5 bizarre Money In The Bank ladder match spots we want to see

The Money in the Bank ladder match has been around for quite some time now, and over the course of the last 13 years, we’ve seen just about everything there is to see during the concept’s run.

We’ve loved it and we’ve hated it in equal measure, but nobody can deny just how entertaining some of the matches have been.

Still, that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement, and we’ve got a few suggestions regarding how WWE could keep things fresh as we move forward.

Obviously, there are a lot of logistics involved, and some of these ideas may not actually be all too feasible - but we’re choosing to believe that they’re doable, at the very least.

Money In The Bank has always been a fan favourite pay-per-view event and it’s not hard to see why given that the WWE Universe loves carnage and non-stop action. Still, it’s intriguing to consider the remaining possibilities, and that’s what we’re here to discuss.

With that being said, here are five bizarre MITB ladder match spots we want to see.

#5 Snatch & Grab

Throughout the course of most Money In The Bank ladder matches, it’s not uncommon to see all of the guys or girls involved in the match lying down on the floor.

It creates drama, it builds the idea that the match is incredibly dangerous, and it also makes for an interesting visual.

However, moving forward, we’d like to take that to a whole new level by having a formerly unannounced entrant come down to the ring, and claim the briefcase when nobody else is around to stop him or her.

It’d create a lot of uncertainty for a few weeks as the General Managers on Raw and SmackDown Live decide what to do with the winner, and that kind of storytelling could be fun.

The briefcase holder could be forced to defend the contract in a series of different matches against the other guys in the match, which would add value to some of the meaningless television matches that we see on a week to week basis.

#4 Mystery Man

In many ways, the second entry that we’re about to reveal has a lot of similarities to the first: although there are one or two key differences.

We all know heading into any given Money In The Bank ladder match that 75% or so of the field have no realistic chance of winning it all, and that’s just a fact.

Some guys are just in there for the sake of it, and more often than not, it can be fairly easy to predict who will win the match based on which contenders are remaining.

So then, why not completely change the game by bringing in a mystery man after the camera fades to black? They could take the lights down when someone is about to win it, then when the lights come back up, the briefcase is gone.

Fans could speculate for months on end as to who the mystery person is before they eventually reveal themselves by cashing in and winning the World Championship. Just think about the publicity it’d generate.

#3 Improvisation

You’ll probably wonder why we’ve used Kofi Kingston for the thumbnail here, and the reason is simple - we know that he can pull this kind of thing off.

Kofi is the perfect kind of performer for a MITB match, mainly due to just how acrobatic and inventive he is.

So then, given that this entry involves some unique ingenuity, we thought that it’d be smart to pick Kingston as an example of someone who could make this look quite cool as opposed to quite basic.

During Money In The Bank, we tend to see a lot of ladders being thrown around at once during a point in the match.

Sometimes, we’ve even gotten to the stage where five or six ladders are situated inside of the squared circle.

So then, why not have Kofi save some time and instead of kicking all but one of them out of the ring, he simply lays them all on top of each other to boost himself up before jumping and grabbing onto the briefcase. It sounds stupid, but it just might work.

#2 Trading Places

Before we get started with this entry, let’s just get one thing straight here: we’re big fans of mid-card titles.

The Intercontinental Championship and the United States Championship are both worthy titles for any Superstar to hold, and for the most part, they serve as great enhancements for the careers of guys who aren’t quite ready to make the next step up to the main event scene.

Alas, they can be useful in more ways than one, and we’re going to borrow an idea from Austin Aries in TNA for this one.

In this scenario, a Superstar is desperate to try and break their way into the Money In The Bank ladder match. In fact, they’re so desperate, that they state they’ll put their own title on the line during the bout.

Then, even after winning the briefcase, the person in question surrenders their Championship in order to focus all of their attention on being a World Champion.

#1 Double Trouble

No, we aren’t talking about The Bella Twins or The IIconic. Instead, we’re talking about the possibility of two Superstars pulling down the briefcase at the exact same time - and we can already tell that several of you reading this will automatically be sucking and sighing at the idea of that.

We completely understand that it’d be a bit of a cop-out for fans who wanted to see a definitive ending but just think of the possibilities in the weeks following the match.

You could have Finn Balor and The Miz capturing the contract at the same time, and as a result, a one-on-one MITB ladder match is made for SummerSlam, between The Demon and The Awesome One.

It’d get both men on the card, and it’d seriously up the stakes of their renewed feud.

What do you think needs to happen at the MITB pay-per-view? Sound off in the comments section below!