Sorry for the Delay. I ate dinner after the show was over.
Here's the History of the MITB Match Updated with this year's results:
darrenswinloss.wordpress.com/2017/06/19/history-of-the-money-in-the-bank-ladder-match-2/Here's the History of the MITB PPV:
darrenswinloss.wordpress.com/mitb/Here are my MITB Thoughts:
The Kickoff was boring except for Paul Heyman's incredible promo.
Awesome opening video.
I like that Wade Barrett is on commentary in his home country as he had to be in London for Smackdown last night. It gave Corey Graves the night off.
Say what you want about Logan Paul and your personal feelings about him, but you have to give him credit for doing this. What a spot by Logan Paul & Ricochet. That could have been bad if it went wrong.
What a match to kick off MITB. Kudos to all 7 men. Priest was my 2nd choice. He's a great choice as MITB Winner. My Picks: 0 for 1. Damian Priest was the 20th wrestler to win the MITB in his debut match & the 2nd year in a row.
Now, I wish I didn't have Peacock Premium. I wouldn't have to watch this stupid video on Ronda Rousey.
Shayna Baszler turning on Ronda Rousey was the best part of the whole match. I'm happy for Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez, but now we're not going to get the classic match between Baszler & Rousey VS Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson on NXT soon. My Picks: 0 for 2. This ended Baszler & Rousey's Reign at 33 Days, which was the 3rd Shortest Reign of All-Time & in their 2nd Defense. Morgan & Rodriguez are the 5th team to be 2-time Women's Tag Team Champions.
Good interview with Damian Priest.
Matt Riddle VS GUNTHER was a fun Intercontinental Title Match. I am so happy that Drew McIntyre is back. I hope he worked out his contract issues. He has been missed. McIntyre VS GUNTHER will be great even though we saw it before. My Picks: 1 for 3. This extended GUNTHER's Intercontinental Title Reign to 386 Days, which is the 4th Longest Reign of All-Time & it was his 12th Defense, which is the most Defenses since Dolph Ziggler in 2011.
Cody Rhodes VS Dominik Mysterio is not the main event. I'm glad WWE changed their mind. Meanwhile, now I have to redo my Main Event Facts on my site as I wrote it for this match.
Cody Rhodes VS Dominik Mysterio was pretty good. Dominik is getting better & better each & every match embracing his heel character. No Brock, interesting. BTW, I have to share this fact about the match. Cody is the 1st person in WWE History to wrestle a Father (Rey) & a Son (Dominik) in a 1-on-1 Match on PPV. My Pick: 1 for 4.
Awesome promo by John Cena. WrestleMania in London will be incredible. I don't mind Grayson Waller interrupting. Cena VS Austin Theory was great at Mania. I wouldn't mind Cena VS Waller at SummerSlam.
For the record, I missed Bayley being introduced from The Judgment Day. I was talking to my brother.
No offense to Bayley, Becky Lynch, IYO SKY, Zoey Stark, Trish Stratus, & Zelina Vega, the Women's MITB Match wasn't good at first, but got better, with several cool spots at the end. My Picks: 2 for 5. IYO SKY is the 21st wrestler to win the MITB Match in their debut MITB & the 1st time since 2020 that both matches were won by people making their MITB Match debut.
Seth Rollins VS Finn Balor was an awesome match. Please, don't let Damian Priest cash in MITB now. I already have all of my records done. I'm glad they saved it. For the 1st time since 2021, there won't be a cash in at MITB. My Picks: 3 for 6. This extends Seth Rollins' Reign to 35 Days, which is the Shortest & Longest Reign of All-Time & was his 3rd Defense, which is the Most Defenses.
Good promo by Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn.
For the 2nd night in a row, this Bloodline Civil War is a cinematic masterpiece.
For the record, as it relates to my predicament I talked about with dinner tonight. I am having Chinese Food, but it has been delayed, so I will eat after MITB is over.
The Usos VS The Bloodline was incredible even with the predictable ref bump. Usos & Reigns have come a long way since they wrestled each other in the 2013 MITB Kick Off Show. The finish was incredible as Jey was the 1st person to pin Roman since Baron Corbin in December of 2019. My Picks: 4 for 7.
Here are my MITB Match Rankings:
1) The Usos VS The Bloodline
2) The Men's MITB Match
3) Seth Rollins VS Finn Balor
4) Matt Riddle VS GUNTHER
5) Cody Rhodes VS Dominik Mysterio
6) The Women's MITB Match
7) Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez VS Shayna Baszler & Ronda Rousey
Another unbelievable WWE PPV (Will not call it PLE). MITB lived up to its hype. I love all of the matches except 1 but that's because of my disposition on one of the participants. Every month, the PPV is better than the last. I can't wait for SummerSlam.