WWE Money in the Bank 2019: 4 biggest questions from the pay-per-view

#2 Were the refereeing botches deliberate?

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— callum hopkin (@uncle_callum) May 20, 2019

The Money in the Bank ladder matches does not require a referee in the ring, as the superstars try to climb the ladder to get a hold of the briefcase rather than pin or submit each other.

However, all the other matches required referees to be in the ring and call the pins and submissions. This wasn’t done well at all last night.

In the match between The Miz and Shane McMahon, the referee broke up a pinfall as Shane had his foot on the ropes. In a steel cage setting, that rule does not apply.

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— callum hopkin (@uncle_callum) May 20, 2019

In the United States Championship match, Samoa Joe’s shoulder wasn’t hitting the mat when the three-count was made, making the pin and the win controversial.

Similarly, the referee messed up a pinfall count at the ending stages of the match between Lacey Evans and Becky Lynch.

These were just a few of many major botches during the night and makes one wonder whether one or two of them were deliberate in order to carry on a storyline, or whether it was just a very bad night for the referees.