In the main event, Raw's Braun Strowman won the men's Money in the Bank ladder match.

The remaining matches from the card, however—including Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn and Roman Reigns vs. Jinder Mahal—were negatively received.

Money in the Bank is an annual professional wrestling event produced by WWE since 2010, which at the time was generally held between June and July.

[12] The following week, two more triple threat matches took place; in the first, Bobby Roode defeated Baron Corbin and No Way Jose to qualify while in the second, Owens, who replaced Mahal after Reigns attacked Mahal backstage, defeated Elias and Bobby Lashley to qualify after interference from Zayn.

[13] On the May 21 episode, Natalya defeated Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan, and Dana Brooke in a fatal four-way match to qualify.

[16] On the May 28 episode of Raw, Seth Rollins interrupted Elias, who was trying to sing for the crowd as a part of his gimmick, and forced him to leave.

[19] At Backlash, Lashley and Braun Strowman defeated Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn in a tag team match.

[22] Samoa Joe secured the final spot by defeating Bryan and Big Cass in a triple threat match on the May 29 episode.

[21] The following week, Becky Lynch defeated Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville in a triple threat match to qualify.

[26][20] On May 14, SmackDown commissioner Shane McMahon announced a fourth rematch between Styles and Nakamura at Money in the Bank, stating every wrestling fan was "looking for a definitive winner".

[32] During the Money in the Bank Kickoff pre-show, The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) defended the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.

Cass reached the ropes to escape the submission, and dominated Bryan by twice gaining a two count and performing a Big Boot for a nearfall.

The bout opened with Elias dominating the first half of the match with a series of dropkicks and Stomps on Rollins before performing a DDT for a nearfall.

At the beginning of the match, Moon landed a Somersault Senton on Lynch and slammed Banks through a ladder with a Springboard Dive.

[1][34] The main event was the men's Money in the Bank ladder match, which featured Braun Strowman, Finn Bálor, Bobby Roode, and Kevin Owens from Raw, and The Miz, Rusev, Samoa Joe, and one member of The New Day—who was revealed to be Kofi Kingston—from SmackDown.

[35][36][37] Ryan Dilbert of Bleacher Report stated the event "felt like it belonged alongside the company's Big Four pay-per-views".

Dilbert praised the Last Man Standing match, to which he awarded a grade of A, calling it "a dramatic, emphatic title bout with a string of memorable spots".

Dilbert noted AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura "delivered a strong climax to their rivalry here", and that they "looked like warriors".

Dilbert praised both Money in the Bank ladder matches; he gave the men's match an A grade, stating it "was a thriller filled with touches of comedy, memorable facial expressions", and that Braun Strowman throwing Kevin Owens off a ladder and through a table "will be shown on highlights for years to come".

Dilbert dubbed Strowman "the centerpiece of the buildup of the bout and now emerges from Chicago armed with the Money in the Bank briefcase".

Dilbert gave the Raw Women's Championship match an A− grade, stating Rousey and Jax "were well on their way to a full-on banger" and that "a number of small things felt like big moments".

[35] Brian Campbell of CBS Sports felt the pay-per-view's final three matches "helped save the show in front of a smart and passionate Chicago crowd".

He gave the Lashley vs. Zayn match a D grade calling it "as forgettable as the puzzlingly awful build to get to it", and criticized WWE for "decid[ing] against playing the pre-match video package highlighting how we got here".

Campbell gave the women's Money in the Bank ladder match a grade of C+, stating "there were a number of obvious timing and psychology issues, including multiple performers choosing to take out already fallen opponents on the canvas with a move instead of climbing the ladder or preventing someone else who was seemingly inches away from winning".

He also said the match "deserves credit for how well it was booked", and called "fantastic", but said Alexa Bliss' Money in the Bank cash-in was "an even better swerve finish".

[41] Kevin Owens and men's Money in the Bank winner Braun Strowman started a feud, leading to a Steel Cage match at Extreme Rules.

[45] On the following episode of SmackDown, Rusev, The Miz, Daniel Bryan, Samoa Joe, and Big E competed in a gauntlet match to determine the new number one contender for AJ Styles' WWE Championship at Extreme Rules.

[46] During the gauntlet match, SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bludgeon Brothers attacked Daniel Bryan, resulting in his elimination.

[46] The following week, Kane returned to save Bryan from a post-match assault from The Bludgeon Brothers, reuniting Team Hell No.

[46] The following week, General Manager Paige scheduled a rematch between Carmella and Asuka for the SmackDown Women's Championship at Extreme Rules[47] with Ellsworth suspended above the ring in a shark cage.