WWE Money in the Bank 2015
June 14th, 2015
Columbus, Ohio
WWE opens the broadcast with a graphic in memory of Dusty Rhodes. The 2015 WWE Money In the Bank kickoff Pre-show starts with Renee Young, Corey Graves, Booker T and Byron Saxton from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. They hype the show and Renee Young talks about the passing of Dusty Rhodes, saying we will be celebrating his life and career all night. Booker T and Corey Graves get emotional when remembering Dusty. They show tweets from various wrestling stars remembering Dusty.
– We see video from earlier with Tom Phillips talking to Neville. He says Money In the Bank was designed for him and he sees it as a huge opportunity, as everything. Neville says it doesnГt get any bigger than this and heГs ready. We go back to the panel for discussion on the ladder match. We get a video for Kevin Owens vs. John Cena. Graves believes Owens will win again tonight. Booker says it will be an uphill battle for Cena because Owens has arrived and is ready to get paid in full. We go to Tom Phillips in the social media lounge.
– Tom says he will be joined by Kevin Owens later tonight. Fans can submit questions with the Twitter hashtag #AskKO. Renee hypes R-Truth vs. King Barrett before taking a break. We get hype for tonightГs Divas Title match and the Intercontinental Title match. Ryback is backstage with JoJo and heГs confident about going up against Big Show tonight. Graves says heГs delusional and puts over Big Show. We come back from a commercial and Roman Reigns is backstage. Dean Ambrose walks in with the WWE World Heavyweight title belt. Reigns says they will both be winners tonight. Ambrose asks if he gets a heads up before Reigns comes for the title and Reigns says he will be the first to know. We get more hype for tonightГs main event before Renee is joined live by Stephanie McMahon. Renee asks if The Authority is going to allow Rollins to be in the match on his own. She says they have made it clear they will respect RollinsГ wishes and if he wants to go at it alone, they will honor those wishes and be in his corner figuratively speaking. She guarantees there will be no involvement from The Authority. Booker T is skeptical and Stephanie doesnГt care what he thinks but cares about what the fans think.
– Renee leads us to JBL, Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler at ringside.
R-Truth vs. King Barrett
We go to the ring and out first comes R-Truth. Truth takes the mic and says he understood what Г¬being King feels goodГ® meant when he put on BarrettГs robe and crown. Truth says he should be cast in Г¬Game of the ThronesГ® because Barrett is being dethroned by the King of WhatГs Up tonight. King Barrett makes his way out next. Barrett cuts a promo about the shiny new outfit heГs wearing under his robe.
The bell rings and they go at it. Barrett looks to dominate early on but Truth turns it around and sends him to the floor. We go to a break with Barrett looking on from the floor.
Back from the break and Truth has control but Barrett fights out and beats him down. Barrett works Truth over and covers for a 2 count. Barrett keeps Truth grounded with a headlock now. Truth makes a comeback and gets a 2 count of his own. Truth with a kick. Truth drops Barrett on his face for another 2 count. Truth ends up getting caught with a big kick. Barrett runs over him with a boot for a close 2 count. After some more back and forth, Truth rolls Barrett up for the win.
Winner: R-Truth ** 1/2
– After the match, King Truth goes to ringside and tells the Spanish announcers he will give them a job. Cole will be his jester and Lawler will be the stunt double. Truth puts BarrettГs crown on and dances around. Barrett exits the ring and wants his crown back. Truth hands it over but runs away without getting hit.
– Cole, JBL and Lawler pay tribute to Dusty Rhodes. Lawler says there was no one like The American Dream and there will never be. Cole talks about how close Dusty was with the NXT talents at the WWE Performance Center. Cole leads us to a video package on Dusty.
– We come back from the video package and Renee Young is crying. She sends us to Tom Phillips, who is in the social media lounge with Kevin Owens. He answers some fan questions and talks about beating John Cena tonight. Owens says heГs done with the questions and mushes Phillips before walking off. We go back to the panel for more discussion on the pay-per-view and Dusty. We get another video package for the Money In the Bank match. Saxton goes with Kane, Graves picks Reigns and Booker picks Kofi Kingston. ThatГs it for the pre-show.
– The 2015 WWE Money In the Bank pay-per-view kicks off with a graphic in memory of Dusty Rhodes as fans in the arena chant his name. The entire WWE roster including Vince McMahon is out on the stage as Lilian Garcia leads us in a ten-bell salute. Fans start chanting DustyГs name after the salute and DustyГs theme song plays. Vince and many of the WWE Superstars start clapping along. We go to a Money In the Bank video.
– We come back to the arena and the pyro goes off as Cole welcomes us.
Money In the Bank Contract Ladder Match: Randy Orton vs. Neville vs. Kane vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Sheamus vs. Roman Reigns
We go back to Lilian Garcia as the Money In the Bank briefcase hangs high above the ring. Randy Orton is out first followed by Neville, both to good reactions. Kane is out next followed by Dolph Ziggler with Lana. They exchange looks as Ziggler heads to the ring and she goes backstage. We see the many ladders around the ring. WWE Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston is out next with his title. Sheamus is out next followed by Roman Reigns, who makes his way through the crowd.
The bell rings and they all go at it. Kofi looks to go up first but everyone beats him down. Reigns and Ziggler climb up but get pulled down. Sheamus and Neville go up next but they also get pulled down. Kane pulls Sheamus off. Kane pulls Ziggler off next. Orton runs up but Sheamus pulls him off. Kane pulls Reigns off and decks him with a big right hand. Kane and Sheamus clear the ring but Sheamus runs over Kane. Sheamus climbs up but Kane pulls him down and slams his face into the ladder. Ziggler runs in and blocks a chokeslam. Ziggler nails a big DDT on Kane and goes for the ladder. He climbs up but Sheamus pulls him down by his leg. Ziggler gets caught in White Noise. Sheamus knocks Neville off the apron. Reigns comes in with a ladder but Sheamus knocks him back to the floor with a knee. Sheamus uses the ladder on Kane and Orton now. Sheamus hits Orton with it again and throws him back to the floor.
Sheamus follows to the floor as fans chant Г¬you look stupid.Г® Sheamus rams a ladder into Kane but Kofi has climbed the ladder inside the ring. Sheamus runs in and tips the ladder over, sending Kofi to the apron. Sheamus with a clothesline on Kofi. Sheamus puts the ladder on the bottom rope in the corner and goes to hit White Noise onto it but Kofi counters and unloads with kicks. Sheamus runs into boots in the corner. Kofi leaps off the top but Sheamus catches him. Kofi slides out and Neville comes in with a missile dropkick on Sheamus. Kofi takes Neville out. Kofi ducks a Brogue Kick and hits Trouble In Paradise, sending Sheamus out. Kofi stands a ladder up but Neville stop him from climbing. They go at it in the corner and Neville decks him in the mouth. Kofi climbs up the ladder but Neville meets him. TheyГre away from the briefcase but still tangle. Reigns pulls Neville down and drops Kofi as fans boo. Reigns ends up pushing the ladder into NevilleГs face and it goes over. Kofi decks Reigns from behind. Reigns blocks a neckbreaker. Kofi blocks a neckbreaker. They go at it and Reigns powerbombs Kofi onto the ladder that was put on the bottom rope in the corner earlier. Neville runs in and goes at it with Reigns. Reigns powerbombs Neville onto Kofi and the ladder on the bottom rope. This gets a pop and some boos.
Reigns looks to climb but Kane comes from behind and stops him. Reigns fights him off and reaches for the briefcase but Kane chokeslams him from up high. Kane climbs up but Orton stop him. Kane fights him off but Orton comes right back with a big RKO off the ladder. Orton climbs up for the briefcase but Kofi grabs his leg. Orton comes down and drops him with a RKO. Neville springboards onto the ladder but Orton brings him down with a huge RKO as fans pop. Orton climbs up but Sheamus meets him on the other side and they go at it. Sheamus ends up with the case in hand as Orton tries to pull him down. It slips out and they go at it on the mat now. Orton with a backbreaker. Orton climbs up again but Sheamus comes from behind. Orton has the case in hand but Sheamus pulls him down. They trade shots as fans go along with them. Sheamus sends Orton into the ladder and it goes over. Sheamus with a Brogue Kick as fans boo. Sheamus climbs up but Ziggler meet him. Ziggler with right hands and headbutts. Ziggler grabs the briefcase but Sheamus cuts him off. They trade shots and battle for the briefcase. Ziggler with several headbutts. Sheamus knocks him down a step and reaches. Ziggler comes right back. Sheamus pulls Ziggler over the top of the ladder for a super White Noise but Ziggler ends up on his back with a sleeper and they go down. Neville comes in with Red Arrow on Sheamus to a big pop and a NXT chant.
They stand the ladder up and Ziggler climbs with Neville. They trade shots at the top. Neville knocks Ziggler down a few steps and grabs the briefcase but Ziggler comes right back. Kane comes in and takes them both down, then runs a ladder into their faces. Ziggler ends up on the floor and Kane kicks the ladder into his face. Reigns runs in with a Superman punch on Kane. Reigns is alone in the ring but thereГs no ladder. Reigns runs the ropes and leaps out onto everyone else. Big E and Xavier Woods run out to boos. They roll Kofi in the ring and slide a ladder in. They stand guard on the floor while Kofi stands the ladder up. The Г¬New Day sucksГ® chant starts as Kofi slowly climbs. Reigns takes Woods and Big E out with the big dropkick. Reigns runs in and pulls Kofi down as he has the case in hand. Kofi kicks him off and climbs back up. Reigns gets knocked back again but this time pulls Kofi down and powerbombs him over the top rope onto everyone else. Orton runs in and Reigns blocks the RKO. Reigns goes for a Superman punch but takes Orton down with a spear. Reigns looks to have the match won when the graphic hits and Bray Wyatt appears under the ladder. Reigns was close to winning but goes down with the ladder. Wyatt nails Sister Abigail on Reigns to a big pop.
Sheamus comes in and stands a ladder up. Sheamus grabs the case but Neville runs up the other side of the ladder and unloads on Sheamus. Neville grabs the case but Sheamus grabs his face and hair, sending him to the mat. Sheamus grabs the briefcase as fans boo and gets the win.
Winner: Sheamus ***
– After the match, Sheamus celebrates with the briefcase and makes his exit as everyone else tries to recover.
– Renee Young is backstage with Paige. She talks about changing the Divas division tonight and ending the reign of Th Bella Twins. Paige says sheГs doing it for Dusty tonight.
Paige vs. Nikki Bella – WWE Divas Title Match
We go to the ring and out first comes WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella without her sister Brie Bella. Paige is out next.
They lock up and go at it. Nikki goes to the floor early on for a breather. She comes in and ends up back on the floor. Paige follows and floors her as the referee starts counting. Paige climbs on top of the barrier but Nikki catches her. Nikki slams Paige face first into the top of the barrier and she hits hard. Nikki brings it back in for a 2 count. Paige rolls to the floor and Nikki follow. Nikki rams her into the apron as fans chant for Paige. Nikki shows off with push-ups as we see the other Divas looking on backstage. Nikki with a suplex for a 2 count. More back and forth. Paige hits a huge knee to the face for a 2 count. Nikki takes back control and hits a slingshot suplex for a 2 count.
Nikki with a body scissors now. They end up on the ropes and Paige unloads with knees from the apron. Nikki still manages to drop her for another 2 count. Paige drops Nikki with a kick to the face out of nowhere but Nikki kicks out at 2. Nikki counters a move with a spinebuster but Paige kicks out at 2. Nikki is frustrated now. She blows a kiss to Paige and goes for the elbow in the corner but Paige counters and hits a high knee. Paige takes Nikki down by her leg and applies the submission but Nikki makes it to the ropes. Nikki drops Paige as we see the Divas looking on backstage again. Nikki with another 2 count.
Paige fights Nikki off with elbows and goes for the PTO but Nikki stops it. More back and forth. Nikki with a springboard kick for another pin attempt. Paige slides out of the Rack Attack and hits the Ram-Paige for a close 2 count. They end up on the floor and Brie Bella comes from under the ring for twin magic. Paige comes in from the other side and pulls Brie in. Twin Magic backfires as Paige get the roll up for the win. Lilian makes the announcement but Brie reveals what happened to the referee and he stops the decision. Paige drops Brie and sends her out. Nikki comes from behind and ends up getting the win by pinfall. The announcers seem confused about the official ruling.
Winner: Nikki Bella *
– After the match, The Bella Twins leave together as Paige looks upset in the ring. They turn around and taunt Paige before heeding to the back.
– The Miz comes out and talks about leaving Ohio because if you donГt live in New York or Los Angeles, you donГt count. The Miz goes on and says if it werenГt for Big Show, he would be Intercontinental Champion. He says his legal team is working around the clock to give us the title match we deserve. Miz says tonight he will create an audio masterpiece as he joins commentary.
The Big Show vs. Ryback – WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
Out comes the miz to cut a promo shooting on the state of ohio, jojo introduces out first the big show followed by the intercontinental champion ryback. video promo from last monday showing miz attacking the big show followed by ryback hitting a shell shock on the big show. both men charge each other and big show receives a spinebuster, ryback clothelines big show over the top rope bringing him to ringside, ryback goes after miz and tosses him over the commentary table. both men re-enter the ring as the big show regains control of the match, ryback fights back to regain control of the match but the big show overpowers him with a shoulder block. big show with an irish whip and ryback with a big boot to the big show, big show with a chokeslam but countered into a cross arm breaker. big show refusing to break the hold, big show breaks the hold as ryback continues to attack the big show, ryback with a huge suplex to the show, ryback going for the meat hook but gets caught with a choke slam, 2 count for the big show. big show setting up for a KO punch but ryback ducks as ryback goes for the shellshock, show counters and hits the KO punch on ryback and knocks him outside the ring, miz makes the attempt to attack but show tells him to not think about it. show brings ryback into the ring and the miz attacks the big show causing the match to end in an DQ.
Winner: Ryback * 1/2
ryback looks in disbelief as he walks off with the title.
video package for john cena/kevin owens is displayed
Kevin Owens vs. John Cena
out comes kevin owens to a nice pop from the crowd, king/cole/jbl putting him over with his impact of success since making it to the main roster and out comes john cena to a heavy set of boos and john cena sucks. both men stare each other down as owens raises his title first, cena does the same thing but gets booed by the entire crowd. they repeat it a few more times with the same results. both men circle the ring and lock up as cena gets the upper hand, cena strikes first with a shoulder tackle. both men stalling some time only to lock up as owens with a headlock and followed up with a shoulder block of his own. crowd chants nxt as cena tries to lock him up with an armlock but owens hits him with a straight right, owens with a headlock as the crowd chants lets go cena, cena sucks. cena with an irish whip to owens and hits him with a clothesline, owens follows up with a dropkick afterwards. cena hits owens with a standing dropkick after a small lockup, cena now with shoulder tackles and goes for the 5 knuckle shuffle but gets countered by owens, owens follows up mocking cena with his own moveset. owens with an AA but cena counters as cena applies an STF. owens hits him with a finisher similar to jerichos codebreaker but only for a 2 count, owens with a pop up powerbomb but cena counters and plants owens in the middle of the ring for a 5 knuckle shuffle. cena with an AA but countered into a german suplex and hits him with a cannonball, 2 1/2 count for owens. cena trying to fight back as he trades blows with owens, cena goes for a crucifix but gets countered into a modified white noise. owens off the top rope with a senton but cena counters with his knees. cena with a face plant to owens but only for a 2 count. cena hit him with an AA but only gets a 2 count, cena argues with the ref as the ref counted 2 only, owens with a spinning powerbomb, owens with a 2 count. owens with a pop up powerbomb but cena counters into a hurricanrana but gets kicked to the face afterwards. owens charges cena but cena connects with an elbow as both man are exhausted in the ring, cena goes to the top turnbuckle for a fameasser but misses, owens with a powerbomb and only gets a 2 count. owens with a moonsault but gets countered but cena goes for a pin but only gets a 2 count. cena puts owens on the top turnbuckle but gets countered by owens, owens goes for another pin but only gets a 2 count. cena goes for an STF in the middle of the ring but owens breaks free, owens has hold of cena but cena counters it with a modified canadian destroyer. 2 count for cena, owens with a pop up powerbomb but gets a 2 count, both men showing more exhaustion but both men keep fighting it out, cena hits him with a springboard stunner and finishes owens off with an AA for the 3 count.
Winner: John Cena ****
post match cena shows a sign of respect for owens but owens snaps and takes out cena with a powerbomb to the ring apron. owens grabs the us title and raises it up in the air and throws it to the ground and walks off with a hysterical laughter. officials help cena to the back
Backstage with renee young giving an update on john cena being assisted by trainers, interview with dean ambrose about running around with the wwe world heavyweight championship around bourbon st last week. says this title belongs to him and not seth rollins.
Dusty Rhodes video package.
The New Day (Xavier Woods & Big E) vs. Prime Time Players (Titus O’Neil & Darren Young)
out comes new day members xavier woods and big e to defend their titles but first cut a promo on the ohio state crowd, out come the prime time players afterwards, young and o’neil getting the crowd rowdy before the bell as woods taunts them with the tag title, woods and young start things off with a lockup, woods with an armlock but reversed by young, multiple reverses as big e gets tagged in and takes control, both woods and big e taking control of the match by taking out young in their corner, woods with a 2 count. woods and big e with some great double team, big e with an abdominal stretch and slaps youngs right side to new day rocks. 2 count for big e, more double teaming by the tag champs in their corner. woods with a submission on the mat and puts young into different submission as young fights his way out of it. young with a sunset flip but woods tags in big e, big e going for a finisher but young counters it and gets the upper hand, young finally tags in titus as he starts cleaning house, all 4 men in the ring slugging it out but big e cuts it short with a spear through the middle ropes, titus with a big boot but woods ducks but gets hit with a spinebuster for the 3 count.
Winners and NEW tag team champions: The Prime Time Players. ***
video packsage showing from earlier in the show.
Replay of 2 weeks ago from elimination chamber between dean ambrose and seth rollins, rollins gets DQ but retains the title.
Backstage promo with HHH and Seth rollins, HHH tells rollins to show them who he is as a motivation speech.
Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins – WWE World Heavyweight Title Match
Both men get introduced,,, both men lock up and some fast paced action from dean ambrose, ambrose with some chops to rollins. ambrose working over rollins but rollins gets the upper hand for a short amount of time, ambrose regains control of the match and points up at the title. ambrose goes for a splash but gets countered into the middle turnbuckle, rollins takes the action to the outside of the ring and bodyslams ambrose onto the padding, rollins with an irish whip into the steel steps. both men take it to each other with the ladder outside the ring, ambrose brings the ladder into the ring as they start to use it to climb up to the title. ambrose with some mounted punches to rollins as he sets up the ladder into the corner. rollins with the upper hand as he uses the ladder and steel chair on ambrose working on the knee, rollins continuing to work on his knee. rollins continues to work over dean ambrose, ambrose tries to fight back but rollins attacks the knee some more, rollins sets him up for an inverted figure four on the corner post. rollins with a figure four in the middle of the ring as ambrose fights out of it with slaps to the face. ambrose with the upper hand with more mounted punches to rollins and goes for his patent clothesline but gets countered with a ladder to the face. rollins with a chair to the ladder on ambroses knee, ambrose fights back hitting rollins with the chair to the head. ambrose kips up and lands multiple punches, and hits him with his clothesline. both men take the fight outside the ring , rollins takes out ambrose and heads back to ringside, rollins grabs a ladder but ambrose makes it back to ringside to stop rollins. ambrose tosses rollins outside the ring onto the ladder. ambrose climbs up the ladder but rollins stops him from making the attempt. both men go over the top rope as rollins continues to try and attack ambrose, ambrose knocks him onto the spanish announce table, rollins attempts a pedigree but ends up receiving the dirty deeds, ambrose slowly crawling back to the ring. ambrose slowly climbing up the ladder but gets hit with a tv monitor by rollins. rollins with a pedigree, rollins climbs up the ladder but gets dragged back down by ambrose, rollins and ambrose take it to the outside of the ring as rollins takes him out with two running powerbombs, rollins sets up a ladder and some chairs and powerbombs ambrose into them. rollins slowly climbing up the ladder as ambrose follows, both men reach the top and hold onto the title as they unlatch it from the hook and both men come falling down, ambrose releases the title as seth holds on, the ref calls for the bell as your winner and still wwe world heavyweight champion.
Winner: Seth Rollins **** 1/2
post match HHH comes out to congratulate rollins as JoJo interviews Rollins to end the show.
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