PPV Fusion: Money In The Bank 2015
The 2015 WWE Money In The Bank Pay-Per-View starts with a ten-bell salute in memory of the late “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes as WWE employees and Superstars stand at the entranceway.
After a video hyping the matches to take place during the PPV, Randy Orton, Neville, Kane, Dolph Ziggler (accompanied by Lana), Kofi Kingston, Sheamus and Roman Reigns take each other in a Money In The Bank Ladder match, which sees Bray Wyatt appear when it looks like Reigns is about to win, as he pushes over the ladder and follows it up when he hits Reigns with Sister Abigail.
Sheamus reaps the benefit despite Neville’s attempts to foil him, as he unhooks the briefcase to get the victory and become Mr. Money In The Bank.
After Renee Young interviews Paige backstage about her upcoming match, and a video recapping the events that led to the upcoming match, Nikki Bella is pitted against Paige in a Divas Championship match which sees Nikki retain her title thanks to underhanded means when a “Twin Magic” attempt sees the substituting Brie’s pin attempt reversed into a pin by Paige.
Once Brie unstuffs her bra to point out to the referee that she’s not Nikki, the referee rules that the match will continue, which allows Nikki to take advantage of the confusion when she hits Paige with a forearm that she follows up with the Rack Attack for the 3-count.
After a video recapping the events that led to the upcoming match, The Miz joins commentary as Ryback goes against The Big Show for the Intercontinental Championship. The match sees The Big Show get the victory but Ryback retain his title as a result of a disqualification, when The Miz attacks Show in full view of the referee, with a shot afterwards to Ryback too.
After hyping that MGK as a guest star on the upcoming episode of Monday Night Raw, and a video recapping the events that led to the upcoming match, Kevin Owens takes on John Cena in a non-title Champion vs. Champion (NXT Champion vs. United States Champion) rematch which sees Cena get the victory to even up the score, when he hits Owens with an Attitude Adjustment for the 3-count.
Afterwards, Cena shows respect as he puts out his hand for Owens to shake, which Owens does indeed do so, and follows it up by raising Owens’ arm only to suddenly be attacked with a kick from Owens that knocks him out of the ring, which Owens follows up when he hits Cena with a powerbomb onto the ring apron.
Owens celebrates with laughter and holding both the NXT Championship and United States Championship belt aloft, before throwing the latter towards the prone Cena, as he backs away towards the entrance, with a hurt Cena exiting afterwards with the assistance of referees.
After Renee Young interviews Dean Ambrose about his upcoming match, a video package dedicated to the memory of Dusty Rhodes, and the announcement that “Dusty Rhodes: Celebrating The Dream” will air on WWE Network following the upcoming episode of Monday Night Raw, “The New Day” Xavier Woods and Big E are pitted against “Prime Time Players” Darren Young and Titus O’Neil in a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
The match sees O’Neil get the victory for his team to become the new WWE Tag Team Champions, when he hits Woods with a spinebuster for the 3-count.
After checking in with the Money In The Bank Panel (comprised of Renee Young, WWE Hall of Famer Booker T, Corey Graves and Byron Saxton), a video recaps the events earlier in the night involving Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt, and it is announced that Reigns will face Wyatt at the next WWE Pay-Per-View, Battleground on 19th July.
After an interaction backstage involving Seth Rollins, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, and a video recapping the events that led to the upcoming match, Dean Ambrose goes against Seth Rollins in a Ladder match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
The match sees both men with a grip on the title when it is unhooked and they start to fall from the ladder, but once hitting the canvas at the bottom of the ladder, Rollins is the only one still holding on to it as he is declared the winner to retain his title.
Afterwards, Rollins celebrates at the entranceway with Triple H, as Money In The Bank goes off the air.
Live Tweeters’ Reactions
From tributes to the late “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes, to interesting and amusing observations and jokes, see some of the reactions from those tweeting live embedded below.
#RIPDustyRhodes #MITB pic.twitter.com/JMgENQgOzs
— WWE (@WWE) June 14, 2015
Entire roster and staff out for Dusty. pic.twitter.com/NlACCAzWBn
— John Thorne (@JohnThorneAIW) June 15, 2015
WWE should rechristen the Performance Center in Orlando into "The Dusty Rhodes Performance Center"…..#MITB
— Brian Heffron (@BlueMeanieBWO) June 14, 2015
Dusty Rhodes is forever proof that personality and soul can drive anyone to greatness, regardless of any other limitations #mitb
— Justin Henry (@JRHWriting) June 14, 2015
Awesome Dusty Rhodes tribute. Fitting way to start the show.
— Johnny Blaze (@Johnny_Blaze_08) June 15, 2015
I didn't get the chance to see the tribute video, but an incredibly classy way to start the PPV. WWE always handles these things so well.
— El Ligero (@Ligero1) June 15, 2015
#ThankYouDusty You'll be wining and dining with Kings and Queens forever, for you are a King. The furthest thing from a common man. #MitB
— SLTD Wrestling (@SLTDWrestling) June 15, 2015
#ThankYouDusty #MITB pic.twitter.com/oWQhgrAAdn
— WWE (@WWE) June 15, 2015
love you Dusty. You've been an uncomparable inspiration #RIPDusty
— Becky Lynch (@BeckyLynchWWE) June 15, 2015
Literally every1 on that stage was directly impacted by the genius mind & love from Dusty. & loved him back dearly. #RIPDustyRhodes #MITB
— Shawn Bennett (@BennettWWE) June 15, 2015
The #AmericanDream lives on, in all of us! #ThankYouDream #WWE #MoneyInTheBank
— EMMA (@EmmaWWE) June 15, 2015
.@WWE pays respect to #TheAmericanDream @WWEDustyRhodes. http://t.co/lGELNAdD5J
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) June 15, 2015
Sheamus looks like one of the trolls you used to put on the end of your pencils.
— MaffewOfBotchamania (@Maffewgregg) June 15, 2015
#AltitudeEra #WWE #NXT #MITB pic.twitter.com/Pla8olOp1P
— Ellis Mbeh (@EllisMbeh) June 15, 2015
New Day sucks…at climbing a ladder with any urgency #MITB
— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) June 15, 2015
The #CelticWarrior is #MrMoneyInTheBank! @WWESheamus wins the #MITB #LadderMatch! pic.twitter.com/1xgaKE7yA1
— WWE (@WWE) June 15, 2015
"Tonight I WILL create that change … For you, Dusty!" – @RealPAIGEWWE #MITB #ThankYouDusty pic.twitter.com/yNwEfHNTVi
— WWE (@WWE) June 15, 2015
YESSSSSSS! @RealPaigeWWE wins!!! Love her! #MITB ??
— Melissa Joan Hart (@MelissaJoanHart) June 15, 2015
Never mind. ? #MITB #TeamPaige
— Melissa Joan Hart (@MelissaJoanHart) June 15, 2015
Awesome Dusty finish #MITB2015
— John Thorne (@JohnThorneAIW) June 15, 2015
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THE BRA STUFFING #MITB
— Havok Fan 4 Lyfe (@GoddessOfCats) June 15, 2015
"I can prove I'm not Nikki!!" Just laughed entirely too loud at this!! #WWE #MITB #NikkivsPaige pic.twitter.com/x4etcSdR4h
— Ellis Mbeh (@EllisMbeh) June 15, 2015
#MITB @BellaTwins – Nikki Bella's live, impromptu self breast reduction surgery http://t.co/v5mnEMCrD4
— WrasslorMonkey (@WrasslorMonkey) June 15, 2015
Put that away @FightOwensFight! #MITB pic.twitter.com/pEDICG7pqr
— Cartoon Dave (@DaveMuscarella) June 15, 2015
Owens nearly completing the #5MovesOfDoom was pretty magical. #MITB
— The Steel Cage (@thesteelcage) June 15, 2015
So surreal seeing Kevin Steen perform in front of a sold out WWE PPV crowd.
— Pat Lucey (@juicypatlucey) June 15, 2015
Steen busting out Cena's moves and Cena doing a Reverse Suplex. Is this Face Off?
— MaffewOfBotchamania (@Maffewgregg) June 15, 2015
Looks like @JohnCena does know more than 5 moves. Only took roughly a decade. #MITB
— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) June 15, 2015
Seeing @JohnCena briefly argue with the ref is the closest you're ever coming to a Cena heel turn. #MITB
— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) June 15, 2015
This is one of the best fucking matches I've ever seen live goddammit! #MoneyInTheBank pic.twitter.com/R3Qu9sXGZ6
— Pat Lucey (@juicypatlucey) June 15, 2015
All of the moves!!! ALL OF THEM!!!
— El Ligero (@Ligero1) June 15, 2015
Bloody hell. They didn't half go for it there. Hell of a rematch between Cena/Owens! Really enjoyed the opener too, brilliant atmosphere.
— El Ligero (@Ligero1) June 15, 2015
Outstanding match. PLEASE save Cena/Owens 3 for Summerslam. BattleGround can suck it.
— Human individual (@JoeySplashwater) June 15, 2015
SAVAGE !!!! AFTER THE MATCH TOO AHAHA pic.twitter.com/H9CZQrEVru
— WrestlinGifs (@WrestlinGifs) June 15, 2015
POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUNCE!! Period. #MoneyInTheBank #PTP
— Special Dark Sugar D (@SugarDunkerton) June 15, 2015
MILLIONS OF DOLLAHS MILLIONS OF DOLLAHS YAAAAAAAAY!!!!! #MITB #PTP
— The Pocket Volcano (@PocketVolcano) June 15, 2015
Triple H gives the best pep talks. His eyes look like they were shooting lasers. #WWE #MITB
— Scott Fishman (@smFISHMAN) June 15, 2015
Sooner or ladder Dean is going to win that title #MITB #AmbrosevsRollins
— Becky Lynch (@BeckyLynchWWE) June 15, 2015
That's a pretty big crowd for a Ring of Honor show. They finally got some good lighting too. #MoxleyVsBlack
— Kayfabe News (@KayfabeNews) June 15, 2015
Seth Rollins is looking under the ring for a Bella #MITB
— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) June 15, 2015
Dean Ambrose philosophy: do whatever move you want as long as you sell your leg when it's done. #MITB
— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) June 15, 2015
.@WWERollins crashes through a ringside ladder! #MITB #LadderMatch #AmbroseVsRollins pic.twitter.com/1HZOEzYPhK
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) June 15, 2015
The #SpanishAnnounceTable is STILL STANDING!! #AmbroseVsRollins #MITB pic.twitter.com/jBtUUJsxti
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) June 15, 2015
We can't remember a moment when Seth Rollins wasn't powerbombing Dean Ambrose #MITB
— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) June 15, 2015
Can't get much closer than that #MITB
— Lance Storm (@LanceStorm) June 15, 2015
Ambrose and Rollins worked their arses off there. Great main event.
— El Ligero (@Ligero1) June 15, 2015
Both @WWERollins and @TheDeanAmbrose fall from the ladder with the title, but Rollins holds on! ROLLINS WINS! #MITB pic.twitter.com/TKdwXqqPU3
— WWE (@WWE) June 15, 2015
Bonus Credits
For embedding a number of tweets from a number of the same people above, be sure to check out the following (in alphabetical order):
El Ligero (@Ligero1): El Ligero can be found wrestling for various independent promotions in the UK.
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