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It ’s one of the grown dark in the entireWWEcalendar and , boy , did the 2024 edition ofMoney In The Banklive up to that billing . Coming from the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto , Canada , theMoney In The Bankladder match has seen the likes of CM Punk , Seth Rollins and Randy Orton claim world backing victory via the famous MITB briefcase . The class of the intact year is annually spun on its head over the trend of one evening .
And as if that all was n’t substantial enough to fetch to the tabular array during one of the blistering years in WWE story , John Cena harbinger his retirement . Winners and Losers takes in the past , present and time to come of the WWE and its mavin to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of the self-aggrandizing moments both in and out of the ring .
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Winners
John Cena
It is an unacceptable job to even begin to summarize a career that could be consider the greatest in the history of professional wrestling . Commandeering a longer run at the top of the WWE than any superstar , John Cena ’s decision to call time on his legendary run will lead to a year - long leave tour of duty , running from January to December 2025 , that he hopes will take in “ thirty to forty dates ” and will be the centerpiece of the company ’s first year on Netflix . It but does n’t get self-aggrandising . It could n’t be more deserved .
Fantasy book Cena ’s opponents is what the residue of the year is for . What we know for trusted is that he ’ll be involve part in theRoyal Rumble , Elimination Chamber , WrestleManiaandMoney In The Bankand will be retiring at the end of December , 2025 . The Rock , Solo Sikoa and The Bloodline already have reason to re-start their gripe with Big Match John . CM Punk has already thrown his name in the proverbial mob . There will for certain be a last dance with Randy Orton and a probability to win a record - erupt seventeenth world title . These are all possibilities but here ’s what ’s sealed : it ’s going to be worked up and there will be jorts .
The Bloodline
calculate increasingly like a force to be reckoned with and less like a cheap knock - off from Temu , Solo Sikoa ’s unexampled face Bloodline claim their biggest scalp to day of the month with triumph over three future Hall Of Famers . All eyes were on the rabid , snarling Jacob Fatu for his first official match in a WWE ring . He look every bit the nightmare on legs he is being sold as ( “ a one man army ” was the excellent assessment of Corey Graves ) but it was the alpha aura of Solo that became the account of the evening .
With expletive - hinge upon chants aim at him and the obedience of his united brethren , therumor of him challenging Cody Rhodes for the WWE Championship atSummerSlamlooks far less underwhelmingfollowing Sikoa pinning the WWE virtuoso here . His troika ’s brutality on Kevin Owens was uncomfortable viewing . Randy Orton was nullified . If the last few months have seen The Bloodline simmer , the last 8 days have been ruby hot .
Damian Priest
Damien Priest WWE Career Overview
Birthplace
West Nyack , NY
Height
6'6
Current Status
World Heavyweight Champion , Monday Night Raw Leader of The Judgement Day
Past achievement
Money In The Bank victor 2023 United States Champion Raw Tag - Team Champion x 2 Smackdown Tag - Team Champion x 2 NXT North American Champion
Damian Priest has had to suffer overwhelming and unjust criticism since cash in in atWrestleManiaand take Drew McIntyre ’s World Heavyweight Championship moments after he make it . During a menses that includes CM Punk and Drew ’s hate - fueled feud , Liv Morgan ’s viral - worthy trick and the birth of The Wyatt Sicks ( and that ’s just on Raw ) , it is a difficult clip to stand out . Even on this card , Priest had to follow the unexpected retreat announcement of John Cena . A trivial morass can be reduce at some point , right ?
This victory was Priest ’s greatest to date . Capitalizing on Drew McIntyre ’s arrogance , Priest would steal a triple threat that left both The Scots Warrior and Seth Rollins in the mud and him retaining his title to remain the kingpin of The Judgement Day . In true statement , there wo n’t be a sane bet being placed upon Damian in his upcomingSummerSlammatch with Guntherbut , for now , El Campion lives to fight another day … even after that botched boot out .
Tiffany Stratton
It simply had to be . No matter how much on-line blare there may have been for Chelsea Green to walk away with the briefcase , Tiffany Stratton ’s time to come as a Main Roster world champion is inevitable . Her 100 + day reign asNXTWomen ’s Champion was only cut light by future Hall Of Famer , Becky Lynch , and despite only being on the independent roster since February , she now already has wins over Liv Morgan , and Naomi , and now she ’s bestow the championship of Ms. Money In The Bank .
Herfriendship with Nia Jax is sure to look heightened scrutiny now that she has the briefcase too . The current tabby Of The Ring is set to confront Bayley for the Women ’s Championship atSummerSlamand , if she keep her friends near and her enemies closer , there ’s every chance that it could genuinely be Tiffany ’s metre by the close of this summertime .
The Women’s MITB Match
And how about that peer ? ! If the idea of theMoney In The Bankladder match is to stoke several fires at once , this was an all - night BBQ at Satan ’s house . Lyra Valkyria and Iyo Sky ’s burgeoning rivalry was a regular mending as run were used as weapon left and right .
Chelsea Green has surely secured more time on our sieve with her glorious performances over the last month and a show - stealing effort during this encounter . Naomi ’s spotlight fighting foeman while doing the splits across two ladders was anatomy - defying . Zoe Stark close a slew of mass up . “ Hell yeah”s all round !
CM Punk
Even if you visit it coming , it did n’t make it any less cheering when it go far . Drew McIntyre ’s promise that he ’d cash in his contract bridge for a title shot on the same evening if he were to win theMoney In The Bankladder match was n’t so much lure as it was throwing up the Straight Edge Bat Signal into the Toronto dark sky . He require for it and , via an sheer mauling with two disjoined chairs , being choke with a effectual cable ( the PG-13 era is so over ) , and being put to kip with the form of address belt that he was trying to win , he got it .
There is a present moment in Die Hard in which Holly McClane teach that John is alive “ because nobody else can piss a valet de chambre off that much ” . That line could have been write for CM Punk . Punk has many superpowers , but perhaps his strong suit of all is his power to get under someone ’s pelt . He could make a hippy cam stroke a hay conditioner and the amount of malevolence that he ’s presently conjuring is consummate .
" No comment . " - CM Punk when ask if he feel bad for Seth Rollins losing his title opportunity .
The New Look WWE Post-Show
Maybe it ’s the nerdier side of being a wrestling fan in the current geological era but the WWE ’s constantly develop yield values have been a material high spot of the twelvemonth so far . The late summation to that wasa Post - Show that was as must - see as the issue itself . Solo Sikoa took part in a brash interview with a headset on that felt like a post - match NBA or UFC chat . Drew McIntyre destroyed the set and was drag away by Adam Pearce . John Cena fielded more questions than an under - flaming politico . It all felt fresh and exciting .
All of these fragile tweaks feel like they ’re going to break into overdrive when Netflix and WWE start their partnership in January . Perhaps more excitingly and more instantly , the intro of WWE continues to evolvein ways that still feel satisfying . We are still relatively early in the post - Vince landscape . have ’s cherish our bright future together .
Losers
Bron Breakker
To cut the bacillus early , Bron Breakker has had more entryway theme than he has losses in 2024 . He ’s now onto 3 . He ’s impressed everybody who ’s put down eyes on him , and he ’s not just a future player in this companionship , he ’s move to write favourable chapters in it . Everybody breathe , Bron ’s going to be just fine .
To be thrust into an Intercontinental Championship bout at one of the company ’s expectant appearance of the class , and all just 3 calendar month after his main roll debut , lets everybody know that there ’s major conference belief within the upper echelons of WWE in the ability of this generation ’s Genetic Freak .
That anyone seemed truly shocked that a veteran veteran like Sami Zayn did n’t drop the belt to him speak volumes about how sold the audience is on Bron . He may have lost the peer , but you have to pity whoever gets in his manner on Raw .
This was Bron Breakker ’s first loss in ace competition since losing to Carmelo Hayes on October 10th , 2023
Drew McIntyre & The MITB Briefcase
Oh , Drew . After earn theMoney In The Bankbriefcase earlier in the evening with a cunning and powerful performance , McIntyre made good on the promise he made onMonday Night Rawto Johnny Cash in that evening , turn Seth vs Priest into a triple scourge . In doing so , he becamethe sixth person to use the briefcase on the very same evening it was obtainedbut , unlike the other five who advance their matches , Drew McIntyre acquire on the haywire side of CM Punk .
From one perspective , The Scottish Warrior bodge the bag at the men of CM Punk yet again has only added more to what is unquestionably WWE ’s feud of the year . On the other hand , this mean there is no briefcase in play this year within the gentleman ’s division and that ’s always a ruth . Still , it serves him proper for being what he would call a " itsy-bitsy dafty " .
This was Drew ’s sixthMoney In The Bankladder match and his first triumph .
Seth Rollins
lose within the entrance resentment between Messrs McIntyre and Punk , it ’s leisurely to forget that it was the gall - motor rivalry between Rollins and the Second City Saint that was the most anticipated after CM Punk return to WWE at Survivor Series last November .
But there is potential redemption here . Now that Seth ’s statute title opportunity has been beat in the midst of their pettinessWWE has just potentially made the Hottest Party Of The Summer feel a pot hotter .
If , duringWrestleManiaseason , he lose constant chatter about whether he was being lost in the shuffle of Cody vs The Bloodline or Drew vs Punk , Seth Rollins could be granted the chance to upstage both . fan of logical beef can only go for thatWWE SummerSlamhas all three men competing in a triple scourge equal .
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