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WWE's first pay-per-view after the chaotic and eventful WrestleMania 36 double-header is scheduled to be Money in the Bank, wherever it may take place. The namesake match has been the source of many excellent moments.
The Money in the Bank Ladder Match has created a lot of stars in WWE, with the likes of Edge, CM Punk, and Seth Rollins having that priceless briefcase to thank for their successful main event runs. However, not every Money in the Bank winner gets to cash it in successfully and win the WWE Championship or its equivalent.
Whether it was through bad luck, interference, strong opposition or simply terrible decision-making, five previous holders of the Money in the Bank briefcase did not turn that contract into a championship.
Let's take a look at how the bitter disappointment of this lost opportunity affected these five WWE Superstars. Some of them are still in the company, while a couple of them are not. Here is every Mr. Money in the Bank who did not win the world title and what they are up to now.
#5 Braun Strowman (2018)
Two years ago, Braun Strowman was the most over babyface on Monday Night RAW. Briefcase or not, it seemed a lock that he would be the Universal Champion very soon. However, despite winning the Money in the Bank briefcase, he didn't win the title.
Strowman turned heel en route to cashing in his contract, inside Hell in a Cell, against eternal rival, Roman Reigns. That was where his downfall began. The Monster Among Men failed his cash-in when a Brock Lesnar run-in ended his Hell in a Cell match in a No Contest.
After that, Strowman got another few shots at the formerly red belt, but he failed to win it. He had been floundering around the mid-card scene for the past year, feuding with people like Colin Jost and Tyson Fury. However, Strowman's fortunes took a huge turn when he was asked to step in for Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 36.
The big man defeated Goldberg at the Performance Center and finally won the championship that he had been chasing for years. It may not have been the most exciting circumstances for this, but WWE has the opportunity to make Braun Strowman the monster he once was.
#4 Baron Corbin (2017)
A year before Braun Strowman blew his title shot at Hell in a Cell, Baron Corbin blew his own opportunity. The 'Lone Wolf' won the Money in the Bank briefcase in the only SmackDown-exclusive edition of the event, but things went downhill quickly.
Apparent heat from WWE officials turned into a failed cash-in attempt on SmackDown. As soon as his match began, Corbin got distracted by John Cena and this enabled then-champion Jinder Mahal to roll him up to defend his WWE Championship.
That same week, Cena made a mockery out of Corbin and soundly defeated him at SummerSlam. Luckily for the King, he has more than recovered from that blow. Since then, Corbin won the United States Championship, got his head shaved and became the general manager of RAW.
2019 saw him retire Kurt Angle and win the King of the Ring tournament. Corbin is now one of WWE's most reliable men and has evolved into a solid heel on SmackDown. It wouldn't be ludicrous to suggest that King Corbin could win the Universal Championship in the near future.
#3 Damien Sandow (2013)
Being the first man to get pinned in his Money in the Bank cash-in match, Damien Sandow's victory in the ladder match looked to have been a mistake by WWE. After this damaging defeat to John Cena, Sandow rapidly dropped down the card.
After a year of being at the bottom of the card, Sandow grabbed onto an unlikely opportunity, as The Miz's stunt double for his Hollywood persona. Now Damien Mizdow, he quickly became one of the most popular Superstars on the roster and the act was catching fire.
Mizdow eventually turned face on The Miz, but WWE did not capitalize on his new-found momentum. And in 2016, Damien Sandow was released by the company. Since then, he has been wrestling on the independent circuit and spent close to a year with Impact Wrestling, under the name Aron Rex.
He left wrestling altogether in 2017, to focus on acting. But a little over two years later, Sandow, now known by his original in-ring name, Aron Stevens, returned to the squared circle. He is now part of NWA and is currently their National Champion.
#2 John Cena (2012)
John Cena was the first Money in the Bank winner to ever cash in his briefcase and fail to win the world title. He announced his cash-in ahead of time, facing CM Punk for the WWE Championship at RAW 1000. Cena won the match by disqualification after interference from the Big Show, but he did not bring home the gold.
It would not matter much, as the 'Leader of the Cenation' went on to win the WWE Championship three more times, including in the main event of the following year's WrestleMania. 2016 onwards, Cena's role in WWE has diminished with him focusing on his acting career.
The 16-time world champion has now become a part-timer, appearing in WWE sporadically and wrestling only a handful of times a year, if at all. Cena has now become a full-blown Hollywood star, following in the footsteps of The Rock and Batista.
He was cast in 'Fast & Furious 9' as well as in 'Suicide Squad 2' but got the time to put Bray Wyatt over in the most outlandish and creatively-fulfilling match in the WrestleMania history, the Firefly Fun House Match.
#1 Mr. Kennedy (2007)
While he won the Money in the Bank briefcase at WrestleMania 23, Mr. Kennedy did not actually cash it in. And since he did not win a world championship with the contract, he makes his way onto this list.
The real-life Ken Anderson was supposed to win the World Heavyweight Championship in May 2007, with The Undertaker getting injured. However, Kennedy suffered an injury of his own and was feared to be out for five to seven months.
As a result, WWE booked him to lose the briefcase to Edge, who would defeat Undertaker for the big gold belt. It turned out that Kennedy's injury was misdiagnosed and he returned shortly later, meaning it was unnecessary to take the briefcase off him.
Mr. Kennedy seemed to get another opportunity later in 2007, this time as Vince McMahon's illegitimate son. However, those plans got thrown out as he was suspended for 30 days. After that, Kennedy's WWE career did not exactly go to plan.
He was released in 2009 after being deemed unsafe by top stars Randy Orton and John Cena. After that, Ken Anderson joined TNA and spent around six years there.
In 2016, he founded The Academy: School of Professional Wrestling, along with fellow WWE alum Shawn Daivari. Anderson, like Damien Sandow, is currently signed to NWA.
