A casual fan's guide to WWE's Money in the Bank - ESPN

As a service to fans who have a general interest in WWE but might not have watched a match in months, we're happy to provide this FAQ as a guide to Money in the Bank at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET, available on ESPN Unlimited and on the ESPN app.

An ironclad contract for a WWE championship title match that the winner of the «Money in the Bank» briefcase can «cash in» at any time — but usually after a champion has been incapacitated in some way, if they're smart.

The MITB ladder match features six competitors. The only way to win is to scale a ladder and untether a briefcase. Like any ladder match, it features high spots and big falls. But this probably involves someone dangling precariously from the briefcase after said ladder has been kicked out from under them.

Now, I know what you're asking: Since there are no disqualifications, why doesn't someone simply hide a comically large pair of tree-pruning clippers under the ring and then use them to cut the briefcase down, forgoing all this ladder malarkey? Other than the difficulty in sourcing a comically large pair of tree-pruning clippers in New Orleans, I don't have an answer for you. That's how I'd do it.

I know what else you're asking: Who is in this year's MITB men's match, and is this Bron Breakker's briefcase to lose?

The competitors are: CM Punk, Kevin Owens, Trick Williams, Penta, Je'Von Evans, and the aforementioned Mr. Breakker.

There are typically two types of «cash-ins» of Money in the Bank contracts. The first is the sneaky opportunist who takes advantage of a champion's dire circumstances, such as Seth Rollins miraculously recovering from his knee injury to Curb Stomp CM Punk after his SummerSlam 2025 match against Gunther.