Date: 07/18	5:00 PM
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WWE is live in Fort Worth, Texas with fans in attendance! WWE Money in the Bank is the first PPV since WrestleMania to happen in front of a live crowd. The Money in the Bank match is back again where superstars climb a ladder to retrieve a contract inside of a briefcase above the ring! Also, Kofi Kingston challenges Bobby Lashley for the WWE Championship! Plus, Edge challenges Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship! Join us for a live recap of WWE Money in the Bank tonight starting with the pre-show at 7 PM ET/6 Central on social media, and the main PPV at 8 PM ET on Peacock (USA) and the WWE Network (worldwide). Hit F5 or refresh as often as you like for the latest updates.

Kayla Braxton, Booker T, Jerry "The King" Lawler, JBL and Peter Roserberg are all on the panel to previews tonight's PPV.

* SmackDown Tag Team Championship: The Usos vs. Dominink & Rey Mysterio {C}

Jimmy Uso and Dominik start the match for their respective teams, and Dominik gets more offensive moves at the begnning ending with an armdrag before tagging out. Rey tags in, they do a double hiptoss, Dominik powerbombs his father onto Jimmy, and Jimmy finally gets the chance to tag out. Jey is the legal man, slides Rey out the rung under the ropes, Jimmy gets the tag and works him over on the ropes. Jey hits Rey with a cheap shot behind the referee's back, Jimmy puts him in a chinlock, Rey lands on his feet off a suplex and makes the hot tag.

Dominik hits a springboard crossbody for 2, does a neckbreaker, hits a double springboard moonsault for 2, dropkicks Jey off the apron, kicks Jimmy in the head to knock him down as well, goes for a top rope divivng crossbody, but The Usos catch him and swing him into the barricade. Jey breaks the ref's count, hits the Uso hip attack in the corner, and The Usos are in control as they make a wish with Dom's legs. Dominik battles out of a chinlock, fights out of a dangerous situation on the turnbuckles, and shoves Jimmy to the floor. Jimmy gets back in the ring to grab his leg, Jey and Rey get the hot tags, Jey kicks and upperkicks Rey, but Mysterio comes back with a headscissors takedown.

Mysterio hits the seated senton for a CLOSE near-fall! Rey springboard onto Jey's shoulders Jimmy tags in, superkicks him, hits the pop-up Samoan drop, covers, and gets 2.5 nearly winning the titles. Jey tags in, Dominik pulls Jimmy out the ring, Jimmy throws Dom into the ringpost, Rey rolls up Jey for 2, trips him onto the ropes, Jimmy SACRIFICES HIMSELF ON THE 619, Jey superkicks Mysterio, goes up and hits the USO SPLASH for 1-2-NO! "This is awesome! This is awesome!" Jimmy tags in, Dominik disrupts their plans, Jimmy drops Rey's face on the turnbuckle, schoolboy-rollup to Mysterio, and Jey assists on the pin behind the ref's back to secure the 3-count! THE USOS ARE 7-TIME CHAMPS! WINNERS and NEW SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: THE USOS!

The panel continues all the way until the top of the hour, when it's time for the Money in the Bank PPV! Michael Cole and Pat McAfee are the commentators for the first Money in the Bank ladder match.

* Money in the Bank Match: Alexa Bliss vs. Liv Morgan vs. Nikki A.S.H vs. Natalya {Women's Tag Team Champion} vs. Tamina {Women's Tag Team Champion} vs. Zelina Vega vs. Naomi vs. Asuka

The bell dings, and every woman goes for a ladder. Alexa has stayed on the ropes since being the first one out, and she finally gets down in the middle of the ring. All of them get involved one-by-one hitting big moves one after another, Tamina is the last one standing, Alexa jumps on her back, but Tamina throws her down, and catapults her into a ladder in a corner. Liv quickly climbs up a ladder, but she gets thrown down, and Tamina squashes Liv and Zelina in a corner with a splash. Tamina sets up a ladder, Asuka stops her, ducks swings, hits a backfist, knocks Natalya off the apron, avoids a ladder, and hits a missile dropkick to Tamina.

Asuka climbs up a ladder, Tamina lifts the ladder up, Liv jumps on the ladder dropping it back down on Tamina, pulls Asuka off the ladder, then Natalya pulls Liv off the ladder. Liv hobbles around the ring to tug-a-war a ladder with Natalya, they attack Nikki, Naomi fights with Tamina, but Tamina pulls her down into a Samoan drop. Tamina gets pulled out the ring, Zelina gives her a headscissors, and Asuka hits Tamina with the running hip attack. Natalya traps Liv in a corner with the ladder, Alexa gets involved, laughs at Natalya and trips her into the ladder. Alexa throws Liv down, hits a flipping senton, looks up at the briefcase, sets the ladder up, Zelina scales up the ladder, Alexa meets her there, Zelina is mesmerized and is forced down the ladder by hypnotism. Natalya throws Alexa off the ladder, Zelina hits the meteora to Nikki, takes down Natalya, goes to suplex Liv, but Liv drops her onto the ladder. Naomi catches Liv and powerbombs her onto Zelina on top of a ladder!

Natalya attacks Naomi, Tamina joins her, Naomi fights them off and hits a double stunner, then drops Nikki onto a ladder and hits the split-legged legdrop. Natalya drops Naomi off the ladder again, Zelina gets on Natalya's back with a sleeper, Natalya continues to climb with Zelina on her back and reaches the briefcase, Zelina gets her hands on the briefcase, but Liv pulls them both down. Natalya fights both women, Asuka gets in the ring, Tamina is in as well, Naomi gets in the ring to join the fray, Nikki climbs up a ladder outside the ring and FLIES ONTO THE PILE in the ring! Nikki sets up the ladder, climbs up one side, Alexa brings her down, the former Women's Tag Team Champions fight it out, Alexa hits the Sister Abigail, climbs up the ladder, but Natalya plays defense YET AGAIN. Tamina and Natalya attack Alexa outside the ring, they shove a ladder into Alexa, then everybody pile ladders onto crazy Alexa. Natalya says that she deserved that.

Meanwhile, Liv Morgan climbs up a ladder by herself in the ring, Tamina grabs her, Liv sends her into the corner with a hurricanrana, Natalya is AGAIN on defense, sets up a ladder next to the one already in the ring, Liv sends her into the ladder, throws Zelina into a corner, battles with Asuka, and hits her finisher. GO UP LIV! Naomi is on the other side, Natalya and Tamina climb other ladders, Asuka and Zelina join them up other ladders, Nikki gets up too, 7 women all on ladders, and Nikki unhooks the briefcase while the other six were fighting amongst themselves! WINNER and MS. MONEY IN THE BANK 2021: NIKKI A.S.H!!

Natalya, Tamina, Zelina, Naomi, Asuka, and most devastated Liv all can't believe they didn't notice Nikki sneaking up the ladder to grab the Money in the Bank briefcase while they were all scrapping.

We recap the Kickoff where The Usos won the SmackDown Tag Team Titles earlier tonight. Cut to backstage, The Usos are celebrating with Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman looking on. Roman tells them to hold onto the championships, says tha tthe easy part is over, and now he needs them to do the right thing by him. Jey says he steps up as his right hand man, Jimmy goes along with it, and they all hug in celebration.

* Raw Tag Team Championship: The Viking Raiders vs. AJ Styles & Omos {C}

Erik and AJ Styles start the match, but then Styles tags out to Omos, so Ivar gets the tag instead. Omos fights both of the Viking Raiders, AJ tags in, snapmare into a kick to the spine followed by a kneedrop gets a 2-count. Ivar backs him in the corner, Erik tags in, take over on offense, they tag in and out, Erik body slams Ivar onto AJ, Ivar shoves AJ into a knee from Erik, but eventually AJ dropkicks Erik out the ring and takes Ivar off the apron. Omos gets the tag and throws AJ out the ring into a headscissors to Erik on the floor! AJ tags back in, brings Erik back into the ring, puts him in a chinlock, but Erik comes back with a high back body drop.

Ivar gets the hot tag, powerslams AJ, hits a low crossbody, cartwheels into a lariat, and covers for 2. AJ gets a jawbreaker just to escape and tag out. Ivar clotheslines Omos, goes up top, Omos catches him by the throat, picks him up for a delayed body slam, squashes him in a corner, then does a nerve hold on the shoulder. AJ is back in, Ivar tries to fight back, rolls off AJ's back, and makes his own hot tag.

Erik comes in swinging, AJ hits the Phenomenal Blitz, Erik comes back with shotgun knees, hits a fallaway slam, Ivar tags in, Erik backs him up into AJ, Ivar knocks Omos off the apron, Erik tags in, Ivar hits a springboard clothesline, and Erik covers for a near-fall. Ivar tags back in, AJ fights back, hits a Pele Kick to Ivar on the turnbuckles, and throws Erik out the ring. Omos tags in, picks up Ivar in a military press and slams him down, then covers with one foot for 2.5! AJ tags in Ivar hits AJ with a senton, Erik and Ivar tag in and out, double teams to Omos, Ivar clotheslines the big man out the ring and Erik hits a suicide dive. AJ rolls up Ivar for a near-fall, hits a jumping enzuigiri, connects with a forearm, misses the Phenomenal Forearm, they hit the Viking Experience, Ivar makes the cover, but Omos shoves Erik onto the cover to break the count! Omos gets the tag, fights off both men, delivers a tree slam to Erik, and covers for 3! WINNERS and STILL RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: AJ STYLES & OMOS!

Drew McIntyre gets interviewed backstage, talks about the fans in Fort Worth bringing the energy, and claims he will become Mr. Money in the Bank. We get a video package highlighting the events leading up to the upcoming WWE Championship match.

* WWE Championship: Kofi Kingston vs. "The All Mighty" Bobby Lashley {C}

MVP is at ringside, grabs Kofi's foot at the start, but Kofi rolls Lashley up for 2, and hits a mushroom stomp for 2. Lashley gets mad and beats Kingston down with a forceful clothesline. Lashley plants him with a one-armed spinebuster, press-slams him to the floor, picks him up and rams his head into the ringpost spinning him around! The champion completely obliterates his challenger in the ring with a running forearm smash in a corner, a lifting flapjack, and applies the Hurt Lock! Kingston tries to spin around, but Lashley tosses him with a fallaway slam. Lashley literally dominates as he hits the DOMINATOR TWO TIMES! Some of the crowd chants for one more time, Lashley hits the Dominator one more time, picks him back up for the Hurt Lock, Kingston fades down and lightly taps out. WINNER and STILL WWE CHAMPION: BOBBY LASHLEY!

That was a surprisingly short match, and a lot of fans a disappointed by that one-sided match. Should we expect something big to happen? Well, the men's Money in the Bank match hasn't happened yet. Well, looks like that's the final result.

* Raw Women's Championship: Rhea Ripley {C} vs. Charlotte Flair

Rhea is outsmarting and annoying Charlotte by mocking her. The crowd however couldn't care more because they're chanting for Becky. Rhea baseball slides to knock Charlotte off the apron, but Charlotte side-steps a diving cannonball, throws dropkicks her into the barricade, and gets a 2-count in the ring. Charlotte delivers a T-bone suplex into the turnbuckles, kips up, covers for 2, puts her in a chinlock, then backflips just to kick her in the face. Ripley tries to fight back, but Flair hits a big elbow, but then Ripley tosses her out the ring. "WE WANT BECKY! WE WANT BECKY!" Rhea hits a cannonball from off the steps, gets back in the ring, hits a couple of short-arm clotheslines, headbutt, snapmare into a low dropkick, superkick, then delivers a northern lights usplex with bridge for 2. Rhea lands on her feet, delivers a German suplex, goes up top, but Charlotte counters the missile dropkick with the Boston crab! Rhea counters with a roll-up for 2, counters the figure-4 with another roll-up for 2, and Charlotte hits the big boot for 2. Rhea pulls her off the top rope, puts her in the electric chair, Charlotte counters with a sunset flip, Rhea rolls through and counters with a dead-lift suplex for 2.5!

Rhea slaps her on the chest multiiple times, Charlotte sends her out the ring, hits the big boot knocking her off the apron, goes up top, and hits a diving moonsault to the floor! Rhea blocks Natural Selection, puts her in the Prism Trap, Charlotte counters with a rollup, Rhea goes for the Riptide, but Charlotte counters with a DDT for 2.9! Charlotte starts tearing up but gets angry, they trade punches, Charlotte gets in the chops, hits the Tranquilo back elbow, and covers with her feet on the ropes so the ref stops his count. Rhea fights back, puts her challenger on the top rope, superplex blocked, Charlotte hits a DIVING NATURAL SELECTION, and covers for 1-2-KICKOUT!! "This is awesome! This is awesome!" Now the crowd is into it as Rhea sends her into the turnbuckles. Charlotte pulls Ripley's skull into the ringpost, traps the champs's leg between the post and stairs, kicks the stairs, gets back in and applies the FIGURE-8!! Rhea is in pain, so she taps out! Look out women's division, to quote Jimmy Smith on commentary, "Charlotte is champ yet again!" WINNER and NEW RAW WOMEN'S CHAMPION: CHARLOTTE FLAIR!

Backstage hijinx ensue with Riddle and Rick Boogs with Shinsuke Nakamura, and Kevin Owens just looks on. The signal on Peacock is cutting in and out for everyone watching live starting with an ad for Applebees with WWE superstars, the backstage segment, and during the next Money in the Bank entrances.

* Money in the Bank Match: Kevin Owens vs. Riddle vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Ricochet vs. John Morrison vs. Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Big E

The Peacock feed is cutting in and out incessantly so I'm not even going to attempt to recap this - not until Peacock gets this shit fixed. For now it'll be bullet points:

• Nakamura dropped Owens on top of a ladder.
• Morrison leapfrogs a ladder with a corkscrew crossbody onto Nakamura and the crowd chants "Johnny Drip-Drip" for him.
• Nakamura puts Morrison an armbar on the top of a ladder.
• Rollins and Morrison team up against Nakamura, then they hit everybody with a ladder.
• Morrison hits a Samoa drop to Riddle on a ladder.
• Morrison and Rollins back drop Ricochet onto a ladder.

The stream is now better! Owens is hobbling in the ring but Morrison and Rollins are in control together, but Owens hits a springboard moonsault onto the ladder knocking them down! They come back with a double suplex to Owens on the side of a ladder! McIntyre fights both men, drops them with chops, wild swings, Rollins hits a discus forearm, Morrison kicks him in the head, they place McIntyre on the ladder, and Morrison hits a 360 elbow drop! Rollins hits McIntyre with the ladder, and breaks his alliance with Morrison by hitting him with the ladder as well. Riddle hits the RKO to Rollins! Riddle stops Big E and Ricochet from climbing the ladder. Riddle and Nakamura battle each other, then McIntyre drops them both with a double CLAYMORE!

McIntyre counters Ricochet with a reverse Alabama Slam into a ladder, then hits a somersault plancha to a group on the floor! McIntyre hits Rollins with the Glasgow Kiss, counts down and hits Rollins with the CLAYMORE! McIntyre climbs the ladder, but VEER and SHANKY stop McIntyre from climbing up, and JINDER MAHAL hits McIntyre with a steel chair! Mahal mauls McIntyre with the chair, then Veer and SHanky drag McIntyre out of the arena. Ricochet walks the ropes, leaps onto the ladder, knocks Riddle down, Riddle pushes the ladder, so Ricochet hits a springboard somersault dive onto the pile outside the ring!! AMAZING!

Ricochet and Riddle battle on the ladder, Riddle blocks a suplex, Rollins brings in another ladder, Big E pulls Rollins down, electric chair to Riddle, but Riddle hits Big E with the RKO! Riddle pulls Ricochet down with a RKO in air, then Rollins hits the STOMP to Riddle! Nakamura puts Rollins on his shoulder for the GO TO SLEEP, then climbs up a ladder, but Morrison sprays him with the Drip Stick. Owens pulls Morrison down for the STUNNER, climbs up, Nakamura pulls him down, then Owens hits the STUNNER to Nakamura! POP-UP POWERBOMB TO RICOCHET! Owens hops up the ladder and touches the ladder, Rollins grabs his leg, and POWERBOMBS OWENS THROUGH THE LADDER BRIDGE ON THE FLOOR!!! Rollins climbs up the ladder, laughing all the way, Big E climbs up the other ladder, picks Rollins up, and hits THE BIG ENDING OFF THE LADDER!! BIG E CLIMBS UP, HE'S ALL ALONE, AND HE UNHOOKS THE BRIEFCASE!!! WINNER and MR. MONEY IN THE BANK 2021: BIG E!!

CONGRATULATIONS BIG E!!! Aside from winning the Intercontinental Championship, this is the biggest win of his solo career! I guess it was important to get that Applebees promo aired, which is why we got it again. Afterwards, we get a plug for SummerSlam on August 21, unfortunately still on Peacock. Seth Rollins is keeling over backstage after suffering The Big Ending off the ladder, and when he gets interviewed he flips out and shouts that he's next in line after the Universal Title match.

* Universal Championship: Edge vs. Roman Reigns {C}

Paul Heyman is at ringside for this match. The title match introductions commence, the bell dings, and the main event is underway. The crowd starts a dueling chant for both competitors, but Roman is not happy about it. They lock up in the collar-and-elbow tie-up, Roman backs him to a corner, breaks with disrespect, they lock up again, Edge backs him up and shows him the same disrespect. The lock up again, Edge with a waistlock, brings him down, and slaps the back of his head. Roman drops him with a shoulder block, and he gets worked up at the crowd as Edge recovers outside the ring. Edge rolls in and out to break the count, gets back in, works the left arm of Reigns, does an armbreaker, Roman hits a hard forearm and headbutts him. Roman clotheslines him in a corner a few times, Edge blocks the last one, works on the arm again, shoves him into the ringpost twice, takes him down, but Roman rolls out the ring to stop his momentum. Heyman gives the champ words of advice to teach him a lesson.

Roman gets in the ring and punches Edge, but Edge punches him back, boots him in the arm, sends him out the ring, then Roman catches him with a Samoan drop on the floor. Reigns gets in the ring at 7, rolls back out at 8, sends him into the ringpost, and gets back in the ring. Ref Charles Robinson counts up to 8 before Edge gets back in the ring, so Reigns is all over him with the attack, throws him around the ring before continuing the beatdown in the middle of the ring, and tosses him into the ringpost shoulder-first. Roman taunts the crowd as he dominates this match, delivers a snap suplex, covers for 2, then slaps on a cravate. Edge tres to get up, but Reigns switches to a chinlock, and brings him back down to make him pass out. Edge gets the strength to make it to his feet, body blows, Roman uppercuts him, Edge is laid out on the ropes, Roman walks around the ring, charges for the drive-by dropkick, and covers for 2.

Edge counters the Superman Punch with a backslide for 2, they both hit big boots simultaneously, and both men are down. Edge hits a forearm, Roman punches him, Edge punches him back, Roman punches him, back and forth they go, Edge hits the Edge-O-Matic, and gets a 2-count. Edge clotheslines him, Roman boots him in the shoulder, Edge gives him a flapjack, hits the Edgecution, and gets a near-fall. Edge sets him up on the top rope, Roman fights him off, Edge dunks Roman's head on the top of the ringpost, Roman falls backwards upside-down, Edge goes on the attack, then puts the champ in the STF (Cena style)! Roman reaches for the bottom rope, Edge switches to the Crossface, and Roman grabs the bottom rope to force the break.

Edge preps for the Spear, but Reigns blocks it for the guillotine, Edge backs him to a corner, but Reigns locks in the GUILLOTINE in the middle of the ring! Edge drives him out the ring and they both fall down, but Reigns is back up to break the count. Reigns for the Spear but Edge side-steps him and the champ crashes through the timekeeper's ring barrier. Edge breaks the count, runs around the ring, hits the SPEAR THROUGH THE BARRICADE, carries the champ back to the ring, rolls him in, and covers for 2.9! Edge picks him back up, Roman uppercuts him, hits the Superman Punch, and Edge falls into the ref's knee!

Roman grabs a steel chair, breaks the bottom rung, laughs at him in the ring, tries to applies the crossface with the bar, Edge blocks it and headbutts him furiously! Edge locks in the CROSSFACE WITH THE BAR ACROSS ROMAN'S FACE!! The Usos head to the ring now, but they're held back by The Mysterios! Dominik hits a seated senton, Rey hits a headscissors, and The Usos are send to the back. Edge still has the hold locked on, but Seth Rollins superkicks Edge in the back of the head! Rollins walks to the back, the referee is gone, the champ and challenger are down, and Heyman is cheering on his Tribal Chief. Roman is the first man back up, calls for the Spear, Edge hits his own SPEAR, makes the cover, a referee runs to the ring, and counts 1-2-NO! "This is awesome! This is awesome!" Seth Rollins is back to jump on the apron, Edge boots him down, Roman hits the SPEAR, and covers for 1-2-3! WINNER and STILL UNIVERSAL CHAMPION: ROMAN REIGNS!

Rollins is back in the ring beating up Edge aggressively. Rollins and Reigns have a staredown, Edge attacks Rollins and they fight through the crowd. Reigns stands in the ring with the Universal Championship, and gets a microphone from Paul Heyman. Roman Reigns: "Now the whole world can acknowledge me." JOHN CENA IS HERE!!!!!!! JOHN CENA IS BACK!!! Cena hasn't been around since WrestleMania 36, and now he's here in the ring with the Head of the Table, the Tribal Chief, the Universal Champion Roman Reigns!! Cena steps up to the champ, taunts "You can't see me" at Reigns, and poses for the fans. Reigns doesn't take his eyes off of the returning Cena and that's how we go off the air.