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Money in the Bank
Promotional poster featuring landmarks of the host city of London, England, such as Big Ben and the Tower Bridge, with various WWE wrestlers and Seth "Freakin" Rollins.
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown
DateJuly 1, 2023
CityLondon, England
VenueThe O2 Arena
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The 2023 Money in the Bank is the upcoming 14th annual Money in the Bank professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by the American promotion WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will take place on Saturday, July 1, 2023, at The O2 Arena in London, England. This will be the first Money in the Bank to be held outside of the United States as well as WWE's first major event to be held in London since Insurrextion in May 2002 and England in general since Insurrextion in June 2003. It will also be the first Money in the Bank to livestream on Binge in Australia.

Production

Background

The event is set to be held at The O2 Arena in London, England.

Money in the Bank is an annual gimmick event produced by the American promotion WWE since 2010, generally held between May and July. Along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, it is considered one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, referred to as the "Big Five".[1] The concept of the event comes from WWE's established Money in the Bank ladder match, in which multiple wrestlers use ladders to retrieve a briefcase hanging above the ring. The briefcase contains a contract that guarantees the winner a match for a world championship of their choosing at any time within the next year. The 2023 event will feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions; male wrestlers will compete for a contract to grant them a match for either Raw's World Heavyweight Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship and Universal Championship being held and defended together as the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, while female wrestlers will compete for a Raw's Women's World Championship or SmackDown's WWE Women's Championship match contract.[2] The 2023 event also reduced the number of participants in the both matches: In the men's to seven with an even division of wrestlers between Raw and SmackDown—three wrestlers each from Raw and SmackDown and Logan Paul as a non-exclusive wrestler, and in the women's to six also with an even division of wrestlers between Raw and SmackDown.[3][4]

Following the success of Clash at the Castle in September 2022, which was held in Cardiff, Wales, WWE announced on January 5, 2023, that they would be returning to the United Kingdom for the 14th Money in the Bank event. It was held on Saturday, July 1, 2023, at The O2 Arena in London, England. This marks the first Money in the Bank event to be held outside of the United States. This will also be WWE's first major event to be held in London since Insurrextion in May 2002 and England in general since Insurrextion in June 2003. In addition to airing on pay-per-view worldwide and the livestreaming services Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in most international markets,[5] it will be the first Money in the Bank to livestream on Binge in Australia after the Australian version of the WWE Network merged under Foxtel's channel Binge in January.[6] It was also announced that the June 30 episode of Friday Night SmackDown would air live from the same venue, marking the first time for the show to broadcast live and in primetime from the UK at 8pm local on BT Sport. Tickets for both events went on sale on February 24 with hospitality packages also available.[7] It was reported that general admission tickets for Money in the Bank sold out in one minute.[8]

Storylines

The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[9][10] while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[11]

Qualifying matches for the men's Money in the Bank ladder match began on the May 29 episode of Raw. Ricochet and Shinsuke Nakamura became the first and second qualified entrants by defeating The Miz and Bronson Reed, respectively.[12] LA Knight then qualified by defeating Montez Ford on the June 2 episode of SmackDown.[13] The next qualifying matches occurred on the following week's SmackDown, where Santos Escobar and Butch qualified by defeating Mustafa Ali and Baron Corbin, respectively.[14] Damian Priest then defeated Matt Riddle in the final qualifying match on the June 12 episode of Raw.[15] On the following week's Raw, however, Logan Paul—in his first appearance since Night 1 of WrestleMania 39—revealed that he would also be competing in the match without the need to qualify.[16]

Qualifying matches for the women's Money in the Bank ladder match began on the June 2 episode of SmackDown, with Zelina Vega defeating Lacey Evans to be the first qualified entrant.[13] The next qualifying matches occurred on the June 5 episode of Raw, where Becky Lynch and Zoey Stark defeated Sonya Deville and Natalya, respectively.[17] Damage CTRL's Bayley and Iyo Sky then qualified by defeating "Michin" Mia Yim and Shotzi, respectively, on the June 9 episode of SmackDown.[14] The last qualifying match occurred on the June 19 episode of Raw, where Trish Stratus defeated Raquel Rodriguez by disqualification thanks to an accidental interference from Lynch.[16] Additionally, on the June 23 episode of SmackDown, Shotzi will face Bayley with the stipulation that if Shotzi wins, she will take Bayley's spot in the match.[18]

On the June 5 episode of Raw, The Miz hosted a "Miz TV" segment with Cody Rhodes as the special guest. During the segment, Miz introduced Judgment Day's Dominik Mysterio and SmackDown Women's Champion Rhea Ripley as his other special guests where Dominik taunted Rhodes, stating that Rhodes was a bad father and that he should be home with his baby daughter. Rhodes then proclaimed that Dominik's father Rey Mysterio made some terrible mistakes, one of which was having Dominik as his son. Dominik then feigned leaving the ring, only to return and slap Rhodes in the face.[17] The following week during a presentation in which Ripley's SmackDown Women's Championship became the Women's World Championship, Rhodes interrupted and challenged Dominik to a match at Money in the Bank, which Ripley accepted on his behalf.[15]

On the May 8 episode of Raw, Seth "Freakin" Rollins defeated Finn Bálor in the semifinals of a tournament for the inaugural World Heavyweight Championship,[19] which Rollins ultimately won at Night of Champions on May 27.[20] On the next episode of Raw, Rollins was victorious in a tag team match against Judgment Day members Bálor and Damian Priest.[12] This led to a title match the following week where Rollins retained against Priest. Following the match, Bálor and Rollins came face-to-face.[17] On the June 12 episode, Bálor called out Rollins and recalled that at SummerSlam in 2016 when he defeated Rollins for the inaugural Universal Championship, Rollins injured him in the match, which caused him to vacate the title the following day and derailed his career. Bálor claimed that he would do the same to Rollins at Money in the Bank by taking away the World Heavyweight Championship from him. Rollins then accepted Bálor's challenge for his title at Money in the Bank.[15]

In the main event of Night 1 of WrestleMania 39, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) lost the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship[21] and failed to regain the titles on the April 28 episode of SmackDown.[22] The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa and The Usos) ended up winning a six-man tag team match at Backlash, although there was friction between Sikoa and The Usos.[23] On the following SmackDown, Reigns demanded that The Usos apologize for their loss and failure to regain the championships, and although Jimmy refused to apologize, Jey apologized on Jimmy's behalf. The Bloodline's special counsel Paul Heyman then announced that he was able to procure another tag team championship match for The Bloodline; however, instead of The Usos, it would be Reigns and Sikoa, which would take place at Night of Champions on May 27.[24] At the event, The Usos interfered in the match, and accidentally attacked Sikoa with a superkick. This infuriated Reigns and eventually lambasted and shoved both Usos around, however, Jimmy retaliated by attacking Reigns, after which, along with Jey, they retreated. Reigns and Sikoa would ultimately lose the match.[20] On the next episode of SmackDown, during a celebration for Reigns' achievement of reaching 1,000 days as Universal Champion, The Usos interrupted. Jimmy stated that he did what he did at Night of Champions to protect his family, specifically his brother Jey. Jimmy seemingly convinced Sikoa to join them against Reigns and The Usos had apparently convinced Reigns that they should stay together as a family. Reigns then embraced Jimmy, however, Reigns rejected Jimmy's proposal, prompting Sikoa to attack Jimmy.[13] On the next episode, Heyman tried to persuade Jey to stay in The Bloodline, while also awarding him a United States Championship match, where Jey lost after Jimmy unintentionally attacked him.[14] However, on the next episode, Jey turned on Reigns, choosing to stay by Jimmy's side.[25] On the June 17 episode of SmackDown LowDown, it was announced that The Usos would face Reigns and Sikoa at Money in the Bank in a "Bloodline Civil War" tag team match.[26]

Matches

No.Matches*Stipulations
1Ricochet vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. LA Knight vs. Santos Escobar vs. Butch vs. Damian Priest vs. Logan PaulMoney in the Bank ladder match for a men's championship match contract[3]
2Zelina Vega vs. Becky Lynch vs. Zoey Stark vs. Bayley vs. Iyo Sky vs. Trish StratusMoney in the Bank ladder match for a women's championship match contract[4]
3Cody Rhodes vs. Dominik Mysterio (with Rhea Ripley)Singles match[27]
4Seth "Freakin" Rollins (c) vs. Finn BálorSingles match for the World Heavyweight Championship[28]
5The Bloodline (Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa (with Paul Heyman)) vs. The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso)"Bloodline Civil War" tag team match[29]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

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