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The official WWE Money in the Bank 2014 Poster
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The 2014 Money in the Bank was the fifth annual Money in the Bank professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It took place on June 29, 2014, at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. This was the first Money in the Bank event to livestream on the WWE Network, which launched in February.
Eight matches took place at the event, with no match aired on the Kickoff pre-show. The titular ladder match for the Money in the Bank contract was won by Seth Rollins. The main event was a ladder match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship which was won by then champion, Daniel Bryan The event received 122,000 buys (excluding WWE Network views), down from the previous year's 199,000 buys.
Production[]
Background[]
The event was held at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
Money in the Bank is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE since 2010. The concept of the show comes from WWE's established Money in the Bank ladder match, in which multiple wrestlers use ladders to retrieve a briefcase hanging above the ring. The briefcase contains a contract that guarantees the winner a match for a world championship at any time within the next year.[3] For 2014, only one Money in the Bank ladder match occurred and the winner received a contract for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match, following the unification of the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in December 2013. The 2014 event was the fifth Money in the Bank. The event was previously held in July, but for 2014, the event was moved to June and was held on June 29, 2014, at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to traditional pay-per-view outlets, the 2014 event was the first Money in the Bank to livestream on the WWE Network, which launched in February.[4][5]
Storylines[]
The card consisted of eight matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers,[6][7] while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Raw and SmackDown.
The All Star WWE World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match[]
Ever since his victory at WrestleMania XXX, The Authority has been trying and failing to find ways to get the WWE World Heavyweight Championship off of Daniel Bryan. Their first attempt was to seek Kane onto Bryan in hopes of having Kane destroy or injure Bryan enough to have Bryan relinquish the championship. Their feud would culminate at Extreme Rules in Bryan's first defense of the belt in a name sake Extreme Rules Match where Bryan would end up winning. After that, Bryan would fool the Authority into believing he's relinquishing the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Payback following rumors of him having problems and complications with his neck and suffering from multiple concussions and seizures during matches, with the latter, one episode going viral on Youtube and Twitter. While that was true that he was going through this, in truth, Bryan fooled his rivals and stated that he is still going to perform and defend his WWE Championship at any Pay-Per-View he can. On the June 2nd episode of RAW, Stephanie McMahon would put that to the test by having him defend the titles at Money in the Bank against 7 other wrestlers who would qualify in multiple qualifying matches over the course of the next few weeks which would coincide with the Money in the Bank qualifying matches. On the same episode, Triple H would insert Randy Orton as the first participant outside of Bryan himself. Giving him a first round by and Sheamus and Chris Octane would defeat Ryback and Alberto Del Rio respectively. on the June 13th episode of Smackdown, Bray Wyatt would defeat Roman Reigns with some help from Seth Rollins, on the June 16th episode of RAW, John Cena would defeat Kane to secure his spot in the match in a stretcher match and Dolph Ziggler defeated Rey Mysterio, and Batista would defeat Mark Henry to qualify on the June 23rd episode of RAW.
The Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match[]
The Usos vs The Wyatt Family[]
Paige vs Naomi[]
Rusev vs Big E[]
Bad News Barrett vs Rob Van Dam[]
Sheamus vs David James[]
Rey Mysterio vs Bo Dallas[]
Event[]
Pre-Show[]
Rey Mysterio vs Bo Dallas[]
Preliminary Matches[]
The Money in the Bank Ladder Match[]
Sheamus vs David James[]
Stardust and Goldust defeated RybAxel[]
At Payback, after a loss to RybAxel (Ryback and Curtis Axel), Cody Rhodes told his brother, Goldust, that he deserved a better partner than him. Following Payback, Goldust was unsuccessful in defeating RybAxel with his new partners, chosen for him by Cody. On the June 16 episode of Raw, Cody debuted as his new moniker of Stardust, and began teaming with his brother to defeat the team RybAxel. On the June 24 episode of Main Event, Rybaxel challenged Stardust and Goldust to a match at Money in the Bank, which they accepted
The Usos vs The Wyatt Family[]
During the feud between John Cena and Bray Wyatt, WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) inserted themselves in the rivalry alongside Cena to counteract Wyatt Family members Luke Harper and Erick Rowan. At Payback, The Usos were once again be in Cena's corner to even the odds and in the process, Cena defeated Bray Wyatt in a Last Man Standing match to end the feud. The next night on Raw, Rowan and Harper shifted their attention to The Usos, defeating the latter in a non-title tag team match on the June 2 episode of Raw. Due to this win, they earned a match for the Tag Team Championship at the pay-per-view.
Bad News Barrett vs Rob Van Dam[]
Paige vs Naomi[]
On the June 17 episode of Main Event, Naomi defeated WWE Divas Champion Paige in a non-title match, setting up a title match between the two at Money In The Bank.
Main Event[]
The WWE World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match[]
Reception[]
Aftermath[]
Results[]
| No. | Results | Stipulation | |
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| 1p | Rey Mysterio defeated Bo Dallas via pinfall | Singles Match | |
| 2 | Seth Rollins defeated Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, Kofi Kingston, Cesaro, Rusev, and Big E | Money in the Bank Ladder Match | |
| 3 | Sheamus (c) defeated David James via pinfall | Singles match for the WWE United States Championship | |
| 4 | Stardust and Goldust defeated RyBaxel (Ryback and Curtis Axel) via pinfall | Two-on-Two Tag Team Match | |
| 5 | The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) defeated the Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) via pinfall | Two-on-Two Tag Team Match for the WWE Tag Team Championships | |
| 6 | Bad News Barrett (c) defeated Rob Van Dam via pinfall | Singles Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship | |
| 7 | Paige (c) defeated Naomi via pinfall | Singles match for the WWE Divas Championships | |
| 8 | Daniel Bryan defeated Randy Orton,
Bray Wyatt, John Cena, Sheamus, Chris Octane, Dolph Ziggler and Batista |
The WWE World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match |