IWE Money in the Bank (2020)

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Money in the Bank (2020)
Promotional poster featuring various IWE wrestlers
Promotion IWE
Brand(s) Raw
SmackDown
Date April 15, 2020
(pre-recorded portion)
May 10, 2020
(live portion)
City Orlando, Florida
Stamford, Connecticut
Venue IWE Performance Center
IWE Global Headquarters
[a]
Attendance 0[b]
Tagline(s) Climb the Corporate Ladder
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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 May 10, 2020 at the IWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. It will be the eleventh event under the Money in the Bank chronology.

The event was originally scheduled to take place at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland, but the venue cancelled all shows that were to be held in May due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The live event will take place from the IWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. The show's eponymous ladder matches were pre-taped at IWE’s "Titan Towers" global headquarters building in Stamford, Connecticut, with a new "Corporate Ladder" gimmick where the match's titular briefcase will be suspended above a ring on the building's roof.

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[edit] Production

[edit] Background

Money in the Bank (MITB) is an annual gimmick pay-per-view 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. Both the men's and women's matches feature eight wrestlers, evenly divided between the Raw and SmackDown brands. Male wrestlers compete for a contract to grant them a match for either Raw's IWE Championship or SmackDown's Universal Championship, while female wrestlers compete for a Raw Women's Championship or SmackDown Women's Championship match contract. 2020 will be the eleventh event in the Money in the Bank chronology.

[edit] Impact of the coronavirus pandemic

The event was originally announced with Baltimore's Royal Farms Arena as host. However, Maryland issued a stay at home order on March 30, 2020. Subsequently on April 9, the host venue cancelled the event due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, and began issuing refunds. IWE initially did not announce whether the event will still go on from a different location (such as the IWE Performance Center in Orlando where most IWE shows have been held since mid-March), though the company did air an advertisement promoting Money in the Bank during the second half of WrestleMania 36.

During the April 17 episode of SmackDown, it was revealed that the two Money in the Bank ladder matches would take place at IWE's global headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. A new "Corporate Ladder" gimmick was also announced, in which the participants must travel from the ground floor to the roof in order to locate the briefcase, which itself will be suspended above the roof.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Results

No. Results Stipulation
1P Josh Hooper defeated Cesaro Singles match
2 The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) (c) vs. John Morrison and The Miz vs. The Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake) (with Jaxson Ryker) vs. The Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado) Tag team 4-way match for the IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
3 Bobby Lashley defeated B-Truth Singles match
4 Bayley (c) (with Sasha Banks) defeated Tamina Singles match for the IWE SmackDown Women's Championship
5 Braun Strowman (c) defeated Bray Wyatt Singles match for the IWE Universal Championship
6 Drew McIntyre (c) defeated Seth Rollins Singles match for the IWE Championship
7 Asuka defeated Shayna Baszler, Nia Jax, Dana Brooke, Lacey Evans, and Carmella Money in the Bank ladder match for a women's championship match contract
8 Otis defeated Daniel Bryan, Rey Mysterio, Aleister Black, King Corbin, and KJ Styles Money in the Bank ladder match for a world championship match contract
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
P – indicates the match will take place on the pre-show

[edit] Notes

a. ^ The live event will take place at the IWE Performance Center while the Money in the Bank ladder matches took place at IWE's global headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.
b. ^ The event will be held without a live audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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