Money in the Bank 2017 is officially in the books, with the dust settling on a pay-per-view that was rather divisive when it came to the opinions of the WWE Universe. Some loved it, some hated it and some were in the middle – which is a shame given that the ladder spot fest is usually one of the highlights on WWE’s calendar.
Still, we came away with some fairly big talking points in addition to some spots that weren’t for the faint-hearted. Of course, many of them didn’t hold a candle to some of the great moments that the PPV has provided us with from years gone by, but instead of being negative we’re choosing to focus on the positives coming out of the St. Louis event.
Many fans went into the show with low to medium expectations, especially given that one of the matches was Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton. Still, sometimes these kinds of bouts can surprise you – especially in this instance with two of the five entries that we’re about to run down coming from the WWE Championship match. Ironic that, isn’t it?
So with all of that being said, here are the five biggest spots from Money in the Bank.
#1 Charlotte risks it all
It’s not unusual for us to see Charlotte Flair going up to the top rope these days, and in fact, it’s become something of a trademark for the multi-time world champion. Still, it’s always impressive to see it live and she was able to pull it out of the bag once again in the midst of what was a relatively disappointing Money in the Bank ladder match.
Charlotte changed things up from her usual corkscrew, with the end product actually resembling more of a Twisted Bliss-type move than anything Charlotte usually does.
Of course, this probably wasn’t intentional, but we’d love to imagine that this is a potential hint at a future match between the juggernauts of Flair and Alexa.
#2 Orton’s deja vu
Aside from the Singh Brothers attacking Randy’s father, Bob Orton, there was a certain sense of ‘lather, rinse, repeat’ to the WWE Championship match between Orton and Jinder Mahal.
The bout was fought at a relatively slow pace, Jinder worked on a body part for a while and Randy exploded into life by attacking two defenceless lackeys ringside.
Unfortunately for the brothers, this meant that Randy once again issued a few devastating back body drops that once again saw the pair land on their heads. Of course, we imagine they practised it this time right, meanwhile, when it happened at Backlash we genuinely felt as if we were witnessing an attempted murder.
#3 Devastating RKO
The one thing that you can’t deny about Randall Keith Orton is that the man knows how to hit a great RKO. Whether it’s out of nowhere or extremely contrived, it’s a finishing move that genuinely looks impactful which is something you can’t say for a lot of the roster these days. No offence.
At MITB this remained consistent, with Orton delivering a running RKO through the announcer’s table.
Sure he probably should’ve thought about the overall impact of the move on himself, especially considering the fact that he went on to lose the match, but we’ll choose to focus on the cool looking move as opposed to the illogical booking.
#4 Zayn’s revenge
Owens continues to pay for his betrayal
The Sami Zayn/Kevin Owens feud will never end, or at least, it never SHOULD end. The two men have had a truly legendary rivalry that dates all the way back to Ring of Honor, and since their wars down in NXT, Zayn has seemingly made it his number one goal to prevent Owens from achieving any form of success wherever he can.
Money in the Bank was no different, with Sami’s half nelson suplex pretty much ruling Owens out of the match.
That’s not the first time that spot has led to defeat for Owens either, with the same kind of thing happening during the Intercontinental Championship ladder match back at WrestleMania 32. Isn’t consistency fun?
#5 Chokeslam
As we all know at this stage, Baron Corbin is Mr Money in the Bank. It’s a move that some people love and likely even more people don’t, but either way, you can’t deny that he didn’t earn it throughout the course of the match in St. Louis. Corbin throwing people around like they were ragdolls was extremely impressive.
One such example of this was when Baron caught AJ Styles mid-air, raised him up high and choke slammed him onto a hoisted up ladder.
It was the definition of a move that was intended to make Baron look strong, and moving forward it’ll be interesting to see how he goes about his business with the briefcase.
