WIW Money in the Bank (2023)

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The 2023 Money in the Bank is the 14th annual Money in the Bank professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the American promotion WIW. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Rage and ShowDown brand divisions. The event will take place on Saturday, July 1, 2023, at AO Arena in Manchester, England. This will be the first Money in the Bank to be held outside of the United States as well as WIW's first major event to be held in Manchester, although WIW did hold an event in May 2002 in England.

Production

Background

Money in the Bank is an annual gimmick event, produced by the American promotion WIW since 2010, generally held between May and July. Along with SuperBrawl, World War, SummerBash, and Soul Survivor, it is considered one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, referred to as the "Big Five". The concept of the event comes from WIW'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 championship of their choosing at any time within the next year.

Storylines

The event 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 WIW's writers on the Rage and ShowDown brands, while storylines are produced on WIW's weekly television shows, Wednsday Night Rage and Friday Night ShowDown, (which is usually on Saturdays, unless WIW holds a pay-per-view on Saturday).

Qualifying matches for the men's Money in the Bank ladder match began on the May 31 episode of Rage. Bradlee Woehl and Corbin Edwards became the first and the second qualified entrants by defeating Kody Baker and James Alexander, respectively. The next qualifying match occurred on the June 3 episode of ShowDown, where Zack Harding defeated Stephen Amell to qualify. The next qualifying matches occurred on the June 10 episode of ShowDown, where Dillon DeLaHunt and Jon Orthmeyer qualified by defeating Travis Capps and Eli Eason, respectively. The last qualifying matches occurred on the June 14 episode of Raw, where Kooper McAlmond and Jeremiah Lawrence qualified by defeating Daniel Gonzalez and Antony Speranza, respectively.

Qualifying matches for the women's Money in the Bank ladder match began on the June 3 episode of ShowDown, with Taryn Schultz defeating Ashley Boland to be the first qualified entrant. The next qualifying matches occurred on the June 7 episode of Rage, where Ali Richards, Jessica Lahr and Brenah McAlmond qualified by defeating Megan Zanto, Beatrice and Brittany Hiatt, respectively. The next qualifying matches occurred on the June 10 episode of ShowDown, where Ashley Holshue and Kristen Swingley qualified by defeating Jess Andriolo and Chantia Hilger. The next qualifying occurred on the June 14 episode of Rage, where Heavenlee Mcguire qualified by defeating Victoria Lehr.

On the June 7 episode of Rage, as Ryan Barnhart was being interviewed by Kody Baker on BakerTV, Baker introduced Miro Munoz as a surprise guest. Miro came to the ring with Jennipher Harper and started to mock Barnhart, saying he's made a terrible mistake by challenging Tyler Mane to a rematch after massacred by Mane at Night of Champions. Barnhart would retaliate by saying that Miro's father Richard Munoz made some terrible mistakes of which Miro was one. Miro then pretended to leave the ring, only to come back and slap Semmler in the face. The following week, Semmler challenged Miro to a match at Money in the Bank, which Harper accepted on his behalf.

On the May 10 episode of Raw, Kevin McAlmond defeated Chris Gomez in the semifinals of a tournament for the inaugural World Heavyweight Championship, which McAlmond ultimately won at Night of Champions on May 27. On the next episode of Rage, McAlmond was victorious in a tag team match against Pinnacle of Judgment memebers Gomez and Jeremiah Lawrence, after the match McAlmond was attacked by a fan from the crowd, which ended in a brawl between the two, in turn ended in the two being seperated by security and the fan being arrested. This led to a title match the following week between McAlmond and Lawrence, where McAlmond retained. After the match, Gamez and McAlmond came face-to-face until the "fan" attacked McAlmond again and another brawl bewteen the two was seperated by cops as well as new Rage wrestler, Heavenlee Mcguire, who yelled at the fan by name. On the June 14 episode, Gomez called out McAlmond and recalled how he had never been a world champion, due to the fact he once respected him, however the resepct was gone and he wanted and blamed McAlmond that that derailed his career to be a main event superstar. Gomez said he would do the same to McAlmonnd at Money in the Bank by taking away the World Heavyweight Championship from him. Before McAlmond accepted Gomez's challenge for his title, McAlmond was attacked by the fan, now known as Kenny Alsup, who challenge McAlmond for the title as well. Later that night, while McAlmond was in the trainers room, he accepted both Gomez and Alsup's challenge for the title at Money in the Bank.

Matches

¹ If Martin McAlmond is unable to wrestle, another member of the McAlmond family associated with the McAlmond Bloodline will replace him.

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