Backstage, Seth "Freakin'" Rollins is attacked from behind by Finn Balor again, who tells Rollins that he has waited seven years for this and that he is coming for his title at Money In The Bank.
The Miz is suddenly in the ring. He says he wanted to face Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship, then says he is "worshipped as God in this digusting hellhole" and that he wanted to give Cleveland, Ohio a champion, but that cannot happen now. He then issues his own open challenge, as he wants to give the people "a winner in a crowd of losers." The open challenge is answered by Tommaso Ciampa, who has not been seen in months. When Miz greets him, Ciampa punches him in the mouth, starting the match.
Tommaso Ciampa beats The Miz.
The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Rhea Ripley, Dominik Mysterio) show up on the stage. Finn Balor tells Seth "Freakin'" Rollins that his World Heavyweight Championship open challenge is cancelled because he will be the only one who will take the title from him, then tells the fans they will be singing Rollins' theme at his funeral. Rhea Ripley says that the fans will be bowing at The Judgment Day's feet when Finn brings the World Heavyweight Championship home while she has the women's division on lockdown. She also says that Damian Priest will win the Money In The Bank briefcase while Dominik Mysterio will put "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes down. Priest says that at Money In The Bank, the briefcase will come home with him and the contract inside will have his name written all over it. He also tells Cody Rhodes to keep Dominik's mouth or else The Judgment Day will make sure he will not be able to fight anyone ever again. Dominik yells that Cody will find out what he will do to him at Money In The Bank if he can find two tag team partners and face them tonight when he cannot even get two words in edgewise over the fans' boos.
Backstage, Byron Saxton interviews Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. Owens is not interested in talking about The Bloodline, but Sami tells him that it is a fair question and tells him that enough is enough. Sami then tells Owens that he is a "rage-a-holic" with an anger problem. Sami bets that if he can go the rest of the night without one tantrum, he will leave his anger problems alone, but if Owens blows up even once, then he has to admit that something is wrong with him. Owens takes that bet.
We see a collection of TikTok videos in which Chelsea Green goes off on people.
Kayden Carter and Katana Chance beat Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville.
Cathy Kelley interviews "The American Nightmare" on the stage. Cody says that The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Rhea Ripley, Dominik Mysterio) have been on fire as of late, and as far as their challenge is concerned, he accepts.
Indus Sher (Veer and Sanga) beat Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin.
Backstage, Kevin Owens tells Sami Zami that he has an idiot problem after someone accidentally spills ice cold water on him and before he gets annoyed by Matt Riddle backstage.
Logan Paul is at the top of a ladder in the middle of the ring. He says that he sees people with plenty of ambition and untapped potential just like him, and that some of the best in the world come from Cleveland, Ohio. Logan says that he thinks about the moments that make him great when he thinks of Cleveland, including when he left and went to Hollywood while everyone froze in the winter, then says the place smells like industrial steel and that the Browns suck. After telling the fans not to boo him because he is the best they have before saying that while he, Jake Paul and The Miz have been losing recently, this is the day that Cleveland will stop losing when he puts respect on the city's name. Logan Paul then announces that he will be in the men's Money In The Bank Ladder Match, win the briefcase and the contract, cashing in, becoming champion, and going crazy while throwing down shots. Ricochet shows up and congratulates Logan, but warns Logan that he and everyone knows that he is only in the match because he made him go viral, and it will not change the fact that he will walk as Mr. Money In The Bank. Shinsuke Nakamura shows up and says that he has a reason to win Money In The Bank when LA Knight shows up. LA Knight says he sees Ricochet and Nakamura as "two guys who are useless as basketball cleats," and Logan Paul as some guy "who makes videos for 14-year-old girls" before saying he has a map to stick all his bottles of Prime before he wins. Santos Escobar shows up and welcomes Logan Paul to the party before stating that he will be the one to win the Money In The Bank briefcase before Butch shows up and punches Logan, starting a brawl. Logan Paul ends up standing tall over everyone else before climbing back up to the Money In The Bank briefcases.
Matt Riddle beats Ludwig Kaiser. After the match, Gunther fights Riddle and gets the upper hand before having Kaiser hit Riddle with a ground-and-pound attack. Gunther and Kaiser then hold Riddle down and attack Riddle's leg.
Backstage, Matt Riddle is helped to the trainer's room.
Backstage, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn talk about Owens' anger problem when Ludwig Kaiser and Gunther ask if they have seen what happened to Matt Riddle before warning that the same thing will happen to them. As Owens is about to go off, Sami tells Owens they have something to take care of. Sami tells Kaiser and Gunther that their war will have to continue another time.
The Viking Raiders (Ivar and Erik) beat Alpha Academy (Chad Gable and Otis) after Maxxine Dupri hits Valhalla with a vertical suplex on the outside.
Backstage, The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Rhea Ripley, Dominik Mysterio) get things in order before as Rhea Ripley tells them that she looks forward to teaching "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes a lesson and that she has some business of her own with Natalya.
Backstage, Cathy Kelley interviews Natalya, who says that what happened at Night of Champions has rocked her to her core and that she is trying to figure out where she fits in in all of this. She says tonight is a second chance to prove she still belongs.
Rhea Ripley vs. Natalya ends before it begins when Rhea decimates Natalya before the bell rings.
Backstage, Cathy Kelley interviews Raquel Rodriguez says it is an honor to be in the ring with Trish Stratus, and while she has her sights on the Money In The Bank contract, she says what happened to Natalya was not okay. When Rhea confronts Raquel, Raquel tells Rhea to hope she does not win tonight, as she is no match for her.
Backstage, "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes is met by Akira Tozawa, who wants to tag with him. Cody appreciates the offer and says he will consider it. He is then met by Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens. Sami notes that the three of them have a problem with The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Rhea Ripley, Dominik Mysterio) and that they have his back. Cody mentions Tozawa's offer, but says he could not have two better partners and aligns with Sami and Owens as Owens is about to lose his temper.
Trish Stratus beats Raquel Rodriguez by disqualification and qualifies for the women's Money In The Bank Ladder Match after Becky Lynch attacks Zoey Stark on the outside, which causes Trish to grab Becky only for Becky to throw her into the barricade. This causes Raquel to lose by disqualification, and after the match, Becky and Raquel have an argument.
Backstage, Cathy Kelley interviews Bron Breakker. Bron hopes Seth "Freakin'" Rollins will not use what happened tonight as an excuse to not show up for their match after talking a big game, as he has been waiting for this moment and that compared to what Finn Balor did to him, he will hurt Rollins "real freakin' bad." He tells Cathy to get used to seeing his face more on Monday nights, for he will become the new World Heavyweight Champion.
Backstage, Byron Saxton interviews Becky Lynch, who says that she has gotten Trish Stratus in a match with ladders and that she is enemies with most of the people in that match, and she either becomes Mrs. Money In The Bank or goes down in a blaze of glory and takes Trish with her.
Bronson Reed beats Shinsuke Nakamura. Ricochet shows up and watches from the commentary table during the match, and when Bronson sends Ricochet into the ring steps, Ricochet gets on the ring apron only for Nakamura to inadvertently collide with him, knocking Ricochet off the apron and allowing Bronson Reed to hit the Tsunami for the win.
We hear from Seth "Freakin'" Rollins, who says that he does not care what the doctors tell him and that he will be at NXT tomorrow to defend the World Heavyweight Championship. As for Finn Balor, Rollins welcomes back the man who beat him seven years ago and says Money In The Bank cannot come soon enough.
Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens and "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes beat The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio) in a six-man tag match.
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