Cena accepted on the June 22 Raw. At The Beast in the East, Owens lost the NXT Championship to Finn Bálor. At Battleground, Cena retained the United States Championship to end their feud.

After the WWE Intercontinental Championship match ended in disqualification. A triple threat match between Ryback, Big Show and The Miz for the Intercontinental championship was scheduled to take place at Battleground. However Ryback suffered a Staph Infection on his right knee causing the match to be cancelled. Ryback would later recover and the match was rescheduled for SummerSlam where Ryback would retain his title after pinning The Miz.

On the July 13 episode of Raw Stephanie McMahon confronted Team Bella with Paige and began a "Divas revolution" in the Divas division by introducing NXT Women superstars Charlotte, Becky Lynch and NXT Women's champion Sasha Banks into the roster, where McMahon had Charlotte and Lynch team with Paige to become Team PCB and Sasha Banks team with Naomi and Tamina to become Team B.A.D. The two teams then brawled with Team Bella. At Battleground Charlotte representing Team PCB defeated Brie Bella of Team Bella and Sasha Banks of Team B.A.D in a Triple Threat Match.

Money in the Bank contract winner Sheamus made cash-in attempts on Seth Rollins for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match but where denied on two occasions, first by Randy Orton as payback for costing him a title match by Disqualification against Rollins on August 10 episode of Raw and the second by Kane after Rollins retained his title against Sting at Night of Champions. Sheamus would eventually cash-in his contract on Roman Reigns after the latter won the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Survivor Series and pinned him to win the title.

Results

No. Results Stipulations Times[21][22]
1P R-Truth defeated King Barrett Singles match[23] 5:41
2 Sheamus defeated Dolph Ziggler, Neville, Kofi Kingston, Kane, Roman Reigns and Randy Orton Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match contract[24] 20:50
3 Nikki Bella (c) defeated Paige Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship[25] 11:18
4 Big Show defeated Ryback (c) by disqualification Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship[26] 5:28
5 John Cena defeated Kevin Owens Singles match[27] 19:15
6 The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) defeated The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) (c) Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship[28] 5:48
7 Seth Rollins (c) defeated Dean Ambrose Ladder match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship[29] 35:40
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • P – indicates the match took place on the pre-show

See also

References

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