Big E can now call himself Mr. Money in the Bank as he won this year’s Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match.
He beat Ricochet, Matt Riddle, John Morrison, Drew McIntyre, Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins, and Shinsuke Nakamura at the WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view event in Fort Worth, Texas at Dickies Arena on Sunday night to do it.
Chaos broke almost immediately with various dives and folks getting thrown onto ladders. Morrison botched a wild dive off the top rope and missed McIntyre. Riddle hit an RKO off the top of a ladder on Rollins. Jinder Mahal came out and hit McIntyre with a chair a few times.
Riddle tossed Ricochet off the ladder and Ricochet jumped off the top rope to take out some stars. Rollins with a powerbomb to Owens from the ring onto a ladder that was outside. Big E with the Big Ending to Rollins off the ladder then grabbed the briefcase.
Big E now has a contract to challenge any champion in WWE at any time over the next year.
WWE released the following video of Big E getting emotional backstage after his big victory:
Last year, Otis won the men’s Money in the Bank briefcase in a unique match that was filmed ahead of time at corporate headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. He never got to cash-in the briefcase thanks to The Miz, who went onto win the title.
