With nearly two decades of Money in the Bank ladder matches, they have created so many memorable moments. These are the best ones. These are the 10 greatest Money in the Bank ladder match spots ever.
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00:00 - Start
00:57 - Honourable Mention
01:25 - 10
02:19 - 9
03:11 - 8
04:16 - 7
05:20 - 6
06:14 - 5
07:14 - 4
08:07 - 3
08:56 - 2
10:05 - 1
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00:00Money, money, money, money, money.
00:03Everybody's got a price, everybody's gonna pay, cuz the million dollar man always gets
00:09his way.
00:10Wait a minute, is Ted DiBiase's song and The Mounties' song just the same thing?
00:14Have I just discovered something?
00:16Is Jim Johnston a fraud?
00:17Anyway, something about money, something about a ladder, something about a briefcase, da
00:21da da da da, here's your guaranteed four stars.
00:23Money in the bank is almost always great, and thus those matches have created many a
00:28great moment, and today we get to talk about them, cuz the pay-per-view is next Saturday.
00:32Isn't that fun?
00:34Come on Pete Dunn, please come out of witness protection.
00:36I'm Tempest Haling from PartsFunKnown, and these are the 10 greatest Money in the Bank
00:40ladder match spots ever.
00:42Before we get on with this list, make sure of course that you like this video, give it
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00:58Honorable Mention The Smaller Roof
01:00The Climb the Corporate Ladder match is dumb, and I would very much wish for it to be deleted
01:04from my memory banks, but it can't be because I will never allow myself to forget Rey Mysterio
01:09and Aleister Black's murder at the hands of Baron Corbin via roof-throwing.
01:13WWE then upgraded their conditions to alive the next day on Raw, revealing a smaller roof
01:19next to the roof.
01:20Clearly Rey and Aleister just have superpowers because that would be more believable you
01:24see.
01:25Number 10, Even More Painful Than It Looks
01:28Kevin Owens has always been someone to put his body through large amounts of pain for
01:32the sake of a good Money in the Bank match, which makes it even more baffling that KO
01:36hasn't won one, but I digress.
01:38Speaking of getting KO'd, the powerbomb bump he took going backwards through a ladder
01:42to the floor at Money in the Bank 2021 was one of the gnarliest moments in any ladder
01:47match of any kind, but the PFK World Headquarters favorite Kevin Owens spot came five years
01:52earlier.
01:53During the 2016 match, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens' longtime personal frenemy, decided to hit
01:58a Michinoku Driver, a good move, but he decided to hit it on a ladder stood upright on its
02:04side leaving KO draped across it like Homer Simpson on a fire hydrant.
02:08And like being bent back over a fire hydrant, this Michinoku Driver was even more painful
02:12than it looks.
02:14It is one of only two things I remember from this match along with the Triple Hockey fight,
02:18and that's half a line brawl.
02:19Number 9, The Biggest Boom Drop
02:21Taking Money in the Bank from WrestleMania to its own branded pay-per-view gave us three
02:25Money in the Bank matches in 2010.
02:28Three totally fine, yet almost entirely forgettable matches.
02:32WrestleMania 26 featured probably the weakest Mania in the Bank match, which had its moments
02:37for sure, including but not limited to Kofi Kingston using a ladder as stilts, the single
02:41most impractical way to climb a ladder in the history of ladders, the Raw match I remember
02:46literally nothing about, but the SmackDown match was a ton of fun.
02:50And about half of that ton came from Big Show and his giant ladder.
02:53The big spot of this match came when Kofi Kingston, the man who should have had a Superstars
02:582010 and instead spent the year giving me reasons to remember Money in the Bank matches,
03:03hit the biggest boom drop of his career off a ladder through a table.
03:06Kofi didn't win the match, as was the story of his year, but he was damn sure the highlight.
03:11Number 8, Great Powerbomb, Terrible Landing
03:14It is a damn shame that Brock Lesnar cashing in his Brock Lesnar and the Bank contract
03:18to insert himself into the Money in the Bank ladder match is the main thing people remember
03:22about it in 2019, because that match is gangbusters.
03:26It had a particularly good lineup of potential winners, with potential being the operative
03:30word of course, and that lineup made for some cool ass moments.
03:34Ricochet did some flips and stuff, Oli forgot how to win a ladder match, but the best of
03:38the bunch came from Andrade and Finn Balor.
03:41With Andrade atop a ladder and Finn coming up to catch him, Andrade took notice of the
03:45ladder bridge in front of him, climbed to the very tippy top, and went for a sunset
03:49flip powerbomb now pause.
03:52Normally this would be a pretty safe landing, with plenty of give as the ladder would be
03:55resting on the ropes, now hit play, and see how horribly this awesome spot plays out.
04:00Andrade lands on the ladder first off the flip and knocks the ladder out of the grasp
04:04of its ladder brethren, making for a long drop and a sudden stop for ol' Finn, a sudden
04:09stop that sent him sailing into the air.
04:12You won't see ol' Broccoli Lesbord taking that bump, I tell you that.
04:167.
04:17CM Punk – No longer a Paul Heyman guy Yes, not every spot on this list is filled
04:21with a high spot, here we appreciate the drama as well.
04:26CM Punk was a big Paul Heyman guy, you'll know, he'll tell you about it.
04:30When those two were paired up on screen in September of 2012, there was rejoicing in
04:34the streets heralding the arrival of the best manager-wrestler pairing in years, and for
04:40about 9 months, things were just peachy cream.
04:42Then Punk started acting a little too babyface-like, and he had to be dealt with in the same way
04:47Virgil took care of Luca and the Godfather.
04:49At Money in the Bank 2013, the WWE title briefcase was contested between 5 all-star babyfaces
04:55and Sheamus, and just as it was Punk's turn to go for the win, Paul encouraged him to
04:59climb and then stuck the proverbial knife in his back and the literal ladder in his
05:04ass.
05:05They shared a look, Punk of betrayal, Paul of venom, and then Paul wiped Punk out with
05:09a ladder shot to the dome.
05:11A great moment of theater mixed in amongst the ladder-based carnage, one foreshadowed
05:15by Brock Lesnar's attack on Punk weeks earlier, and paid off to perfection.
05:206.
05:21Sin Cara Joins Twitch
05:22It is a good thing that Triple H's track record of NXT-era hires overshadows the first
05:27year of his executive career in 2011, where his major hires were the unfortunately timed
05:32arrival of Karma, and the unfortunate in every way arrival of the original Sin Cara.
05:37Unable to work with, unwilling to adapt to the American style, and frequent injuries
05:41were the story of Sin Cara originale, but just a few months into his WWE run, he also
05:46failed a wellness test, you naughty sausage.
05:49This resulted in him being written off TV in the most brutal way possible, competing
05:53in the very good Smackdown Money in the Bank ladder match, and being powerbombed through
05:56a ladder bridge by Sheamus.
05:58The move was great, as is the case with the other powerbombs mentioned on this list, but
06:02what made this one so memorable was the selling.
06:05Rather than just clutching his neck and back and such, Sin Cara lay on the ground twitching
06:09and convulsing, being stretchered out for his conveniently 30-day hospital visit.
06:145.
06:15The Tease That Was Better Than The Feud
06:17You know, for as unremarkable as the AJ Styles-Shinsuke Nakamura rivalry was in 2018, I think their
06:23stare down in the 2017 Money in the Bank ladder match was equally as excellent.
06:28Only a year and a half removed from their bonkers good match at WrestleKingdom 10, Styles
06:32and Nakamura had been kept apart for Nakamura's first several months on the main roster, and
06:36for the first several minutes of this match, as Baron Corbin had to be a stinky poo-poo
06:40head and attack Nakamura during his entrance.
06:43When Shinsuke re-emerged, he came face to face with his old adversary, and at the time
06:47best wrestler in North America, AJ Styles.
06:50WWE will very often try to manufacture an epic stare down moment, look up Cena and Orton
06:55in the 2011 Rumble if you dare, but this was one that hit on exactly what WWE's audience
07:00was waiting to see.
07:02The energy in the arena just shifts as everybody there knows they are getting a magical moment
07:06in real time.
07:08An epic tease of epic proportions, it's just a shame that the actual feud wasn't,
07:13you know, good.
07:14Number 4, The Moonsault Plus I'm one of the people who misses Money in
07:18the Bank being part of Wrestlemania.
07:20Maybe it's because I'm nostalgic for this time in my life, maybe it's the huge crowd
07:24adding to the matches, or maybe it's because you are guaranteed to see some batshit insane
07:29things like the last four spots on this list.
07:32Wrestlemania 24's Money in the Bank match had a bunch of stellar highlights.
07:36MVP's fate being twisted by a returning Matt Hardy, Shelton Benjamin flip diving through
07:41a ladder bridge, maybe the best Tower of Doom spot ever, it's good stuff, but my favorite
07:46moment from my first ever ladder match has to be John Morrison's Moonsault Plus Ladder.
07:51The way the ladder opens mid Moonsault to take out everyone on the floor, it is by the
07:55very definition of the word, spectacular.
07:59It's a shame that this match had to end for Morrison with his meat and two veg crushed
08:02on the top rope, because with a spot like this he deserved so much more.
08:07Number 3, Shelton Dives into the Pool Shelton Benjamin was the early years handy
08:11dandy human highlight reel when it came to Money in the Bank matches.
08:15His flip dive through the ladder at Mania 24 is sickening, his running flip dive at
08:19Mania 22 is scary as hell as it always looks like that ladder is going to slide out from
08:23under him, but the cream of the flip dive crop came at Wrestlemania 25.
08:28Early on in this match, everyone takes turns jumping onto the pile on the outside, with
08:32the jump starting small and getting progressively bigger.
08:35From apron dive, to suicide dive, to top rope dive, to finally this, Shelton Benjamin leaping
08:41off the top of a very big ladder in the aisleway just to barely be caught by his waiting targets.
08:46It looks like he's doing a dive into the pool!
08:49It is a terrifying but terrific moment, continuing to prove that Shelton damn sure should have
08:54been given a lot more than he was.
08:562.
08:57Jeff Hardy Forgets About Winning You know, sometimes things are more important
09:00than winning, like attempting to murder the guy that stole your brother's girl.
09:04Wrestlemania 23's Money in the Bank match is a legendarily star-studded affair.
09:08Edge, Orton, Punk, Booker, both Hardys, top guys who can have a great ladder match, and
09:14this match had no shortage of big moments either.
09:17Orton's massive RKO on Punk, Kennedy crushing Hornswoggle, Booker's bookend, it is a fantastic
09:23match and it provided us with maybe the most iconic Money in the Bank ladder match spot
09:27of all time.
09:28Jeff Hardy, ever the risk taker, usually happy to forego winning the match in order to make
09:32a huge moment, climbs a big ass ladder in the ring when his dear brother Matt calls
09:37for him to take out his nemesis Edge who had been laid out across the ladder bridge.
09:41In this moment, Jeff could have won, then jumped, but nay, Jeff leapt off, crushing
09:46Edge to bit with a great call on commentary, an incredible camera shot, and a roar of 80,000
09:52fans.
09:53This is a moment that would go on to be played in Do Not Try This At Home videos for years
09:57to come, and it remains one of the most iconic, brutal, and perfect Money in the Bank moments
10:01ever, but in terms of best, there is but one that tops it.
10:06Number 1, Shelton Goes For A Run.
10:08There's that name again, Shelton Benjamin, one of the six men involved in the first ever
10:13Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 21, but certainly the one the Highlight Reel
10:17editor loved the most.
10:18The first Money in the Bank match pretty much had to be good for the stipulation to stick,
10:22and on paper, yeah, put six good workers in a ladder match and it should yield results,
10:26but allow Shelton Benjamin to run wild and you have yourself a brand new smash hit match.
10:31A topey to the outside, superb, a t-bone suplex off a ladder, scrumptious, but the absolute
10:37best we have ever gotten in Money in the Bank came as Chris Jericho reached for the briefcase
10:42only for Shelton to run up a tilted ladder and clothesline Jericho down.
10:46There are so many ways this could go wrong.
10:49Shelton misses one step, catastrophe.
10:52The ladder slides out of the rung even slightly, catastrophe.
10:56Shelton even just takes his time running, maybe not a catastrophe, but it wouldn't have
11:00been as great as what we got.
11:02A perfect, seamless moment, helping to crown Money in the Bank as the success we now know
11:07it to be.
11:08Shout out to Shelton Benjamin, now and always.
11:11And that's our list.
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11:19last week's list right here.
11:21All of a sudden, Mox has a plethora of excellent rivals whose blood has filled his ledger.
11:27Oh no, it's completely filled.
11:29There's so much blood.
11:30It's like the elevator doors have opened in The Shining and usually the blood gets off
11:33on the second floor.