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WWE SmackDown on May 30, 2025, delivered a high-octane episode from Knoxville, Tennessee, setting the stage for the upcoming Money in the Bank event. The night ...
This Friday’s WWE SmackDown (May 30, 2025) is shaping up to be a blockbuster. With the Money in the Bank pay-per-view just around the corner on June 7, tensions...
Across the sea. WWE is the biggest wrestling company in the world and is truly an international promotion. You will regularly see WWE going around the world to showcase their talents wherever they can, which leads to a variety of interesting shows. Now one of the bigger shows of the year is going overseas for the first time ever to really give the fans a treat. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: LOOK: WWE, AEW And New Japan Stars Recreate Classic Photo This Week WWE has announced that Money In The Bank 2023 will take place on July 1 at the 02 Arena in London, England. This will be the first time that a traditional WWE premium live event will be held in England since Insurrextion 2002. This comes after WWE presented the Clash At The Castle premium live event in Cardiff, Wales, the first such event in Europe in over thirty years. BREAKING: WWE Money in the Bank will take place at @TheO2 Arena in London on Saturday, July 1, as first reported by @MailSport! #MITB ? https://t.co/mI2GIizPIq pic.twit..
They changed their minds. There are a lot of issues with WWE at the moment and one of them is their inability to present the matches and segments that they advertise. WWE has a bad tendency to change their minds on something they plan to present and it can create issues. That was the case again this week, despite a last minute advertisement of the match. Last week on Monday Night Raw, Kevin Owens issued a challenge to either Ezekiel, Elias or their brother Elrod. Ezekiel accepted the challenge on behalf of his family and it was officially announced for this week’s show. On top of that, at 6am on Monday morning, WWE announced that the match would be a Money in the Bank qualifying match. However, the match did not take place and was not mentioned during the show, with no explanation given of why the change took place. There is no word on if the match will be rescheduled. TONIGHT: @FightOwensFight will get his chance to qualify for the Men's #MITB Ladder Match! His opponent could..
Come on in. We are less than a week away from WWE’s annual Money In The Bank show and that means that most of the card has already been set. WWE does have a tendency to take their time getting everything finalized though and that was the case again this year. There was one final spot in one of the show’s namesake ladder matches but now that has been filled as well. WWE has announced that Tamina will be the eighth and final entrant in the Women’s Money In The Bank ladder match. This will be Tamina’s third time participating in the match, following an appearance in both of the 2017 editions. Tamina joins Zelina Vega, Natalya, Liv Morgan, Asuka, Naomi, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Ash in the match. There were no qualifying matches for the SmackDown entrants. The field for the #MITB Ladder Match is now set! WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion @TaminaSnuka will take part in the action this Sunday! ? https://t.co/2c4ZQANWpm pic.twitter.com/xsaV4BmUri — WWE (@WWE) July 15, 2021 Tamina could be a forc..
She’s another one. We are less than a week away from Money In The Bank, which is one of the more complicated cards to put together throughout the year. There is only so much that can be done when you have sixteen people tied up exclusively in two matches, meaning there are not many options elsewhere on the card. Now we know another name who is going to be tied down. Sonya Deville has announced that Natalya will be the seventh entrant in this Sunday’s Women’s Money In The Bank ladder match. Deville announced that the match needed someone steady and no one is as steady as Natalya. This leaves one remaining spot in the match, which will also include Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Naomi, Nikki Cross, Liv Morgan and Zelina Vega. With all the changes and challengers for #MITB and #Smackdown, I will be the one to establish some consistency for this Sunday and there is NO ONE more consistent than 1/2 of our @WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions… @natbynature. Nattie, welcome to the MITB Ladder Match! — Dadd..
That’s going to be interesting. We have less than two weeks to go before Money in the Bank and that means a few things. We’re going to be hearing those same theme songs over and over again, we’re going to hear Michael Cole talking about building momentum, and, due to an announcement made this week, we’re going to be in for complete chaos. This year’s show is going to see something never done before and that might not be a good thing. As you might have heard, everything has been turned upside down in the wrestling world over the last few months. With no fans being allowed in the arena for WWE events (for now at least), there is only so much that WWE can do. That is going to be the case with this month’s Money in the Bank, which is why WWE is taking some almost drastic measures for this year’s event. As announced during this week’s SmackDown, the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match and women’s Money in the Bank ladder match will take place at the same time. The matches will be taking ..
Last year, Baron Corbin and Carmella won the Money in the Bank briefcases. The Lone Wolf failed in his cash-in, but “The Princess of Staten Island” became the first woman in history to successfully cash-in the briefcase. With this year’s Money in the Bank a week away, the WWE Universe is excited to see who will be holding the briefcases this year. It’s been rumored that Natalya is the favorite to win the contract in the Women’s Ladder Match. Also, The Miz seems to be the frontrunner to capture MITB for the second time in his career. It’s a bit premature to speculate about possible cash-ins when the winners haven’t been determined yet, but WWE officials already have plans for a huge cash-in. Related: Here’s Who WWE Officials Have Chosen to Win Money in the Bank According to a report from the Wrestling Observer, WWE officials could be planning the Men’s briefcase to be cashed-in at Summerslam. The rumored main event for the event is another match between Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar...
Daniel Bryan is getting another chance at the Money in the Bank briefcase. Big Cass was supposed to face Samoa Joe this week for the last spot in the men's Money in the Bank ladder match. On Sunday, WWE reported Big Cass needed help leaving the ring at a recent live event. .@BigCassWWE was assisted up the ramp by @WWE officials today after his match in Munich, Germany... will he be fully prepared for his #MITB Qualifying Match against @SamoaJoe this Tuesday on #SDLive?! pic.twitter.com/4bLKVajZFa — WWE (@WWE) May 20, 2018 Now Smackdown General Manager Paige says the match with Samoa Joe and Big Cass has been replaced by Daniel Bryan and Jeff Hardy. The winner will go on to face Samoa Joe next week. Due to @BigCassWWE injury, @WWEDanielBryan will face @JEFFHARDYBRAND tomorrow night on #SDLive in a second chance match... The winner will face @SamoaJoe NEXT WEEK for an opportunity to qualify and enter the Men’s #MITB Ladder Match. — PAIGE (@RealPaigeWWE) May 21, 2018 Both H..
<p>As seen on Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live, Daniel <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/bryan/" title="Bryan">Bryan</a></strong> suspended <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/james-ellsworth" title="James Ellsworth">James Ellsworth</a></strong> for 30 days and fined him $10,000 for his involvement in the Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder matches. He also added that if he violates the terms, Carmella will be stripped of her MITB briefcase.</p><p>Carmella and Ellsworth both took to Twitter and made the following remarks in regards to the suspension:</p>
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<p>WWE heads to the Valley View Casion Center in San Diego, CA for tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live. The following is confirmed for the show:</p>Baron Corbin vs. <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/sami-zayn" title="Sami Zayn">Sami Zayn</a></strong> The Usos vs. The Hype Bros (If The Hype Bros Win They Get a Tag Title Shot) Smackdown Women’s Title Match: Champion <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/naomi" title="Naomi">Naomi</a></strong> vs. Lana Smackdown Women’s MITB Match: Carmella vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Tamina vs. <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/natalya" title="Natalya">Natalya</a></strong> <p>Check back here at 8PM ET for our live play-by-play coverage of the event.</p>
<h1>Blocks 1 & 2:</h1><p>A listener calls into the show and asks Taz if he thinks WWE would throw us all a curve ball and have one of the Money in the Bank winners emerge on RAW to cash in their briefcase against <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/alexa-bliss" title="Alexa Bliss">Alexa Bliss</a></strong> or <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/brock-lesnar" title="Brock Lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a></strong>. Taz admits that would be a very shocking and surprising turn of events, and would make for a very memorable moment.</p><p>However, he doesn’t think cashing in on RAW (especially the day after the PPV) is a good idea. He has always been a fan of the Money in the Bank creative, and more often than not the goal is to get as much longevity out of that <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/angle/" title="angle">angle</a></strong> as possible each year. The briefcase holders can use that contract to boost themselves up throughout the year, and the constant threat of cashing in adds intrigue to the product throughout the year as well.</p><p></p><p>A listener calls into the show and says that he purchased the ROH PPV this past weekend, and this was the first PPV he purchased since 2014. He’s very happy he decided to spend the money on this PPV because it was a great wrestling show. Taz says that he’s a big fan of ROH, and there’s a lot of hard working people who make that company work on a daily basis.</p>
<p>Ryback is joined on today’s show by his co-host Pat Buck.</p><p>Ryback opens today’s show speaking about the finish of the Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match from last Sunday. There has been plenty of fan backlash since <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/james-ellsworth" title="James Ellsworth">James Ellsworth</a></strong> scaled the ladder and retrieved the briefcase for Carmella, but Ryback believes that means the finish was a success.</p><p>He believes that people need to realize that this is a fake scenario, and the events that transpire in the ring are meant to elicit a response from viewers, whether they be positive or negative. With this in mind, WWE succeeded last Sunday because the finish of this match has been a hot topic of discussion ever since.</p><p></p><p>Buck believes that the Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match should have went on later in the show instead of going first. WWE could have taken advantage of the crowd’s energy <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/early/" title="early">early</a></strong> on by having a less impactful match go on first, which would have saved the historic women’s match for later on in the show. Ryback points out that WWE needed to separate those two main event ladder matches, so that’s probably why they started the night with the women’s match and closed the night with the men’s match.</p><p>Buck also points out that this finish made James Ellsworth relevant again. It looked to be fairly certain that Ellsworth’s WWE contract wouldn’t be renewed after his one year deal was up, but now WWE creative has some options with Ellsworth moving forward. They might be able to stretch this <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/angle/" title="angle">angle</a></strong> out long enough to secure another contract for Ellsworth.</p><p>Quite simply, Ryback calls the finish of that match ‘perfect’.</p>
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<p>Ross congratulates <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/seth-rollins" title="Seth Rollins">Seth Rollins</a></strong> on being named as the cover Superstar for WWE 2K17. He says that’s a big deal for Rollins personally and professionally, and it’s a big deal in the WWE locker room as well. Ross has heard that the two finalists for the cover were Seth Rollins and A.J. Styles, and he thinks Styles would have been very deserving of the cover as well.</p><p>Speaking about Sunday night’s Money in the Bank PPV, Ross thought the St. Louis crowd loved the legends sitting at ringside. He also thinks that <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/naomi" title="Naomi">Naomi</a></strong> is a very talented performer, and her athleticism allows her to continue to grow as a performer in the ring. It was nice to see her continue her Women’s Championship run at Money in the Bank with a win over <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/lana" title="Lana">Lana</a></strong>.</p><p></p><p>Ross liked that Mahal got some heat by defeating Randy Orton in his hometown on Sunday. The distraction finish protected Orton and allowed Mahal to continue his momentum. Ross does feel that Mahal needs to pick up a few convincing wins as some point where he can show off his aggressiveness, and he needs to vary his style from time to time.</p><p>However, Ross does like where Mahal is headed, and he credits WWE for putting their Championship on him to help build his credibility as rises to prominence within the company.</p>
<p>A listener calls into the show and tells Taz that in a recent ‘I Quit’ match on the indie scene, one performer pulled a gun on the other in order to make them quit. The caller thinks that was a bit much, and Taz agrees. In this day and age, Taz doesn’t think there’s a place for that stuff in the business of professional wrestling, but that’s strictly his opinion.</p><p>Taz gets into his Money in the Bank predictions.</p><p>He says that it’s weird to see a PPV with only five matches on the card, but he admits that the two Money in the Bank ladder matches will eat up a large portion of time. He points out that it takes a long time to tell good physical stories when ladders are involved.</p><p></p><p>The Usos vs. The New Day – <strong>The Usos</strong></p><p>* Taz doesn’t think that The New Day needs the Titles right now, and a win over New Day will strengthen The Usos’ Title run significantly. Taz thinks that The Usos are one of the freshest acts on WWE programming right now, and he’d like to see their Title reign continue.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/lana" title="Lana">Lana</a></strong> vs. <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/naomi" title="Naomi">Naomi</a></strong> (C) – <strong>Lana</strong></p><p>* Taz thinks Lana will defeat <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/naomi/" title="Naomi">Naomi</a></strong> for the Smackdown Live Women’s Championship, but he doesn’t think that’s a good idea at all. He thinks that Naomi has had a good run with the Championship, but it’s evident that WWE wants to push Lana to the moon. After debuting with a big entrance and a new gimmick, a loss here for Lana will kill her run before it even gets started.</p>
<p>Daniel <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/bryan/" title="Bryan">Bryan</a></strong>, who has been off WWE television because his wife Brie gave birth to their child, announced on Twitter that he will be returning to SmackDown Live next week.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looking forward to watching history be made at <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@WWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MITB?src=hash" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#MITB</a> on Sunday but Tuesday it's back to work for me at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#SDLive</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesYesYes?src=hash" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#YesYesYes</a></p> <p>— Daniel Bryan (@WWEDanielBryan) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEDanielBryan/status/875865348997865475" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">June 16, 2017</a></p> </blockquote>