Money in the Bank (2023)

The event aired via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and featured wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.

Additionally, Raw's Damian Priest and SmackDown's Iyo Sky won the respective men's and women's Money in the Bank ladder matches.

Money in the Bank is an annual professional wrestling event produced by the American promotion WWE since 2010, generally held between May and July.

Along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, it is considered one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, referred to as the "Big Five".

[5][6] Following the success of Clash at the Castle in September 2022, which was held in Cardiff, Wales, WWE announced on January 5, 2023, that they would be returning to the United Kingdom for the 14th Money in the Bank event on Saturday, July 1, 2023, at The O2 Arena in London, England.

In addition to airing on pay-per-view worldwide and the livestreaming services Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in most international markets,[3] it was the first Money in the Bank to livestream on Binge in Australia after the Australian version of the WWE Network merged under Foxtel's channel Binge in January.

[15] Damian Priest then defeated Matt Riddle in the final qualifying match on the June 12 episode of Raw.

[16] On the following week's Raw, however, Logan Paul—in his first appearance since Night 1 of WrestleMania 39—revealed that after talking with WWE executives, he would also be competing in the match.

[14] The next qualifying matches occurred on the June 5 episode of Raw, where Becky Lynch and Zoey Stark defeated Sonya Deville and Natalya, respectively.

[18] Damage CTRL's Bayley and Iyo Sky then qualified by defeating "Michin" Mia Yim and Shotzi, respectively, on the June 9 episode of SmackDown.

[15] The last qualifying match occurred on the June 19 episode of Raw, where Trish Stratus defeated Raquel Rodriguez by disqualification thanks to an accidental interference from Lynch.

[21] On the next episode of Raw, Rollins was victorious in a tag team match against Judgment Day members Bálor and Damian Priest.

[27] On the June 17 episode of SmackDown LowDown, it was announced that The Usos would face Reigns and Sikoa at Money in the Bank in a "Bloodline Civil War" tag team match.

[31] A fatal four-way tag team match was scheduled for the May 29 episode of Raw to determine the new champions, where Rousey and Baszler won.

[13] On the June 23 episode of SmackDown, Rousey and Baszler defeated NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn to unify the championships.

[32] The next day on SmackDown LowDown, it was announced that Rousey and Baszler would defend the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship against Rodriguez and Morgan at Money in the Bank.

[33] On the May 15 episode of Raw, Matt Riddle was competing in a battle royal to determine Gunther's next challenger for the Intercontinental Championship.

During the match, by Gunther's order, his Imperium stablemates, Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci, attacked Riddle, causing him to be eliminated.

[34] Their rivalry continued through the next episodes, and on the June 12 episode of Raw, after Riddle's Money in the Bank qualifying match, he was attacked by Kaiser and Gunther, and later, Riddle tried to interfere in Gunther and Kaiser's Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship match, costing both men the titles.

[35] The pay-per-view opened with the men's Money in the Bank ladder match, featuring Damian Priest, Ricochet, and Shinsuke Nakamura from Raw, LA Knight, Butch, and Santos Escobar from SmackDown, and Logan Paul.

[1] Next, Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler defended the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship against Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan.

In the closing moments, Baszler turned on her own tag partner, Rousey, and applied the Kirifuda Clutch on her before leaving.

Cena then was interrupted by Grayson Waller, who stated that WrestleMania should take place in his own home country, Australia.

[1] After that, the women's Money in the Bank ladder match took place, featuring Becky Lynch, Trish Stratus, and Zoey Stark from Raw and Bayley, Iyo Sky, and Zelina Vega from SmackDown.

[1] In the penultimate match, Seth "Freakin" Rollins defended Raw's World Heavyweight Championship against Finn Bálor.

Rollins performed a Pedigree on Bálor for another nearfall, after which, Damian Priest made his way to the ring with his Money in the Bank briefcase.

[40] On the following episode of Raw, World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins talked about his plans for SummerSlam when The Judgment Day (Damian Priest, Rhea Ripley, and Dominik Mysterio) interrupted.

After the match, Priest attempted to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase, but Finn Bálor appeared to attack Rollins.

[43] Rollins would continue as champion until Night 2 of WrestleMania XL on April 7, 2024, where he lost the title to Drew McIntyre.

[52] At SummerSlam, Iyo Sky cashed in the Money in the Bank briefcase on Bianca Belair after the latter won the WWE Women's Championship and defeated her to win the title for the first time.

The event was held at The O2 Arena in London , England .