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Money in the Bank is just over three weeks away, and it’s all about WWE having money in their bank which is best for business.
Keeping that in mind, WWE is wasting little time in developing feuds for the next pay-per-view event and have already started work on it. With major stars such as AJ Styles and The Miz moving to Raw, SmackDown is trying to utilize the star power of Roman Reigns to steam forward.
Becky Lynch continued to travel between both Raw and SmackDown and is not ready to step down from any challenge whatsoever.
Kofi Kingston has also found his competitor for the next event, as SmackDown has wasted little time in igniting the wars.
In this article, we will look at 5 huge mistakes WWE made on this week’s episode in their build-up towards Money in the Bank.
#5 Treating The IIconics like The Revival
Since winning the Women's Tag Team Championships, and even for some time before that, The IIconics have been treated like nothing more than enhancement talent.
While a lot of people in the WWE Universe love the duo’s heel work and their talent, WWE seems to have a love-hate relationship with them just like they have with The Revival.
It took The Revival a long time to win the tag team championships on the main roster, but The IIconics managed to do it in much lesser time. However, they are still taking losses both individually and as a tag team to other wrestlers which is decreasing their value as the champions.
With no clear competitors for the Women’s Tag Team Championships at Money in the Bank, WWE will need to come up with a good storyline soon and make The IIconics look stronger rather than give them another fluke victory at the event.
#4 Feeding Elias to Roman Reigns
Elias has been one of the unluckiest NXT superstars on the main roster in recent years. He is unlucky because he has been getting a lot of screentime and making a lot of new fans weekly, but is being fed to other established superstars nonstop.
His win record on the main roster is terrible, and he has lost every single one of his pay-per-view matches thus far.
Elias will now face Roman Reigns at Money in the Bank for a chance to prove himself as the top guy on SmackDown. You know as well as I do that the man who beat Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania 35 will not be taking a pin from The Drifter.
Instead, WWE should have built Elias as a strong competitor for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match and fed some other superstar to Roman Reigns for the event instead. The result would be more or less the same, but Elias’ value as a wrestler would surely increase if he is built as a main guy in the Money in the Ladder Match instead of a singles’ match against The Big Dog.
#3 Shane McMahon’s dad
While we were expecting Vince McMahon or Stephanie McMahon to show up on SmackDown Live this week and fire Roman Reigns’ for his actions last Tuesday, it was Shane McMahon who showed up instead.
Shane McMahon called out Reigns, demanding he come out to face the consequences for his actions against Shane's father. Shane was visibly very unhappy with Reigns’ actions.
But wait a minute, didn’t Shane do something similar to The Miz’s father just a few weeks ago?
WWE messed up two good storylines in one go by introducing Shane as the man who would step up for Vince rather than having Vince, Stephanie, or even Triple H out.
The Big Dog took the challenge and came out to fight Shane O'Mac, but Elias helped in a two-on-one beatdown of Reigns. WWE is trying hard to make Reigns the babyfaced underdog, but Reigns really does not need that at this point in his career, and it seems like Elias won’t be of much help in this storyline either.
#2 Turned Kevin Owens so early
We predicted this last week, and we’re glad we did not leave it up to this week.
Kevin Owens conveniently turned on Kofi Kingston after just a week of teaming up with The New Day. This was on the cards as WWE is finding it a bit difficult to find a competitor for the WWE Championship for Money in the Bank.
Owens got his chance at Fastlane against Daniel Bryan but lost in his efforts. He will get his second chance after only one pay-per-view, and we expect it to be nothing more than a placeholder till WWE develops someone else to have a good feud with Kofi.
WWE should have instead given this opportunity to someone like Shinsuke Nakamura or Rusev to compete in the match at Money in the Bank and waited until then to turn Kevin Owens heel to develop a stronger and better storyline for the two superstars.
With WWE hurrying into this feud, we sort of already know what the outcome is going to be.
#1 Becky 2 Belts with 2 Matches
Becky 2 Belts will have 2 matches at Money in the Bank as she appears on 2 brands and holds 2 Women’s titles.
I hope we have made that absolutely clear for those who were wondering why Becky has two matches for the Money in the Bank event.
Becky will battle Lacey Evans for the Raw Women’s Championship, and then battle Charlotte for the SmackDown Women’s Championship on the same night. While the idea sounds good, it also means that other women will get fewer chances at the event again, as we will get Charlotte vs. Becky at a pay-per-view for the eighth time since last year.
What’s worse is that SmackDown’s roster is loaded at the moment, but WWE can’t seem to find a better competitor for the event than Charlotte.
Expect this to be another night where Becky overcomes all odds and pulls of a herculean effort to defend her 2 belts. In case anyone is wondering how Becky will make an impact in two matches at the same time should go watch Royal Rumble 2019 again.
