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As the smoke and dust settles down, we’re done with the Money in the Bank PPV. Last night at Philadelphia, WWE rolled out its best for the Money in the Bank and put on a solid show for the fans. A PPV in Philly is always well received, and this year’s PPV was no different. Going into the show, the biggest news was the return of Rob Van Dam to the WWE, and since it was in Philadelphia, it was a smart call by the management. I had given the PPV 4 stars out of 5, and I liked the booking of WWE for the night. In this article, I take a look at the things I didn’t like so much, and although some of these aren’t exactly ‘flops’, WWE could’ve done better.
Brad Maddox segment
The pre – show match between The Shield and The Usos was off the charts, and they put on a solid PPV match which went on for 16 minutes. On the main card, the very first match was the Money in the Bank ladder match for the World Heavyweight championship, which was yet again a great opening bout, and the fans were hot for both of them, chanting ‘This is awesome’ for both the bouts. What does WWE do instead of carrying this into the PPV? Brad Maddox comes out for a pointless segment. The Philly crowd didn’t care about him, and he is bland on the mic. He came out to suck up to Vickie Guerrero and the fans, and then played a video which goes against the ‘Be A Star’ campaign that the WWE supports. The video was literally a slap in the face of Vickie, and was nothing more than a ploy to waste some air time, as WWE needed to fill in the three hours somehow. The next match between The Miz and Axel suffered because of this, as the majority of the crowd was put off by the segment.
Ryback wins against Jericho with a roll up
I am not against WWE putting Ryback over Chris Jericho. Jericho came back to the WWE to put over the younger superstars, and that’s fine with me. But the way in which WWE made Ryback win against Jericho makes this feud pointless. After losing all the PPVs in the last year, Ryback needed a dominant win over Jericho, and that would have put Ryback back on the map as a main eventer. Instead, we witnessed Ryback rolling up Jericho for the pinfall victory! How many of us saw Ryback doing something like this a year ago when he absolutely destroyed his competitors? The answer would be none.
Randy Orton wins the Money in the Bank ladder match for the WWE championship
Randy Orton is probably the only competitor who was lacking direction coming into the Money in the Bank PPV. In the past couple of years, Orton hasn’t done anything significant, and when everyone expected someone like Daniel Bryan to win the bout, WWE creative went ahead with Orton. Unless Orton turns heel soon, I don’t see how this will help his chances in the WWE. As a face, Orton is monotonous and boring, and needs a change in his character and a good feud, not the Money in the Bank briefcase.
Too much outside interference
WCW followed the practice of having too many outside interferences in their bouts, which ticked off their fans. When a couple of matches need outside interference, that’s alright, but last night, 3 out of the 8 matches on the card saw outside interference which changed the outcome of the match. While I don’t mind the AJ Lee and Paul Heyman interferences, as it was used to further storylines, bringing the Usos and the Shield in a match which directly followed their bout didn’t make much sense.
Daniel Bryan is still not in the main event scene
How do you kill the momentum a superstar has without involving Triple H or Kevin Nash? WWE creative found yet another way to keep Daniel Bryan at bay from being the next breakout star in the WWE. Daniel Bryan has been the hottest star in the company for a while now, and even though WWE did not put him in the WWE title match against Cena at the Money in the Bank PPV like reports suggested couple of months ago, they had the chance to correct that by giving Bryan the Money in the Bank briefcase. Instead, WWE went with Orton, and this will likely result in Bryan feuding with yet another mid carder through the summer. And we wonder why WWE can’t make new stars! We will have to wait and see what happens on RAW tonight, and where Daniel Bryan goes from here.
