10 Biggest WWE Money In The Bank Surprises
Returns, cash-ins and improbable winners, oh my!
5. The Big Red Cash-In Machine
2010 saw the emergence of Money in the Bank as a standalone pay-per-view concept, the first event featuring namesake matches for both the Raw and SmackDown brands, as well as other major championship showdowns.
In the opener, Kane beat Christian, Big Show, Cody Rhodes, Matt Hardy, Drew McIntyre, Kofi Kingston and Dolph Ziggler to retrieve the blue briefcase.
Where Jack Swagger had surprised everyone a few months earlier by waiting mere days to cash-in on Chris Jericho, Kane took things a step further by sauntering out after World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio's successful defense against Swagger just a few matches later.
The same-night cash-in (or attempted cash-in) was done a lot over the following years, but it was genuinely surprising at the time.
The Big Red Machine beat Mysterio in less than a minute to become a world champion for only the second time in his long and illustrious career.
Written by Lewis Howse
Features journalist for Cultaholic.com and script writer for the Cultaholic YouTube Channel.
