Sunday, July 18, 2021

2021 WWE Money in the Bank results: Live updates, recap, grades, matches, card, start time, highlights

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2021 WWE Money in the Bank results: Live updates, recap, grades, matches, card, start time, highlights


Live results, analysis, grades and highlights from WWE Money in the Bank 2021 on Sunday night


2021 WWE Money in the Bank results: Live updates, recap, grades, matches, card, start time, highlights
2021 WWE Money in the Bank results: Live updates, recap, grades, matches, card, start time, highlights

Two ladder matches and five championship bouts are set to go down on Saturday night in Fort Worth, Texas when WWE presents Money in the Bank. The pay-per-view event is WWE’s first big full-capacity event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and is expected to feature plenty of action along with some big surprises.


The highlight of the show will be the two Money in the Bank ladder matches, which will guarantee one man and one woman a title shot of their choosing at any point in the next 365 days. In addition, Roman Reigns will defend the universal championship against WWE Hall of Fame member Edge and Bobby Lashley will put the WWE championship on the line against Kofi Kingston in the other featured world title match.


Money in the Bank 2021 will be presented live Sunday night from the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. It will begin at 8 p.m. ET with a kickoff show starting one hour earlier at 7 p.m. on Peacock. CBS Sports will be with you the whole way through the event, providing updates and highlights as the action goes down in the live blog below.


2021 WWE Money in the Bank card, matches

Complete results and grades from each match can be found in the live updates below the card.


Universal Championship — Roman Reigns (c) vs. Edge

WWE Championship — Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Kofi Kingston

Men’s Money in the Bank — Ricochet vs. John Morrison vs. Riddle vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Big E vs. Kevin Owens vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Seth Rollins

Women’s Money in the Bank — Asuka vs. Naomi vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Nikki Cross vs. Liv Morgan vs. Zelina Vega vs. Natalya vs. Tamina

Raw Women’s Championship — Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Charlotte Flair

Raw Tag Team Championship — AJ Styles & Omos vs. The Viking Raiders

SmackDown Tag Team Championship — Rey & Dominik Mysterio vs. The Usos (Kickoff Match)






Men’s Money in the Bank — Ricochet vs. John Morrison vs. Riddle vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Big E vs. Kevin Owens vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Seth Rollins: An all-out brawl got things going at the jump before Rollins and Morrison argued over who truly had “drip.” Ricochet and Riddle both came flying in on Rollins and Morrison, eventually thinning things to Big E and McIntyre in the ring. Morrison had a big highlight early moment, coming off the ladder with a twisting body block. Morrison and Rollins eventually began working together to take out other competitors, also setting up a ladder suspended between the ring apron and the commentary table. Morrison also helped Rollins hit a falcon arrow onto a ladder on Owens after Owens hit a springboard moonsault on both men. Eventually, Rollins turned on Morrison, as expected, striking him with a ladder.


It was then McIntyre’s turn to take over, slamming Ricochet into a ladder with a reverse spinebuster and hitting a slipping dive over the top rope onto the rest of the field. McIntyre was taken out of the match when Jinder Mahal, Veer and Shanky ran in and attacked before dragging McIntyre to the back. Ricochet had one of the most iconic moments of the match when he leaped from a ladder as Riddle was tipping it over, hitting the top rope and flipping onto a group on the outside. Shortly after was another big bump as Rollins powerbombed Owens from the ring and through the ladder that was suspended on the commentary table earlier in the match.


As Rollins seemed ready to grab the briefcase, Big E caught him and hit the Big Ending off the ladder. Big E then climbed the ladder and grabbed the briefcase to win the match. The absolute right call for a winner and a great moment in a very entertaining Money in the Bank match. Big E won Money in the Bank. Grade: A-




Raw Women’s Championship — Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Charlotte Flair: Flair gave the fans a middle finger at the start of the match, establishing herself as the heel in this somewhat confusing rivalry. Flair then started hot, knocking Ripley from the ring apron before hitting a t-bone suplex into the turnbuckle when the action returned to the ring. Ripley came back by going after Flair’s injured knee and dumping her over the top rope. Ripley tried to follow up a big German suplex with a dropkick but instead found herself in a Boston crab as he action continued to swing back and forth with huge moves, including Flair’s top-rope moonsault to the outside and Ripley locking in her modified Texas cloverleaf. Flair reversed Riptide into a DDT for a near fall as the crowd began buying into the match in a big way. Flair hit Natural Selection from the top rope for a very convincing near fall, drawing a huge reaction from the crowd. Ripley missed a charge into the corner and Flair took her to the outside, sandwiching Ripley’s leg between the post and the ring steps before kicking repeatedly kicking the steps. With Ripley’s leg softened up, Flair locked in the Figure-Eight to force the tap and regain the championship. This was an outstanding match that overcame early chants of “We want Becky” to draw “This is awesome” chants as the crowd fully bought in. Charlotte Flair def. Rhea Ripley (c) to win the title. Grade: A-




WWE Championship — Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Kofi Kingston: Kingston charged hard from the opening bell but a fired up Lashley quickly overpowered him before dropping Kingston with a huge lariat. Lashley continued to dominate the early period of the match, tossing Kingston around the ring before throwing him over the top rope and to ringside with a press slam. Kingston struggled to get anything going as Lashley continued to dominate before locking Kingston in the Hurt Lock. Rather than finish the match, Lashley whipped Kingston around to hit a fallaway slam. Lashley followed up with a flatliner and a trio of dominators as the referee tried to urge him to end things. Lashley locked Kingston in the Hurt Lock again, putting Kingston to sleep and ending the match. Complete dominance, which makes sense given the booking from the end of Raw, though it feels unfortunate Kingston had to be on the end of an extended squash in a title match, calling back memories of his squash loss to Brock Lesnar to end his reign as WWE champion. Still, the booking made sense and reestablished Lashley as a true force. Bobby Lashley (c) def. Kofi Kingston to retain the title. Grade: B




Raw Tag Team Championship — AJ Styles & Omos (c) vs. The Viking Raiders: Omos was in the ring briefly in the early going before the expected tag out to Styles to carry the team’s work. Styles bounced around the ring for the power offense of the Raiders before clearing the ring and tagging in Omos, who threw Styles from the ring into a huricanrana on Erik on the outside of the ring. The Raiders would eventually take over on Styles once again before another tag to Omos to regain control of the action. The match feel right back to the same pattern, with Omos dominating only to tag Styles in to again get dominated by the challengers before Omos would get tagged back in yet again. Omos tossed Ivar with a massive press slam in one of the bigger feats of strength in the match but was eventually knocked out of the ring after Styles tagged back in. Styles took the Viking Experience, but Omos broke the pin by shoving Erik onto Ivar as he was pinning Styles. Omos tagged back in and hit the chokebomb for the victory. Styles continues to be the workhorse for the team, as expected with someone as limited as Omos, but it’s a formula that continues to work for the team. Not quite on the level of the SmackDown tag title match earlier in the night but still good tag wrestling. AJ Styles & Omos (c) def. The Viking Raiders to retain the titles. Grade: B-




 

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