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WWE MONEY IN THE BANK REPORT
JUNE 7, 2025
INGLEWOOD, CALIF. AT INTUIT CENTER
STREAMED LIVE ON PEACOCK (U.S.) & NETFLIX (International)
REPORT BY WADE KELLER, PWTORCH EDITOR
Commentators: Michael Cole, Pat McAfee, Wade Barrett
Ring Announcer: Alicia Fox
Attendance: WrestleTix reports as of today 17,070 tickets were distributed at showtime, a legit sellout.
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-Michael Cole introduced the show as they showed scenes of fans arriving at the arena. Then they showed the arrival earlier of Cody Rhodes, Logan Paul, Becky Lynch, Dominik Mysterio & Liv Morgan (lounging on a couch with Liv’s leg over Dom’s thigh), Seth Rollins & Paul Heyman & Bronson Reed & Bron Breakker, Alexa Bliss, L.A. Knight, and Rhea Ripley.
(1) ALEXA BLISS vs. “THE PRODIGY” ROXANNE PEREZ vs. GIULIA vs. STEPHANIE VAQUER vs. NAOMI vs. RHEA RIPLEY – WOMEN’S MONEY IN THE BANK
Cole noted this is Vaquer’s third match in 24 hours with her matches on Smackdown the night before and Worlds Collide earlier in the day. Barrett said it was a suicide mission. Ripley came out last and Cole said she has never been in a ladder match before and she told him earlier she has butterflies. Cole and McAfee sent positive vibes to Zoey Stark due to her knee injury. The bell rang 17 minutes into the hour. Ripley and Alexa cleared the ringt and squared off, but Perez and Giulia got back in the ring quickly and knocked them to ringside. Vaquer then landed a springboard crossbody on both of them. Vaquer gave Perez some sort of piledriver powerbomb that caused a gasp from the announcers.
Naomi drove Ripley’s head into the ladder with Ripley’s head between her knees. The first “We Want Tables” chant broke out at 4:00. Naomi dove at Ripley, but Ripley caught her and slammed her chest-first onto a flat ladder. Ripley lifted Perez for a Razor’s Edge onto a ladder, but Perez countered and head scissored Ripley onto the ladder. Perez then springboard moonsaulted onto Ripley who was lying on a bridged ladder.
Perez was the first to climb the ladder. Bliss yanked her down. A minute later, Giulia and Perez began climbing the ladder on opposite sides. Ripley intervened. Giulia and Perez sandwiched Ripley into the ladder. Naomi climbed the ladder a minute later, but Vaquer interrupted. Barrett said there’s an element of strategy to play possum at ringside and pick your spot to re-enter the fray. Vaquer trapped Naomi in the corner with her legs split on the middle rope. Vaquer then gave her leg a Dragon Screw.
Vaquer climbed, but Giula yanked her down and applied an abdominal stretch. Vaquer then climbed the ladder with Giulia on her back. Giulia slipped free and suplexed her. Giulia then climbed the ladder. Naomi yanked her down and climbed. Giulia suplexed her off. Bliss then dropkicked Giulia off the ladder. Bliss then climbed. Perez climbed the other side at 12:00. Vaquer set up another ladder and climbed. Naomi climbed the other side of it. Bliss yanked on Naomi’s leg and then suplexed her. Naomi rolled to the floor.
Perez and Giulia saw Bliss was about to tip over the ladder, so they jumped off the ladder first. Cole said that was smart. Giulia and Perez dropped Bliss over the side of a ladder. Fans chanted, “This is awesome!” Cole talked about the strange relationship with Perez and Giulia. Seconds later, Perez attacked Giulia and then tossed her over the top rope. Ripley came out from under five ladders at ringside and she yanked Perez down from the ring apron and threw her into the barricade.
Ripley entered the ring and faced off with Giulia. Ripley kicked a charging Naomi and then threw Perez into Naomi with a Razor’s Edge. Ripley bridged a ladder in the corner and then slammed Giulia onto it. Fans chanted for Ripley as she set a huge ladder mid-ring. Vaquer yanked her down. Ripley headbutted her, then looked around to see if she had clearance to climb. Cole said Ripley vs. Giulia would be a dream match. McAfee said there are dream matches all over this MITB match.
Ripley bridged a ladder from the corner to the larger ladder set up mid-ring. Ripley ducked a Vaquer kick. Vaquer drove Ripley’s face into the bridged ladder with her Devil’s Kiss over and over and over. Fans cheered. She then climbed the ladder and grabbed the briefcase. Perez yanked her boot before Vaquer could unhook the case. Bliss climbed and met Perez at the top. Naomi returned to the ring and went after Bliss.
Perez and Vaquer battled on the bridged ladder. Bliss tried to climb the other side, but Naomi delayed her. Bliss tried again. Naomi stood on the other bridged ladder. There was awkward nothingness for a minute. Bliss then gave Naomi a Code Red at the same time as Perez gave Vaquer a Pop Rocks. Another “This is awesome!” chant rang out.
Perez met Giulia on top of the ladder. Perez yanked on Giulia’s hair. Giulia did the same. They slapped each other. Giulia headbutted Perez. Bliss yanked on Perez’s boot as Perez yanked on Giulia’s hair. Ripley gave Giulia a Rip Tide as Bliss gave Perez a Sister Abigail. Ripley and Bliss looked at each other and smiled. Then they both climbed the ladder. Noami tipped it over. She then set up the ladder quickly and climbed. She looked around and then grabbed the case for the win. Cole said Iyo Sky and Tiffany Stratton should beware.
WINNER: Naomi in 25:00 to win the MITB.
(Keller’s Analysis: An exciting, overall solid ladder match with a few dangerous looking moves and nice pacing without overdoing it. The OCs vs. Newbies aspect was played up as a nice match-specific subplot weaved throughout.) [c]
-They showed Vikingo, Mr. Iguana, Psycho Clown. Dr. Wagner Jr., and Konnan at ringside.
-They went to Cole, McAfee and Barrett at ringside. Cole said earlier, Rey Mysterio showed up and thanked the fans. They went to a clip of Dom getting upset with Octagon Jr. for admiring his dad because he “forget he’s a deadbeat.” They fought. Dom said he’d see Octagon Jr. at MITB and he’d put his Intercontinental Title on the line. Cole called it “an interesting decision.”
(2) DOMINIK MYSTERIO (w/Liv Morgan) vs. OCTAGON JR. – Intercontinental Title match
Cole said Chad Gable proved once again he still can’t beat Luchadors. The bell rang 57 minutes into the hour. Octagon outmaneuvered Dom in the opening minute and landed a springboard moonsault press onto Dom at ringside. Dom crotched Octagon on the top rope tied a tassel on Octagon’s mask to the bottom rope. Dom scored a two count a minute later at a sitout driver. He dropkicked Octagon in position for a 619, but Octagon ducked. Octagon climbed to the top rope, but Liv distracted him. Dom then took over and this time landed a 619. He followed with a top rope frog splash for the win. Dom declared himself the greatest IC Champion of all time.
WINNER; Dominik in 6:00 to retain the Intercontinental Title.
(Keller’s Analysis: Dom won pretty quickly and definitively, but with the assistance of a Liv distraction. A nice quick added match.)
-As part of a sponsored segment, Chad Gable told The Creeds that he has a “Fireball” ladder. He told the Creeds to put it under the ring somewhere where he can find it and tell El Grande Americano and also him. [c]
(3) LYRA VALKYRIA vs. BECKY LYNCH – Intercontinental Title match
As Lynch came out, Barrett said it’s not often someone of her accomplishments can add a trophy she’s never won before. Barrett brought up some great brands from the U.K. including The Rolling Stones, Oasis, and Blur. During formal ring introductions, Lynch took a swing at Valkyria. Valkyria ducked and tackled Lynch. The ref called for the bell 15 minutes into the second hour. Lynch blocked a running kick through the ropes and then yanked Valkyria to the floor by her boot. Lynch threw Valkyria into barricade at ringside. Barrett said this is “game day” Becky. Valkyria caught Lynch with a backslide for a two count. Valkyria counted a manhandle slam next for a two count. She countered Night Wing for a two count.
A dueling chant of “Let’s Go Becky! / Becky sucks!” broke out. With both women down and slow to get up a 5:00, they went to an overhead shot which showed off the on-canvas sponsorship ads. Lynch blocked a Valkyria kick and DDT’d her for a two count. Valkyria came back with a superplex. She followed with a fisherman’s suplex for a two count at 8:00. Another dueling Becky chant broke out. Valkyria applied an anklelock. Lynch reached the bottom rope.
Valkyria leaped off the ring apron onto Lynch at ringside and then quickly threw her back into the ring. Lynch rolled to ringside immediately and leaned on the Spanish announce desk. Valkyria went after and threw her onto the ringside barricade. She leaped off the announce desk with a guillotine legdrop onto Lynch’s shoulder blades. Valkyria went for a top rope dropkick, but Lynch caught her and slammed her to the mat for a two count. Both were down and slow to get up 11:00. A loud “We Want Truth!” chant broke out.
Lynch stood and started kicking Valkyria. She then climbed to the top rope. Lynch met her up there. Valkyria lifted Lynch onto her shoulders. Lynch slipped free and landed a Manhandle Slam off the second rope for a dramatic near fall. Valkyria slapped Lynch at ringside. Lynch shoved Valkyria into the ringpost and then Manhandle slammed her at ringside. She had to roll into the ring to break the ref’s count, then went back to ringside. Valkyria caught Lynch with her Night Wing. Both were down as the ref began counting. (They really should do an actual double countout now and then to add some drama to these moments.) They both stood at nine and beat the count. Barrett said a double countout there would have solved absolutely nothing (like a high percentage of all WWE television matches through various screwy finishes lately).
Back in the ring, Valkyria and Lynch exchanged wild swings. Valkyria lifted Lynch, but Lynch countered with a roll-up. Valkyria countered that for a two count. They continued roll each other up and counter until Lynch yanked on Valkyria’s pants for the win.
WINNER: Lynch in 16:00 to win the Intercontinental Title.
-Afterward, Lynch insisted Valkyria meet her mid-ring and raise her arm. Valkyria was dismayed and delayed, but then did it almost like she eating an inset on “Survivor.” Lynch insisted she do it for all four sides of the arena. “Give the people their money’s worth,” said Barrett. “Do it like you mean it, Lyra.” Lynch then handed Valkyria the IC belt and insisted she put her around his waist. Valkyria did as Lynch looked on with smug satisfaction Valkyria then gave Lynch a German suplex and a Night Wing.
(Keller’s Analysis: The match was decent to good, but the crowd primarily expressed pro and con emotions toward Lynch. It dragged at few times, but otherwise the action was intense and good.) [c]
-Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian were shown in the crowd with their child. McAfee went bonkers for them.
(4) SETH ROLLINS (w/Paul Heyman) vs. PENTA vs. EL GRANDE AMERICANO vs. ANDRADE vs. SOLO SIKOA vs. L.A. KNIGHT – MEN’S MONEY IN THE BANK MATCH
The wrestlers above are listed in order of entry. When Americano came out, Cole said he doing double-duty. McAfee and Barrett pushed back. Cole said he gained irrefutable evidence. He said he was wearing Gable’s boots. McAfee said Gable leased them to him later. Cole said at World’s Collide, Gable had his right elbow and arm heavily taped and so did Americano. Barrett called it “sympathy pains” and said Cole is a conspiracy theorist.
The bell rang 43 minutes into the second hour. Knight, Penta, and Andrade triple-teamed Seth as Solo watched. Solo then threw Seth over the top rope and laughed. Solo was full of glee, then turned around and saw three opponents waiting for him. Fans chanted, “You f—ed up!” Penta landed a swing kick into Solo’s chest. Solo dropped to ringside. Knight kicked a ladder into Americano at ringside. Seth then returned and went on the attack on Andrade in the corner. He also punched Penta. Andrade made a comeback and then leaped over the top rope onto Knight, Solo, and Americano.
The announcers got sidetracked by Barrett saying Americano and Gable have different sized nipples. Cole said he has never researched that. Penta and Americano fought in the ring. Seth jabbed Penta in the chest with the top of a ladder. American dropped Seth over a ladder flat on the mat mid-ring. Solo then went on the attack on Americano, throwing him into the ladder. Fans chanted “We Want Tables!” Solo slammed Americano onto a ladder leaning in the corner.
Knight then attacked Solo, which got a big rise out of the crowd. He landed an elbowdrop onto Solo on the ladder. When Knight climbed a short ladder, Penta met him on the top. Barrett said it’s an eight-foot ladder and you need one ten-plus to unlatch the ladder. Seth brought the taller ladder into the ring and climbed next to them. American met him on top of that ladder. Solo slid a third ladder into the ring and climbed it. Andrade tried to springboard onto the ladder but slipped (making Knight’s night!). Americano knocked Seth off the ladder. Seth tipped it over in response. Solo tipped the ladder over sending Andrade to the ground. Barrett said Americano doens’t load his mask with metal, but rather uses a patch for a bad case of eczema.
Seth and Solo faced off. Fans chanted, “OTC!” Then they switched to “C.M. Punk!” Seth climbed the ladder again. Americano applied an anklelock on Seth as he hung upside down on the other side of the ladder. Andrade climbed past Seth. Penta grabbed Andrade’s leg. Andrade pushed through and delivered a sunset bomb on Americano to the mat. Penta then suplexed Seth off the ladder and landed on the ladder below.
Andrade and Penta crawled up the ladder next at 22:00. Penta gave Andrade a Mexican Destroyer on a bridged ladder. Fans popped and the announcers went bonkers. Fans chanted for Penta. He climbed the ladder. Solo re-entered the ring and yanked Penta down and threw him into the ladder. Knight and Solo fought at ringside next. Barrett said Solo lost his focus in the ring. Knight bridged a ladder at ringside. Solo delivered an uppercut.
In the ring, Penta and Knight battled. Both were down and slow to get up after a modified Mexican Destroyer. Penta got up first and climbed the ladder. Americano suplexed Penta off the ladder. American suplexed Seth, then Knight, then Solo. American stood in an empty ring as fans chanted, “That’s Chad Gable / No It’s Not!” Americano pulled the Fireball sponsored ladder out from under the ring. He spun it around and knocked over Penta, Solo, Knight, and Seth with it helicopter style. He then set it up mid-ring and began to climb. Cole said Gable would be insufferable if he won. McAfee said he’s not in the match so Cole didn’t have to worry. Penta met Americano on the top of the ladder. Penta headbutted toward Americano. Iy showed light, but Americano bumped backwards like he was hit with a battering ram.
Seth climbed to the top, but Penta stomped him down a few rungs. They showed Americano loading a steel plate under his mask. Barrett said it’s an anti-histamine to take his swelling down. Penta knocked Seth down and then climbed to the top. Knight (sorta) catapulted Americano onto a ladder at ringside and then climbed another one and tipped it onto the Fireball ladder where he headbutted Penta. Knight then met Americano on top and he suplexed him to the mat. That sequence got the biggest crowd pop of the night.
Seth then stood and kicked Penta out of the ring and climbed the ladder as Heyman yelled at him to do so. Andrade rolled into the ring and climbed the other side. Seth had to come up with creative ways to stall until Andrade got up there. Seth knocked him down. Penta quickly climbed on eside. Andrade yanked Seth down. Andrade climbed and met Penta on top. Andrade knocked Penta down. Solo climbed and slowed Andrade, who was hanging onto the ladder. Seth met them up there. Knight and Penta climved the short ladder next to Andrade who tried to unhook it. Seth called for help from ringside. Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed walked out.
Breakker speared Americano at ringside. They yanked Penta and Knight off the ladder and cleared the ring. Reed tossed ladders aside. Fans chanted for Punk. Breakker speared Knight at ringside. He followed up with a Tsunami onto Andrade. Reed and Breakker looked down at Heyman who directed them to go after Solo. Jacob Fatu’s music played and he marched out with J.C. Mateo.
Those two pairs brawled in the ring. Breakker speared Mateo through the barricade (which had clearly been pre-separated from the other barricade section). Fatu gave Reed a Samoan Drop. “No freakin’ way!” exclaimed Cole. Fatu leaped through the ropes into Breakker at ringside. Fatu looked over at Solo. He threw Solo into the ring and told him to climb the ladder. Fatu entered the ring and set it up. (No talk by the announcers of Fatu overhearing Solo calling him “no brains” last night on Smackdown.) Solo was all smiles. Cole said no one can stop Solo’s ascension.
Fatu eyed Solo climb the ladder and fans cheered. Fatu reached up and grabbed Solo’s ankle. Solo looked down and asked what he was doing. Fans chanted, “Fatu! Fatu!” Fatu yelled, “I hate you!” He yanked Solo down and superkicked him. “Jacob Fatu just screwed Solo!” exclaimed Cole. Fatu dragged Solo into position for a double-jump springboard moonsault onto Solo. Cole said Solo had some harsh things to say about Fatu last night and that was apparently the final straw. Barrett said Fatu must’ve heard him call him “all gas, no brains.” Fatu chokeslammed Solo off the ring apron onto a bridged ladder, which broke in half at 40:00.
Seth brought the Fireball ladder into the ring and climbed it. Heyman smiled at ringside. Knight entered the ring and yanked Seth down and gave him a lariat. Seth clutched his head as Knight climbed. Seth got up and yanked Knight down. Knight went for a BFT, but Seth threw Knight into the ladder. Seth then delivered a Stomp to Knight. He set up the ladder again. “He may have cleared hid last hurdle,” said Cole. Seth unhooked it and won.
WINNER: Seth in 33:00.
(Keller’s Analysis: Exciting start to finish. When outsiders interfered, it made a bit of a mockery of the match, but it led to a memorable, big angle with Fatu turning on Solo. Seth winning made sense since it give the new Heyman/Seth faction extra juice this summer and no one else was an obvious person to hold it and credibly cash in, although there were fun theories and speculation El Grande Americano winning but someone else cashing it under the Americano mask. They threw in enough red herring near finishes. Not everything was smooth, but all in all, a satisfying, epic feel overall.) [c]
-Triple H announced in a video that they’re going back to Las Vegas, Nev. at Allegiant Stadium next year again.
(5) JEY USO & CODY RHODES vs. JOHN CENA & LOGAN PAUL
Cody entered first. Then Jey made his full entrance through the concourse tunnel to ringside to interact with the announcers and finally in the ring. As he was about to do a second round, Logan’s music interrupted. Cena made his entrance last. The bell rang 50 minutes into the third hour. Cody and Cena started against each other. Fans sang for Cody. Cody knocked Cena down. Cena ran over and tagged in Logan. Jey tagged in and Logan got the better of him. Jey came back with a pop-up neckbreaker for a non-dramatic two count that Cole talked right over.
Cena tagged in and beat up Jey. Cole noted that Seth just won MITB and Cena and Jey are both in the building, so both are vulnerable tonight. Cena and Logan methodically grounded Jey like they were in a 10 minute commercial break just stalling. At 14:00 Cena and Logan bickered and ended up shoving each other after disagreements with blind tags. Cody rallied against both. He leaped off the top rope and hit a flying dropkick. Cena blocked a Cody Cutter and delivered a quick Attitude Adjustment for a two count, with Jey breaking up the cover. Logan slingshot flipped into the ring, but slipped. Jey kicked him. Cody hit Cross Rhodes. Logan went for a frog splash to break it up, but Cody moved and Logan landed on Cena. Jey then speared Logan. All four were down and slow to get up. Barrett said it was a massive miscommunication by Logan.
Jey fended off Cena’s offense and superkicked him. Logan went after Jey. They exchanged punches. Cody entered and punched away at Logan. Logan blocked a bionic elbow and then delivered a Pulverizer. Logan didn’t go for the cover, opting instead to leap off the top rope and play to a drone for a selfie. Cody met him up on top and superplexed Logan as the drone filmed it all. Jey then landed the Uso Splash as they stuck with the drone view from the mat. Cena caught Jey with a sudden AA and then gave an AA to Cena for a two count at 20:00.
Cena went after Cody at ringside. He rammed Cody into the ringside steps. He cleared the top of the announce desk and rammed Cody into the steps again. He then cleared the Spanish commentary table. Cena set up Cody for an AA from one table onto another, but Cody slipped free and then Jey leaped from one table to the other and speared Cena. Logan then landed a second rope springboard moonsault off the ring apron onto Jey on the announce table. The table collapsed.
Cody was on the mat in the ring. Cena entered with his belt and wound up and charged and hit Cody in the head with it. A masked person entered and speraed Cena. He unmasked and it was R-Truth. Fans popped. He KO’d Cena with the belt. Cole yelled, “We want Truth! We want Truth! We thought he left the company!” Cody then gave Cena a Cross Rhodes for the win. Cole called it one of the biggest shockers in recent history. “We thought R-Truth was gone for good,” he said. Cole said there were headlines that Truth couldn’t reach an agreement with WWE on a contract extension, but fans protested and expressed wanting him back, and Truth did return. Cody and Jey hugged and celebrated. Cole said Cody pinned the WWE Champion “and that’s the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”
WINNERS: Cody & Jey in 23:00.
(Keller’s Analysis: The match itself overall was spotty with some highs and some long stretches of lows. The Truth return overrides pretty much anything else. It didn’t feel all that consequential overall otherwise.)
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