[Official] Money in the Bank 2010 Thread

[theFatality]

But the ECW title was a midcard title at best. It's time for the WWE to give Christian that main event title and that feud (hopefully with Edge) that launches him to the top of the WWE.

This year, there are so many good choices as where the WWE can and will go with this. However, everyone knows that Christian is going to win. They make the match, make a big deal out've it by having people qualify for it. Yet the same thing happens, every single freakin' time. Why have a concept of "Russian Roulette" mentality, that never has a surpriser winner?

What would I like to see though? I can't just choose one, hopefully you have the patience to read all of these, and how exactly the WWE could take these to new heights.

I'll start with Christian, since he's the obvious winner of this year. After he wins, he could cash it in for the next PPV against Cena with a Charisma vs Charisma type of match. Since both are amazing with the crowd, this could play out and be a definte PPV seller. [ The quote from earlier would work, but someone would need to be face/heel. Easier for Edge to go heel, since he's more of a neutral person at the moment. ]

Kane use to be a MONSTER, such a powerhouse in the WWE. He fell inbetween the cracks, and often seems as if he's kept there due to the fact that he's over with the crowd, leaving people to watch if and when he switches back to the mask and become the Big Red Monster again. With this being said, what would be an amazing idea... CM Punk could attack him backstage, or after a match. [ See what happened at Smackdown, could be perfect for this to plant the seeds for a future rivalry. ] Giving him around a three month leave, thus taking the MITB. Also allowing Punk to be the self proclaimed 3 time straight edge MITB winner. After this happens, for the next PPV let someone who is a "non-straightedge" person win the title. Punk comes out, shoots a promo about how he can't find it just that the world champion can be someone as disgraceful as said person that wins the title. Thus, doing a favor to his Straight Edge Society, and cashes it in. Gets an easy win, then Teddy Long can come out and say "Congratulations, Punk. However, with everything you do there are consequences and reprocusions. You're going to be a fighting champion, and your first defense begins... right now!" The arena goes black, lights go red, Kane's music hits. Crowd will go insane.

Evan Bourne, stunning the world, making loads of people happy, setting up a perfect match. Have the World Heavyweight Title on Rey Mysterio. Evan Bourne cashes in on Smackdown weeks in advance of the next PPV. It would be an amazing match, main event status. They know each other like the back of their hands. It may seem like it's non-main event worthy, but they know it's still a high caliber match.

Shelton Benjamin, say what? Yeah. Let's not forget about the man that's half man, half amazing. Who cares if he doesn't have the best attitude in the world. Look at Randy Orton. Before I'm told that Shelton doesn't deserve it, look who has put his neck on the line in -FIVE- MITB matches. He obviously has the experience, so they can say that experience in the match finally paid off. Note Ahead: Brilliant TV. I think it's obvious to have him just cash it in after a really hardcore match that's put someone through the ringer, but that's cliched. So, let's say on draft night, Mr. McMahon comes up with this new innovative idea where the Draft selects two people to team up against the Unified Tag Team Champions. Let's just say he's put in there with... We'll throw out a random name that will probably have a World title. Edge... They win the tag team titles, while celebrating... what's this? Pay dirt, he pins Edge or other champion. New World Champion.

Nuff said. The Kane and Shelton idea's, tell me what you think. How AWESOME would that be?

 

[darbare]

its obvious christian is going to win..hopefully he'll cash in on edge and win it the same night...that would make up for the weak build theyve put in jericho vs edge so far imo....another possibility is drew mcintyre who has actually has a mitb type storyline where hes trying to get in...we all know his connection with vince.. he could be the edge type where he sneaks in and gets it...but i would prefer christian, this could be his ticket to the main event which he deserves

 

[Crippler CrossFace]

Spoiler

Given that Drew McIntyre is now in the MITB, I think he might actually have as good a chance as Christian to win this. Drew has been built up pretty solidly and does not immediately have to cash the briefcase in. Therefore they can wait till he is ready (Hell In a Cell possibly) to get him to finally cash in the briefcase. He can drop the belt shortly after or even do what Edge did and lose the belt early in the program and come back to take the spotlight. I think that he is going to end up winning the MITB

 

[LegendKiller716]

For the most part the MITB contestants have been announced, so who do you think wins it, and how do you think they should cash in.


Matt Hardy is long overdue for a world title run and this is a good oppertunity for him. As for how he cashes in, I think a good idea would to have Y2J have a match on NXT against Justin Gabriel, have Gabriel take him to the limit, but ultimately loose. Then Hardy cashes in and wins. No 1 would see it comming and maybe make more people watch NXT.

Another Idea I have in my head is have an established guy such as Kane win MITB. This is the way I see this working. Have a young face, such as Dibiasi win the world title in the main event of a ppv. The announcers will talk about his journey and talk him up, the Cinderella story stuff, just when you think your leaving with a happy ending Kane's music hits. He comes to cash in, but Dibiasi beats him too. Great way to build a young star.

On a side note I realy hope Jack Swagger wins and finally gets a push.

Tell me what you guys think should happen

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

Well, I like the thread. But I couldn't disagree with you any more than I do right now about who should win and how they cash it in.

Kane won't win, his time is through. His character is no longer feared. Fans do not look at him the same way as they did 12-13 years ago. Matt Hardy should NEVER win a world title. He is fat, slow, and wasn't very good when he was in shape. Too much time has gone by for him to now be thought of as a main eventer.

I think Christian should win, and only Christian. As for when he cashes in? I don't know. Depends on if he stays a face wrestler, or turns heel. If he turns heel, he should challenge Edge at Summerslam. These two are long overdue for a main event feud, and it would be great/entertaining to watch.

If he stays face, I don't care when he cashes in. I think he and Edge wouldn't be able to make a face vs. face rivalry work, so against anyone besides Edge.

 

[kingofkings190260]

Personally I would love to see Drew McIntyre win, be built up for the entire year and then cash it in for a title shot at Wrestlemania 27. Cant see that happening though What I want to see happen more than anything else is Christian win MITB and then cash in after the Edge-Jericho match later that night. The way I would like to see this happen is by having Jericho somehow worm his way to victory against Edge and then suddenly Christian appears and cashes in MITB and wins the world title. This could then possibly lead to a jealous edge turning heel and feuding with his brother for the title. If this is the last MITB at Mania then it would be the perfect ending as the briefcase has never been cashed in on the same night.

 

[Dan E. Inferno]

Well, seeing as how there is a MITB PPV set for July, at the moment anyway, I feel WWE will want the briefcase cashed in by then. There's no particular reason for that as I suppose there's nothing wrong with having two Mr MITBs. I just think WWE will avoid that situation. Therefore, I agree with kingofkings above in saying that this year could be the year when MITB is cashed in at Wrestlemania. In that scenario, the obvious winner is Christian. Jericho could beat Edge to retain the title and then Christian comes out to a big pop and wins the title himself.

It's a possibility that Edge could win the title and Christian cashes it in on him, hence turning Christian heel. I wouldn't do it this way though because Edge has already accumulated to many quickfire title reigns and I prefer Christian as a face right now.

This could also be a good way to move Christian to Smackdown, to which I think he is better suited. He could use being smackdown's world champion as an excuse to jump shows or he could just be drafted as champion a few weeks later. This could then lead to a three way feud between Christian, Jericho and Edge. That could last for a few PPVs alone and I would love to see that.

 

[Dave]

I am 90% sure that Christian will be walking away from Wrestlemania with the Money In The Bank. Then again, we all said this last year and it turned out that CM Punk threw another spanner in the works. WWE love this time of year for swerves and unexpected decisions and barely no one sees them coming. I urge you to look back at the threads from last year and see how much people were shocked by CM Punk winning it again. The point being that we can speculate about who we think is the most likely winner and we will all possibly be wrong.

That being said, I am pretty sure that Christian is going to win it this year. People went crazy last year when he wasn't even a footnote in the match. I think it probably makes the most sense and gives him something to do. He is currently flapping around with no programme to lean on and I think that giving him the Money In The Bank will allow the fans to back him again. He needs to be doing something and keeping his momentum and I think that Money In The Bank is probably the most efficient way to do that. Plus, if he does indeed win the match, we all get to see that wonderful feud between him and Edge (most likely). There was a lot of this speculation last year, that someone would win and cash it in at Wrestlemania and I think it Christian wins the match, he is probably crafty enough to do that.

However, there are plenty of other guys that could walk away with the briefcase and I would be happy for a lot of them, truth be told. The man who I am secretly cheering for is Kane although I know he has little to no chance.

 

[PanICattAck313]

definitly christian, he should have won last year he has all the makings of a world champ i just dont think vince sees him as one, as to why he possibly didnt win last year. A edge christian feud at summerslam would be a huge draw of a main event. Although before they do that they need to reunite and win the tag belts and then have christian cash it in while thier still the champs.

 

[The Mark of Zur-En-Arrh]

Christian all the way. Based on the reaction he got when it looked as though he was going win last year, should be enough to convince Vince to put his opinions on Christian aside, and simply listen to the fans.

We, the fans, told Vince to push Austin
We, the fans, told him to push The Rock

Why would he then go ahead and ignore us when it comes to us cheering consistently good performers like Christian?

Personally, i'd have him win and cash in after Edge beats Jericho, but lose. That way you could have all three of those guys in a fued for a month or two.

Christian vs Edge was good.
Christian vs Jericho was good
Jericho v Edge was good before, and it's shaping up well at the moment

So why not have them do a 3-way fued like the Daniels/AJ/Joe fued? Sure it won't be anywhere near as flashy, but as either Edge, Christian or Jericho could do better mic work individually than Joe/Daniels/AJ could do put together, then i think it could be just as big a draw, if not more.

Christian wouldn't need to turn heel either. If someone asked why he turned on his brother like that (assuming they'd acknowledge that they used to be kayfabe bro's), Christian could simply turn and say 'It must be in the genes.'

 

[Rated_R_Superstar2010]

i have a great idea for this one. matt hardy wins, yes you read right matt hardy. cashes it in later that night on edge after he beats jericho. next night he comes out on raw and cuts the promo of his life:

"i've been waiting so many years for this moment and it feels great to finally be champion and finally get the recognision i deserve. but wwe, vince, you just took too dam long!!!" throws the belt down and screams "fuck you wwe. im gonig to TNA!!!!!!!"


just my little dream to make matt hardy a bad ass

 

[Theo Mays]

It seems to obvious that Captain C is going to win. Honestly it wouldn't surprise me if he got screwed in the match and someone like Dolph Ziggler wins. Hear me out here. Lets say Christian is about to get the briefcase and Ziggler from behind hits him with a chair and Ziggler climbs up and snatches the briefcase. Ziggler, being the cocky heel that he is cashes in after Edge/Jericho and loses to whoever wins the match. This could then lead us to MITB part 2 being the PPV, where Christian ultimately wins the MITB briefcase he deserves.

 

[Undertaker the 5th]

First of all Fat Hardy is only there to fill out spots as well as Kane is.
I think the winner will be Christian because out of all those guys I think he is the most suited to win it. Then I think he will cash it in after the Smackdown main even on whoever wins and set up a feud between these 3 guys.

 

[GenMe]

Im sure that Christian will win the money in the bank match. This is Christian's year and he truly deserves it. As for cashing it in, I think it will be a great idea if he cashes the case once Edge beats Jericho for the Heavywieght championship. Have him turn heel on Wrestlemania by pinning Edge. Christian wins and this will also set up a feud between E&C.

 

[kideternity]

Smackdown Spoilers -

Spoiler

I swear if McIntyre wins I'm going to cry.

Anyway I think, and hope it'll be Christian. No one is as over as him in MITB (with the exception of Hardy but he ain't going nowhere) Captain Charisma has maybe had the year of his wrestling life being one of WWE's most consistent performers in ECW. He also surprisingly made Sheamus look good in his match on Raw a few weeks ago, and no-one has better prospects in terms of storylines with the MITB briefcase.

Dunno about when he will cash it in, I think it would be a nice moment if Cena lost to Batista and then out comes Christian, then Edge wins later and the two celebrate after...but aside from my stupid booking I reckon Christian will maybe cash it in at the MITB pay per view against Edge.

 

[pun2003hh]

Didn't see this in an earlier post, but on Superstars tonight (I took a peek because there was NOTHING else on) it was announced that the MITB Ladder match will now feature 10 Superstars (those of you who read spoilers know that a 9th man was added to the match). I personally think that 8 guys was too many, 10 will just turn into a clusterfuck. But it does leave one final spot open. I don't like to make predictions on winners until I know all of the participants, so I will ask who do you think will be the final man added to the match?

I personally would love to see Kofi in this match, but for some odd reason, I have a feeling we are going to be seeing Orton and Kofi vs Legacy. What do you guys think?

 

[brink04]

I'm assuming the final spot will go to someone from RAW (since the 9th was revealed on smackdown! *check spoilers if you want*)
Here are some possible 10 entries:
-Carlito
-Chavo
-Chris Masters
-Kofi Kingston
-Mark Henry
-Primo
-Santino
-Vladimir Kozlov
-William Regal
-Yoshi Tatsu
-Zach Ryder

I'd rule out Chavo, Primo, and Santino right off the bat. Chavo is strictly a well paid jobber who's name keeps him in the business. Primo hasn't been seen much and isn't a marquee name. Santino will be featured but probably only in a backstage segment for comedic purposes.
Next, I would rule out Chris Masters, Kozlov, and Tatsu because none of their names can draw very well at WRESTLEMANIA.
This leaves me with:
-Carlito
-Kofi Kingston
-Mark Henry
-William Regal
-Zach Ryder

As someone Pun2003hh said, Kofi will probably be used for something a bit bigger as he is a hot commodity right now. Of the remaining 4, Carlito and Mark Henry have been in MiTB's before and don't think they would add anything interesting.

Between Regal and Ryder, I'm going to say.........OH! RADIO! just because people really do dislike him and he's capable of climbing things.

 

[KKarvox]

I'm going to break it down in a ranking, as i feel that certain superstars are more likely to win:

1. Christian: He is the odds on favorite to win this year, and for good reason. He essentially carried ECW for the last year up until it's demise a few weeks ago, and he held the title for all but a few months that Dreamer held it. He is majorly over, and could easily be pushed into the main event scene; However, I think they might give it to someone else, just because i don't like the way they had him job to Sheamus a few weeks ago, and then Ezekiel Jackson on the last ECW. If they wanted to push him into the main-event, i'd think they'd make him look stronger.

2. Kane: Most Likely not going to win, but out of the announced names, he is the second most likely out of the bunch to make it in my opinion. He is still quite over, and really is just underutilized by creative week in and week out. He deserves one last push before he retires, but i doubt they'd give him the MITB, although he is one of the odds on favorites, as he is one of the few who could believably hold the title.

3. Tie between Matt Hardy, MVP, and Shelton: Matt and Hardy are fairly over, and Shelton might get a push to keep him with WWE. All of them have really had a lack of storyline lately, but all of them could make semi-convincing champions.

Other then them, i don't see anyone else winning, and i think Christian is almost certainly a lock as winner. none of the other competitors are over enough/ used enough to be considered for the win here.

 

[LamaNamaneumi]

First off I would like to say the MITB match is now a total cluster fuck. I thought six competitors would have been perfect, but ten? wow, I guess they could not think of any kinda feuds.

As for the last spot in the MITB, I think it will go to Kofi. I see a lot of people saying his push is over, but I don't see it that way. I would like to see Yoshi Tatsu get the spot over Kofi, but that's not likely to happen.
With two extra superstars added this year it will be interesting to see how much time this match is allowed. Last year everyone said Christian or MVP was going to win, but neither did. Don't count your chickens before the eggs hatch, if you know what I mean.

 

[Ubiquitous]

So, I didn't read through ALL these posts, but I'm pretty sure no one has thrown this out there. Christian is from Orangeville, Ontario. Most people, including WWE, consider that Toronto seeing as it's only 20 minutes out of the city. On May 17th, the WWE is coming to Toronto for Raw. Every time WWE comes to Toronto, sometime big happens (Crazy title changes [Orton beating Benoit at summerslam, Cena defeating Edge in a TLC match in his hometown], rare undertaker match [back in 2003 when he disappeared after Wrestlemania, etc.) Now, that may have nothing to do with it, but I firmly believe Christian is going to take the case and cash it in in his hometown of Toronto that day on RAW. Just my two cents.

 

[ThePh3nomonal1]

Finally someone agrees with me about Matt Hardy!!! I to am sick of people calling him fat Hardy and that he is just getting a pop because of Jeff because it is not true, In fact I look at Hardy as a favourite in this match. BTW I think he should have won it instead of RVD at WM 22.But back on WM 26 I think he could very well win Why??? Because he just had a rivalry with the straight edge society and is over big right now. I believe he gets the top 3 biggest pops on Smackdown right now ( Below Rey and Edge) and I think its his time. Also I think if WWE doesnt push Matt now he will "Cross The Line" Now that Jeff, his bestest buddy Shannon Moore are there and possibly Gregory Helms is going there.

 

[Mr. Dejan]

Ummm Why the Fucks Hardy there? I think its a Horrible choice putting hardy in there. I dont think his wrestling career has that much left in it and I dont think the MITB is the right choice for him. I would rather see him in the IC picture. Can Hardy Even Climb A ladder anymore?

 

[Phoenix]

One of the things I have said to some of my close friends on here is that if Christian doesn't win it (before they announced it was a 10 Man Match), I actually had Hardy as a second choice because he is the only guy out MITBers that actually has something going and I had said quite a bit recently that Matt's been building up some momentum and his mic skills have actually been getting better of late (yes I am serious). Aside from his teaming with Khali, I have actually found Hardy to be less annoying (that's how I honestly found Matt) and not just as dull that will be always upper midcard, but an actual potential Main Event possibility. Much like Christian, he needs a big feud to get him over and unfortunately they tried making the big feud last year with his brother Jeff. If history has taught us anything is that WWE are not able to book a Hardy feud right and always tends to fail on them. Matt should have feuded with Punk after Summerslam because that was what Matt needed, yes it was after Jeff was gone but Matt would have benefitted from the momentum going into Breaking Point, just a shame because I was really backing Matt at that point.

So as said, despite thinking Christian is the most likely guy to take it, prior to the extra two men being added, I felt that Matt Hardy would be a second choice, that is my honest opinion.

 

[tehblogger]

well, I guess I'd better at McIntyre to my list of possibles (Christian, Swagger, Ziggler). Funnily enough, though, I can't see Drew winning it, it just feels too soon and this buildup to getting him into the match just feels too obvious. Plus, I think the fans are very undecided as to whether they actually care about him or not: he's not an obvious heat magnet like Swagger or Ziggler.

Plus, apparently, they're going to add someone else in. Jesus, they'd better really think the match through, cuz MITB could be a massive clusterfuck with ten guys in it. I really want that guy to be Morrison - nothing wrong with him working twice in one night, plus, I don't think he and Truth are going to beat ShowMiz (nor do I think they should). The obvious candidate has to be Kofi, though. Unlike others I don't see him getting into the Orton/Legacy angle, he's too high profile to leave off the card and otherwise has absolutely jack shit to do. In which case Kofi also has an excellent chance of winning, even after the way he screwed up his final encounter with Orton in their feud.

The problem with Kofi winning, however, is that my golden rule of MITB gets broken: the winner should either be a heel or turn heel when he cashes in. Kofi's a face and I'm damned if I can see him turning heel for at least a couple years. And after Punk round 1, WWE should know that face cash-ins are seriously lame.

Edit: still shocked at the hardcore Matt Hardy marks who simply will not give it up. The guy is lame, fat, slow, boring, and has never meant anything to anybody very much without Jeff. Now his brother's in TNA Hardy sucks even worse than he did before, which is quite some achievement.

 

[Trill Co$by]

I'm not saying Matt should win, but giving him the MITB spot is a good choice. He's obviously someone who has enough impact backstage that he can put over someone even though he hasn't had the world title. And for people who don't think he can go, I suggest watching his matches a little more. Maybe even the first ECW Scramble match... I'm just saying.

As for my pick to win the MITB, it's a tie between McIntyre and Christian. Right now, they're the only two who have been doing anything important as the rest of the people here have been doing nothing. I would make a solid pick, but the thing is that there really is nobody else. Unless they put Carlito or some other NXT Pro in there so that their rookies have a glimpse at the WM capacity. I'm still wondering who the 10th competitor will be.