SmackDown’s Money in the Bank Match: Cody Rhodes vs. Christian vs. Matt Hardy vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Big Show vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Kane
We go to the ring and WWE’s Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston is in the ring first. Out come the remaining SmackDown stars. Big Show is out last. The bell rings and everyone starts brawling.
Everyone teams up to take on Kane and the Big Show, and Cody Rhodes looks to take advantage early. Kane and Show fight off the other men, and take Cody down off the ladder. Show and Kane square off and Show gets the upper hand with a huge shoulder block. Show look at the ladder, and tries to climb, but the rung immediately breaks. Show breaks off another rung with his hand before fighting off Christian, Kofi, Drew, Hardy and Ziggler before just picking up a ladder and tossing it out of the ring on top of Kane.
Show goes to the outside and everyone except Kane dogpiles on top of him, taking him down to the ground. Everyone then turns on each other, and McIntyre is the last man standing. He sets a ladder up against the ring apron and slingshots Christian into the ladder face first before putting it into the ring. Drew sets up the ladder under the belt and begins the climb, but Hardy stops him by picking up a ladder and throwing it against McIntyre’s back. Hardy goes for the briefcase, but he’s stopped by Christian. Christian goes for it, but he’s stopped by Hardy.
Christian and Hardy fight to the outside, and Rhodes tries to sneak in for a quick victory, but he’s stopped by Kingston, who’s in turn stopped by Ziggler. Ziggler climbs the ladder and gets his hands on the briefcase but Christian climbs the other side and stops him. Christian and Ziggler trade blows on top of the ladder and both have hands on the briefcase. Christian hip tosses Ziggler off the ladder, but the ladder is pushed over by Hardy. Rhodes comes in and eats a Killswitch from Christian. Kane is in and almost hits a double chokeslam on Hardy and Christian, but he eats a double DDT instead. Christian and Hardy pick up ladders and sandwich Kane in between them before clashing. Hardy tries for the twist of fate, but Christian flops him onto the ladder instead and stands on Hardy’s back.
Christian tries to go up the ladder again, but Rhodes pushes it and Christian sails out of the ring on top of Big Show. Kofi and Hardy team up on Kane and Hardy nails a twist of fate to put him down. Kofi tries to climb a really short ladder, but Rhodes is there to take him off of it with a back body drop. Rhodes and Hardy fight at the top of the ladder, but McIntyre tips the ladder over the the two men sail into the ropes. McIntyre throws both Rhodes and Hardy into opposite ring posts before trying to go up the ladder himself. He’s stopped by Ziggler, but Drew immediately tosses Dolph from the ring. Kane pulls McIntyre from the ring and begins dismantling the announce table.
Kane grabs McIntyre around the throat, but McIntyre fights it off. Kane puts him right back down, and then takes Christian down with a right hand. Kane grabs a ladder, but Kofi hits a sliding dropkick to send the ladder into Kane’s face. Kofi goes to the outside where he begins wailing on McIntyre before hitting a huge kick to the back of the head. McIntyre is laid out on the Spanish announce table, and Kofi looks up at another ladder. Kofi begins to climb the ladder on the outside, standing for a bit at the top before hitting a giant boom drop through the table and McIntyre.
Ziggler is alone in the ring climbing a ladder and he gets his hands on the briefcase, but Show pushes over the ladder, grabs Ziggler in mid air, and takes him down with a chokeslam. Kane tries for a chokeslam, but Show fights it off. Show sandwiches Kane in the corner with a ladder, before splashing the ladder into Kane. Hardy and Christian and in and they try to use the ladder as a team to fight off Show, but Show pushes them down and splashes both men with the ladder on top of them.
Show goes back to the outside, and he grabs a gigantic reinforced ladder. Show struggles, and it doesn’t look like he’s going to be able to get it into the ring. He eventually figures it out, but he looks beat as he stands it up and tries to position it. He’s finally able to after much huffing and puffing, and me openly laughing. Show steps on the first rung and Rhodes is in hitting Show in the ankle with another ladder. Rhodes begins the climb up the ginormous ladder, but he’s taken down by Ziggler in an electric chair drop.
Ziggler tries to pull himself up the huge ladder, which doesn’t seem to be moving any time soon. Ziggler gets up a couple of rungs, but Show gets up and hits him with a big chop that takes him down. Show grabs his ankle, fights off Hardy, and looks at the ladder. Kofi’s in out of nowhere and he springboards onto the ladder. Show tries to stop him, but Kofi counters with a tornado DDT. Kingston begins the climb again, but Cody Rhodes is there to stop him with a missile dropkick that knocks Kofi from the ladder.
Rhodes hits a cross Rhodes to Kingston on the ladder and knocks his own head. Rhodes begins the climb up the ladder and Ziggler stops him, giving him a Zig Zag that sends him right into the reinforced ladder, which doesn’t even move. Show is back up to his feet and he fights off Rhodes and Ziggler before hobbling around for a little bit. Show looks up at the briefcase, and he tries to climb. Show gets up a couple of rungs, and Kane is in there. Kane tips over the ladder and Show ends up in the ropes and falling out to the outside. Christian, Kofi and Rhodes pile a ton of ladders on top of Show and they completely bury him under ladders. Kane sets up the ladder and everyone tries to climb at once, it’s complete chaos. Kane starts chokeslamming everyone and Rhodes has his hands on the briefcase. Kane pulls Rhodes off and climbs the ladder himself. Ziggler stops Kane, climbing right over him. Kane tries to fight off Dolph, but Ziggler locks in the sleeper. Kane fights it off by ramming Ziggler’s head into the ladder.
Kane sends Ziggler to the outside, hanging his knee up dangerously in the ropes first, and on top of Show’s heap of chairs. Kane makes his way to the outside where he chokeslams Kofi on top of the ladder pile, and then he chases Rhodes up the entrance ramp. Kane picks up Rhodes and slams him face first into one of the armored trucks at near the ramp. Hardy is climbing up the ladder when Kane returns, and Kane simply swats he and Christian away. They come back with a double powerbomb, taking Kane right off the ladder. Christian and Hardy climb up either side of the ladder, and they trade blows. Both men get hands on the briefcase. Hardy fights off Christian, but Christian comes right back. Both men are holding the briefcase and hitting each other, standing at the top of the ladder. Both men push and fall from the top of the ladder, hitting the ropes.
Drew McIntyre is up and stirring, and he begins the climb up the ladder to a ton of heat. Kane is in to a lot of cheers, and McIntyre gets his hands on the briefcase, but Kane tosses him off of the ladder with a chokeslam. Kane grabs the briefcase, and takes it off the hook, winning the match.
Winner: Kane
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