5 Reasons why Brock Lesnar's Money in the Bank victory will come back to bite WWE in the future

By Vatsal Rathod
Modified May 21, 2019 11:45 IST
Why, Vince, why?
Why, Vince, why?

Money in the Bank 2019 was one of the best editions of the PPV. With some solid matches, great spots, shocking returns, and segments, MITB was surely a memorable event.

Among the shockers which included Charlotte defeating Becky 2 Belts to become the 9-time Women's Champion, only for Bayley to cash-in on her to become the new Women's Champion, the biggest eye-popper of the night was the return of the Beast, Brock Lesnar.

Earlier in the night, Sami Zayn was found hanging upside down and WWE officials and Triple H thought that it was the Monster among Men Braun Strowman who did that to him. As a result of this attack, Sami was taken out of the MITB match later on in the night.

The men's MITB match started with just 7 competitors, and honestly, the match was so engaging and thrilling that most of us even forgot the fact that it was short of one superstar. But the ending of the match shocked us all as the Beast, Brock Lesnar made his way to the ring as the 8th participant and won the Money in the Bank ladder match, much to the disbelief of everyone.

The decision has not been taken nicely by the WWE Universe as fans are not happy with Vince again giving the spotlight to the beast over other more deserving superstars.

In this article, let's take a look at the 5 reasons why Brock's Money in the Bank victory will come back to bite WWE in the future.

#5 If he cashes in successfully

Is there anyone who wants to see Brock as the champion again?
Is there anyone who wants to see Brock as the champion again?

It was a refreshing moment for the fans at WrestleMania 35 to finally see Brock's reign as the Universal Champion come to an end at the hands of Seth Rollins. Brock as a champion has been so boring that fans even cheered Roman Reigns defeating him for the title at Summerslam last year.

With Lesnar being Mr. Money in the Bank, he is guaranteed a title shot whenever he wants. This brings us to the question of whether WWE will allow him to cash-in successfully and begin another dull reign as the World Champion.

Vince, please take a moment and imagine the heavy boos that will fill the arena and internet if Brock cashes in on either Rollins or Kofi Kingston to become the Champion again. That would be the last thing the fans want.

#4 If he cashes in unsuccessfully

An unsuccessful cash-in for the third consecutive year?
An unsuccessful cash-in for the third consecutive year?

The second outcome of Lesnar's cash-in could be an unsuccessful attempt from the Beast. While no one wants to see Lesnar cash-in successfully and win the title, an unsuccessful cash-in would mean the third straight time Mr. Money in the Bank was not able to win the title with the cash-in.

Baron Corbin won the briefcase in 2017 and cashed it on Jinder Mahal unsuccessfully after John Cena interfered and helped Jinder retain. Last year, it was the Monster among Men Braun Strowman who won the briefcase and cashed in on Roman inside Hell in a Cell only for Brock Lesnar to interfere and cause a DQ ending to the match to ruin Braun's attempt.

A third straight unsuccessful attempt might dampen the impressive record of the MITB contract which once used to almost guarantee a title win for Mr Money in the Bank.

#3 A lost opportunity to build another star

McIntyre should have been Mr. Money in the Bank!
McIntyre should have been Mr. Money in the Bank!

It's so sad to see Vince still not showing confidence in the new generation of Superstars in the company and going back again to a veteran Brock Lesnar, who might not be around for long.

The whole concept of the match is amazing to uplift a new superstar and give him a huge break in the company. Superstars like CM Punk, Edge, and Rob Van Dam got pushed to the main event scene through their MITB victories and came out as huge stars.

With the likes of Drew McIntyre, Andrade, Mustafa Ali and many more in the match, it was a great opportunity to invest in one of them and make them the newest star of the company. All these are capable of leading the charge to the new era of WWE if given a chance but Vince McMahon did not utilize it at the PPV.

#2 Would upset the talents that worked so hard for the match

This year's Money in the Bank match was one of my favorite editions of the match in its history. There were so many insane spots throughout the match that made me respect these guys who put their bodies on the line to entertain us and keep us on the edge of our seats.

The Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor took so much offense in the match which really looked painful. The sunset flip through the ladder was crazy and made me scream at my TV screen in disbelief. Just look at the height to which Balor bounced after hitting the ladder! That was an OMG moment for me.

Another sadistic spot was the chokeslam that Baron Corbin hit Finn Balor with on the edge of a ladder. No matter how much rehearsed or scripted it was, that thing has to hurt so bad!

The ending of the match made me feel sad for these guys who worked so hard to make this match a success, only for the Beast to come at the end and win the match and smile at everyone sarcastically. I'm sure the talent won't be happy with this and that could be a problem for the company later on.

#1 Gives AEW the chance to take a shot at WWE

While Money in the Bank mostly was a pretty solid PPV, let's not forget that just a few days from now AEW (All Elite Wrestling) will officially deliver their first show, Double or Nothing from Las Vegas.

With AEW genuinely being the biggest competition WWE has faced in quite some time now, the company should have given the MITB contract to a fan-favorite to compete with the newly launched competition.

Moments after Brock's victory at Money in the Bank, Chris Jericho, who is signed to AEW, took a massive shot at WWE's booking in one of his tweets, which you can check above. WWE's decision to hand the MITB title to a part-timer whom fans have been complaining time and again to stay out of the title picture gives AEW a great chance to take shots at the company for the coming months and attracting the fans towards them.

WWE's aim right now should be to please their audience as much as possible to avoid losing them to the competitors, and Brock's win at MITB would definitely not help this cause.

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