WWE Money In The Bank (2024)

I unfortunately wasn't able to stream this event live this year, but I did manage to catch it a few days later. Full disclosure, I knew the results, but regardless, I was extremely excited to see how the matches would play out. This show is almost always one of the best of the year, and Toronto; the host city, is almost always a good crowd, so my expectations were high.

As has been the case more often than not in the last few years, the show opened with one of the two Money In The Bank ladder matches, in this case; the men's match. I knew this was sure to deliver, particularly considering the names involved, including Main Event Jey Uso, Drew McIntyre and LA Knight. It was chaotic, high octane and incredibly fun. There were a couple of major spots which I thought were both well placed in the match and well executed. The winner was not a surprise, but I wasn't mad about it.

The second match of the night saw Canadian native and Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn defend his title against the rising force that is Bron Breakker. It was a back and forth, exciting match, full of both men's trademark offence, and showcasing a surprising amount of chemistry, considering this was the two men's first match together. Bron is a specimen and a half. The match didn't have the winner I wanted, but I'm still interested to see what happens with each of these men, as well as the championship they fought over.

After this came an unexpected and rather surreal promo segment with a surprise appearance from a certain Sixteen-times World Champion. Watching this moment felt rather bittersweet. It had been coming for some time, but it still hit home a little bit, particularly because of who it was making the announcement.

Match three of the night saw Damian Priest defend his World Heavyweight Championship against Seth 'Freakin' Rollins. Their match was solid, it had some good moments, but there were a couple of miscommunications, including a significant botch which put a pretty major dampener on it, because it was a weird and very visible mistake. The way this match culminated was certainly shocking and exciting, but, in hindsight, it felt like a waste to me - a waste of a finish and a waste of the relevant plot device it utilised. Either way, the right man left with the championship.

This was followed by the women's Money In The Bank ladder match, which I was very excited to see. It featured some of the best female wrestlers in the company, including veteran Naomi, up-and-comer Tiffany Stratton and the talented Iyo Sky. It was absolute carnage. Honestly, this was easily the best women's ladder match I've ever had the pleasure of watching. It was full of great spots, risky spots and the crowd was utterly phenomenal for them. I thought the right woman won the match, and set herself on track to the top of the card, as she deserves.

The main event of the evening was a six-man tag team match, pitting the new Bloodline; Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu against the Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, 'The Viper' Randy Orton and Canada's own Kevin Owens. It was another chaotic affair, with wrestlers and referees flying everywhere. It was a thoroughly entertaining end to the night, with the correct team winning.

Overall, I thought this was a pretty entertaining show, perhaps not as strong as some of the others this year, but still very solid. The crowd was hot all night, which is always a plus too. It set up Summerslam pretty well too, which was very satisfying. There's a lot to look forward to for that show.