Original Plans for First Failed WWE Money in the Bank Cash-In Revealed

The Miz just dropped a bombshell about his first Money in the Bank victory and how close he came to making history for all the wrong reasons.

Speaking on the Unlikely podcast, the former WWE Champion revealed that the original plan was for him to be the first-ever Superstar to fail a Money in the Bank cash-in. According to The Miz, WWE creative saw him as the perfect person to make the briefcase’s first failure memorable because it fit his character at the time.

“I was the guy that was going to cash in and lose. That was just my trajectory, the first time, the first person to ever cash in and lose,” The Miz explained. “That’s something that The Miz would do, that is that character, that is what would happen.”

However, everything changed at the last minute. The Miz revealed that on the day of his scheduled cash-in, he was told his career-defining moment was about to happen.

“That day I walked in, I remember sitting down and hearing, ‘You’re going over tonight.’ ‘Wait what?’ ‘You’re winning the WWE Championship.’ And by the way, this is close, not close, but close enough to WrestleMania,” he recalled.

The Miz went on to successfully cash in his Money in the Bank contract on Randy Orton during the November 22, 2010 episode of Monday Night Raw, securing his first WWE Championship. He remembered the moment as surreal but also tried to hold back his emotions in front of the crowd.

“I remember cashing in. I remember going out, and I remember going up against Randy Orton and beating Randy Orton, and I remember just all the emotions that fulfill you,” he said. “I remember tears kind of, but I was like, ‘Nah, I can’t let tears out because I’m a man and I’m a WWE Champion, and I can’t be crying.’ But it was a cool, surreal moment that you can’t explain.”

Instead of becoming WWE’s first failed Money in the Bank cash-in, The Miz launched a reign that included defeating John Cena in the main event of WrestleMania 27. The unfortunate honor of being the first to fail a cash-in would later go to Damien Sandow in 2013.

Hearing The Miz reveal how close WWE came to flipping the script on his career shows just how unpredictable wrestling can be.

Do you think WWE made the right call letting The Miz win the title that night—or should they have gone forward with their original plan? Drop your thoughts below and tell us what you think about this alternate history.