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WWE Money in the Bank is one of those pay-per-views that can launch superstars on the lower end of the card into the stratosphere.
Money in the Bank, as a concept is...well, money. Basing an entire pay-per-view around the concept makes it a bit less special, but it's still a great event in most years. This year we've got five championship matches and two MITB ladder matches.
Considering that, who are the WWE Superstars that most desperately need a win on Sunday? Let's take a look, shall we?
#5 The Viking Raiders need to win the WWE RAW Tag Team Titles
WWE's main roster struggles with tag teams. Save for The Usos and The New Day, the division as a whole tends to get the short end of the stick. The case is doubly true when it comes to Monday Night RAW.
AJ Styles and Omos are a fun duo, sure, but it's time to get these tag titles on an actual tag team. The Viking Raiders seemed like a layup for the main roster. They also happen to like stuff related to Erik the Red and Ivar the Boneless. Y'know, vikings.
Goofy gimmick, a great tag team, what's not to love? Well, despite holding the WWE RAW Tag Team Titles in 2019, it was such a bland and unmemorable reign that you probably don't know who they won them from or lost them to.
For some reason, The Viking Raiders have been played for laughs more than anything else, and now that the boys are back from injury and ready to go, it's time to put them on the right path. Namely, give them the WWE RAW Tag Team Titles.
AJ Styles has been great in the mid-card up to this point, and honestly Omos has been fun. But Styles needs to be back on top where he belongs, especially on RAW where the main roster scene is woefully underdeveloped.
Omos can join him in that journey or do something else. WWE likes giants and they just released one last month, so his job is safe. They'll find something for that terrifying man to do.
#4 WWE RAW Women's Champion Rhea Ripley needs a definitive win over Charlotte Flair
WWE RAW Women's Champion Rhea Ripley is at an odd point in her career, but one many NXT call-ups find themselves at. Though she's holding a championship, her run on the main roster has been lackluster to say the least.
A lot of that has to do with this ongoing and rather confusing feud with Charlotte Flair. At WrestleMania 36, Flair beat Ripley for the NXT Championship at a point when many fans felt The Nightmare should have gone over, and she never really recovered. In a triple threat to get the title back, Ripley was pinned by Io Shirai, meaning she failed twice while Flair never had to put anyone over.
A year later, and the two are in a heated feud with one another. However, WWE has done everything to make this both incredibly confusing and exhausting. Though Flair has been the villain, Ripley has shown many signs of being a heel herself. It also didn't help when the two were part of a six-woman tag match last month.
Ripley teamed up with Dana Brooke and Mandy Rose to take on Natalya, Tamina, and Flair. At that point, it seemed like Natalya and Tamina were faces and Brooke and Rose were heels, yet they were on the wrong sides.
Stuff like this is why WWE's flagship show boasts the worst women's division in the company. There's not really any direction, and it seems that circumstances from week to week. Knowing that, and that we've been in this Ripley-Flair feud since WrestleMania 37, we need to wrap this up at Money in the Bank.
Not only that, but Rhea Ripley desperately needs to finally get her revenge on The Queen. Charlotte Flair winning the WWE RAW Women's Championship at Money in the Bank will derail Ripley further. Considering how the latter was once the most exciting prospects that WWE had a little or a year ago, it's insane how poorly they've handled her run thus far.
A great way to put her back on track would be to have her beat Flair clean at WWE Money in the Bank.
#3 Liv Morgan needs a big win in WWE sooner rather than later
The WWE Universe loves Liv Morgan. What's not to love? She's a little whacky, good in the ring, and the last remnants of the Riott Squad. Fans have been wanting the best for Morgan over the past few years, especially since that whole Lana angle. Whatever it was supposed to be.
Though she has been woefully underutilized on the main roster, lately she's been racking up some big wins. She's on a winning streak, having beaten Carmella twice as well as the returning Zelina Vega. She's riding high, so it's not so much that she needs a win to get back on track.
She needs the win to keep the momentum riding high. Money in the Bank is one of those concepts that can catapult someone to the top of the division and, if done right, keep them there. Morgan's been grinding for years, and it's time to set her up there where she belongs.
Winning at WWE Money in the Bank could set her up for some great possibilities regarding the cash in. Could be on Bianca Belair or Rhea Ripley, sure, or she could hold onto the case for months. She could even build more credibility by defending the case.
WWE seems to like to punish fans for wanting a good thing. How about this time we just let it happen? A live crowd would go bonkers for Liv Morgan if she grabbed that briefcase. We can make it a memorable night with this win.
#2 Naomi needs to find her Glow again at WWE Money in the Bank
If not Liv Morgan, WWE really should capitalize on that love for Naomi. The WWE Universe loves The Queen of Glow, and for good reason. Yes, she's a great wrestler and a little bit underrated in that regard. She's a veteran that's put in the time and work to elevate others around her. Most importantly, though, she's fun.
The dancing, the entrance, the music, the way she flies across the ring. You can't have a bad time watching a Naomi match. Even when she was WWE SmackDown Women's Champion for a brief period, not counting the first nine-day reign, she brought out a customized title belt that nobody's done in the women's division since.
The gold was glamorous and glowing and just added to the superstar persona Naomi has been carrying for years. The "Naomi Deserves Better" hashtag has trended several times over the course of the past few years, and for good reason. She does deserve better. This would be a way for WWE to start her on that path.
#1 Big E needs to realize his potential with a possible WWE Title shot
WWE has set up a strong field for the men's Money in the Bank match. Even those on the lower end of the card like Ricochet or Shinsuke Nakamura would get the fans on their feet if they were to grab the briefcase.
With that said, there's someone here that desperately needs to win at Money in the Bank, and his name is Big E. For some reason, WWE decided to separate him from his New Day brothers back in 2020. Fans hated it, as did The New Day apparently.
After a great feud with Sheamus, Big E went on to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship by beating Sami Zayn. His reign lasted a little over 100 days, and he lost it to Apollo Crews at WrestleMania 37.
We've seen nothing of note since then. It's been over three months since Big E lost that title, and he's yet to move up to the next level. Fans want this. Wrestlers want this. We all want one thing and one thing only, and that's to see Big E become a world champion.
Big E with the Money in the Bank briefcase would set up that eventual WWE or Universal Championship run. We'd also get some incredible skits with the thing. Come on, he was getting a pedicure with Pat McAfee on SmackDown last week for no reason at all. Imagine the shenanigans we'd see with him and the briefcase.
An entertaining and hilarious six months with the case before Big E turns up the intensity and flattens whatever poor unlucky soul is holding the gold? Sounds like a money maker to me.
Or, just throwing this out there, he cashes in on WWE Champion Bobby Lashley after Kofi Kingston loses on Sunday. Just a possibility. Could happen.
Is there anybody else you feel should've been on this list? Let us hear about it in the comments below.
