Dragonfirez
Dark Match Winner
Recently, I was looking back at what became of the winners of the 5 Money in the Bank matches (excluding Mr Kennedy) and it made me think about how that match boosted them to main event status, let's recall what became of the winners:
First off we have The Rated R Superstar Edge who despite winning the MITB match only once and cashing that in to beat Cena and become WWE Championship for the first year, he beat Mr Kennedy for his briefcase and cashed in against the Undertaker ultimately winning the World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. Ever since them wins, he has been pushed further by the WWE therefore winning more titles and being more successful than he was.
Secondly we have RVD, who after winning MITB and cashing in to capture the WWE Championship was pushed as a main eventer on the new ECW brand and remained like that until he left WWE.
Thirdly we have CM Punk, who having won MITB two times consecutively successfully cashed in both times and won the World Heavyweight Championship both times. As a result of this I believe, CM Punk was drastically pushed to main event status until around late 2009 when he was dropped back down to mid card.
Finally we have Jack Swagger, who we have yet to see what becomes of him, however he has already competed in main event matches against top names after winning MITB and cashing in for the World Heavyweight Championship.
My question regarding my points listed above is: Do you think the Money in the Bank is a good concept for WWE to help push young/experienced mid card superstars to main event status?
First off we have The Rated R Superstar Edge who despite winning the MITB match only once and cashing that in to beat Cena and become WWE Championship for the first year, he beat Mr Kennedy for his briefcase and cashed in against the Undertaker ultimately winning the World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. Ever since them wins, he has been pushed further by the WWE therefore winning more titles and being more successful than he was.
Secondly we have RVD, who after winning MITB and cashing in to capture the WWE Championship was pushed as a main eventer on the new ECW brand and remained like that until he left WWE.
Thirdly we have CM Punk, who having won MITB two times consecutively successfully cashed in both times and won the World Heavyweight Championship both times. As a result of this I believe, CM Punk was drastically pushed to main event status until around late 2009 when he was dropped back down to mid card.
Finally we have Jack Swagger, who we have yet to see what becomes of him, however he has already competed in main event matches against top names after winning MITB and cashing in for the World Heavyweight Championship.
My question regarding my points listed above is: Do you think the Money in the Bank is a good concept for WWE to help push young/experienced mid card superstars to main event status?