3 Unnoticed similarities between Money In The Bank 2018 and 2019

The 2019 edition of WWE's most exciting pay-per-view, Money In The Bank is in the history books. Brock Lesnar shocked the WWE Universe with his victory in the men's ladder match while Bayley made the headlines by becoming the second female superstar to cash-in her briefcase on the same night.

The 2018 Money In The Bank pay-per-view also received immense praise from the WWE Universe thanks to the coronation of Braun Strowman as Mr. Monster In The Bank and also the last man standing match between AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura.

Well, there were a lot of similarities between the 2018 and 2019 editions of Money In The Bank which went unnoticed by the WWE Universe. So without further ado, let us have a look at them...

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#3 SmackDown tag team champions on the pre-show

The Money In The Bank event has not been lucky for the SmackDown tag team champions as WWE Creative has continuously been placing them on the pre-show. In 2018, the then tag team champions, The Bludgeon Brothers had defeated Gallows and Anderson in a tag team championship match.

In 2019, the current champions, the new Daniel Bryan and Rowan lost an illogical tag team match to the Usos. The 2018 match had helped the Bludgeon Brothers garner some momentum heading into the next pay-per-view but this year WWE messed it up by handing them an unnecessary defeat.

Co-incidentally, Rowan was a tag team champion of the blue brand on both the occasions but unfortunately, he could not make it to the main card of the Money In The Bank show.

With the lack of tag teams on SmackDown, it would be intriguing to see what's next for the team of Bryan and Rowan.

#2 Elias loses to a Shield member

The Guitarist of WWE, Elias has been a constant on WWE TV for the last two years. His heel work has earned him praises but surely it has not earned him victories. The NXT Graduate has a poor record at pay-per-views, specifically at Money In The Bank, where he is yet to win a match.

In 2018, he fought for the Intercontinental Championship against the champion, Seth Rollins. The two RAW superstars had a fantastic 17-minute long match before Rollins pinned Elias and retained his championship.

This year, Elias faced Roman Reigns in a singles match which ended in just 10 seconds. All it took was a spear from the Big Dog to defeat Elias as they had a match even shorter than Bayley’s cash-in bout which lasted 20 seconds.

Fortunately for Elias, Dean Ambrose has left the company otherwise there were high chances of him losing to the Lunatic Fringe at Money In The Bank 2020.

#1 RAW Women's Championship challenger makes her singles debut on PPV

The most interesting similarity between Money In The Bank 2018 and Money In The Bank 2019 was that the challenger for the RAW Women's title was making her singles pay-per-view debut on the show.

Last year, it was Ronda Rousey who had just battled in a tag team match at WrestleMania before challenging for the RAW Women's Championship at Money In The Bank.

Similarly, in 2019, Lacey Evans made her singles pay-per-view debut in the RAW Women's title match against the champion, Becky Lynch.

On one hand, WWE is saying that they will no longer give away opportunities to superstars who have not done anything to get them, and on the other, they have handed two pay-per-view championship matches to newbies.

Though both Rousey and Evans were unsuccessful in winning the belt, we can expect another female superstar to emerge out of the blue in 2020 and battle for the RAW Women's Championship at the Money In The Bank pay-per-view.