WWE Money in the Bank 2018 (Spoilers)

Lord TSC

Nia vs Rousey has just been confirmed too!

https://twitter.com/wwe/status/996074652228292609

J. Marston

I imagine it's gotta be a Brock/Goldberg type deal. Finished very quickly and decisively in Ronda's favour.

Something like Nia immediately going for her Samoan Drop and Ronda counters it into the armbar. Quick tap.

Lord TSC

Would say a Nattie heel turn is way more likely tbh. I'd be expecting heavy interference, a heel turn and then Ronda stays away from the title for a few months.

SureYWouldntYa

Why do her first title shot at an event like this though

Her finally getting a title shot should be a big deal, but its either rushing her to the title or using it as a device to further a different angle for her which is all such a waste

This is the type of crap that’ll turn the crowd against her

SureYWouldntYa

https://youtu.be/E9pIhue2lSU

So its actually Nia Jax challenging Ronda Rousey cuz

KingJamsie

I don’t blame WWE for doing this. Keeping her momentum/ their mainstream coverage going after a strong showing at ‘Mania

PTH2009

Would love Finn or Braun to win the MITB and successfully cash in at Summerslam

Only realised im going on holidays the 18th June so won't get the chance to see the event live. Might watch it in the hotel. I guess London has wifi ðŸ˜ðŸ˜

Monokne

This feels like a match being done without a finish. Like they wanted to make a splash at the Upfront and the best way was to announce their biggest star in a title match, and they'll worry later how they get out of it.

Lithium93_

Seth Rollins to defend his Intercontinental Championship against Elias announced for the show.

J. Marston

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1002945733870399491

Someone's gif reaction on Reddit says all that needs to be said...

Monokne

And worse, given how strong Bryan has been booked in the feud of late, he will probably lose.

J. Marston

Brock is a week or so away from beating Punk's record.

MitB is in Chicago. I'd love if WWE did a big celebration to wind up the Chicago crowd.

You can be sure there is going to be CM Punk chants, especially during Reigns and Jinder, so this would be a funny way of leaning into it.

Lithium93_

Easy enough to break said record when he can't be arsed showing up half the time. It was fun when he came back, now much like the **** pheasant Reigns, I'm just apathetic towards him, and Heyman to a degree.

Monokne

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Easy enough to break said record when he can't be arsed showing up half the time. It was fun when he came back, now much like the **** pheasant Reigns, I'm just apathetic towards him, and Heyman to a degree.

Yes, presumably the lesser schedule leaves him more refreshed for his title defences thus increasing his chance of victory.

In seriousness though, I am bored with Brock as well, but I don't pin it on him and I'm certainly not willing to buy into the cult rhetoric that Brock is bad because he only "shows up half the time". This type of thing always baffles me. I never recall hearing it about The Undertaker or Shawn when they were working the lighter schedules toward the end of their run. As though working house shows is some type of badge of honour. If anything, they should put more talent on schedules like this. Veteran talent like Orton would benefit from being around less.

Plus the major problem with Brock is how stale his act is and the dearth of new opponents for him. This is a problem that would only be exacerbated if he was there more often.

Rjd2

Monokne wrote: »

Yes, presumably the lesser schedule leaves him more refreshed for his title defences thus increasing his chance of victory.

In seriousness though, I am bored with Brock as well, but I don't pin it on him and I'm certainly not willing to buy into the cult rhetoric that Brock is bad because he only "shows up half the time". This type of thing always baffles me. I never recall hearing it about The Undertaker or Shawn when they were working the lighter schedules toward the end of their run. As though working house shows is some type of badge of honour. If anything, they should put more talent on schedules like this. Veteran talent like Orton would benefit from being around less.

Plus the major problem with Brock is how stale his act is and the dearth of new opponents for him. This is a problem that would only be exacerbated if he was there more often.

The issue with Brock is we are not getting great output from him when he shows up which is obviously rare. His match with Styles was good as was the Summerslam match, but bar that not much to get excited about last few years.

I don't think anyone has got a rub working with him either as all even Roman have beaten decisively also.

I just want the belt off him asap.

Is there even any proof that he brings anything to the table financially either?

Monokne

Rjd2 wrote: »

The issue with Brock is we are not getting great output from him when he shows up which is obviously rare. His match with Styles was good as was the Summerslam match, but bar that not much to get excited about last few years.

I don't think anyone has got a rub working with him either as all even Roman have beaten decisively also.

I just want the belt off him asap.

Is there even any proof that he brings anything to the table financially either?

I think we're both right here. His act is stale, but equally it very much feels like he's performing in second gear much of the time, and has done for a number of years.

The finances of the industry are very different in years past so while I would agree that he does not 'draw' much in the traditional sense anymore - selling tickets and PPV's in large quantity - the new business is based around TV money, and by that metric, I would argue his value has just increased. He, Ronda and Cena are the only stars they have that have a genuine reach past just the wrestling audience and there is real value to that now. Higher ups at Fox want these types on their show.

Agent Coulson

So does Carmella need to cash in before the woman's match?

CastorTroy

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So does Carmella need to cash in before the woman's match?

Cash in the case she used to win the title after Billie and Peyton beat Charlotte down?

Lord TSC

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So does Carmella need to cash in before the woman's match?

CastorTroy wrote: »

Cash in the case she used to win the title after Billie and Peyton beat Charlotte down?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8-ix-HnkTk

Virtanen

Coulson is still trapped in the Framework with Evil Fitz, I think

Agent Coulson

Well shows how gripped I am by the product and storytelling.

PTH2009

Due to travelling I won't see the event live and have to watch in the airport early Monday morning. Sad but hope it's a good show

ThePott

Just a PSA: Normally the PPVs are pre-show at 12 and main show at 1.

Tonight's show has the pre-show at 11 and the main show starting at midnight.

I believe going forward that's going to be the case to accomodate the longer shows.

Lord TSC

ThePott wrote: »

I believe going forward that's going to be the case to accomodate the longer shows.

Lithium93_

ThePott wrote: »

Just a PSA: Normally the PPVs are pre-show at 12 and main show at 1.

Tonight's show has the pre-show at 11 and the main show starting at midnight.

I believe going forward that's going to be the case to accomodate the longer shows.

You sir are correct, taken from a quick Google search on the show via CBS Sports.

Money in the Bank is also the first WWE PPV to feature its new 7 p.m. ET start time. The show is expected to last anywhere from 3.5-4 hours not counting the kickoff show, which starts one hour prior to the main card at 6 p.m

https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/2018-wwe-money-in-the-bank-predictions-matches-card-ppv-start-time-location-preview/

sky88

Be really sound of wwe to put the 2 mitb matches on 1st so i could watch before bed

Lithium93_

sky88 wrote: »

Be really sound of wwe to put the 2 mitb matches on 1st so i could watch before bed

Literally the only 2 matches I care about, rest of the card not so much...

sky88

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Literally the only 2 matches I care about, rest of the card not so much...

I think nak vs aj will be good just not enough to stay up. Although if the mens is on before it id be tempted to stay up as my dream scernario is finn winning then cashing in on aj with the good brothers turning on aj.

Not sure if they mentioned they could cash in on eithier brands champions

CastorTroy

I would like it to work that way but it said they can challenge the champion of their respective brands.
Of course this is WWE where the rules are pretty fluid when they suit

Virtanen

ThePott wrote: »

I believe going forward that's going to be the case to accomodate the longer shows.

Personally I'd prefer longer PPVs over more frequent ones, like when we had a new one every 2-3 weeks at the beginning of the current brand split

CastorTroy

Think the constant PPVs was part of the reason I gave up on The Walking Dead. Since so much to watch on Monday. Well that and the fact The Walking Dead got boring

Lithium93_

sky88 wrote: »

I think nak vs aj will be good just not enough to stay up. Although if the mens is on before it id be tempted to stay up as my dream scernario is finn winning then cashing in on aj with the good brothers turning on aj.

Not sure if they mentioned they could cash in on eithier brands champions

To be honest, I had forgotten about Styles/Nakamura, what's this their 4th match post Mania, it's now or never for Nakamura, either win or go to the back of the line, give someone else a crack at A.J.

Finn winning and cashing in on A.J and taking The Good Brothers with him? I'd dig that, but WWE, it'd start hot, then slowly fumbled, then half arsed/forgotten..

MITB winners should be able to cash in on either champion.. Although the men only have one Championship to cash in for as the Universal Championship, well it's probably sitting on Brock Lesnar's mantle piece gathering dust.

J. Marston

No interest in AJ/Nakamura anymore. It was advertised as the dream match, they've fought 3 times, all have underwhelmed and the feud centres around ballshots. Load of crap from WWE and AJ/Nakamura in terms of actual performances.

The two ladder matches are the only thing that hold any interest to me.

Fear for the Ronda/Nia match. That could get messy.

Monokne

J. Marston wrote: »

No interest in AJ/Nakamura anymore. It was advertised as the dream match, they've fought 3 times, all have underwhelmed and the feud centres around ballshots. Load of crap from WWE and AJ/Nakamura in terms of actual performances.

The two ladder matches are the only thing that hold any interest to me.

Fear for the Ronda/Nia match. That could get messy.

Their matches got progressively better, the Saudi one and the backlash one were real strong. Not their fault they were booked to have sh*t finishes.

lycan238

What time is this starting at tonight?

Lithium93_

lycan238 wrote: »

What time is this starting at tonight?

Midnight.

Virtanen

11pm pre-show, PPV starts at midnight

lycan238

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Midnight.

Virtanen wrote: »

11pm pre-show, PPV starts at midnight

Cheers for some reason I thought 1am start. thanks I hope its worth staying up for

J. Marston

Reigns/Jinder might be entertaining due to seeing how hard Chicago shít on it.

Lord TSC

J. Marston wrote: »

Reigns/Jinder might be entertaining due to seeing how hard Chicago shít on it.

Good point. That match will be a bomb site.

I'm expecting Elias to preform Cult of Personality or something, and declare how much better rock is than Punk, cause Punk sucks....

Loughc

J. Marston wrote: »

Reigns/Jinder might be entertaining due to seeing how hard Chicago shít on it.

I hope Vince shîts on the crowd and have them main event. :pac:

sky88

Loughc wrote: »

I hope Vince shîts on the crowd and have them main event. :pac:

Give me roman coming out to cult of personality


In all seriousness im going to hate the show anytime the crowd chant cm punk

CastorTroy

They'll do the Punk chants during the Reigns match. I probably won't notice as that's likely to be one I skip through quickly.

Monokne

Booking Reigns & Jinder in Chicago shows either good awareness or an incredible lack of awareness. I presume Vince is looking to get that outrage from the people. It seems beyond the realms of possibility that the people in the inner circle are not well aware of the reaction they're inviting by putting that match there.

Ordinarily I would find the Punk chants irritating but they are inviting it here so it won't bother me.

lycan238

First CM Punk chants of the night. That did not take long

CastorTroy

Elias will be the most likely to put Punk down. He's the likeable heel who always criticises the hometown hero

ThePott

He's done it before too, seems like the easiest option although Jinder/Roman are going to get bombarded with Punk chants

J. Marston

You can be sure WWE have spent the week coming up with a few zingers if they need it.

Stephanie, an annoying as she is, shook them so good 2 years ago...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFKLS2bXypo

martyos121

Bryan up first, if he doesn’t go over here it’s going to deflate the crowd for the rest of the show I’d imagine.

sky88

I love booker t so much

https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/1008485323498774528?s=19

sky88

martyos121 wrote: »

Bryan up first, if he doesn’t go over here it’s going to deflate the crowd for the rest of the show I’d imagine.

Yep thats totally going to happen isnt it