Former WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Carmella recently spoke on her first Money in the Bank ladder match win. Carmella is in the main roster for five years and in these five years, she won the SmackDown Women’s Championship one time and the Money in the Bank ladder match two times.
The first ever women’s Money in the Bank ladder match took place in 2017. It was the money in the bank pay per view event of the said year where Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Carmella, Natalya and Tamina competed to win the briefcase. It was ultimately won by Carmella.
Carmella Talks Her Money In The Bank Win And James Ellsworth Controversy
However, there were some controversies as James Ellsworth grabbed the briefcase for Carmella. This booking decision faced massive backlash from the fans. WWE rebooked the match on the very next episode of Smackdown which was won by Carmella once again.
She spent a good time as a champion after cashing in the briefcase but right now she is going through a tough time. But there is not enough competition in SmackDown, right now there are only 4 active woman wrestlers in SmackDown. We hope she will soon get back to the main event status.
Recently she spoke to Ryan Satin’s Out of Character podcast where she talked about her first Money in the Bank ladder match win and the James Ellsworth controversy. She said;
“I was super excited. At that point in my career, I had never won a title and thought it was something that would solidify me as making history. Even though I wasn’t the one grabbing the briefcase and I knew that would be very controversial, but I thought it’s even better that it’s controversial because people would be talking about it. It was trending on Twitter for a few days because people were so upset. To me, I loved the drama and controversy.”
“With that, we ended up having it again a week later and I was able to grab it myself that time. I remember thinking, ‘this is big. I’m doing something big and I had been waiting for that opportunity and I wanted to prove myself and prove myself on the mic. I don’t know if I was necessarily going to win the second match.
“I knew the first one was going to be controversial, but I don’t think I was originally supposed to win it again. The SmackDown after winning, I cut a promo and I remember thinking, ‘this is my opportunity to kill it.’
“I came back through the curtain and Vince was so complimentary to me about my promo and was like, ‘some of my top guys can’t cut a promo like that.’ I was so excited and it ended up winning it again. It really propelled my career.”
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