Lacey Evans has become the first participant to enter the fray of Money In The Bank ladder match’s 2022 edition. During last night’s episode of Smackdown, the superstar returned to in-ring competition and defeated Xia Li to qualify for the 2022 Women’s Money In The Bank match.
Evans picked up the win with her pendant ‘Woman’s Right’ on Li to get the pinfall win. As noted, The ‘Sassy Southern Belle’ became the first participant to qualify for this year’s Women’s Money In The Bank match as the other qualifier scheduled on Smackdown ended in a double DQ.
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Smackdown had two Money in the Bank qualifying matches on the card
The opener of Smackdown featured Drew McIntyre vs. Sheamus (with Butch) in a Money In The Bank Qualifying Match. The physical continued through the ringside area as both the superstars picked up chairs and hit each other, forcing the referee to disqualify both of them. They continued to brawl through the backstage area even after the match was over. Afterward, McIntyre wanted to be put into the MITB ladder match but Adam Pearce informed him that he just can’t do that.
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Since her recent return to TV, Lacey Evans is on a roll and she’s quite the favorite to emerge victorious in the coming Money in the Bank ladder match. She originally made her main roster debut at the 2019 Royal Rumble premium live event and would quickly go on to enter the title picture at that year’s edition of Money In The Bank where she lost the opportunity to then RAW and SmackDown Women’s Champion, Becky Lynch.
Evans would continue to feud with Lynch before turning babyface and competing at the Crown Jewel premium live event, where she and Natalya faced each other in the first-ever women’s division match in Saudi Arabia.
After her decent babyface run on Smackdown, Evans would form an alliance with Ric Flair to start a feud with Charlotte Flair at the beginning of 2021. But pregnancy caused her to take a lengthy absence from WWE programming from which she returned following Wrestlemania 38. Now, she’s heading into Money in the Bank to compete in the ladder match in hope of becoming a champion.