It’s Money In The Bank time! The ladies set the bar and now it’s up to the gents to try and beat it. Samoa Joe is out first and Chicago are fans. Aiden English comes out wearing a jacket made of the Chicago flag and the fans love it. Graves calls him “Chicago’s favourite son”, a moniker CM Punk went by – Graves also threw shade at Punk over Twitter during his UFC fight last Saturday.
Money In The Bank Ladder Match
Kevin Owens Vs. Braun Strowman, Vs. The Miz Vs. Finn Balor Vs. Samoa Joe Vs. Bobby Roode Vs. Rusev Vs. Kofi Kingston
The bell rings and everyone goes after Strowman at once, rushing him in the corner. The Monster Among Men fights his way out of the corner and knocks Miz and Roode across the ring. He leaves the ring and grabs a ladder and brings it into the ring. Several Superstars attack Braun with ladders, sending him up the ramp. They bury him on the stage under all the nearby ladders. Miz sneaks a ladder into the ring and starts climbing while all of this is happening. Samoa Joe catches him in time and knocks the ladder over.
Kofi knocks Miz down, then lays a ladder on top of him and hits the Boom Drop. KO superkicks Kingston and starts climbing the ladder. Balor meets him on top and they knock each other down. They end up outside the ring and Owens puts Balor on the announce table. He grabs a huge ladder ans starts climbing. Ownes abandons his plans when Rusev tries to climb the ladder inside the ring. The Bulgarian Brute grabs Owens and hits a fallaway slam onto a ladder. Joe clocks Rusev with a kick in the corner before Kofi takes out Joe with a springboard chop.
Kofi climbs to the top rope and hits a dive on everyone at ringside but they end up catching him. Balor then hits his own dive and floors everyone. Balor tries to grab a ladder from the stage, but Braun holds onto it and the monster is reborn. Braun rams the ladder into Finn’s gut, then runs Kingston over on his way to the ring, but then Joe nails him with a suicide dive. KO hits a superkick and Rusev takes him down with the Machka Kick. They drag Braun back up the ramp and beat on him. Joe tries to choke him out and Owens his a superkick, then they get Braun on a table and Owens climbs up the biggest ladder on the stage. Strowman fights everyone off and sees KO on top of the ladder. He climbs up with him, catches him halfway, and drags him to the top. He tosses Owens off the ladder through a few tables near fifteen feet below!
After a minute of breathing, Braun makes his way back to the stage and towards the ring. Braun runs through a ladder Roode and Balor are holding and breaks it in half. In a great moment, the camera pans to The Miz standing by a ladder lone in the ring and he can’t believe what he just saw Braun do. Miz flees. Braun is out of the ring again and Balor knocks him flying into the timekeeper’s area with a running dropkick. Joe takes out Finn before Rusev sends him over the top rope. Kofi gets turned inside out with a Machka Kick as the Bulgarian gains momentum. Rusev manages to get Miz, Kofi and Roode into the Accolade at the same time before Joe puts him in the Coquina Clutch. The crowd loved that moment. Rusev clears the ring and starts climbing. Miz pulls the ladder down and Rusev crashes to the mat. The A-Lister begins his climb and gets his hands on the case. Kofi climbs up and tries to take him out. They fight over the case until Roode tips over the ladder.
Miz rolls from the ring and Roode is down and out. Balor climbs up the huge ladder on the outside, the one Owens wanted to use on him, and hits Roode with the Coup de Grace! Strowman prevents Finn from climbing the ladder. The Monster Among Men starts beating on everyone and starts to climb the ladder. Kofi gets on Braun’s shoulders as he climbs, and Balor joins on the other side of the ladder. Braun knocks Kofi, then Finn down to the mat before grabbing the briefcase!
Winner: Braun Strowman
“Monster In The Bank” shouted Michael Cole as Strowman grabbed the briefcase. This is an interesting way to go with the briefcase. We see replays of the match as Strowman celebrates. Lesnar now has a pretty damn big shadow looming over him.
That’s it for Money In The Bank 2018! Let us know what you thought of the show and the winners. See you here tomorrow night for Monday Night Raw! Until then, safe travels.
