bret hart invented the money in the bank ladder match.
bret hart invented the money in the bank ladder match.
who invented the money in the bank ladder match?
bret hart
the fourth money in the bank ladder match took place at wrestlemania xxiv and was intended to be another eight-man match-up, consisting of wrestlers from raw, smackdown, and ecw. qualifying matches began on the february 18 episode of "raw", as both jeff hardy and mr. kennedy qualified by defeating snitsky and val venis, respectively, in singles matches. on the february 22 episode of "smackdown", shelton benjamin qualified by defeating jimmy wang yang in another singles match. back on "raw", general manager william regal placed chris jericho in a match against jeff hardy with the stipulation that if jericho won, he would be in the ladder match. jericho defeated hardy in that match on february 25. the following week on "raw", the two faced off once again, this time for hardy's wwe intercontinental championship. jericho won the match and title, and it was revealed that hardy was suspended from wwe for 60 days for violating the wellness policy. hardy was subsequently removed from the money in the bank ladder match and wrestlemania altogether, making this ladder match a seven-man contest. also on this episode of "raw", carlito defeated cody rhodes to qualify. on a smackdown/ecw live event on march 9, united states champion montel vontavious porter defeated jamie noble to qualify. on the march 11 episode of "ecw", cm punk defeated big daddy v to qualify. on the march 14 episode of "smackdown", john morrison defeated his tag team partner the miz to be the last man to qualify.
money in the bank ladder match
in 2010 and 2011, the annual pay-per-views included two money in the bank ladder matches. one ladder match was for the raw brand with a contract for a wwe championship match, while the other ladder match was for the smackdown brand with a contract for a world heavyweight championship match. the brand split ended in august 2011, after which, the money in the bank pay-per-views continued to have two ladder matches for contracts for the respective titles, but they were not brand exclusive. after the two titles were unified in december 2013, a championship match contract for the unified wwe world heavyweight championship became the prize of a single money in the bank ladder match. the brand split returned after the 2016 event, but the 2017 pay-per-view was smackdown-exclusive. the championship match contract in the ladder match was for smackdown's wwe championship (formerly wwe world heavyweight championship). the 2017 event also featured the first-ever women's money in the bank ladder match with its contract being for a smackdown women's championship match.
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