Money in the Bank 2025

Taking place in Los Angeles

Announcing tonight will be Michael Cole, Pat McAfee and Wade Barrett. Alicia Taylor is taking care of ring announcing duties

*MATCH 1 — Women’s MITB Ladder Match — Alexa Bliss, Newcomer Roxanne Perez, Naomi, Newcomer Stephanie Vaquer, Newcomer Guilia, Rhea Ripley. My pick is Rhea (from my hometown of Adelaide); don’t count out Alexa (she is from my birthplace of Columbus, Ohio). Rhea has had a hint of red added to her gear. Everyone seems to be gunning for Rhea to get her out. (The Doc checking on Naomi and Rhea)Rhea is finally out from under the pile of ladders, and she is ticked off. I can hardly believe I’m writing this, but Naomi has obtained the briefcase. (They have put the briefcase on a heel.)

*MATCH 2 — The Men’s Intercontinental Title on the line with Dominic Mysterio (Liv is with him)defending against Octagon from Triple A. No surprise, with help from Liv, Dom keeps the belt.

*MATCH 3 — Lyra Valkyria defending the Women’s Intercontinental title against Becky Lynch. (In heel mode) This match will get ugly. Becky is going to push Lyra to a new place, but will she be willing to go? If any belt changes hands, it will be this one. I’m not sure why they would do a belt change, unless the suits want it on someone who is a bigger name? Alicia never got the announcement finished when Lyra went after Becky. Lyra has been 140 days as champion. This has been an amazing match; they have been given the time to tell the story. Becky, holding the tights, steals the win. It was a hell of a match. (The heel did what she needed to, getting the win.) Lyra has nothing to be ashamed of; she did amazingly. Becky is demanding all 4 sides of the ring. Becky demanded that Lyra put the belt on her. Once done, Lyra with a post-match beatdown of her own.

*MATCH 4 — It’s the men’s turn for their Money in the Bank (MITB) ladder match. Seth Rollins is out first, although I thought he would come out last. The other competitors include Penta, El Grande Americano, Andrade, Solo Sikoa, and L.A. Knight. The very first MITB match took place in Los Angeles in 2005. I’m hoping L.A. Knight wins, but I also like Penta; however, I have a feeling Seth will take it. I will be glad when the El Grande storyline concludes because I find it a bit boring. So far, it’s been a good match, but Seth has taken a nasty landing, and I’m not sure if he will recover. Of course, Seth is in the spotlight. Chad just added a medal plate to his mask, which is turning this match into a chaotic scene, much like the women’s match did. Now, Seth is climbing the ladder. Oh no, here comes Braun and Bronson! I told you it would be Seth who wins. WHAT? Here comes Jacob/JC to the ring. After what Jacob heard, will he still help? (Remember, it’s all legal.) Jacob just turned on Solo! Fatu just put Solo through a ladder, which then bent under the impact. There are bodies and ladders scattered all over the place. Well, Seth has the fireball ladder and is on his way up, but here comes L.A. Knight. This was to be expected. Seth grabs the briefcase! I’m more intrigued by Jacob Fatu turning on Solo Sikoa than by the match itself.

WrestleMania 42 returns to Las Vegas.

Nikki Bella returns to RAW this coming Monday night.

*MATCH 5 — Main Event — Tag Team Match with Cody Rhodes/Jey Uso facing John Cena/Logan Paul. You know from the start that this match will not be pretty. Cody is on his way to the ring. Jey Uso is heading to the ring through the crowd. Logan Paul is out with a selfie cam. John Cena will be the last out. The sooner John loses the belt, the happier I will be. The belt is going to have to be taken off John before the end of the year. I am thinking it could happen at SummerSlam or Survivor Series. Jey keeps trying to get to Cody, but he just can’t quite make it. John and Logan are too busy yelling at each other to give Jey the chance to make the tag. Cody just got out of the way as Logan was in mid-air, landing on John. I told you this would get nasty. Turned out to be Jey Uso with a spear on the table. Someone with a spear on John, Holy Cow, it’s R-Truth. Truth just took out Cena. Thanks to the little bit of help, Cody Rhodes/Jey Uso with the win.