{"id":161298,"date":"2023-07-01T04:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=161298"},"modified":"2023-06-30T23:35:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T04:35:03","slug":"heydorns-take-dont-hold-me-to-this-wwe-money-in-the-bank-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/07\/01\/heydorns-take-dont-hold-me-to-this-wwe-money-in-the-bank-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"HEYDORN&#8217;S TAKE: Don\u2019t hold me to this \u2013 WWE Money in the Bank 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2982425225\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE gets two thumbs up for how they built the 2023 Money in the Bank event.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, this show is essentially a replica of a mid-2000s Royal Rumble PPV. Back then the thought process was, \u201cwell, we have the Royal Rumble match, so who in the blazes cares what else is on the card.\u201d Money in the Bank was the same way for a long, long, long time. \u201cWe\u2019ve got the two ladder matches, who cares what else is on the card?!\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2020\/07\/HeadshotHeydorn2020_180.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102397 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2020\/07\/HeadshotHeydorn2020_180.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s show is remarkably different and for the better. Obviously, WWE has both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s Money in the Bank ladder matches, but it also has other big time matches to help round out and significantly enhance the show overall. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor for the World Championship, a fun Dominik vs. Cody Rhodes bout, and the first of many blowoff matches between The Bloodline now that the civil war within that faction has started.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a lot. Add in a scorching hot UK crowd and the result is going to be one of the better WWE shows of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Call this a preview, a calm look into the distant future, or a gaze into a wondrous crystal ball; just don\u2019t hold me to anything, ok?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor \u2013 WWE World Heavyweight Championship<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Look, we\u2019ve seen a lot of Rollins vs. Balor matches throughout the years. Lots. Most of them never mentioned the history both men had together after Rollins injured Balor\u2019s shoulder when they competed to become the first-ever Universal Championship. The fact that they went through that history and leveraged it this time around gave the match a new life and made it significantly more intriguing. Balor has been great throughout the build and the dark heel gimmick continues to fit him. Rollins is Rollins. Is it the song, is it not? That\u2019s a fun debate to have, but right now it doesn\u2019t matter. Audiences are behind him and they\u2019ll get to sing him to AND from the ring as the champion. It\u2019s way too soon for Rollins to lose the title and he won\u2019t here.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Ronda Rousey &amp; Shayna Baszler vs. Liv Morgan &amp; Raquel Rodriguez \u2013 WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-712368362\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Liv Morgan returning to WWE and her teammate is a nice story, but Rousey and Baszler are the only women that can even attempt to repair those titles. Paul Levesque is going to let them do that. So, the story may be nice, but the business is better. Rousey &amp; Baszler retain.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Women\u2019s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Iyo Sky vs. Bayley vs. Zoey Stark vs. Trish Stratus vs. Zelina Vega vs. Becky Lynch<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best part about this match is that it can go so many ways in the end. You can reasonably make an argument for any of these women to win the briefcase, but I won\u2019t. This has Iyo Sky written all over it. The Money in the Bank briefcase has been a point of drama between Sky and Bayley. Sky winning it gives that story more juice and elevates a women\u2019s star at the same time. Sky\u2019s likely to have a strong showing the match itself as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Gunther vs. Matt Riddle \u2013 WWE Intercontinental Championship<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are squash matches allowed on PPV? If yes, this will be one. If not, it\u2019s going to walk as close a line as possible to being one without crossing that line. This is a Gunther win. That part is 100% obvious. The question is how much of a threat will Riddle be? The answer is not much. This is all about Gunther now and will still be when the match is over. Gunther retains.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Cody Rhodes vs. Dominik Mysterio<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The build for this match has been fantastic. Both are clearly in their lanes as characters and getting the strong reactions that they are looking for. It\u2019s a perfect holdover feud for Cody Rhodes as he waits for the third Brock Lesnar match and it may help Dominik get even more over as a heel at the same time. Look, I can see Lesnar interfering here and Mysterio getting the win because of it. They\u2019ll want Cody to stay strong, though. Cody wins and then we see The Beast.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Men\u2019s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Logan Paul vs. LA Knight vs. Ricochet vs. Santos Escobar vs. Butch vs. Damian Priest<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2813378471\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>I don\u2019t want to be the bearer of bad news, but Logan Paul is winning this match. Short term, that may sting for LA Knight, but long term he\u2019s better off not being saddled with the briefcase. I expect a huge Ricochet spot, a huge Logan Paul spot, and LA Knight getting screwed. Paul takes it and starts his world WWE social media branding tour soon after.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Roman Reigns &amp; Solo Sikoa vs. The Usos<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest matches of the year for WWE. The Bloodline story has been a wonderful piece of business and as soon as the bell ring for this, it ceases to exist in the same way as it has for the last two years. So, these guys need to deliver here and they will with the match of the night. We\u2019ll see big time drama between Solo\/Jey\/Jimmy and of course fireworks between Jey and Roman. In the end, the story has a longer shelf life if The Usos are chasing the win over Roman. Reigns and Sikoa take this with some underhanded tactics.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/06\/30\/ppv-primer-wwe-money-in-the-bank-2023-preview-and-predictions-for-both-mitb-ladder-matches-bloodline-civil-war-more\/\">PPV PRIMER \u2013 WWE MONEY IN THE BANK 2023: Preview and predictions for both MITB ladder matches, Bloodline civil war, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1746363801\"><div id=\"pwtor-2329203498\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE gets two thumbs up for how they built the 2023 Money in the Bank event. Typically, this show is essentially a replica of a mid-2000s Royal Rumble PPV. Back then the thought process was, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/07\/01\/heydorns-take-dont-hold-me-to-this-wwe-money-in-the-bank-2023\/\" title=\"HEYDORN&#8217;S TAKE: Don\u2019t hold me to this \u2013 WWE Money in the Bank 2023\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":160336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,6454,53],"tags":[2706,71,1059],"class_list":["post-161298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opnionandanalysis","category-heydorns-take","category-opinion_stafftakes","tag-money-in-the-bank","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-money-in-the-bank"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/06\/MITB-2023-scaled.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161301,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161298\/revisions\/161301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}