The PPV’s match card saw some major changes take place during this week’s episode of Smackdown on FOX to give us new WWE Money in the Bank 2021 matches
While all the spots in the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match have been filled, there are still two of them left vacant in the Women’s Ladder Match. Nevertheless, the match card of the PPV saw some major changes as two qualifier matches took place this week on Smackdown and Bayley had to retreat from her title match with Bianca Belair due to an injury.
Money in the Bank will take place on on 18th July at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Read on to know more about its match card changes.
WWE Money in the Bank 2021 Updates And Matches After Smackdown
WWE announced on Friday that Bayley suffered an injury while training for her ‘I Quit’ title match against Bianca Belair. She will be out of action for around nine months A suitable replacement will have to be found for her spot in the Smackdown Women’s Title Match.
This replacement came in the form of Carmella who will go on to face Bianca Belair for the Smackdown Women’s Title. This match though will happen on Friday Night Smackdown instead of the Money in the Bank PPV on Sunday. As for the spot thus vacated by Carmella in the Women’s Ladder Match, it will finally be by Liv Morgan. Sonya Deville finally added Morgan to the match after weeks of giving her false hopes.
WWE Smackdown Live Results
As for the men’s locker room, the line-up for the their MITB Ladder Match was finalized as Seth Rollins and King Shinsuke Nakamura filled the last two spots. While Rollins defeated Cesaro, Nakamura defeated Baron Corbin to qualify.
.@ShinsukeN, @WWERollins and @YaOnlyLivvOnce are all headed to WWE #MITB! 🤑 pic.twitter.com/0B9caQheRj
— WWE (@WWE) July 10, 2021
As things heat up for the PPV, the company has also started advertising matches for next week’s Raw and Smackdown. Raw will see Alexa Bliss, Nikki Cross, Naomi and Asuka go head-to-head in a Fatal-4-Way match. Bobby Lashley and Xavier Woods will also face each other. In addition, fans will get to see another Fatal-4-Way match in the same week on Smackdown between Big E, Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins and King Shinsuke Nakamura.
Here’s the updated match card for Money in the Bank match 2021.
- WWE Championship: Bobby Lashley vs. Kofi Kingston
- Raw Women’s Championship: Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair
- Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Ricochet vs. John Morrison vs. Riddle vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Big E vs. Seth Rollins vs. King Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kevin Owens
- Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Alexa Bliss vs. Nikki Cross vs. Asuka vs. Naomi vs. Liv Morgan vs. Zelina Vega vs. TBA vs. TBA
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