WWE Raw hyped up this week’s edition of the show with the promotion for Money in the Bank. Alexa Bliss was about to host a special edition of Moment of Bliss to declare the participants names from the flagship brand. She was the one to kick off the show last night to go into the segment and reveal the men’s division names, first.
As per his announcement, Braun Strowman, Ricochet, Drew McIntyre and Baron Corbin are the four names to compete in this year’s Money in the Bank. Among them, Strowman and Corbin are two names who have previously competed in Money in the Bank ladder match and actually win it. But both these men have another similarity in them. They have lost their championship opportunity by not successfully cashing in the briefcase.
Alexa Bliss appeared on WWE Raw for a second time with the Moment of Bliss show to declare the women’s division names for Money in the Bank. Naomi, Natalya, Dana Brooke and Alexa Bliss herself will be competing in the match. We should note that Little Miss Bliss is the only name who has the experience of winning the ladder match. In fact, she cashed it on Nia Jax on the same night, last year to leave Money in the Bank as the new WWE Raw women’s champion. She is going to be the toughest competition for her opponents, so to speak.
Money in the Bank is the next Pay-per-view event in WWE programming which comes a month early on this year. Usually, it comes as the second PPV event following Wrestlemania. This year, we have noticed a bit alteration in the scheduled as the company may have reduced the number of upcoming WWE Network specials. So this MITB event entered the post-Mani PPV slot.
Recent reports suggest that WWE canceled Backlash PPV officially and may have replaced it with the Saudi Arabia special show. This is why this event is still facing a delay in the schedule. The originally scheduled May event still does not have a confirmed date. So for now, Money in the Bank will be the only focus for the weekly programming produced by the company.
As we all know, Money in the Bank is perhaps the most exciting night of the year where a briefcase hangs high above the ring. Men and women superstars compete in ladder matches to get possession of the briefcase that ensures a guaranteed future championship opportunity. Like last year, four superstars from WWE Raw and Smackdown each will get to compete in this match. Process of building the lineup started from last night as the lineup from WWE Raw is official. Now the participants will start picking up momentums for this lifetime opportunity.
