WWE Money In The Bank 2019: 5 matches that could be added to the PPV

The 2019 WWE Money In The Bank pay-per-view will take place in Hartford, Connecticut on Sunday, May 19.

So far, six matches have been announced for the event, including the traditional men’s and women’s Money In The Bank ladder matches (participants not yet confirmed), while AJ Styles will challenge Seth Rollins for the Universal Championship.

Elsewhere, Roman Reigns vs. Elias has also been announced, and Becky Lynch will put both of her titles on the line when she defends the Raw Women’s Championship against Lacey Evans and the SmackDown Women’s Championship against Charlotte Flair.

As is usually the case with current-day WWE PPVs, we can expect to see another stacked match card at Money In The Bank, with last year’s total of 11 matches almost certainly going to be met again this year.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at five matches that could potentially be added to the show over the next few weeks.

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#5 Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder vs. The Viking Raiders (Raw Tag Team Championship)

Curt Hawkins’ 269-match losing streak finally came to an end when he teamed with Zack Ryder to defeat The Revival for the Raw Tag Team Championship on the WrestleMania 35 kickoff show.

Since then, the new champions are yet to win a match, while NXT Tag Team champions The Viking Raiders have burst onto the main-roster scene and quickly established themselves as major players by defeating Hawkins, Ryder, Aleister Black & Ricochet in a tag match last week before decimating Lucha House Party on the latest episode of Raw.

The Usos and The Revival are likely to be in title contention in the coming months, but both of those teams appear to have started a rivalry with each other over the last few days, which suggests that The Viking Raiders will be next in line to challenge Hawkins & Ryder.

The Raw Tag Team champions commented on a potential match with the new red brand recruits on Monday's episode of Raw, with Ryder describing them as “smelly, horny, woolly mammoths”.

#4 Finn Balor vs. Andrade (Intercontinental Championship)

Much of the match card for Money In The Bank will become clearer when we find out which Raw and SmackDown Live representatives will take part in the men’s and women’s MITB ladder matches.

We have seen holders of secondary titles participate in MITB matches in the past – after all, a guaranteed world title opportunity is an upgrade on the Intercontinental and United States titles – but it would be surprising if WWE filled out the rest of the pay-per-view with non-title matches, especially considering that there are now 10 main-roster titles.

Finn Balor and Andrade have traded victories in non-title encounters on Raw and SmackDown Live over the last two weeks, with Zelina Vega proving a help to “El Idolo” in the first match and a hindrance to him in the second.

If this rivalry continues until Money In The Bank, perhaps we will see the two men battle it out once again, this time with the Intercontinental Championship on the line and with the interfering Vega banned from ringside.

#3 Samoa Joe vs. Braun Strowman (United States Championship)

Samoa Joe’s position in WWE is very odd right now. Following the Superstar Shake-Up, he was confirmed to be a member of the SmackDown Live roster, which meant that both he and the United States Championship looked set to remain on Tuesday nights.

However, while widespread reports suggested that he missed WWE television last week due to a bad case of the flu, there was no storyline explanation given this week when he suddenly appeared on Raw and became a member of the red brand again.

Before the Shake-Up took place, Braun Strowman surprisingly showed up on SmackDown Live and began to brawl with Joe, who managed to escape from a running powerslam before walking back up the ramp with his title.

Neither man has an obvious storyline right now, especially Joe after he was defeated in the Universal Championship qualifying Triple Threat this week, so perhaps we could see this rivalry be renewed as we get closer to Money In The Bank.

#2 The IIconics vs. Naomi & TBC vs. Asuka & Kairi Sane (Women’s Tag Team Championship)

Due to Women’s Tag Team champions being allowed to appear on both Raw and SmackDown Live, The IIconics have suddenly found themselves with two rivals who are worthy of challenging for their titles at Money In The Bank.

On Raw, Naomi teamed with Bayley to defeat The IIconics in a non-title match last week, while she followed that victory up this week by pinning Billie Kay in a one-on-one match.

Over on SmackDown Live, a similar story has unfolded with Asuka & Kairi Sane. The new tag team joined forces with Bayley & Ember Moon last week to defeat both IIconics, as well as Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville, while Sane has also defeated Peyton Royce in a singles match.

If Naomi is able to find herself a partner on Raw, then perhaps we will see another multi-team match involving the Women’s Tag Team titles at Money In The Bank.

#1 Kofi Kingston vs. Kevin Owens (WWE Championship)

With Big E sidelined due to an injury, Kevin Owens became an honorary member of The New Day last week when he teamed with Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods to defeat Cesaro, Rusev & Shinsuke Nakamura on SmackDown Live.

This week, Owens (going by the name “Big O”) was at ringside with Woods to support Kingston in his match against Nakamura. When Rusev interfered, Kingston’s allies began to help before Owens betrayed the WWE champion by hitting him with a superkick.

In classic KO style, he suckered everybody in, just like he did with previous allies Sami Zayn and Chris Jericho, and let his frustrations out when he realised that the WWE Championship is a lot more important to him than friendship.

This rivalry will inevitably lead to a match between the two men at Money In The Bank. The question is whether WWE will decide to give Kingston a lengthy run with the WWE title or whether Owens can build enough heel momentum before MITB to be considered a serious enough threat.