AJ’s Money In The Bank 2021 Results & Review

It’s good to see the fans back for the Bank. Money In The Bank that is! Aaaaaaaand I lost the audience.

Actually looking down this card, it doesn’t seem like a bad show at all, It’s just up to the wrestlers themselves to put on a good match. Two Money In The Banks, Two World Championship matches and some others down the way. Let’s see who will get that briefcase and who knows… maybe we see a same day cash in.

Results:

• Money In The Bank: Alexa Bliss vs Liv Morgan vs Nikki A.S.H. vs Natalya vs Tamina vs Zelina Vega vs Naomi vs Asuka – Nikki A.S.H. becomes Miss Money In The Bank – ** ½
• Viking Raiders vs AJ Styles & Omos (c) for the RAW Tag Team Championships – Omos wins via Two-Handed Chokeslam – *** ¼ – TITLE DEFENSE!!
• Kofi Kingston vs Bobby Lashley (w/ MVP) (c) for the WWE Championship – Bobby Lashley wins via Hurt Locker – **  – TITLE DEFENSE!!
• Charlotte Flair vs Rhea Ripley (c) for the RAW Women’s Championship – Charlotte Flair wins via Figure Eight – *** – TITLE CHANGE!!!
• Money In The Bank: Kevin Owens vs Riddle vs Shinsuke Nakamura vs Ricochet vs John Morrison vs Big E vs Seth Rollins vs Drew McIntyre – Big E becomes Mister Money In The Bank – *** ¾
• Edge vs Roman Reigns (w/ Paul Heyman) (c) for the Universal Championship – Roman Reigns wins via Spear – **** ¼ – TITLE DEFENSE!!

Review:

Women’s Money in the Bank-

Everyone but Alexa scrambles outside to grab a ladder as Bliss kind of just…. Stands on the top rope and being her demented self before everyone lands a move on everyone until Tamina and Alexa are the last two left and Tamina uses the ladder to take apart Alexa and try to put a ladder up before she has to take out Liv and Zelina before Asuka and Tamina are the two fighting it out in the ring. As they take out the powerhouse, Nattie and Liv prop the ladder in a tug of war as everyone else gets hit by the ladder.

Alexa comes in after Nattie pins Liv in the corner with the ladder, taking it to the two until it’s the only one in the ring. As Alexa puts the ladder up, Zelina comes in and gets possessed and almost wins until Natalya comes in and all chaos breaks loose again.

People try to burying Bliss under ladders so there is no funny business after hell breaks loose and Liv comes up and tries to win it all for herself until chaos breaks again and everyone tries to climb up but Liv Morgan actually fights everyone off so she can possibly win and as everyone goes to climb ladders and the last one to climb up, wins it. In Almost SuperHero fashion, pulls the briefcase to victory.

Viking Raiders vs AJ Styles & Omos-

(Wow… three shows and all the Bullet Club leaders in that span? Must be Christmas for the IWC)

Erik and AJ start the match up and wastes no time tagging in the big muscle to see what happens in short time but Erik tags Ivar in and Omos takes BOTH of them down. AJ gets excited seeing the display of destruction and takes it to Ivar early until Styles now gets the beatdown from the Raiders.

AJ gets some separation going and actually takes it to the challengers but the strength of the Raiders gets the advantage back to them but every time Omos comes in, he keeps taking them apart over and over no matter what. When AJ comes in though, the Vikings take advantage with constant tags. Now that AJ made an ill fated tag, the Raiders actually take down and take Omos out of the ring. After a Viking Experience to AJ, Omos just yeets Erik into the pin attempt, gets the pin and the big man remains dominant with a Double Handed Chokeslam.

Bobby Lashley vs Kofi Kingston-

MVP picked the leg of Kofi to start and tried to give Lashley and advantage but Kofi leaps over and tries to make quick work with the champ but Lashley is having none of it as he proceeds to dismantle Kofi inside and outside of the ring. Everytime the crowd tries to amp Kofi up, Bobby Lashley strikes harder and even applies the Hurt Lock but Kofi manages to escape.

It’s all for nothing though as the offense continues and Lashley makes Kofi wish he just faced Brock Lesnar when SmackDown went to FOX because Lashley did three Dominators and another Hurt Lock.

Charlotte Flair vs Rhea Ripley-

Both Women go into a Collar and Elbow and very even based as usual but we had some early fun in the heckling as the crowd chants “We want Becky!” and Charlotte made me want her to win by giving the entire crowd the One Gun Salute.

The two are very even in the match up after, giving each other a good amount of offense each, obviously Charlotte targeting Rhea’s leg in the match up and after a while, Flair gets an advantage going forward but Rhea shows some anger and strength to show she can fight. Charlotte showing that she is crafty as always and gets reversal after reversal to whatever Rhea does and even tries to get a cheap victory with feet on the rope but the ref sees it and it goes back to Rhea’s favor for a moment but Charlotte gets a Super Natural Selection off and gets another near fall (and the crowd chants this is awesome… so much for wanting Becky, right?) Charlotte goes to extreme means and kicks the steel steps into Rhea’s damaged leg and after that… PC Tunney was right.

Charlotte Flair wins… Lul.

Men’s Money In The Bank-

Instead of everyone scrambling to get a ladder, everyone fights each other until the only two in the ring are Drew and Big, showing their strength to each other as people come running in to cut them off but all men go down after Big E does his Suicide Spear. Owens and Shinsuke come in now to start a new fight but Morrison shows off his parkour ability on Nakamura to stop him but fails as both men fighting on the ladder and Rollins knocks them both down from the ladder. Morrison and Rollins now work together to take everyone down in and out of the ring until Kevin Owens stops the momentum for a little bit until they do a double Suplex into the ladder to him.

As always though, Rollins breaks the alliance and gets an RK…B…ro? Screw it. RK BRO FROM RIDDLE TO ROLLINS and we get Shinsuke in to fight Riddle before getting double Claymore’d and Big E gets Future Shocked for his efforts.

Drew does a Tope Con Hilo to take all other competitors out of the match before going up and Jinder’s goons come out to pull McIntyre off the ladder and drag him out.

Riddle goes up now as Ricochet catches him, Riddle drops and pushes Ricochet off the ladder to take the other competitors out with a leap of faith and get back to the ring. Rollins sets up a ladder next to the and Big E takes him down and now when Riddle gets pulled off, RK Bros all around before Rollins stomps on Riddle and Nakamura comes in next to clean house. Morrison meets Nakamura on the ladder and stuns him as Owens cleans everyone out before climbing the ladder. Rollins catches him so he can powerbomb Owens from the ladder in the ring to the propped ladder outside.

Rollins climbs up to get the briefcase but, Big E catches Rollins, hits a Big Ending off the ladder and Big E becomes Mister Money In The Bank!

Edge vs Roman Reigns-

And the crowd acknowledges Roman and cheering Edge on as well… This is gonna be interesting.

Both men feel each other out in the corner a bit with some belittling but Roman gets the first strike but Edge the opportunist he is, takes the offense in the arms of Roman. Edge makes chase but falls into a Samoan Drop and the beat down from Roman happens on the outside for an eight count from the outside. Edge comes back in and the domination comes back in and beats Edge down more and tosses him back in the ring, outside to the announce table, keeps beating him down and sends him Edge back inside the ring and keeps the domination going.

As Roman shit talks the whole time in a headlock to Edge, Edge tries to come back but gets a shot to the mouth and a drive by to stun Edge again, making light work again but Edge kicks out. Roman just cocks the Gilded Fist and tries to hit the Superman Punch but gets reversed into a Backslide Pin and a double big boot to make this even again as they slug it out. Roman goes for an uppercut and Edge hits the Edge-O-Matic to get momentum going and an Edge-O-Cution to get a near fall. Edge keeps going, putting Roman in the Tree of Woe and then an STF and transitions into Crossface for a rope break.

Edge goes for a Spear but Reigns puts the Guillotine on and has Edge fading slowly until Edge drives him through the ropes to the outside. Roman gets up first and tries to Spear Edge through the barricade but Edge rolls out, stops the ref’s count and Spears Roman himself through the barricade, carrying Roman back into the ring for a near fall. Roman gets a reverse and lands the Superman Punch to knock down Edge and the referee in the process and Roman takes advantage by getting the piece of the chair and Edge fights off the rod in the mouth and does the Crossface with the chair piece. The Usos try to come out to stop it but Los Mysterios comes out to save them and the Crossface continues until Rollins comes in to kick Edge’s head in.

Roman rolls off and tries to hit the spear after but Edge comes back and hits his Spear on Roman. Edge comes back to do another Spear but Rollins returns and costs Edge the match.
Aftermath: Rollins tells Roman he would have lost if it wasn’t for him but Roman stands there and Edge beats the shit out of Rollins to chase him off and Roman gets a microphone after.

Roman says that The World can acknowledge him before We Can C his next challenger is as John Cena comes out after and poses to everyone.

Final Score: 8/10

With the first pay per view with an audience and it lived up to it perfectly. Nikki winning like someone taking advantage of the AI in any WWE Video Game. Bobby showing he is Almighty and stomping the hell out of Kofimania II, Electric Boogaloo, Big E winning the Money In The Bank is a nice touch. Charlotte winning is… well Charlotte winning and Omos being the towering giant that can’t be stopped is always a sight to see but that main event.

That worked out so well. The pace of the match, the storytelling. I’m not a fan of Rollins coming out, even though he did tell us he would be a part of the main event. It just seemed off to me but John Cena coming in after that match to… step up to the Tribal Chief. That was a Chef’s Kiss. It just goes to show that after a while, we will miss John Cena after a long period of time but, too much Omega puts everyone to sleep.