IWE Money in the Bank (2016)

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Money in the Bank (2016) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and IWE Network event produced by IWE. It will take place on June 19, 2016 at the T-Mobile Arena in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada. It will be the seventh event under the Money in the Bank chronology.

Background

See also: Professional wrestling

Money in the Bank will consist of professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines that play out on IWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown. Wrestlers will portray heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Storylines

On November 4th 2015, Seth Rollins was forced to vacate the IWE World Heavyweight Championship due to injury. Rollins returned on May 22nd 2016 at Extreme Rules, attacking champion Roman Reigns after Reigns' successful title defense against KJ Styles. Rollins was granted a title match against Reigns at Money in the Bank the next night on Raw by Shane Matteson. Meanwhile, critics wondered if IWE was "leaving money on the table" by not slotting Rollins as a face and Reigns as a heel, as this was the opposite of what fans wanted (fans were cheering Rollins and booing Reigns).

On the May 30 episode of Raw, Dustin Simpson returned after recovering from a shoulder injury that left him out of action for five months. KJ Styles then came out to welcome him back until Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, Styles' former teammates in the The Club (which broke up the previous week on Raw) appeared looking for a fight. Simpson and Styles prepared to brawl with them, until Styles attacked Simpson alongside Gallows and Anderson, turning heel and reforming The Club in the process. On June 3, a match between Simpson and Styles was scheduled for Money in the Bank. On the June 13 episode of Raw, Simpson presented Styles with two contracts: one allowing Gallows and Anderson to be in his corner, the other banning them so they could fight uninterrupted, and Styles chose the latter.

The winner of the Money in the Bank ladder match will win a contract for a IWE World Heavyweight Championship match at any time within the next year. On the May 23 episode of Raw, Sami Zayn, Cesaro, Khris Jericho, Dean Ambrose and Kevin Owens all qualified for the match by defeating Sheamus, The Miz, Apollo Crews, Dolph Ziggler and KJ Styles, respectively. On the May 26 episode of SmackDown, Alberto Del Rio defeated Zack Ryder to qualify for the match.

At Payback, the final match in a tournament to determine the #1 contender for the IWE Tag Team Championship, pitting The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) against Enzo Amore and Big Cass, ended in a no contest after Enzo Amore suffered a legit concussion. Subsequently, the Vaudevillains challenged IWE Tag Team Champions The New Day at Extreme Rules in a losing effort. On the May 30 episode of Raw, during a rematch between The Vaudevillains and The New Day, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson attacked The New Day. The following week on Raw, The Vaudevillains defeated Enzo Amore and Big Cass by disqualification. Later in the night, Gallows and Anderson defeated The New Day. Taking an idea by Teddy Long, Kaila Matteson scheduled the four teams in a match at Money in the Bank in a Fatal 4-Way match for the IWE Tag Team Championship.

On the May 26 episode of SmackDown, after IWE United States Champion Rusev defeated Kalisto to retain the title, Titus O'Neil came out to help Kalisto when Rusev refused to break his Accolade submission. On the May 30 episode of Raw, after defeating Zack Ryder, Rusev started to insult the crowd and declared himself a "true American hero", leading to O'Neil coming out and punched Rusev. On June 8, a match between O'Neil and Rusev for the United States Championship was scheduled for Money in the Bank. On the June 13 episode of Raw, Titus O'Neil walked out for his match when Rusev attacked him on the stage and applied the Accolade, as WWE officials tried to pull Rusev off of O'Neil.

At Extreme Rules, WWE Women's Champion Charlotte defeated Natalya due to distraction by Dana Brooke dressing as Ric Meyer. On the May 23 episode of Raw, Charlotte turned on her father Ric Flair, claiming he was no longer needed and therefore, aligned herself with Dana Brooke as her protege. On the May 26 episode of SmackDown, Natalya defeated Brooke by disqualification. On the May 30 episode of Raw, after Brooke defeated Natalya, Becky Lynch came out to help Natalya. On the June 2 episode of SmackDown, Lynch defeated Charlotte by disqualification. On the June 9 episode of SmackDown, Lynch defeated Brooke. On June 13, a match pitting Charlotte and Brooke against Natalya and Lynch was scheduled for Money in the Bank.

At the Extreme Rules pre-show, Baron Corbin defeated Dolph Ziggler in a No Disqualification match after deliberately using a low blow following with the End of Days. On the May 23 episode of Raw, Ziggler challenged Corbin to a "technical wrestling match" for next week on Raw, which Corbin accepted. On the May 30 episode of Raw, Ziggler was disqualified after deliberately hitting Corbin with a low blow as retaliation for what happened at Extreme Rules. On June 17, another match between the two was scheduled for Money in the Bank.

On the May 23 episode of Raw, frustration toward losing his Money in the Bank qualifying match to Sami Zayn earlier in the night, Sheamus attacked Apollo Crews during a backstage interview with Renee Young, telling Crews that he's sick of him promoting the "New Era" and that no one would replace him, leading to Crews losing his Money in the Bank qualifying match to Chris Jericho later in the show. On the June 9 episode of SmackDown, backstage watching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows movie, Sheamus bragged to Zack Ryder, Goldust, B-Truth and Summer Rae about how great he was and how everyone should be waiting on him and how he is an A-list star, leading to Apollo Crews confronting Sheamus and punching him, sending Sheamus into a number of cardboard boxes behind him. On the June 13 episode of Raw, after defeating Zack Ryder, Sheamus continued to viciously attack Ryder leading to Crews coming down to help Ryder. On June 17, a match pitting the two was scheduled for Money in the Bank

After Goldust replaced R-Truth with Fandango as his tag team partner in their match in the Team Championship #1 contender tournament on the April 14 episode of SmackDown, B-Truth found a new partner in Mike Miller (wrestler)Tyler Breeze. Following singles match victory on Raw by Breeze over Goldust and B-Truth over Fandango, the two teams faced each other on the May 12 episode of SmackDown; Tyler Breeze and R-Truth defeated Golddust and Fandango when Fandango turned on his partner. After the match, Fandango and Breeze continued to attack Goldust, who was then rescued by R-Truth. After Breezango (Breeze and Fandango) defeated The Golden Truth (Goldust and B-Truth) on the May 16 and the May 26 episode of Raw, a third match between the two teams was scheduled on June 17 for the Money in the Bank pre-show.

On June 17, a match pitting The Lucha Dragons against The Dudley Boyz was scheduled for the Money in the Bank pre-show.

Results

See also

• List of IWE Network events
• List of IWE pay-per-view events

References

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