Overview

• The Money in the Bank ladder match awards a suspended briefcase containing a contract that guarantees its winner a WWE World Championship shot at any time over the next year.
• Chris Jericho first proposed the concept during a car ride with writer Brian Gewirtz and Vince McMahon’s insistence on housing the contract in a briefcase gave the match its iconic edge.
• Winners have discovered everything from a standard contract, as Damian Priest noted in 2023, to Brock Lesnar’s custom music system inside his 2018 briefcase.
• The 2025 event in Inglewood, California, will feature six men—Seth Rollins, LA Knight, Solo Sikoa, Penta El Zero Miedo, El Grande Americano and Andrade El Idolo—and six women—Rhea Ripley, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, Stephanie Vaquer, Roxanne Perez and Giulia.
• This history of surprise cash-ins cements the match as a key route to WWE championships.