Money in the Bank 2024 Review

July 11, 2024 0 By Right Hook Ray

Last night’s Money in the Bank was unpredictable, a lot of things happened to advance things while keeping us guessing and surprised with what came out of the event. So here is my review of the show and ratings for the matches, giving this another shot here.

Men’s Money in the Bank Match

The Men’s MITB match starting the show is a good sign that chaos could happen at the end of the night. Jey Uso and LA Knight were the obvious crowd favorites but overall was a fun match where Andrade was this match MVP. However as much as I wanted Jey to win, Drew made sense there as he took Jey out to grab the briefcase for the win.

Match Rating: 7.5/10

Intercontinental Championship Match

Sami Zayn vs. Bron Breakker was a solid match, Breakker is absolutely must-see TV and an arrival performance. Personally, I felt Breakker should have won but this was a reminder that patience is a good thing and hopefully this starts a of series of matches with them because this worked.

Match Rating: 6/10

John Cena surprises Toronto

John Cena makes a surprise appearance but then tells us he is retiring which I was not prepared for at all, 2025’s road to Wrestlemania is his last run so we have to get mentally prepared for that because I thought we had a little more time before this announcement actually happened.

World Heavyweight Championship Match

The world heavyweight championship match was next and was a fine match where Rollins looked like he had not missed any time. But finally, McIntyre shows up to cash in and has Priest dead to rights until… CM Punk attacks him! Attacking McIntyre outside where a belt shot to the head gives Priest the chance to pin McIntyre and retain the title with some disappointment in Punk’s interference.

Yet there was more, after the chaos settled Rollins and Punk stare down because Punk’s interference not only cost McIntyre a successful cash-in and championship but also cost Rollins another shot at the title while Priest is champion which was good tying together both feuds with Punk for some interesting things to come with Punk being this agent of chaos in the world heavyweight title picture.

Match Rating: 8/10

Women’s Money in the Bank Match

The women’s money in the bank was next, the crowd clearly wanted Tiffany Stratton or Chelsea Green to win here. However, if I had to nitpick something about this show it is this. I really wish the women matches like this did not have so many ladders and tables it just kills the match sometimes yes, I am horrible but sometimes it is not necessary. The Iyo and Zoey thing off the ladder was absolutely nuts in the end, it was TIFFY TIME! But quite the car wreck of the match from the women which I did not expect.

Match Rating: 7/10

Solo’s Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, and Jacob Fatu) vs. Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, and Kevin Owens

Now it is the main event and right away I LOVE how they are making Jacob Fatu a dangerous person using some real-life stuff like him not being able to cross borders, but HHH had to pull some strings to make it happen just excellent.

Every time Cole references Bullet Club makes me smile, the crowd is so behind Owens Saturday night with his emotional promo on Smackdown. The crowd was into this match, but Jacob Fatu was the star in this match without question. Even though the match turned a chaotic brawl it was a good match, where in the end Solo pins Rhodes making him a real threat along with his Bloodline being a scary force going forward (even with Tonga Loa’s error on the low blow)

Match Rating: 7.5/10

The post show stuff was the best part for me because it was treated and presented like other sports! The immediate post “inside the NBA” interview with Solo, McIntyre losing it at the panel, showing various wrestlers leave the arena limping or been in combat just everything I always wanted them to do in pro wrestling.