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.
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