The main event was a ladder match for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship, which was won by John Cena.

The event is notable for the first WWE appearance of independent wrestler and future Money in the Bank winner Luis Martinez who would later sign with the company in 2018 as Damian Priest.

In addition to traditional pay-per-view outlets, the 2014 event was the first Money in the Bank to livestream on the WWE Network, which launched in February.

On the June 2 episode of Raw, Alberto Del Rio qualified for the Money in the Bank ladder match by defeating Dolph Ziggler.

[10] On the June 13 episode of SmackDown, Bray Wyatt qualified for the match after defeating Dean Ambrose (with interference from Seth Rollins).

[16] On the June 23 episode of Raw, Triple H added Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett, Dolph Ziggler, Rob Van Dam, Kofi Kingston, and Jack Swagger to the match.

[17] At Payback, after a loss to RybAxel (Ryback and Curtis Axel), Cody Rhodes told his brother, Goldust, that he deserved a better partner than him.

On the June 24 episode of Main Event, Rybaxel challenged Stardust and Goldust to a match at Money in the Bank, which they accepted.

[18] During the Money in the Bank Kickoff pre-show, Daniel Bryan came out to speak about his health and being stripped of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Bryan called Dallas a "Bo-ner" then mocked his "Bo-lieve" catchphrase, telling him "Bo-leave" before leading another round of chants.

[20] The actual pay-per-view opened with The Usos defending the WWE Tag Team Championship against The Wyatt Family's Luke Harper and Erick Rowan.

During the match, Ambrose pushed a ladder, causing Kingston to fall off the top rope onto Swagger, Ziggler and Van Dam.

[21] The main event was a ladder match for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship involving Alberto Del Rio, Bray Wyatt, Cesaro, John Cena, Kane, Randy Orton, Roman Reigns, and United States Champion Sheamus.

After everyone fought each other off, Sheamus controlled the match by performing a Diving Shoulder Block on Kane, an Irish Curse Backbreaker on Del Rio, White Noise on Orton and a Brogue Kick on Cena.

After Orton and Kane removed the other participants from the ring, Reigns controlled the match by performing a Spear on Kane, Superman Punches on Orton and Sheamus, Running Front Dropkicks on Del Rio, who was draped on the bottom rope, and Wyatt, who was draped on a broadcast table, and a Spear on Cesaro.

Triple H then scheduled a fatal four-way match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Battleground between Cena, Orton, Kane, and Reigns.

[26] Bad News Barrett, who had been removed from the Money in the Bank ladder match due to injury, was also stripped of his Intercontinental Championship.

[27] Brock Lesnar returned on July 21[28] and proceeded to defeat John Cena at SummerSlam to capture the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

[29] At WrestleMania 31, on March 29, 2015, Seth Rollins successfully cashed in his Money in the Bank contract during Lesnar and Royal Rumble winner Roman Reigns' match, making it into a triple threat match, which Rollins won by pinning Reigns to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

[30] However, Rollins vacated the title on November 4, 2015, after suffering multiple knee injuries at a live event in Dublin, Ireland, ending his reign at 220 days.