Get the details on how Cody Rhodes prevailed over Dominik Mysterio at Money in the Bank 2023.
The boos flow liberally as Dominik Mysterio makes his ring walk, accompanied as usual by Rhea Ripley. Those turn to cheers quickly for Cody Rhodes, as expected.
Rhodes is still sporting the cast on his left arm, and he gets smacked in the face early by Dom. Rhodes tears off his cast and pursues Mysterio up the entrance walkway where he was trying to flee.
Back in the ring, Rhodes unloads in the corner. Mysterio takes a running powerslam as the fans start to get into it, then forces Rhodes to chase him into the crowd. Ripley steps in-between then for the first time, then actually pulls Cody off the apron.
That finally allows Mysterio to gain an offensive foothold, and he tries to make the most of it. He bounces Cody’s face off the announce table several times, and Ripley mocks Rhodes as he slowly recovers.
A corkscrew elbow scores by Dom, but Cody quickly kicks out. Rhodes is caught in a side headlock and has to will himself to his feet. Dominik looks for Three Amigos, but Rhodes prevents the third part of it.
Now Rhodes is fired up as a look of concern crosses Ripley’s face. A Disaster Kick is on target, but Mysterio kicks out at two. He fights back with a dropkick but finds the 619 is blocked, and Rhodes spins Dom around before hitting an Alabama Slam and a Cody Cutter.
Cross Rhodes is next, and that’s a wrap for Prison Dom. No Brock Lesnar attack or any hijinks of any kind, as it turns out.
See how Damian Priest overcame the odds and claimed the briefcase in the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match.
Not only is this a good choice to lead off Money in the Bank in London, but having Butch come to the ring first is also a smart move to whip the fans into a frenzy. The fans cheer for Shinsuke Nakamura, Santos Escobar and Ricochet while booing Damian Priest. LA Knight gets a huge welcome while Logan Paul is lustily booed for the most part.
Everyone goes right after Paul as soon as the bell rings and he is dumped to the floor. When everyone else goes outside too, Paul tries to sneak in with a ladder alone, but Nakamura disabuses him of that notion.
Priest is trapped behind a ladder in the corner by three of his foes while Knight DDTs Butch. Nakamura delivers a knee to the back of Priest’s head before teaming with Butch to send Ricochet back outside.
Escobar runs through some of his offense but gets hurled into the corner ladder by Paul. Logan sets a ladder up and starts to climb only to get dragged down by nearly everyone and beaten.
Butch gets a table out and a cricket bat and starts laying into people. He low bridges Priest to the floor, but takes a big right hand in return. Paul begs off and tries to form an alliance with Priest, and they both set up tables on the floor.
Yet Priest smashes Paul with a big right hand and sends him over the steps, so alliance over, one presumes. Meanwhile, Knight and Ricochet battle in the ring, and Ricochet ends up jumping through the ladder to land on multiple contestants on the outside.
Paul returns to the ring and hits Knight with a Russian leg sweep, then turns his attention to others. He tries to slingshot himself to the outside and flies right into a Priest right hand.
The social media superstar recovers quickly and drops a frog splash onto the ladder on Priest, receiving a “you still suck” chant as a reward. That leaves Ricochet and Nakamura to fight it out in the ring, with several ladders involved. Knight butts in and is DDTed, and Shinsuke starts to climb before getting joined by Escobar.
Butch heads up as well, taking Escobar’s back with a chinlock. They fall back onto a ladder and end up taking a springboard 540 splash from Ricochet. NBD for him.
All seven men are back in the ring now, with Priest climbing until he’s suplexed off the ladder by Knight, setting off a series of high impact moves. Amidst the chaos, Shinsuke thinks he’s alone but gets dragged back outside by Butch. The Englishman sets up a tall ladder on the floor and launches into a moonsault that takes out multiple targets.
Paul has an opening too, smashing Butch with a right hand. He gets his fingers on the briefcase but is pulled down by Ricochet. Escobar hits Paul with a running knee that leaves him alone to climb … but Nakamura is back as well.
Here comes Knight to join the party, setting up a second ladder. It feels precarious with three men on two ladders, but Escobar hurricanranas Knight to the canvas.
It’s a four-way battle that also includes Ricochet, who gets close to the briefcase. He knocks over one ladder, leaving Ricochet and Paul battling while Knight tries frantically to stop them — and does by tipping over the ladder, but they end up flying down to the floor together thanks to a springboard Spanish fly by Ricochet and crashing through both tables on the floor.
Knight and Butch battle atop a ladder, with LA being sent down after some joint manipulation. Priest quickly climbs and pushes Butch down, giving Knight a chance to haul down Damian and hurl him to the floor. Knight hits Escobar with Blunt Force Trauma and sends Shinsuke to the outside.
It looks like Knight’s match to win, but Priest isn’t done yet, and they both end up flying down courtesy of a Broken Arrow off the ladder. Priest has an open path and climbs to claim the briefcase.
See all the winners from London as they claim victory at WWE Money in the Bank.
It’s not too often that the Money in the Bank Ladder matches aren’t among the top attractions at the event that bears their name, but as London’s O2 Arena prepares to play host to the 2023 edition, an argument can be made for that this year.
That’s not to say that the battles for the men’s and women’s briefcases won’t be entertaining. Both fields are full of the kind of talent that could benefit by winning them, and the women’s match, especially, features some of the division’s top names, past and present.
But neither figure to be the emotional high point of the show. That will almost certainly be the so-called Bloodline Civil War, where Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa will battle their own blood, The Usos. It’s the latest milepost in the longest running WWE storyline in years, one that has kept fans locked in for every new development.
There’s also a World Heavyweight Championship match that has its roots in events that took place seven years ago. Seth Rollins says his challenger Finn Balor has grown bitter since defeating him back then, but Balor insists that Rollins made him that way. Even though Rollins is heavily expected to win, there should be plenty of action and drama along the way.
And it doesn’t appear that any of those matches will even close out the show. Somewhat incredibly, the showdown between Cody Rhodes and Dominik Mysterio appears set to be the main event, with rumors swirling that it could be the vehicle for a big return of some sort. At least it will have the London crowd fired up to provide big and very opposite reactions.
Let’s head to London and see how everything plays out.
WWE Money in the Bank 2023 results from London:
(click on any match with a link for full match details)
Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez def. Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler by pinfall to become the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions after Baszler turns on Rousey mid-match, attacking Ronda and then walking out
Priest tells Kayla Braxton he is now Señor Money in the Bank, and while he has some things to think about, the one thing he knows is that he will be a champion
Gunther def. Riddle by submission to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship …
… but after the bell, Drew McIntyre returns for the first time since WrestleMania; he gets shoved by Gunther and responds with a Glasgow Kiss and a Claymore before holding Gunther’s title belt over him
Surprise! John Cena makes an appearance, talking up how long it’s been since there was a big event in London and that WWE doesn’t know what to make of the fans there; but as for why he’s really there, Cena says it’s to let the world know the London fans are underappreciated and have earned his respect … but also to try to bring WrestleMania to London (cont.)
Cena is joined by Grayson Waller, who mocks Cena and accuses him of lying to people; Cena declines his offer to appear on The Grayson Waller Effect and gets attacked from behind, but Cena ends up turning the tables on him
Kayla Braxton talks to Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, who are watching the event from a skybox, and Sami says he thinks tonight will be the night that Roman Reigns gets exactly what’s coming to him
Here’s who we think will grab the briefcases and have their hands raised when Money in the Bank hits London this weekend.
Six days after All Elite Wrestling put on arguably the best in-ring event of the year, WWE has the unenviable task of following it with Money in the Bank.
The in-ring action at Forbidden Door was at a level that is virtually unmatched anywhere in the world. WWE doesn’t necessarily have to match that, but with two multi-person ladder matches on the card, it could come pretty close.
But what Money in the Bank will have that Forbidden Door lacked is the drama, primarily with the so-called Bloodline Civil War.
So who will walk away winners Saturday in London? I’ve got some predictions.
Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Logan Paul vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Butch vs. Ricochet vs. Santos Escobar vs. LA Knight vs. Damian Priest
Is this an exciting field of combatants or what? First, you have a bunch of people who haven’t quite broken through the proverbial glass ceiling yet in WWE all receiving a real opportunity to do so in this match. Granted, Shinsuke Nakamura has already won a Royal Rumble, but he has been basically rudderless since then.
Everyone else is starving for that moment, including this match’s wild card, Logan Paul.
Paul rubs a lot of fans the wrong way, but in the ring, he has been undeniable. He has really picked up this pro wrestling thing and run with it.
Will that be enough for WWE to give him the briefcase? I think you would be naive to rule it out. I can vividly see a world where Paul is running around with the briefcase, tempting the powers that be to make international headlines by making him a world champion.
However, as much as WWE loves Paul, I don’t think the company loves him quite enough to put its top title on him. In fact, WWE has never put one of its top titles on an outsider. It has been on part-timers and people well past their respective primes, but never a complete outsider — unless you count that one time Arnold Schwarzenegger posed with the WWE title in 1999.
Paul is great for creating buzz and putting on fun matches, but being WWE champion? That would be absurd, and I think WWE has just enough restraint not to do something like that.
Since I am taking a more sensible approach to this, I am predicting LA Knight to win and earn the Money in the Bank briefcase.
Knight has been white-hot lately and seemingly has all the tools WWE usually looks for in a champion. He’s got a good physique, he has natural charisma, and boy, can he talk. He hasn’t been featured to this extent yet during his WWE tenure (remember when Vince McMahon made him a manager?), but I think he has proven that he can hold his own within the “WWE Universe.”
Will Knight cash in the contract and become a world champion? Maybe. With two titles (or is it three … who knows?), it is more likely now than it was a year ago this time.
Winner: LA Knight
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Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Becky Lynch vs. Bayley vs. Trish Stratus vs. Zelina Vega vs. Zoey Stark vs. IYO SKY
I think the easy call would be Becky Lynch since The Man is the most notable performer in the match, but I have a sneaky suspicion she and Trish Stratus will cancel each other out.
From there, it is a matter of who needs the win more. For me, that comes down to Bayley and IYO SKY.
Damage CTRL started off with so much promise, but never quite caught on to the level many people were expecting. Then Dakota Kai suffered a torn ACL, leaving the group with only two members for an extended period of time.
Or … they could add another member until Kai gets back. If it were up to SKY and Kai, the group would add Piper Niven, who isn’t doing much of anything at the moment.
It would be cool to see Niven make a surprise appearance, help one of the Damage CTRL members win the briefcase and officially join the group.
Nothing has been confirmed on that front, but regardless, I am going to pick Bayley to pick up the win. When I think of who needs this win the most, it has to be Bayley. She has needed a spark for quite some time, and winning Money in the Bank could easily provide that.
Winner: Bayley
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World Heavyweight Championship: Seth Rollins (c) vs. Finn Balor
I think this will be a fine match between two fine wrestlers, but this is an open-and-shut case, in my book. The Visionary retains.
Winner: Seth Rollins
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Bloodline Civil War: Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa vs. The Usos
While Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay put on arguably the best match of 2023, this has to be the leader in the clubhouse when it comes to the most dramatic match of the year.
The match will be so dramatic, it already has a nickname: Bloodline Civil War. Sorry, old-school fans, “Bloodline Explodes” sounds more like a medical emergency than a wrestling match.
Either way, if the name is any indication of what is to come, it will be an emotionally charged contest in London.
This was a tough one for me to predict, but at the end of the day, I am going with Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa to pick up the win.
The last time we saw Reigns in a tag team match, he lost to Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn at Night of Champions. I don’t see that happening twice in a row.
The Usos may arguably be the best tag team in the world, but I just can’t see WWE handing Reigns two losses in as many months.
Winner: Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa
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Cody Rhodes vs. Dominik Mysterio
What a huge match this is for Dominik Mysterio, and he honestly deserves it. He has been one of the highlights of Raw ever since he joined the Judgment Day and has steadily progressed in the ring and on the microphone. I can’t say enough about how far he has come over the last year.
And now, he is being rewarded in the form of a one-on-one match with one half of this year’s WrestleMania main event. And like that main event, I think Cody Rhodes is taking an ‘L.’
I know that I am going out on a limb here, but I am basing my prediction purely on the fact that Brock Lesnar could just show up, destroy Rhodes, hand Mysterio a surprising win, and set up Lesnar-Rhodes III at SummerSlam.
Of course, Lesnar could wait until Rhodes has already beaten Mysterio to do that, but I feel like WWE is going to go for the shock factor of Mysterio pulling off an improbable win.
If you thought “Ex-Con Dom” was already intolerable, there is no preparing you for how insufferable he will become after beating Rhodes. Personally, I can’t wait.
Winner: Dominik Mysterio
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WWE Intercontinental Championship: Gunther (c) vs. Matt Riddle
The one drawback to having lengthy title runs is that it doesn’t lend itself to making the fans believe the champion is any real danger.
I feel like we have gotten to that point with Gunther despite him having a historic reign as Intercontinental Champion. Under ordinary circumstances, I would believe that Matt Riddle, a former United States champion, would have a legitimate chance of beating Gunther.
The only problem is no one has beaten Gunther in a long, long time, and I don’t believe that Riddle is the person to finally vanquish the Ring General.
Winner: Gunther
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WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship: Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan
I am happy that Liv Morgan is healthy and back on television, but the former champs look to be in the right place at the right time to get Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler over as badass tag champs.
Don’t forget: WWE Money in the Bank will start much earlier than normal for fans in North America.
Nearly here is the WWE Money in the Bank premium live event, where one male and one female talent are guaranteed a future title match. Who will walk out of the evening with the briefcases? The possibilities are fascinating.
Seth Rollins and Finn Balor will battle for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the Money in the Bank show, a rematch in the making since Rollins injured Balor during the inaugural Universal Championship match in 2016, cutting his title reign short.
Another big match will see Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa bringing the Bloodline feud to its climax when they face The Usos. This group had been united for most of Reigns’ reign as champion, but it started to fracture this year after Sami Zayn’s departure, followed by Jimmy and Jey breaking away.
The match is being promoted as a “Civil War” that will see family members collide, which will also determine where this years long storyline goes next. Which side leaves London victoriously?
After two rough matches with Brock Lesnar, Cody Rhodes will face Dominik Mysterio. It’s an unusual match pairing, but one that could bridge the gap to Rhodes and Lesnar squaring off again at SummerSlam.
Filling the rest of the card, Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler will defend the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship against Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan, and Gunther will face Matt Riddle for the Intercontinental Championship. Both add to a loaded match slate that should deliver a fun afternoon of WWE programming.
The action will transpire from London, in front of what should be a raucous crowd. That means it will start much earlier than many fans in North America are accustomed to for a WWE premium live event: mid-afternoon in the east and lunchtime in the west.
Here’s everything you need to know to watch this weekend.
WWE Money in the Bank 2023
Date: Saturday, July 1, 2023
Location: O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom
Start time: 3:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. PT
How to watch: On Peacock in the U.S., and on WWE Network in the rest of the world
Here’s everything you need to know to watch WWE Money in the Bank live this Saturday from London.
Before SummerSlam, WWE has one of its most intriguing premium live events of the year to showcase in Money in the Bank. The show that grants one male and one female star a guaranteed title match, it usually proves as one of the most exciting WWE shows of the year.
Logan Paul, LA Knight, Shinsuke Nakamura, Ricochet, Santos Escobar, Butch and Damian Priest will all contest for the briefcase in the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match, giving one of them a chance to win a WWE title in the next year. None of them have won the briefcase before.
Zelina Vega, Trish Stratus, Zoey Stark, Bayley, IYO SKY and Becky Lynch will all compete in the Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder match. Bayley previously held the briefcase, while Lynch never won this match — one of her few career misses.
In the show’s top title match, Seth Rollins will have his first World Heavyweight Championship defense at a premium live event when he faces Finn Balor. It’s a rematch of the inaugural WWE Universal Championship match from 2016 when Balor defeated Rollins for the title but had to relinquish the belt due to injury.
In the bout with by far the longest buildup, the “Bloodline Civil War” will transpire when The Usos face Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa. Jimmy and Jey broke away from Reigns and Sikoa earlier this month, after tensions had been brewing for months, setting up a match that pits family members against each other.
These matches, and more, will grace Money in the Bank. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the action this weekend.
WWE Money in the Bank 2023
Date: Saturday, July 1, 2023
Location: O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom
Start time: 3:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. PT
How to watch: On Peacock in the U.S., and on WWE Network in the rest of the world
Here are all the matches set for WWE Money in the Bank 2023 in London.
This summer, London’s wrestling fans will be treated to two major events, starting with WWE Money in the Bank at the O2 Arena. This show is always sure to be one of WWE’s most thrilling of the year, with one male and one female wrestler winning a guaranteed title match in the Money in the Bank briefcase ladder match.
The fields for Raw and SmackDown were finalized before Monday’s episode of Raw, but the rest of the card still needed work.
It started with Matt Riddle challenging Gunther for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. After an attack backstage from Imperium, the champion accepted Riddle’s demand for a match at Money in the Bank.
Also announced, Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler will defend the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship against Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan. The latter duo had to relinquish the title due to an injury Morgan suffered earlier this year, so they will have a chance to reclaim the glory in London.
The oddsmakers now like Logan Paul to win the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match in London after his late addition.
Will the Megastar be the man to climb the ladder and seize the briefcase at Money in the Bank in London? Or will a late addition to the titular men’s bout be the one to seize the contract?
That’s the question posed by WWE Money in the Bank 2023 betting lines, which had LA Knight as the early favorite in the Men’s Ladder match. But after Logan Paul announced he was added to the match on the June 19 episode of Raw, he became the new top choice, albeit by a narrow margin over Knight. Betfair sees Damian Priest now as the clear third pick, with the other four competitors in the highly anticipated bout as big underdogs.
Elsewhere, the current lines see both Cody Rhodes (who faces Dominik Mysterio) and Seth Rollins (defending his World Heavyweight Championship against Fin Balor) as likely winners of their respective matches. In the Bloodline Civil War, the odds favor Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa to take care of business against The Usos.
This is the part where we always say we don’t really endorse betting on WWE matches since someone already knows the outcomes. But we like examining them as a measure of what people think will happen for upcoming matches and events.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at the latest lines, converted into U.S.-style odds.
Which WWE PPV was the best of all time? We give our list of the top 15.
Long before WWE decided to start calling its biggest shows premium live events, pro wrestling fans knew them as pay-per-views, or PPVs. It was a fitting name since everyone literally had to pay extra to watch them, as opposed to weekly TV broadcasts on network or cable (though of course, viewers paid for that too).
While the history of wrestling PPVs traces its history back to the 1983 edition of Starrcade shown on closed-circuit television, the then-WWF first dipped its toes into that water with the first WrestleMania in 1985. Since then, WWE PPVs have become part of the rhythm of wrestling fandom, usually taking place monthly but for some years even more often than that.
That means there have been now been hundreds of these big cards over the decades, from WrestleMania to SummerSlam to Royal Rumble to all kinds of shows that have come and gone. And while most were examples of what WWE does best, some have withstood the test of time to linger in the memory longer than the rest.
Picking the best of the best is no easy task, and while the Wrestling Junkie staff has its own opinions, we decided to make this a more democratic affair. Like we did for our list of the best WWE matches of all time, our list of best pay-per-views utilizes reviews left by fans on Cagematch to sort through the gems.
And yes, premium live events are eligible as well. They’re all still PPVs to us, even if they come via a monthly subscription.
Without further ado, here are the 15 best WWE PPVs of all time, starting at No. 15 and working up to the top.
There’s more than just the ladder matches in store for fans at The O2 Arena when WWE Money in the Bank arrives in July.
Which WWE superstars will climb their way to a Money in the Bank briefcase and the fantastic opportunity it provides? We’ll soon find out.
Money in the Bank 2023 will once again be built around a pair of its namesake Ladder matches. Six men and six women will do battle for the chance to get their hands on a briefcase that contains a contract that can be cashed in any time, any place for a championship match over the next year.
History tells us just how big the briefcase can be, as the majority of cash-in attempts over the years have been successful. All WWE champions have to stay on their toes, for sure.
But Money in the Bank also tends to include some other notable matches, and this year is no exception. Already, we’ve seen that Seth Rollins will be true to his word as a fighting champion, putting his World Heavyweight title on the line against Finn Balor.
The crowd at London’s O2 Arena is sure to be raucous for the city’s first WWE premium live event in more than 20 years. Here are all the matches on the card to date, and we’ll update as necessary until Money in the Bank hits London on Saturday, July 1.
