IWE Money in the Bank (2010)
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| Money in the Bank (2010) | ||
 Promotional poster featuring Jose Serrano | ||
| Theme song(s) | "Money" by I Fight Dragons | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Date | July 18, 2010 | |
| Attendance | 8,000 | |
| Venue | Sprint Center | |
| City | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Fatal 4-Way (2010) | Money in the Bank | SummerSlam (2010) |
| Money in the Bank chronology | ||
| First | Money in the Bank | Money in the Bank (2011) |
Money in the Bank was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE), which took place on July 18, 2010 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The concept of the event was based around the Money in the Bank ladder match, with two matches held at the event for the Raw and SmackDown brands respectively. Eight matches took place.
This event received 165,000 buys. A second Money in the Bank event took place on July 17, 2011 at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois.
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[edit] Background
- See also: Professional wrestling
Money in the Bank featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE) television programs. Wrestlers portray a villain or a hero as they follow a series of events that built tension, and culminated into a wrestling match or series of matches.
At Fatal 4-Way, it was announced that the Money in the Bank event would be based around the Money in the Bank ladder match. On the June 25 episode of SmackDown, it was announced that two Money in the Bank ladder matches will be held at the event for the Raw and SmackDown brands respectively, with the winners of the respective matches given a title match for the IWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship respectively at a time of their choosing within the next 12 months. Three days later, all eight competitors for the Raw brand's match were announced by Raw guest host Rob Zombie. The eight competitors would be Kevin McAlmond, The Miz, B-Truth, Khris Jericho, Justin Hensen, Kyle Johnson, Joe Linderman and Edge.
On June 30, IWE announced six of the competitors for the SmackDown brand's match through its official website: Matt Hooper, Kane, Mark Semmler, Khristian, Jose Serrano and The Big Show. On the July 5 episode of Raw, The Miz attacked B-Truth and injured him, taking him out of the Money in the Bank match. On the July 12 episode of Raw, Steven Larson was announced as B-Truth's replacement. On the July 9 episode of SmackDown, Nick Kessler defeated Montel Vontavious Porter and Chavo McAlmond in a Triple Threat Match to qualify for SmackDown's ladder match. On the same night, Dax Hoovestall earned the final spot by pinning Jose Serrano.
The main rivalry from the SmackDown brand heading into the Money in the Bank event was between the defending champion Scott Wright and Charlie Wilson for the World Heavyweight Championship. Wright replaced The Undertaker, who was found in a vegetative state by his brother Kane, in the Fatal Four-Way match at the Fatal 4-Way event by winning a battle royal. At the event, Wright once again pinned Wilson in SmackDown's Fatal Four-Way match which also involved Justin Eldridge and The Big Show to become a two-time World Heavyweight Champion. On the June 25 episode of SmackDown, Wilson announced that he would get his rematch at the Money in the Bank event.
The main rivalry from the Raw brand heading into Money in the Bank was between the defending champion Sheamus and Dustin Simpson for the IWE Championship. Sheamus won the title at the Fatal 4-Way event following interference from seven of the contestants from the first season of IWE NXT, collectively known as "The Nexus". The next night on Raw, Dustin Simpson invoked his rematch clause, but The Nexus interrupted the match. The following week on Raw, due to the previous match's result being inconclusive, Raw's anonymous general manager announced a Steel Cage match between Sheamus and Simpson to ensure that no outside interference would take place during the match.
[edit] Aftermath
On the same night of Money in the Bank pay-per view, Kane cashed in for the World Heavyweight Championship, by performing a Tombstone piledriver on Wright to win the World Heavyweight Championship. Kane was then involved in a feud with his kayfabe brother The Undertaker, facing him on several occasions.
The next night on Raw, Edge, Khris Jericho and Kevin McAlmond faced off in a Triple Threat match, where the winner would face Sheamus at SummerSlam for the IWE Championship. McAlmond won the match and the championship, but at SummerSlam won the match via disqualification, allowing Sheamus to retain the championship.
On the following episode of SmackDown, Scott Wright and Charlie Wilson faced each other in a two out of three falls match to determine Kane's opponent at SummerSlam. Wright defeated Wilson to earn a championship rematch, but was unsuccessful in regaining the championship at the pay-per-view.
On the November 22 episode of Raw, The Miz successfully cashed in the briefcase he won at the pay-per-view against Kevin McAlmond to become the IWE Champion.
[edit] Reception
Rob McNichol of The Sun stated it was a "gripping night of grappling action", calling both ladder matches outstanding. McNichol also praised the World Heavyweight Championship match, saying it demonstrated "IWE storytelling in a very good light". He also described the Women's Championship match as "overbooked and poorly executed contest – the worst of the evening". The IWE Championship match was negatively received by McNichol as well, complaining that it was "forgettable, and oftentimes very slow". Overall, McNichol said it was a very entertaining night of action and gave the event a score of 8 out of 10.
SLAM! Wrestling's Andy McNamara rated both Money in the Bank ladder matches a 4 out of 5, the IWE Championship match a 3 out of 5, and the World Heavyweight Championship match a 3.5 out of 5.
[edit] Results
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official Money in the Bank website
