WWE Money in the Bank by Numbers (Statistics, Records & Facts)

Money in the Bank Ladder Matches carries huge anticipation among WWE Fans

Money in the Bank is a multi-starred professional wrestling match created and promoted by WWE since 2005. The match is a multi-starred ladder match, where a briefcase with a championship contract is hung on the top of the ring and multiple wrestlers battle among themselves to climb the ladder and grab the MITB briefcase. 

The winner of the MITB briefcase earns an opportunity to challenge for any company championship by cashing in his contract, anywhere unless a referee is around. The match type received a great response and has been held annually regularly.

This year WWE will host their MITB PLE featuring two Money in the Ladder matches. Ahead of the event, here we take a statistical look at the Money in the Bank ladder matches.

MITB Matches

WWE has held 30 MITB ladder matches including 24 Men’s MITB ladder matches and 6 Women’s MITB ladder matches. This year marks the 25th Men’s MITB match and the 7th Women’s MITB match.

Total Participants

A total of 235 attempts were made to snatch the briefcase among 107 individual WWE Superstars which includes 7 WWE Hall of Famers.

Most Money in the Bank wins

CM Punk has the most number of MITB wins in history with 2 times- 2008 and 2009. Carmella also won the MITB briefcase twice in the same year, after SmackDown General Manager stripped her original MITB win after a controversial finish, and she retained the contract in a rematch.

Most MITB appearances

Kane & Kofi Kingston have the most number of Money in the Bank ladder match appearances with 7. Whereas Natalya & Becky Lynch have the most MITB appearances for the Women’s MITB matches with 5.

Inaugural World Champions by Cash-in

16 WWE Superstars have won their first World Championship by cashing in their MITB contract including 12 men and 4 women.

Championships and Cash-in

WWE Championships has changed hands 10 times as a result of MITB cash-in, with an 81.80% success rate. Where all the women’s WWE Superstars have successful cash-ins on both the Women’s titles.

Most Cashed-in against

Most of the MITB winners have cashed in against John Cena and Charlotte Flair, who both faced 3 cash-ins each. Edge (2006), Rob Van Dam (2006) and Damien Sandow (2013) cashed in against John Cena, in which Edge and RVD had successful cash-ins. Carmella (2018), Bayley (2019) & Nikki A.S.H. (2021) cashed in on Charlotte Flair, where all the three were successful.

Most Successful Cash-ins

Only three WWE Superstars have successfully cashed in the MITB briefcase twice including CM Punk (2008, 2009), Edge (2006, 2007) and The Miz (2010, 2021). Where all three became the world champions for the first time after their first cash-in.

Quickest Cash-in

Kane is the quickest to cash in his Money in the Bank contract. He held the briefcase for only 50 minutes and 15 seconds and cashed in the same day against Rey Mysterio to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

Longest time to cash-in

Carmella held the Money in the Bank briefcase for the longest time. She held the briefcase for 287 days. Damian Priest held the MITB briefcase for the second longest time and the longest time in the men’s division with 281 days.

Same Day Cash-in

A total of five WWE Superstars cashed in the MITB contract on the same day, in all five were successful. Stars who cashed on the same day are Kane, Dean Ambrose, Alexa Bliss, Bayley and Liv Morgan.

WrestleMania Cash-in

Only two WWE Superstars have cashed in the MITB briefcase at WrestleMania including Seth Rollins (WrestleMania 31) & Damian Priest (WrestleMania 40 Night 2). However, Seth Rollins is the only person to cash in at the WrestleMania main event and during the match.

Unsuccessful Cash-ins

A total of 5 WWE Superstars were unsuccessful in their MITB cash-in including John Cena, Austin Theory, Baron Corbin, Damien Sandow and Braun Strowman.

Lost Briefcase without Cash-in

Mr. Kennedy and Otis are the only two Money in the Bank briefcase holders, who didn’t cash in their contract. Both of them defended their contract on the line and lost the briefcase in the mix.

The same Briefcase cashed in-twice

Daniel Bryan cashed in the same Money in the Bank briefcase twice, where he pinned Mark Henry for the World title, but Teddy Long declined the cash-in. Bryan again cashed it on Big Show and won the World Championship.

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