Are you for or against Money in the Bank?

[CBT]

I didn't make this a poll in hopes of getting some opinions. I think the Ladder match has it's benefits, but detractors too.


Going with the positives, it offers either a great spotfest or a trainwreck that is somewhat worth watching due to all the action going on.

The match gives many opportunities partially due to the fact it takes up one spot on the card, but also allows those not giving as much focus a chance to breakout based on performance.

Then there's the reward, a title shot, making the match meaningful and almost surely signifying an individual on their way to gold. Even in Kennedy's case, when Edge won the case and went on to win his first World title on Smackdown.


That's all well and good, especially considering some of the talent deserved to get the Wrestlemania bonuses and wouldn't have had their been no ladder match for 8, 7, or just 6.

However, when we have MITB, some titles are left off what is deemed the second most important show of the year. Second only to the Tribute to the Troops.

Even more disappointing is that guys like Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, Edge, MVP, Jeff Hardy, Ric Flair and others have been place din the match when undoubtebly they could have had good matches with with or no hype on the main card and instead got roles as supporting characters.

The matches are good, but as I was getting at, in the past we could have had Edge vs Orton, instead though they were thrown in to make an arguable cluster into a star-studded affair.


To cut my little rant down, do you think the MITB hampers the possibility of seeing a nicely stacked card of unique or important encounters?

Or do you feel it is needed to showcase many of whom would be left off the PPV; Placed into a battle royal of sorts shown only to the in-house crowd and those that buy the DVD?

[v/\v]

For, it's well worth it if they book it right. Other than when Edge won it something has gone wrong somewhere down the line with the other ones, RVD+Pot, Kennedy Injured, Punk has had no build before or after cashing in and it feels like a very light title reign and lets face it, Jeff was going to win it until he got busted.

[49% Motherf**ker, 51% SOB]

In between. It basically gurantees the winner is going to win the WWE or WHC title. It also seems to be a match to throw guys who have nothing to do in, and its the match to expect the Hardyz to be in every year at WM.

[Mike Giggs' Munchies]

Umm WM is more important than TTTT.

It's good IMO.

[Deleted]

Always like the idea of a match, where the winner has a garunteed title shot for 1 year... but hate the fact that it's a ladder match. Theres only so much you can do with a ladder match and I think it's pretty much been done for the most part, for the time being.

A 6-Man Elimination match would be fine, with the winner still getting the "Money in the Bank" breifcase. The ladder can then possibly be used every once in a while again, to end big fueds.

- Triple S

[HugoOne]

The only thing that bothers me is that the Intercontinental Champion is usually in the match and we never get an IC title match. Other than that, the matches are consistently good-great so I can't complain.

[wwfalex04: OUC?]

What is starting to suck is that there are 8 competitors, 7 this past year. 6 was a great well-rounded number of guys to put in. I thought the first one was fantastic, due mainly in part because of the men chosen. It made sense at the time. The second one was not too bad either. The third one could have done w/out Edge and Orton b/c they were trying to one-up each other that year and a match at WM seemed like a no-brainer, until of course they "qualified" into MITB.

It's a great spotfest match to add to WM, it does suck when champions (IC, US, TT, WTT) are put into the event because they do not defend their titles. And it sucks when wrestlers that are in somewhat of a feud get tossed in because we never see them revisit the feud that started (Edge-Orton).

But, yeah I'm in between like Always Believe!! said.

It's also cool to see when the winner will choose to cash in his briefcase. If I'm not mistaken, RVD is the only one that announced when he'd cash his in. Oh wait no, Kennedy said he'd cash it in at Wrestle Mania but Edge took that from him.

[Heresy]

Against... it pushes aside all the well-rounded stars to make room for matches like Kane/Chavo, Finlay/JBL, Show/Mayweather, and Batista/Umaga. WM24 would've been so much better if we had guys like Punk, Jericho, Benjamin, and MVP in feud enders. That card was filled with useless matches that did nothing for nobody in the long run. WM should be about the best wrestlers being showcased to the fullest extent. Throwing the cream of the crop in a ladder match with a few spots here and there doesn't cut it...

[Official WF Ghostbuster]

At first it was great. People who didn't get a good Wrestlemania match (Jericho, Edge, Kane), got a high profile match. I still believe the first one stole the show.

As the years go on, it has been watered down a lot. Now, instead of writing a story for someone, so that they will have a good Wrestlemania match, they just throw them in Money in the Bank, and call it good. Jericho this year, anyone?

I like it better when it's not a crutch, or an excuse not to put someone in a good feud.

[Lord Ragnarok]

I'm for it, it's a new and fresh concept that actually works and is one of WWE's few good ideas.

[acr93]

I always enjoy it. Does get a little stale though.

[King Shocker the Monumentous]

I'm a fan of the actual match, but the predictable end result is what kills it. They put so much importance on the match and the briefcase, that it would be a huge letdown if whomever cashed it in didn't win the title.

[Wrigley15]

im for it is gives some thing with wathable status unlike past mania's. Im all for it.

[jericholic226]

i really like the money in the bank it get me excited i really get into the match and its fun to watch

[k5]

i've never enjoyed having a ladder match planned annually, that's kinda lame. the concept of the money in the bank match is cool, though

[AKI Man]

for it, i like it it's been one of the better wrestlemania matches for the past four wrestlemanias

[jfinnomore]

i really like it. can't keep doing the same crap over and over so i dig the new idea and of course it got my boy Punk the title so i dig it.

[*Ricky Spanish*]

against

[wwfalex04: OUC?]

Aug 14, 2008 15:47:27 GMT -5 Heresy said:

Against... it pushes aside all the well-rounded stars to make room for matches like Kane/Chavo, Finlay/JBL, Show/Mayweather, and Batista/Umaga. WM24 would've been so much better if we had guys like Punk, Jericho, Benjamin, and MVP in feud enders. That card was filled with useless matches that did nothing for nobody in the long run. WM should be about the best wrestlers being showcased to the fullest extent. Throwing the cream of the crop in a ladder match with a few spots here and there doesn't cut it...

All those matches you mentioned, with the exception of the under a minute Kane/Chavo match, were decent enough to warrant a spot on the WM card, I thought. The hardcore stipulation allowed for Finlay/JBL to not be a bore. Show/Mayweather was one of the most entertaining matches that involved a non-wrestler. And the way that it ended worked really well. Batista/Umaga was really good up until the ending where Batista almost botched the powerbomb. Umaga should've won that match!

[tnaiswrestling]

I like it, but with only six people, with eight there is just too much.