WWE Money in the Bank 2025 Recap

WWE offered up plenty of big moments during this past weekend’s Money in the Bank, some more surprising than others as a dozen men and women battled it out for a chance at a championship match sometime in the coming year (per the stipulations of the “Money in the Bank” contract).

In the women’s ladder match, it was three heels vs. three faces as Naomi, Giulia and Roxanne Perez fought each other and Rhea Ripley, Alexa Bliss and Stephanie Vacquer. It looked like Alexa Bliss had victory within her grasp, but a protracted clash with Rhea Ripley was enough of a distraction, allowing Naomi to take them both out and claim the Money in the Bank briefcase for herself. Whether she goes after Tiffany Stratton or Iyo Sky remains to be seen, or if she’ll wait to see if the belts change hands in the coming weeks and months.

In addition to the Money in the Bank event this weekend, Los Angeles also hosted Worlds Collide, a showcase of WWE talent alongside the lucha libre stars of recently acquired AAA, one of Mexico’s biggest wrestling promotions. At the event, Dominik Mysterio (who is, of course, the son of WWE Hall-of-Famer and celebrated luchador Rey Mysterio) ran afoul of AAA star Octagón Jr., which led to a match for Dom’s Intercontinental Championship. Octagón Jr. put on a spectacular showcase of his lucha libre skills, but Dom (with some help from his villainous girlfriend Liv Morgan) managed to retain his title.

On the women’s Intercontinental Championship side, Becky Lynch got a rematch against current champ Lyra Valkyria. Determined to take her protege down a peg or two, Lynch threw everything at the younger wrestler, who showed an angrier and more aggressive side than seen in the past. Becky resorted to a cheap shot at the end of the match, using Lyra’s tights as leverage in her final pin (an illegal move not seen by the refs), winning the championship and forcing Lyra (per the match stipulations) to raise Becky’s hand and declare her the better woman. Lyra complied, but after repeated humiliations lashed out with her Nightwing finisher, leaving the new champion facedown on the mat.

The outcome of the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match seemed almost preordained, so the fact that the expected winner actually won was almost a surprise in and of itself. Luchadors Andrade, Penta and El Grande Americano put on quite a show, but it came down to the popular L.A. Knight, Bloodline leader Solo Sikoa and Seth Rollins in the home stretch. Rollins’ allies Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed did their share of damage, but Bloodline members Jacob Fatu and J.C. Mateo gave as good as they got. Sikoa had the briefcase within reach until Fatu (after weeks of friction between the two) turned on Solo and left him battered outside the ring. In the end, Seth Rollins won the briefcase, putting a target on the back of every champion in WWE for the foreseeable future.

The night concluded with a tag team match, with Cody Rhodes and World Heavyweight Champion Jey Uso squaring off against Logan Paul and Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena. It was a back-and-forth match, culminating in Cena once again using his title belt as a weapon against a vulnerable Rhodes. But surprisingly, Rhodes was saved by an intervening R-Truth. Truth, who had been defeated by Cena last month at Saturday Night’s Main Event, was recently released by WWE, and his return was met with uproarious cheers from wrestling fans who had been stunned and heartbroken to see him let go. But for now, it appears that WWE isn’t done with R-Truth (or Ron Killings, his actual name as he parts ways with his R-Truth identity), and he in turn may not be done with John Cena.