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The Money in the Bank ladder match has been an annual affair ever since Edge won the first contract back in 2005. Over the past 13 years, there has been 19 Money in the Bank winners, with CM Punk picking up the contract twice and Carmella becoming the first female to win the contract last year.
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Money in the Bank first began as a ladder match at WrestleMania, but the company made the decision to turn the pay-per-view into an annual event and it has since housed two Money in the Bank ladder matches per year.
There have been 134 participants in the Money in The Bank ladder match throughout the past decade which means that there are so many who didn't get the chance to climb the ladder and retrieve the case. There is no doubting the fact that they deserved to win based on the sheer punishment many put their bodies through but were never given the opportunity.
#5. Kofi Kingston
Kofi Kingston made his Money in the Bank debut at WrestleMania 25 back in 2009 and over the past decade, the former United States Champion has appeared in six of the annual ladder matches without ever actually coming close to lifting the case.
Kingston has been a consistent performer on SmackDown and Raw ever since he made his debut in WWE almost a decade ago and was able to become one of the longest reigning Tag Team Champions in WWE history back in 2016, but he has never been given the push that he deserved. One member of The New Day will enter this year's Money in the Bank ladder match, it is currently unknown who the trio will choose, but if it is Kingston then if could be seventh time lucky for the Ghanaian star.
#4. Cesaro
Cesaro has been somewhat forgotten on the SmackDown brand ever since he was moved over during the Superstar Shakeup, but there was a time when The Swiss Superman was seen as a potential candidate for the main title picture.
Cesaro has only been in two Money in the Bank ladder matches in his career, but he stood out in both of these matches and easily stated a case for himself to become Mr. Money in the Bank or even be included in this year's match. The WWE Universe has been backing Cesaro in the Cesaro Section for a number of years now and at one point WWE will have to take the former Tag Team Champion seriously and give him the opportunity to become World Champion.
#3. Kevin Owens
Kevin Owens has only been on WWE's main roster for three years and he is already about to step into his third Money in the Bank ladder match of his career this weekend. The former Universal Champion has been able to make quite an impact in the matches that many fans believed were once only thought to showcase the abilities of high flyers.
Over the years, the Money in the Bank contract has worked so much better for heels, which is why it's a shock that Owens has never been given the contract before. Owens would have been the perfect candidate to play a cowardly heel that is only able to defeat the World Champion by using the Money in the Bank contract.
#2. Chris Jericho
Much like Kofi Kingston, Chris Jericho has appeared in six of the annual ladder matches over the past 15 years and was even part of the first ever Money in the Bank ladder match back at WrestleMania 21, that was won by Edge.
Chris Jericho and Shelton Benjamin are the only two wrestlers who are active on the circuit out of the six-man field in that match since Chris Benoit, Kane, Edge, and Christian are no longer part of the business.
Jericho has come close to winning the contract on numerous occasions but has never been able to retrieve the case, which is a shame since he is a man who invented the match itself. With such an illustrious career, he deserved to have the Money in the Bank contract on his list of achievements.
#1. Shelton Benjamin
The Gold Standard was once setting the standard in WWE when it came to the Money in the Bank ladder match, an impressive run up the ladder at WrestleMania 21 back in 2005 showed his impressive athleticism, before he followed that up with a running senton off a ladder the following year to take out many of the other participants in the match.
Shelton recently returned to WWE and has been stuck as part of its Tag Team Division on SmackDown Live over the past year, but it is unknown why he wasn't given the chance to show off his skills once again in this year's match.
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