The 2018 edition of MITB event is in the history books of the WWE. And we have crowned two winners from the male and female division of the WWE.
One of them had already cashed in the MITB briefcase to become the winner. It was the most surprising moment of the night for the fans and also the potential main event in particular.
We have previously reported that the WWE Raw women’s championship match was the original MITB main event.
The presence of Ronda Rousey in this bout was one of the reasons to keep this match under the spotlight.
Plus, WWE officials already planned for the sudden cash-in of MITB briefcase in this match. This twist would have been a proper ending to the PPV event as well.
Alexa was the winner of the women’s division ladder match earlier in the evening. She decided to invoke her championship match clause holding the briefcase after one-hour and 56 minutes.
Nia Jax provided the least resistance to her making the task easy for her to become the new champion. But this moment did not take place in the main event scene whatsoever.
Rather the men’s division MITB ladder match went on to become the main event.
Wrestling Observer Newsletter gave an update on this sudden shift in the match schedule. They stated the officials wanted to end the night with a babyface superstar i.e. monster Braun Strowman. A heel like Alexa could not end the night on a pleasant note.
Here are the updates from the source, (courtesy stillrealtous.com)
“Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that original plans for the event called for Ronda Rousey vs. Nia Jax, with the Alexa Bliss cash in, to be the main event of the show. However, plans were changed because WWE wanted the pay-per-view to have a happy ending which is why the end of the show featured Braun winning the briefcase.”
There’s no doubt that the Goddess of the WWE has been at the receiving end of the heat of the fans ever since winning the MITB briefcase.
However, it has grown even bigger after she cashed in the contract to become the latest champion. Recently, she gave it back to the haters on the social media as well.