IWE Money in the Bank (2021)
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Revision as of 02:59, 3 July 2021
| Money in the Bank (2021) | ||
| Promotion | IWE | |
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | |
| Date | May 16, 2021 | |
| City | Tampa, Florida | |
| Venue | Yuengling Center | |
| Attendance | 0 (behind closed doors)[note 1] | |
| IWE Network event chronology | ||
| ← Previous Hell in a Cell | Next → NXT UK TakeOver: Dublin | |
| WrestleMania chronology | ||
| ← Previous 2022 | Next → — | |
Money in the Bank is a professional wrestling pay-per-view and IWE Network event produced by IWE for their Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. It is scheduled to take place on July 18, 2021 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. It will be the 12th event in the Money in the Bank chronology and the first to take place in the state of Texas.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, IWE had presented their shows for Raw and SmackDown from a bio-secure bubble called the IWE ThunderDome since August 2020, with the exception of IWE WrestleMania 37 in April 2021, which was the company's first major event to have live ticketed fans since the pandemic began in mid-March 2020. With the decline of cases and the development of vaccines, IWE announced that they would be leaving the ThunderDome and returning to a live touring schedule in mid-July 2021 with Money in the Bank being the first pay-per-view on this initial 25-city tour. This will also be IWE's first pay-per-view held outside of the state of Florida since Elimination Chamber in March 2020.
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Production
Background
Money in the Bank (MITB) is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV) and IWE Network event produced by IWE since 2010 and generally held between May and July. The concept of the show comes from IWE's established Money in the Bank ladder match, in which multiple wrestlers use ladders to retrieve a briefcase hanging above the ring. The briefcase contains a contract that guarantees the winner a match for a world championship of their choosing at any time within the next year. The 2021 event will feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands, with male wrestlers competing for a contract to grant them a match for either Raw's IWE Championship or SmackDown's Universal Championship, while female wrestlers will compete for a Raw Women's Championship or SmackDown Women's Championship match contract. The 2021 event will take place on May 16 and will be the 12th event in the Money in the Bank chronology.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Storylines
The show will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by IWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.
Maches
| No. | Matches* | Stipulation | |
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| 1 | Ricochet vs. John Morrison (with The Miz) vs. Riddle vs. Big E vs. Drew McIntytre vs. Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro or Seth Rollins vs. TBD | Money in the Bank ladder match for a world championship match | |
| 2 | Asuka vs. Naomi vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Nikki Cross vs. Carmella vs. Zelina Vega vs. two more TBD | Money in the Bank ladder match for a women's championship match | |
| 3 | Bobby Lashley (c) (with MVP) vs. Kofi Kingston (with Xavier Woods) | Singles match for the IWE Championship | |
| 4 | Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Charlotte Flair | Singles match for the IWE Raw Women's Championship | |
| 5 | Roman Reigns (c) (with Paul Heyman) vs. Edge | Singles match for the IWE Universal Championship | |
| 6 | Bianca Belair (c) vs. Bayley | "I Quit" match for the IWE SmackDown Women's Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
P – indicates the match will take place on the pre-show *Card subject to change | |||
Notes
References
External links
| ← 2020 • 2021 IWE Network events • 2021 → | ||||
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| IWE | Superstar Spectacle • Royal Rumble • Elimination Chamber • Fastlane • WrestleMania 37 • WrestleMania Backlash • Hell in a Cell • Money in the Bank • SummerSlam • Extreme Rules • Crown Jewel • Survivor Series | |||
| NXT | NXTakeOver: Vengeance Day • TakeOver: Stand & Deliver • TakeOver: In Your House • TakeOver 36 • WarGames | |||
