Christian in Money in the Bank matches

[543Y2J]

I'm just wondering why he always seems to be second place/runner up/the last one on the ladder with the winner in most of the Money in the Bank matches he has been in. Is there any meaning behind it? Does it mean that although they want to push him they instead want to give the briefcase to the winners?. Finally, do you believe he will win one in the future? (IMO I think/hope he does) Here are all the one's he has been in:

WM21 Edge defeated Chris Jericho, Shelton Benjamin, Chris Benoit, Christian (with Tyson Tomko) and Kane. Edge knocks Benoit off the ladder with a chair for the finish. Not a runner up in this one.

WM25 CM Punk defeated Kane, Mark Henry, Montel Vontavious Porter, Shelton Benjamin, Kofi Kingston, Christian and Finlay. Crowd wanted badly for Christian to win after pushing back the ladder from the rope. Kane choke slammes Christian off the ladder, Kane then gets kicked off by Punk. 3rd in this one

WM26 Jack Swagger defeated Christian, Matt Hardy, Kane, Drew McIntyre, Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, Shelton Benjamin, Montel Vontavious Porter and Evan Bourne. Christian grabs the briefcase, but Swagger smashes it into his face and wins it. This is the one he should have won in my opinion, especially considering how things turned out with Swagger's run.

2010MITBPPV Kane defeated The Big Show, Matt Hardy, Christian, Kofi Kingston, Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler. Tied 3rd one on the ladder with Matt Hardy. McIntyre was the runner up in the match after being choke slammed off the ladder.

2012MITBPPVDolph Ziggler defeated Damien Sandow, Tyson Kidd, Christian, Santino Marella, Tensai, Cody Rhodes and Sin Cara. Got pushed off by Ziggler at the end of the match into another ladder while trying to reach for the Briefcase

Plus from a kayfabe point of view with the experience he has had in ladder matches in his career he should have won one by now. I just find it weird how there has always been a pattern here (except from in the first match), and with the most recent one at this years PPV it just adds more to it.

[Spearmint*]

It's a good representation of how WWE see him. Just a solid hand that can float around the upper-mid card/main event when needed but he isn't a guy they want to focus their company around or really make the number one guy.

As for why he's usually last on, his experience and constant flirting with the main event always position him with a supposed chance to win to the audience; so they probably call him being runner up as to give the most believable tease to the crowd that he could win it and to create the suspense when it's him and someone else on the ladder that the winner will be in that moment.

[FinalGwen]

He's the last of the classic TLC participants in WWE, just thinking about it. Makes sense for him to be there, even if he doesn't win.

Boy, that's weird to think, actually.

[KobashiChop]

He has an incredible knack for garnering sympathy from the crowd. They see him as a believable winner creating a very real sense of tension when he gets close to the briefcase.

[joebob27]

The put him in or near the ending spot because he won't f*** it up?

Simplest explanation most likely to be true.

[Brother Nero....Wolfe]

It's supposed to be symbolic about how he has no money left after spending it all on Malaysian slaves.

[SassovsHart]

I always assumed he's right there at the end because he makes a believable near winner as the "ladder match specialist". His TLC experience and stuff makes him perfect to slot in as a "favorite" . Sort of the ladder match equivalent of the big man who's a "favorite" in the battle royal, but really doesn't stand a chance of winning.

[Chip]

Jul 25, 2012 8:55:41 GMT -5 Spearmint* said:

As for why he's usually last on, his experience and constant flirting with the main event always position him with a supposed chance to win to the audience; so they probably call him being runner up as to give the most believable tease to the crowd that he could win it and to create the suspense when it's him and someone else on the ladder that the winner will be in that moment.

Yeah, it's pretty much this. Out of all of the MITB participants Christian is usually one of few you could see winning it, so him climbing the ladder is enough to start making the match really intense as it comes to a close.

[Ryanar]

I will say this, Christian should have won the MITB Briefcase at Wrestlemania 25. Im a fan of CM Punk, but Christian deserved it way more.