Published July 5, 2023, 10:20 p.m. by Liam Bradley
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it's that time of year again my friends
when Legends are made heroes are born
and the women of WWE are given a
depressing 10 minutes to enjoy their
shiny new briefcase so while we wait to
see who earns the title of Mr or Miss
money in the bank at this year's London
ple let's have a bit of fun ranking the
prior 28 winners from worst to best
because I am Gareth here from what
culture wrestling and here is every WWE
Money in the Bank winner ranked worst or
best number 28
Otis time with the contract 168 days
count the terrible things attached to
Otis's curse time as Mr Money in the
Bank 2020 cinematic money in the bank
variant was a riseable and artless
failure much like Otis's run itself when
the creative team just lost all interest
in it and rest in peace to all heavy
machinery too they are gone but not
forgotten after several months of barely
any teasing or direction whatsoever the
future are for Academy man lost his best
friend and his briefcase in a match with
the Miz and there's been nowhere near
singles Glory ever since number 27 Mr
Kennedy time with the contract 36 Days
dumb luck and the dumb company conspired
against her Mr Kennedy who had said that
he was gonna cash in his Money in the
Bank briefcase a whole year down the
line at WrestleMania 24 after winning it
at WrestleMania 23. smartly thinking of
the why as well as the how and when Mr
Kennedy wanted the Grande stage of them
all to be the site but the whole thing
kind of fell to Pieces after Mr Kennedy
had a triceps injury which was then
misdiagnosed as a tear 24 hours after
the case was hot shotted onto end so he
could go and cash it in on the
Undertaker and walk away with the big
gold belt Kennedy was told by a doctor
that the nine months he was supposed to
be out on the Shelf was gonna be more
like five or six weeks what a
heartbreaker number 26 Austin Theory
time with the contract 129 days a test
from Triple H of exactly how much of a
loser you can make somebody before then
building them back up and then trying to
frame them as the biggest success story
of the Year Austin Theory getting
humiliated over and over and over again
was pretty much the theme of summer
2022. in fact things got so bad that he
stooped to a level nobody had gone to
before that being cashing in his
valuable briefcase to be concussion on a
world championship of his choosing at
any point on amid card belt oh yeah and
he failed that cash in too half a year
an eventual us title win and the win
over John Cena later and the jury is
still out on whether this breaking down
building up story has been a success or
not number 25 Baron Corbin time with the
contract 58 days in one of those
situations where the Lone Wolf had
become an inconvenience to Vincent man's
beleaguered creative team rather than a
problem to solve WWE just sent him out
there in 2017 to get distracted by John
Cena and then rolled up by WWE Champion
Jinder Mahal and oh yes this guy failed
again Corbin was supposed to be so
angered by this John Cena interference
that he would not be able to contend
himself when the two battled at
SummerSlam not too further down the line
number 24 Braun strowman time with the
contract 70 days a baby face who was
also a bully in his Feud with Kevin
Owens at the time Braun strowman still
came away popular enough to be perceived
as the guy when it came to cashing in
his Money in the Bank briefcase against
the then new Universal Champion Roman
Reigns after he just won the belt
against Brock Lesnar the night before
unfortunately for Stroman though the
even more popular shield brothers
gathered around Mr Roman Reigns to make
that match go to a no contest this then
forced a rather awkward Hilton and a
second attempt to cash in that briefcase
at Hell in a Cell and we all know how
that ended in the definitive Feud Ender
the match went to another no contest yay
number 23 Damien Sandow time with the
contract 106 days now Damien Sandow's
customized Money in the Bank briefcase
was pretty cool let's be honest but as
the man who benefited from Vince McMahon
having a change of heart when it comes
to Cody Rhodes for their second year in
a row he was never really thought of as
a viable Champion down the line so after
Sundown and roads feuded over the case
for a while in the aftermath the
intellectual savior of the masses was
proven to be a fraud when he was girded
into a match with the fresh-ish John
Cena not too long after that Feud and on
a random October 2013 edition of Monday
Night Raw he became the second ever
person to fail to cash in said briefcase
and who was the first number 22 John
Cena time with the contract eight days
the last of the losers but at least an
honorable one John Cena's Money in the
Bank Victory felt about as wacky as the
memes that were all born in the wake of
him winning and pulling all those weird
faces typical of the champ he gave Mr CM
Punker weeks notice before cashing in
but their raw 1000 encounter did not get
a finish as this was right in the middle
of John Cena's bad year Arc and the chip
magnet then pivoted towards being a heel
as he set himself up with a few with Mr
gray one himself The Rock number 21
Alberto Del Rio time of the contract 28
days CM Punk unwittingly celebrated an
ill-gotten gain Kevin Nash texted
himself to stick the winner the summer
of punk revealed itself to be a complete
and total fraud and Alberto Del Rio
turned out to be the beneficiary never
feeling like anything other than a spare
part amongst everybody else at the top
of the car at the time he kept the title
warm until CM Punk was done playing
where political war games with the game
over the summer and was ready to take
back his baby number 20 Sheamus time
with the contract 161 days after Seth
Rollins was injured in October 2015 the
road ahead looked clear for the big dog
a woof woof but there would have he saw
a hot shot run in a WrestleMania main
event as the real move in Step Sheamus
who broke Roman Reigns's heart post
Survivor Series tournament with a cash
in there and inadvertently caused the
top baby face at the time to become
little more than a confetti strewn Meme
and do you fondly remember anything
about shaymi's run with the belt after
that no no you don't because nobody
remembers anything about it apart from
his weird haircut number 19 Nikki Ash
time with the contract one day one night
case and cashed it in within 24 hours
like pretty much every other woman on
this list apart from Carmella and was
bang out of luck again 33 days later
furthermore Charlotte Flair the woman
she cashed the damn thing in on was the
one to ultimately win it back Nikki Ash
gained this system with her superhero
character change before remembering that
to the system itself her career was the
game number 18 Jack Swagger time of the
contract five days Jack Swagger's Money
in the Bank cash in is probably the
greatest of all time if your name is
Jake Hager because when you look back at
it it kind of brought in closer to Chris
Jericho Jack Swagger had barely just
finished unhooking the briefcase at
WrestleMania 26 before that next week's
edition of SmackDown had started and
Chris Jericho who was rather injured at
the time was easy prey winning of course
cursed his earnestly dumb character he
was asked to play Everything incredibly
seriously and he couldn't quite pull it
off at the time but the powerful mate
that he made at the time ensured that
he'd stay employed a decade later so
that's a winning my book number 17 Liv
Morgan time with the contract two hours
yet another case of trying to take
advantage of the heat at its theoretical
Peak and justifying stumping an L on
Ronda Rousey's head with Morgan's
cashing generated a monster Pop on the
night and felt like a just reward really
for a performer who managed to
organically build up a bit of momentum
heading into the event ours has been the
case time and time again though little
thought was really given as to what to
do once you know won the thing the cash
in tata with a paper Champion brush I'm
listless booking in rematches with the
baddest woman on the planet didn't
really help her cause either number 16.
Alexa Bliss time at the contract 172
minutes another cash in on a battle worn
Ronda Rousey technically Alexa bliss's
mid-match attack on the baddest woman on
the planet and then raw Women's Champion
Nia Jax played up to her heel smarts
Bliss had already lost Two Jacks and she
was openly rather scared about having to
clash with Ronda Rousey too so she
decked them both with a briefcase and
won the match Godless a payoff to Rousey
Jacks this also set the stage for
another rivalry for Rousey coming out of
the event Bliss was then royally
squashed by Rousey at SummerSlam in a
convincingly one-sided battle number 15
bayley timer the contract 85 minutes and
tumultuous behind the scenes spell for
the hoga came to an end in Grand fashion
at 2019's money in the bank in a true
bit of fan service Becky Lynch had
already lost one of her Becky two belts
two Charlotte Flair on that very same
night but bayley's victory in the opener
freed up a cash in for later on in the
event the queen thus wasn't permitted to
get back on the throne on the start of
two lengthy spells Atop The Blue
Mountain for the role model began in
Earnest number 14 Daniel Bryan time with
the contract 154 days just about every
single daughter that Daniel Bryan has
ever made he himself earned no matter
what WWE tell you naturally that extends
to his money in the bank cash in two
which began their heel turn that
revitalized his character in general and
a catchphrase that defined his
inexorable return to the Babyface ranks
after defying the odds with victory in
2011 Brian initially opted to do a
Kennedy and say that he was going to
wait all the way into WrestleMania to
cash in his briefcase going back on said
promise at December's TRC pay-per-view
was step one on the road to changing
allegiances lifting this stuff for
grandizing yes gesture from Diego
Sanchez was step two the galvanizing
response to his 18 second loss at
WrestleMania was shaped around this
moment initially Sublime is a ratty
villain he was already too fun to hate
at this point number 13 Randy Orton time
with the contract 35 days Randy Orton's
money in the bank win was much like his
cash in itself it was all pretty much
overshadowed by somebody else's story in
2013 titular Main Event his victory was
overshadowed by Paul heyman's vicious
and violent heel turn on CM Punk at
SummerSlam when he cashed in on Daniel
Bryan and revealed a new heel alliance
with Triple H the crowd were deep in
love with the Brian were not fans of the
new wave of adversity had to overcome
now he'd just beaten John be Cena the
Viper as he did Diamond time again over
the years he was just pretty much
serving a purpose here hell of a moment
though number 12 Dean Ambrose time of
the contract 57 minutes picking his spot
an hour after claiming their Contracting
their titular Ladder Match The Lunatic
Fringe barely gave his former brother
Seth Rollins and his arm at all to
celebrate his second ever WWE
Championship win before he himself was
ending it the cushion itself allowed for
a great piece of lore when it comes to
the hounds of Justice by the end of
money in the bank 2016 all three men had
been WWE Championship at one point or
another that is pretty damn impressive
number 11 ask her time with the contract
One Day 2020 was rarely not terrible
wasn't it there were three talents were
in a pretty unenviable position Oscar
though was one of the rule-proving
exceptions throughout and was rewarded
with more than just a briefcase win
after climbing the corporate ladder and
claiming what she thought was a chance
to cash in any other point she fans in
there it was revealed on Raw that she in
fact was the new champion because Becky
Lynch was about to go off another baby
the Empress of tomorrow was herself was
kept in the dark before the actual
reveal happened on the night resulting
in one of the few bright lights in an
otherwise pitch black period number 10
Big E time of the contract 57 days
people were thrilled to see biggie win
their contract back in 2021 and all that
that promised but the cash in itself has
become more about surprise moments for
scheming heels and uncharacteristically
opportunistic baby faces and the new day
man didn't really fit either of those
profiles did he WWE worked around it to
a certain extent but they mean they're
really worried really biggie tweeted
that he would be cashing in just hours
before Monday Night Raw went ahead that
night and then picked his spot after an
injured Bobby Lashley who just defended
his WWE Championship to become the new
WWE champ far from squeaky clean but the
audience received it as such anyway
because we love this man number 9 Kane
time with the contract 49 minutes right
this eye because he was the first person
to really take advantage of a very
obvious opportunity not because it was
the most gratifying Kane's obliteration
of a beaten down Rey Mysterio at the
inaugural money in the the Bank
pay-per-view in 2010 was fine it was a
fine twist it shocked us all yay big
scary red monster this strategy worked
to treat for him and it would be
whenever they needed just a cheap easy
pop on the night and was thus stolen by
several of the aforementioned winners
number eight Rob Van Damme time with the
contract 70 days the first winner to
call his shot Rob Van Damme at a very
different way of doing things than Edge
when he procured his golden ticket at
WrestleMania 22 spying ecw's one-night
stand and incoming relaunch on the
horizon RBD boldly inserted himself as a
headliner for both when he called out
John Cena for the big old show and what
do you know Van Damme was rewarded for
his Gale The Clash was a minor classic
and RVD became the first ever WWE slash
ECW World Heavyweight Champion number
seven Brock Lesnar signed with the
contract 56 days you know what time it
is it's Brock party time baby
oh the Beast was just having a great
time wasn't when he won this thing back
in 2018 and completely surprised
everybody on the night in the arena and
in the match itself and then what did he
do when he came out on Raw he turned it
he turned the briefcase into a Boombox
and started dancing started dancing in
front of Koka Kingston Seth Rollins made
a mockery out of it but we loved it it
was hilarious it was stupid it was great
rock out his eyes on Seth Rollins and by
that point Rollins was in need of a bit
of a change because his his run his
first run with that belt had gone a bit
flat and losing his belt and then
winning it back against Brock Lesnar in
the monster comb actually he did him a
world of good and Seth Rollins became
this Babyface character that was adored
for years to come and he definitely did
not wrestle a demon clown instead of a
red cage and people booed him and it was
horrendous and I still have nightmares
what were you talking about Brock party
oh yeah a black party black party number
six The Miz time with the contract 127
days and time with the contract two 119
days one only need to tune into one
episode of Monday Night Raw to hear of
all the achievements Miss system is has
amassed over his absolutely ridiculous
15 plus year tenure with WWE put both of
his money in the bank wins were actually
uniquely successful for the a-lister is
2010 2011 WWE Championship run may have
fizzled because he was like the third
wheel in the John Cena Rock thing that
was going on but he was absolutely
considered a heel worth gambling on when
he first dethroned Randy Orton before
that a decade later he'd graduated to
the level of safe Pair of Hands and took
the case remotes to serve as a
charmingly pathetic transitional
Champion between Drew McIntyre and Bobby
Lashley On The Road to WrestleMania 37
number 5. Carmella time of the contract
287 days the only female winner as of
recording to hold this briefcase for
longer than 24 hours Carmella also holds
the honor of being the person to wait
the absolute longest before cashing in
after snaring the prize twice thanks to
the first ever women's Marine in the
Bank ladder match being hijacked by
James Ellsworth the princess of Statin
Island targeted a certain Queen no not
that one but that would have been very
very interesting after waiting the
better part of a year for her moment she
sees the opportunity to beat Charlotte
Flair for the smackdown Women's
Championship after she'd just been
attacked by the debuting iconics ah what
a time to be alive number four Dolph
Ziggler time with the contract to 267
days immediately going down as one of
the loudest reactions in WWE history the
show-off's big moment turned out to be a
career high rather than the start of a
greater Ascension on the raw after
WrestleMania 29. he'd lost the World
Heavyweight Championship never to regain
it again within two months but there
weren't too many spots from the 2010s to
stand proud as WB moments quite as
effectively as this one number three
Seth Rollins time of the contract 273
days having broken up the shield just
under a year earlier Seth Rollins then
went and broke Roman Reigns's heart in
his big dark clash with Brock Lesnar at
WrestleMania 31. now do it to be had
waited nearly a decade to pull off this
particular stunt was rather impressive
and in the the end the architect's Heist
of this century was more than worth the
wait number two CM Punk time with the
contract 92 days time with the contract
number two 63 days the second man to win
the Money in the Bank briefcase not once
but twice CM Punk's glittering history
with WWE's golden ticket produced two
incredible caches even if the first one
was something of a false Dawn claiming
Edge's World Heavyweight Championship as
that guy threatened to take it to
SmackDown even though it was a raw belt
at that time Punk was sadly unable to
ascend and made events proper as a
Babyface Fighting Champion it'd all be
different when he repeated the trick a
year later though after cashing in on
Jeff Hardy following an extremely brutal
extreme rules match with that man again
Edge Mr Punk like the smell of his farts
a bit too much didn't he if fed a heel
turn that was crucial to the character's
growth at the time and a program that
confirmed both men as Bonafide draws of
the time number one Edge time of the
contract 280 days time with the contract
number two four days tank in his own
Intercontinental Championship match with
Ric Flair earlier in the night at New
Year's Revolution 2006. Edge
intelligently kept himself fresh and
waited to see who would be the Victor in
the Night Main Events Elimination
Chamber match John Cena was of course
that winner but bloodied and battered he
was Easy Pickins for the Reddit are
Superstar and a year later he was back
on his BS wasn't he defeating an injured
Mr Kennedy for his briefcase on the 7th
of May edition of maninara he took the
contract to the very next Smackdown and
then cashed it in on an Undertaker who'd
just been through a war with Batista
inside of a steel cage and then been
decimated by Mark Henry himself nobody
did it better than the ultimate
opportunist and maybe nobody ever will
and that has been our list do you agree
with our money in the bank winner
rankings probably not so let me know
what yours are in the comments section
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