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[@someguy7500]

To be fair, this time, Tonga Loa was definitely concussed

[@clarity2115]

concussed for sure

[@ayyobear9551]

for real. surprised he was able to do any spots after the back of his head tried to kool-aid man the announcers table.

[@GuyrillaBraun]

Yea, he was on dream street

[@frankieeefinn8798]

For real, how nobody is noticing is crazy to me

[@mrmamba5544]

Came here to defend this

[@tawaynepalmer4296]

The Woman MITB took the show

[@TyTy-fi7sm]

Yes it did I absolutely loved it .

[@JonathonPrieston]

"I hated half of this show.....5/5 perfect" That's actually insane

[@surpriseandterror9698]

I don't think he said he hated it, he said the balance of ingredients was off. Wrestling Segments and Promo Segments are like Cinnamon Buns and Icing. Two good things made better together! But too much Icing and you end up with a lesser experience overall.

[@isaaclikesturtles7282]

Then you would end up with something not 5/5 in your analogy as well lol. ​@@surpriseandterror9698

[@petebagwell6666]

So why 5/5​@@surpriseandterror9698

[@JackEFC1878]

He didn’t say he hated it

[@deionfrancis6715]

My man said a PPV that was less than half wrestling was a perfect show

[@Moose6340]

John Cena should've come out to announce his retirement wearing a salmon-colored jacket and then given Trish an AA.

[@SilentGuardian27]

😂😂💀

[@bad-eye-sight214]

U said it's a 5 out 5 but u didn't care for half the show good for u man

[@legend9177]

How many matches has John Cena had in the last 5 years? It feels like he is already practically retired.

[@DR.64A9]

Except now he will be actually be retired. Which is the point.

[@EstebanMejia_]

But point is he should’ve done it already

[@Alex-2-5-1]

Undertaker did the same in his final years taker wasn’t full time after wm24

[@SLPrawn65]

Well Tonga Loa was clearly knocked loopy,

[@Brent_P]

It's called selling, dude.

[@petebagwell6666]

​@Brent_P hahaha to quote someone else "tonga loa head tried to koolaid man through the side of the announce table"

[@tubbstubbs.5311]

​@Brent_P nah man he was clearly out of it, dude looked lost. If he wasn't concussed, then he shouldn't be in this spot.

[@Brent_P]

@@tubbstubbs.5311 No, if he WAS concussed, he shouldn't be in that spot.

[@michaelbreasseale9135]

​@@Brent_P Just watch when he bounced his head off the table. I'm pretty sure the low blow spot was planned before the he hit his head

[@VhaidraSaga]

Finn Balor paid off the ref. 😂😂😂

[@anthonyconvery4331]

That's what I was thinking

[@lebowskidee7557]

There was a weird moment where the lights when down for a second

[@adamtroke]

This would be a great angle to play, actually!

[@michaelbreasseale9135]

​@@adamtrokeDefinitely! They could have Finn tell Damian that he paid the ref not to count 3 if it looked like Priest was gonna lose

[@RealRyanAskew]

This was a solid 3/5 show. You are too easily impressed if this is a 5 to you lol

[@nhlalenhlensibande5435]

Priest waited for Drews Music that never came

[@miho022883]

I was thinking the same thing. It feels like a mis-timing by production but Priest still should have kicked when he didn't hear it.

[@matthyou561]

People are buying this crap. Trips said it to save his broken champ. The production crew missed their mark by over a minute? No, priest couldn’t see the ref counting. He missed it and you can clearly see it on his face. He says he fucked up several times to Seth. They then rushed drew save the disaster

[@GeniusLad32]

​@@matthyou561Over a minute? The music comes on as soon as Seth stands up. You can also see the arena lights go off in the upper sections of the crowd as Seth starts the pin, indicating they were expecting something from production. It was definitely a cock up with the music.

[@GeniusLad32]

​@@miho022883If the music was meant to hit on 2.5, that gives you 0.5s to register that the music hasn't gone off, realise you should kick out and then kick out. 0.5s is not long enough to do all that in.

[@iaminsanity2238]

"half the show was ads unlike aew. 5/5"

[@thehyena1636]

5 out of 5?! Wooo... You're an easy date.

[@2Stoned2Care153]

just imagine a pissed off drew yelling backstage saying “HE SCREWED ME AGAIN”😂😂😂

[@raspberry7571]

No need to imagine. He did that on the press conference show afterwards already

[@earth616survivor3]

So… you have a complaint but still gave it a 5 out of 5?… explain

[@ReviewerRandom2]

Money in the Bank was a 5 out of 5 show? WTF????? You even said half of the show was commercials and video packages! HOW THE HELL is that a 5 out of 5 show???

[@IngwiePhoenix]

WTs rating is loopy; consider it "personal rating" rather than a "reviewer rating"

[@Greatter1]

I quite like the commercials and video packages. As someone who watches highlights rather than full episodes of shows, the video packages massively help me remember things (and also help the people I watch with learn about the matches, as they don't watch weekly), and the breaks are amazing between matches because I get a moment to get up, get a drink, use the toilet, take a breather and talk about the last match. It's much better than going match into match into match.

[@christopherpersad1847]

There just rating anything wwe does now as great it really getting ridiculous

[@barky87]

@@IngwiePhoenix "personal rating" rather than a "reviewer rating" - they are the same thing, genius.

[@six6thdisciple]

@@barky87 HE MADE THAT DUMB ISH UP TO SOUND SMART

[@TheERobertGaming]

I was there live for this one. Maybe it’s the bias of seeing it live but everything worked for me. MITB realistically hasn’t been treated all that special in years, so using it this time to advance and add heat to an existing story whilst also planting seeds for another was a great idea. All the matches were good. John Cena’s announcement was emotional. Solo pinning Cody was the right call (disagree if you want, I don’t care, I’m right) because if you want to build a new mega heel and have him look like a legit threat, that’s how you do it. You could say “well it’s because Tanga Loa got involved” which I mean, it’s a bloodline match lol. And it didn’t make any other members of the bloodline look stupid or weak. Solo looked really good in the win. Plus the show made Jacob Fatu and Bronn Breaker look like the absolute stars they are. But there were quite a number of botches so I realistically can’t give it a 5. But I will still give it 4.5/5

[@a-cygnus]

Tanga Loa didn't botch his spot. He went above and beyond. A low blow alone wasn't enough. He went for a thumb up the @ss first. 😂

[@zachariahingram9974]

He actually punched his brother in the face on the second attempt if you go back and watch it

[@petebagwell6666]

Before that tho it looked like he smacked the back of his head really hard on the table, he deffo looked concussed after it too

[@tarkusdotcom]

I like to think that in kayfabe Kevin Owen’s balls are just that strong that Loa needed to hit them twice for Owen’s to feel a thing

[@khymalik757]

“A Thousand Years of Pain” *Kakashi voice* 👆🍑🤣

[@mrmaintain26]

😂😂😂

[@TylerMann23]

Imagine over half your PPV is promos, ads, or just not…wrestling…and the PPV itself being filled with botches and still giving it a 5 out of 5. Thanks for throwing AEW in there at the end, hypocritically the rating for Forbidden Door was affected by its runtime. At least AEW’s PPV’s run long because, hear me out, they have loads of WRESTLING on them. I hate the Fed agenda so much man.

[@GemCityVinnie]

💯

[@GeniusLad32]

4 botches, only one of which actually mattered = "filled with botches"

[@TylerMann23]

@@GeniusLad32 “4 botches, only one of which was concerning the pin fall of the World Title match.” and half the PLE was NOT wrestling…but yeah, let’s give it a 5 out of 5. Get out of my mentions clown 🤡 I’m not even anti-WWE, I thought the matches were solid, but I’m pointing out the hypocrisy of the channel for not factoring that into a show when a week ago they did for AEW.

[@TylerMann23]

@@GeniusLad32 “4 botches, only one of which involved the pin fall of the world heavyweight championship” oh and half the show was ads, promos, and NOT wrestling…let’s give it a 5 out of 5! Get out of my mentions clown🤡 I’m not even anti-WWE. But the hypocrisy of this channel to use the card structure of Forbidden Door a week ago against its overall rating, only to not care when rating this PLE is ridiculous. Yeah, matches were overall pretty dang good, but so were AEW’s, and that didn’t seem to matter with the Forbidden Door review.

[@bountyclaw]

Wait...I thought Luke was the AEW mark?!

[@brandonuddstrom]

I know she’s not overly-concerned with championships but it needs to happen for Chelsea Green. In the meantime though Tiffy is a great winner.

[@philldumas9847]

Tangaloa tbf I think got a concussion on the Cody dive to him in the outside

[@dhysravies4147]

So did i, his head hitting echoed threw graves headset

[@philldumas9847]

@dhysravies4147 yeah and I was watching him he looked out of it like bad

[@tyrelledwards5137]

I mean no disrespect, but i miss Oli doing the reviews.

[@gregory2996]

Dont think it was 5 out of 5 at all, men’s match was good not amazing, sami’s underdog wins arent believeable, world title match keeps making damian look weak and drew’s cash in was guaranteed to fail because of all the hype on failed cash ins being advertised, women’s match had comedy and big spots so it was great but no story line to it, tag match was great but cody apparently only goes sami zayn underdog mode when the title is on the line

[@dragansnyder2786]

Honestly when I first saw the thing with tonga lowa, I thought that maybe it was intentional , that it would take multiple hits to the gonads to stop Kevin Owens, but then I realized, nope it's just tonga loa being tonga loa

[@ijnfleetadmiral]

Agree with you, Luke, on too much commercials and video packages. It also didn't need a two-hour kickoff show.

[@deondre4057]

Appreciate the Sunday content 🙏🏿

[@MoFad3d]

A 5? Really? A good show but certainly not a 5.

[@JabberWhy]

why?

[@MoFad3d]

@@JabberWhy I feel like things were telegraphed, nonsensical, and that in turn made some of the event pointless.

[@cliffordjackson3]

FACTS For me it was a 8.5/10 would have been a 8/10 if it was not for that women’s money in the bank ladder match.

[@TheRealAero]

Regarding Damien Priest, I think music was supposed to play and it didn’t in time. That’s why he looked upset, not because he was the one who messed up. Overall this wasn’t a bad show at all, the women’s MITB was superb!

[@CallMeVanEl]

I was thinking that too. Also in hindsight, if he WAS supposed to kick out someone trigger happy in production should have hit Drew's music. They left too much space between the botch and the actual entrance for people to sit and think about what happened.

[@TheRealAero]

@@CallMeVanEl yeah, I agree. It sucks to see a lot of people putting this strictly on Damien

[@jakeypearce]

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:19 Men's Money in The Bank 1:47 Sami Zayn vs. Bron Breakker for Intercontinental Title 3:43 Trish Stratus announces John Cena, who announces his retirement from WWE 4:07 Damien Priest vs. Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship 7:12 Women's Money to The Bank 8:22 6-Man Tag (Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton & Kevin Owens vs. The Bloodline) 9:41 Conclusion

[@jonjonh9992]

A 5/5 show? Really? I definetly cant agree. They took the main attraction of the show, the Money in the bank, and threw it aside

[@michaelvin8632]

That’s certainly an opinion…

[@seanchan4478]

It was good, a strong 4 out of 5, but 5 means perfect

[@Truwize]

they always burn one of the briefcases. this year it happened to be the men’s. The women’s mitb is still active. get over it

[@malmasterson3890]

Nah, considering Gunther is on the horizon and Cody still has important feuds to go they made the right call.

[@siddheshmirjankar910]

Who would the mitb winner cash in against? Gunther, who should be champ for at least a year? Or Cody where the entire bloodline 2.0 storyline revolves around him being champ, cause that's what ignited solo's rebellion? Would you rather have Jey win, hold the title for only a month and then lose to Gunther? That would still make his MITB win meaningless. At least this was done to further a story and made complete logical sense when it comes to the build. My biggest pet peeve of WWE used to be when people interfered to prevent a cash in, instead of.....ya know......actually interfering during the cash in and getting rid of the briefcase threat altogether. Costing him during his cash in is a much bigger F you than just preventing him from cashing in.

[@dmwalking]

Luke, I think you are not looking at the show time from the live audience perspective. By having longer video segments between matches allows the to relax and go to the restroom and get refreshments without missing anything. While we are at home it doesn’t matter but for everyone there makes a world of difference.

[@Merc1987]

The new bloodline is like when Marlo took over the corners from Barksdale. New young bloods with new rules that are terrifying...

[@TheLegendofQ]

I doubt the WT has ever seen the wire, maybe Tempest.

[@KingdomHearts863]

Honestly wasted or not, i prefer when wwe uses one of the briefcases on the night. Having two winners running around is even more to have to remember for me 😭😭

[@enderhx]

😂

[@TheMorbidHobo]

So many botches in the women's match. Like 4? Crazy.

[@InsomniaGaming_]

I honestly don’t think it’s a “waste” it’ll be good for the year without the concept of the MITB is going stale. And not having the briefcase being fantasy booked all year, is gonna be good too

[@holdiehko]

If u would say MITB 2024 5/5 then u need help

[@LLeesClassicAVP]

The entrances to the men's MITB match took around 10 minutes while the match was 16. That's ridiculous. AEW's ppvs may be long but they flow a 100 times better than WWE's.

[@frickroll]

5/5 show is WILD oh my god

[@JohnReedy07163]

"Find the Balance" 3 hour show - 1 and a half hours of wrestling and 15 minutes of Cena, 1 hour and 15 minutes of entrances and video packages. That's actually perfectly balanced

[@ReviewerRandom]

¿5 out of 5? Are you serious?

[@j.p.7778]

Wrestletalk never beating the wwe shills allegations

[@lucyburnett69]

I truly appreciate this Sunday content. Because for the first time in years I actually stayed up to watch live here in the uk and it’s been hard to function today so very grateful to you all it’s not easy producing content after a very long night

[@SecretVideoAccount-cs2if]

Can we get some consistency in these reviews? Was MITB really a 5/5?! You complained about the length and the fact that half the show was only video packages and commercials yet you didn’t deduct a single point? Not even a half point? Yet AEW’s length for forbidden door did negatively affect its score.

[@bhuvan5504]

This was 5 on 5 and forbidden door was 4 on 5 😂 I have to unsubscribe now!

[@Maniac-Cop-2]

Maybe 3/5 , not 5 .... women's ladder match had too many screw ups....Damien's "kick out" ruined that match for me

[@timcordier9748]

It’s nice to see WWE finally putting the mic in people’s hands regardless of if there is a language barrier. Who cares? It’s authentic! Give us all of the poorly spoken english!

[@Gmane1709]

I don’t get why they cash in during the match why not wait till it’s over 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@zackgeorge212]

5 of 5 lol no

[@ryanegeler6059]

To me, I had such child like glee seeing feathers fall from Lyra every time she took a bump. I was just like "ah, she's really living up to her gimmick as 'bird girl' isn't she?" Though on a more serious note, I am curious about the Damian botch. While yes, he should've kicked out, but I'm wondering if someone in production missed timed Drew's entrance. Because it felt like the shot was meant to linger all the way up to 2, Drew's music hits, the camera pans to Drew making his entrance, and we weren't supposed to see the ref hold up the count because commentary was meant to tell us that Damian kicked out since we (at home) didn't see the kick out. Because Damian, nor Drew looked too pleased with what transpired there. Another theory is that Damian couldn't hear the ref, or Seth tell him to kick out, so the ref took it upon himself to stop counting, however you'd think production still should've tried to cut away to a different shot, in an attempt to cover that up. Idk, I'm merely speculating.

[@jamesschmid1975]

CM Punk is the heel and people havent figured this out yet. He cost Drew the title 3 times now, all through heel tactics and all 3 times have helped the heel Priest win or retain the title. Punks the heel

[@TheLegendofQ]

I think its actually 4

[@internetstudios5536]

While drew can’t stop bashing punk in every promo and social media. Bringing up his dog and wife, and just beat him to death in smack down. Drew brought it upon himself actually. They both did🤷‍♂️

[@STNJ_YT]

I disagree with Luke's take. Gable, Jey, Knight all feel like wrestlers that could have win and been a valid choice. Saying Drew was the only choice is dumb

[@seanchan4478]

Damien owes punk a title shot. That's 3 times punk helped him

[@Simon25-17]

I don't know if priest fucked up or they fucked up drew entrance which was supposed to distract from the pin. That was very weird

[@Beatnu3000]

Sami’s looking real strong now, snapping Gunther’s hot streak at Mania and now pinning one of the only two other guys who also pinned Gunther in WWE.

[@Droid--]

Bro gave it 5/5 😂😂😂😂

[@courtneyrose7319]

Calling this a 5/5 is absolutely bonkers. This was 3/5 if we're being kind. I love this channel but the show was half ads and video packages which kept killing any momentum the show gained, in my opinion.

[@Flomas98]

Wade Barret yet again held drew back after the show . Cory held Seth back after his match . I'd love to see Cory and Seth , Drew and Wade going after Cm Punk .

[@lockstock5963]

I thought MITB was great, lots of furthered storylines and awesome action. I wouldn't give it a 5/5 though

[@kngnorth4686]

Luke with the "look I get why you think it's bad, but it's actually not THAT bad" to every match.

[@ianp1986]

What time did it start, UK time? I swear I looked it up and it said 1am but when I turned it on, it was already getting to the end of the Sami Bron match

[@jamesmaskell3743]

Normally it's 1am UK time as routine but this one did start an hour earlier. I got lucky noticing YT watchalongs had already started.

[@stealthykoala9311]

Mate, literally the exact same thing happened to me lmao

[@dboyfly24]

Its sad that yall not a milli by now ill tell you why cause yall turned goofy as well

[@Mr.Monk2G]

I like the idea of Seth being injected into the Drew/Punk storyline, but not thrilled that they did it at the expense of the briefcase.

[@urbanboy7324]

Money in the bank was fye and booking decisions was valid reasons and Tiffany Stratton is a future champion just like Chelsea green

[@OneReallyGrumpyJill]

Can someone explain how I suppose to see Punk as "the good guy"?

[@malcolmalexistaylor6678]

I don’t understand the love for the womens mitb match. It felt clumsy and I genuinely was worried someone was going to get crippled. The spots that weren’t botched didn’t look super impressive (tiff running up the ladder). Naomi’s spot was great and we got the right winner but I’ve seen better.

[@KarlWPickup]

Last weeks RAW had 34 minutes of wrestling on screen in a 3 hour show, TNA Impact had 54 (on the app) if you count ad breaks, RAW had 56 minutes, and TNA had 57! Lack of wrestling in WWE is nothing new!

[@andrewbillington6971]

are we just gonna ignore the fact that Jacob Fatu casually hit a whisper in the wind on Cody Rhodes

[@CheezeLuis]

The only thing that was missing was CM Punk taking back his bracelet but its easy to say if there was a PPV that CM Punk has claimed it is MITB this PPV belongs to him with him being so far the only Back to Back 2 time MITB winner and owning the hottest storyline in MITB history on top of a handful of monumental moments

[@tuskanu]

5 out of 5 is a ridiculous score. Wrestletalk bias towards WWE is well known but when it's this blatant you've lost all credibility. Shame, you used to be entertaining but now you'd rather pick a side

[@apselbluestar2223]

the review of that Sami match has murdered any credibility I had left with this team.

[@granitemonkey]

I thought MITB sucked. Save for Bron Breakker and Jacob Fatu. This thing blew, big time. If I had paid $50 for this thing, I'd have been pissed.

[@granitemonkey]

Also, the finish had ZERO heat, did you see the crowd? They absolutely didn't care.

[@seanchan4478]

I don't buy into solo as a threat, this felt very forces

[@granitemonkey]

@@seanchan4478 He got pushed too hard, too fast only for the fact he's got famous cousins. No one likes him or wants him.

[@alexanderson2771]

MITB was a 3/5 at best.

[@rykerthebountyhunter8198]

The failed cash in was a horrible idea from a booking perspective. It wastes Money in the Bank for an entire year. It wastes the opportunity for Drew to be even more of a hypocrite by cashing in on Punk later on. It also keeps making Damien as more of a paper champion or an "extra" in the Drew vs Punk story, and not as a true world champion. Punk should've cost him the opportunity to cash in, not cash in itself. Drew should've come in on RAW and say he hates the concept of MITB even more and get rid of the briefcase, until Punk comes back and becomes champion, just for Drew to waltz in with thr briefcase in hand, cash in, and bring it full circle.

[@petebagwell6666]

Wwe doesn't like the mens money in the bank and wants it gone really, can't be arsed with a storyline being forced on them that they have to write some guy to just hold a briefcase for nearly a year

[@pt.gymjunkie106]

I thought the same thing! Though have drew go to cash in and punk beats up drew before he can and steals his briefcase and throws it into the ocean or something. Drew is pissed cos punk has cost him the briefcase now as he can’t cash in if he doesn’t have the briefcase. The feud continues and as you said punk finally wins the title until drew comes out straight after and absolutely destroys punk. Punk left bloody in the middle of the ring lifeless, drew goes to under the ring and slowly pulls out the briefcase covered in seaweed and cashes in. Drew is the new champ.

[@malmasterson3890]

This is one I can actually agree with. Drew is the right winner, but he should've failed to cash in & the botched killed the moment.

[@bryanmusso2393]

I’m glad we don’t have mitb hovering around the men’s division

[@bronze6877]

you say wastes for a year, I say gets it out of the bookings hair for a year

[@BlackHoleEye]

I don't think you can really make somebody's entire gimmick to "Get beaten pillar to post then eke out a win in the end." That works every now and then but if it keeps happening, people will start asking "How do they keep winning when they keep getting beaten pillar to post?"

[@DominicGibbs]

i’ve always said sami zayn should’ve never been the one to win the IC title. he’s not a believable champion.

[@brentsmith9134]

I see point but it works because Sami is an excellent wrestler. The two men that battered is understandable because it's Bron and Günther but you look at the Chad match and its even

[@davyunwashington3613]

@@DominicGibbsnot a believable champion is crazy

[@cliffordjackson3]

FACTS.

[@ccreds8545]

Heart and determination to overcome the odds is your answer. Worked pretty well for wrestlers like rey mysterio

[@adamwestslapdog]

a 5 out of 5? for a show that was 70% video packages and ads?

[@Thomas-he4wk]

2.5/5

[@shawnwhite1972]

Every PLE is video packages and ads unfortunately

[@cliffordjackson3]

FACTS.

[@falenist8440]

5 out of 5 for that money in the bank with 1 hour and 24 minutes of wrestling? are you guys clinically insane?

[@six6thdisciple]

THE PLACATE TO WWE & THEIR FANS

[@BlackWind-rx5il]

The reason why it feels weird for Sami to win against Bron is that is true that of the guy fighting from behind and squeezing a victory from the jaws of defeat is his character....but that was his character as a babyface up until now *just in theory* . What I mean by that is we never saw that Sami babyface character as a champion under the direction of someone in greative that actually knows what he's doing. Just like under that new creative we really only have seen one Intercontinental Champion: Gunther. We really didn't know up until now if the idea was to position the Intercontinental Champion as a workhorse top guy the way we've always thought that belt should be positioned for years but hasn't for the last 20 years, or if the great threatment Gunther received was specifically to build HIM up, also because if we're honest, the other secondary belt on Smackdown, the US Title, hasn't really felt that special in the meantime, mostly because of Austin Theory's lacklaster run with it. After that it was Rey Mysterio for a short while and now it's an absentee Champion in Logan Paul.

[@ferallemur]

Here's the other reason that Drew wasn't a "waste of a cash-in": WWE was pressured into having both a men's and a women's MitB match, but they never really embraced the idea of having two of the same prop running around. So for years, we've had IMMEDIATE cash-ins by the women. They either cash in on the same show, or on the following RAW. Carmella got a legit run with the briefcase, but the second longest women's run with the briefcase was ONE DAY. So the real beneficiary of Drew's cash-in is Tiffany Stratton. They made it clear at the press conference that her briefcase is getting a makeover, and it's not going anywhere any time soon. She gets to keep her prize, and I would argue that booking an immediate cash-in of the men's briefcase was an essential part of that decision. They got the men's briefcase out of the way so that "Tiffy in the Bank" (terrible name) can get a solid run without sharing the spotlight or feeling redundant/repetitive. I think people need to get accustomed to the idea that at least one of the briefcases is always getting cashed in quickly every year.

[@ReviewerRandom2]

Pressured by what? THEY are the ones who books those shows.

[@LuciferLonseraph]

@@ReviewerRandom2 The argument here is that the 'E felt pressured to give the women the same opportunities as the men. Now, whether or not you believe this is the case is entirely up to you, but traditionally only one of the briefcases is carried longterm. This is also the case during the two Men's briefcase era in 2010 - 2013, where Kane (Smackdown) cashed in the night of MitB; ADR (Raw) cashed in at Summerslam; Cena (Raw) cashed in eight days later; and Orton (Raw) cashed in at Summerslam. All four of these cases are used within a month. You also need to look at the 2017 MitB winners, as while 'Mella held hers for the longest time to date, Corbin cashed in before Summerslam of that year and so again used it within a month. Now personally I think its because they simply haven't got more than two angles for the briefcases - namely one to be carried long-term, and one for immediate or imminent use. I absolutely do not know why, because one way you can use the case is similar to what I thought we were gonna get with Brock's MitB, in that he'd choose to take some time off and basically allow everyone to forget that he's Mr. MitB only to cash in out of nowhere several months down the line in his first appearance in said several months. The Drew storyline could have been written far better in fact if he'd not "quit" after Clash but failed to cash-in at MitB due to Punk, and then "quit" there after deriding the concept as a cheap gimmick which has cost him twice for his world title. Then he comes back when Punk finally wins the title, say at Survivor Series or the Royal Rumble, and cashes in on Punk and goes full hypocrite in his reasoning as his ongoing war with Punk has twisted him completely.

[@ferallemur]

@@ReviewerRandom2 "Pressured" might have been the wrong word to use - try not to read too much into it. I was referring to the women's revolution, and the general organic push to give us the women's version of all the fun stuff the men had been doing for years. In a short span we got the first women's MitB, the first women's Royal Rumble, and the first women's Elimination Chamber (and the first all-female PPV). So there was a big push to have all these matches, but I think what WWE discovered after that first year is that they didn't actually want two briefcases floating around out there. They wanted the additional match, but not necessarily the added complication that comes with it.

[@truewwechampion7831]

Any argument that it was for a good reason is ignoring that you did this instead of actually giving someone an actual chance to be Mitb and become a main eventer

[@Benny_Illini]

Lol he actually gave this 5/5?! Wow😮

[@eldanaroilumbar]

I am really sick of Drew getting screwed, either don't give him title shots or make him champ and let him feud with Punk. Damien Priest is the third even fourth wheel, he doesn't feel like a champion, even the championship feels unimportant.

[@carrastealth]

Entrances are a part of Wrestling. They don't need to be "balanced out" of the "Wrestling time" when looking at "total wrestling time on a show".

[@bastienweisbein4400]

5/5? Sure…goodwill I guess

[@BCrall]

Have they ever officially given an explanation for why Priest didn’t kick out? There was some speculation that he was concussed.

[@omararellano4045]

5/5 including the botches? I don’t think so man. 4/5 at best it takes the enjoyment out the match

[@JCWolfwood]

Botches happen even in the best of shows... But those botches, especially the non kick out... That's unforgivable

[@JonathonPrieston]

There was 90 minutes of wrestling on a 3 hour PPV....how is that a 4/5 show?

[@eddiestaud1843]

CM Punk has reached Reverse Flash Levels of pettiness with Drew💀

[@xansolskjr8628]

When you lead with good news like Cena's retirement and McIntyre getting screwed, you know it's gonna be a great video.

[@kingoffedoras9932]

My biggest complaint about Breakker losing is that it was just...to easy? Like 1 helluva kick did him in? Would've liked to have seen him get hit a little more before going down, like Sami lays him beside the ring post, and Helluva kicks him from the outside or something.

[@a-cygnus]

Of course, if they're really shooting for Solo vs Cody for the title at SummerSlam, Solo needed to pin Cody. Personally, outside of Heyman, the Bloodline story has been pretty damn boring since shortly after Wrestlemania.

[@charlierobles316]

Go watch AEW then.

[@a-cygnus]

@@charlierobles316 You're right, there's only one storyline in WWE. So, my not liking the Bloodline storyline means I hate all the rest of WWE. 🙄

[@CurtyB]

I think it's worth mentioning that the "Damien Priest not kicking out" botch was not his fault. It was clear that Drew's music was supposed to hit during the ref's count to stop it. It was a production gaff. If you actually believe that Priest simply just forgot to kick out when it wasn't the finish of the match then I can't help you.

[@ChaostheKid06]

In my opinion, the gentlemans agreement between Damian and Seth should be null and void because Priest didn’t pin Seth.

[@donniedarko8023]

even for wwe standards this was only a 3/5 show. Too many botches and boring stuff between the matches. All predictable, no highlights.

[@frankchocho8991]

Sami beating Bron was perfectly fine because Sami beating Gunther should mean something

[@Whitewolf5248_]

What I find so intriguing about MITB is the fact that every single match got a This Is Awesome chant. I don’t think I have seen that happen before ever and I have been watching since 2011

[@frankieeefinn8798]

You guys obviously missed it but Tonga hit his head pretty bad against the table when somebody dived onto him early in the match, don’t blame him for botching, guy obviously is hurt….

[@Thomas-he4wk]

MITB: 4/10 Action was solid but the stories just sucked. Brekker losing completely halts his momentum. Cannot take him seriously after losing to someone like Sami who I don't view as a credible champ and has the same exact yelling promo on RAW every week. Rollins getting the clear 3 count on Priest then them fumbling over it took me out of the match. Punk costing Drew blows out loud. I fear Punk will just get hurt again immediately and waste a year of Drew's career and life spinning in place for him to heal. Tonga Loa missed the low blow spot then when he did it, punched Tama Tonga right in the face. Ouch... Women's match was fine, messy, but done well.

[@Tizontheska]

Edge retired, Orton's old, Cena's retiring, Punk's old, all we got left is Kofi😢

[@lilsunny7399]

you realize Cody was around WWE at that time too, heck he debuted before Kofi did. also R-truth and The Miz

[@jamesmaskell3743]

It's good when wrestlers realise when they need to retire and not go on too long. Undertaker for example went on too long. WWE has new stars coming through and has been going through a kind of generational shift.

[@GoldieVoerman]

Edge retired but Adam Copeland didn’t 😊😉🤫

[@Tizontheska]

@@GoldieVoerman I said what I said.

[@GoldieVoerman]

@@Tizontheska take heed to my last emoji and do it 😑

[@rikb728]

What a boring PLE

[@AdamantMindset]

this PPV was bad mainly because of MITB. just for one stupid angle of making Punk costing Drew another title match? even the crowd wasn't that into it. Such a wasted opportunity for MITB. LAst match ending was meh.. didn't feel like a main event ending.

[@DharmeshChhatrala]

Either Cena vs The Rock or Cena vs Punk at WM 2025