Money In The Bank 2014

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Written By: Mark Armstrong

Running Time: 185 Minutes
Certificate: 15
Number Of Discs: 1
Studio: Fremantle Home Entertainment
Released: September 15 2014

More than in any other year, Money In The Bank 2014 is all about the Ladder matches. Both are exciting battles, and with one additional thriller on the under-card, MITB 2014 makes for an enjoyable wrestling DVD.

The non-Ladder highlight of the show is the opening Tag Team Title clash between The Usos and the team of Luke Harper and Erick Rowan, which greatly exceeds expectations. A short Paige-Naomi bout is not exactly a classic; even Cameron at ringside looks bored (although this indifference was used to set up Cameron's heel turn). Damien Sandow vs. Adam Rose is another short match, the first of two comedy bouts on the show. At this point, the show is dragging badly, but things turn around with an excellent MITB Ladder match involving Seth Rollins (who takes a jaw-dropping backdrop off a ladder onto another ladder), Dean Ambrose, Rob Van Dam, Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston and Dolph Ziggler. That the match is built around the Rollins-Ambrose feud gives this a different flavour to previous MITB Ladder matches, and the stunts catapult this into being a very enjoyable thrill-ride.

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WWE Money In The Bank 2014

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Written By: Mark Armstrong

Genre: Wrestling
Produced By: WWE
Format: Pay-Per-View
Date: June 29 2014
Location: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Attendance: 15,653

The fifth annual Money In The Bank supershow was preceded by the unfortunate news that Daniel Bryan's neck injury, which was originally supposed to keep him out of action for only a matter of weeks, would now put him on the shelf for months, meaning that he was forced to relinquish the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. It's a shame that Bryan's hugely memorable title win at WrestleMania XXX ultimately led to a short reign due to injury, but it's hoped that the long rest will be enough for Bryan to fully recover and come back better and healthier than ever, whenever that might be.

Bryan's injury meant that the vacant title would be decided in an eight-man Ladder match at MITB (he would have defended the gold against Kane in a Stretcher match had he been cleared for a return to the ring). Whilst there was intrigue over who might win the championship, a quick analysis of the contenders (and of the roster in general) meant that there was only ever likely to be one winner, especially after the apparent leaking of a poster for SummerSlam which appeared to give away the planned main event for the biggest show of the summer. Let's keep tight-lipped about that for now until things properly develop, and we'll stick to Money In The Bank and the crowning of a new WWE Champion.

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