The Money in the Bank ladder match (sometimes abbreviated as MITB) is a ladder match held by the professional wrestling promotion WWE. At first contested at WrestleMania, a separate Money in the Bank pay-per-view was established.

The match was first contested in 2005 at WrestleMania 21, after being invented by Chris Jericho, and was then exclusive to Raw Superstars, with Edge winning the first briefcase. From 2005 to 2010, the MITB match, now open to all WWE brands, became a WrestleMania mainstay. 2010 saw a second and third Money in the Bank ladder matches when the Money in the Bank pay-per-view debuted in July. Unlike the matches at WrestleMania, this new event featured two such ladder matches – one each for a contract for the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship, respectively.

Before the establishment of the annual Money in the Bank pay-per-view, wrestlers were allowed to use the contract to claim a match for any world championship in WWE. After the establishment of the pay-per-view, the Money in the Bank contracts were specifically aimed at one or the other championship. With the unification of the WWE and World Heavyweight titles into the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in December 2013, there was only a single briefcase/contract in play. This went into effect beginning at the 2014 Money in the Bank pay-per-view event.

After the 2016 WWE draft, there are two Money in the Bank contracts once again, one for the renamed WWE World Championship and the other for the newly created WWE Universal Championship.

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Year	Event	Prize	Winner	Other competitors	Time
2005	WM 21	World Heavyweight Championship match	Edge	Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Shelton Benjamin, Kane and Christian	15:17
2005	In the 2005 WWE Draft, World Champion Batista was drafted to SmackDown and WWE Champion John Cena was drafted to Raw, thus enabling Edge to challenge for the WWE Championship instead. Successfully defended his contract in a Ladder match against Matt Hardy at WWE Homecoming on the October 3, 2005 episode of Raw. Edge held the contract for 280 days, the longest amount of time any wrestler has held the contract.
2006	WM 22	Winner's brand's world championship match	Rob Van Dam	Matt Hardy, Shelton Benjamin, Ric Flair, Finlay and Bobby Lashley	12:14
2006	Successfully defended his contract against Shelton Benjamin at Backlash in a contract vs championship winner take all match on April 30, 2006, winning Benjamin's Intercontinental Championship in the process. Van Dam is the first person to choose the event where he cashed in the contract and the first person to win a title in a match where opponent was given prior notice to the cashing in of the contract. Van Dam held the contract for 70 days.
2007	WM 23	Any World Championship match	Mr. Kennedy	Edge, Jeff Hardy, CM Punk, King Booker, Finlay, Matt Hardy and Randy Orton	24:10
2007	Lost his contract in a match against Edge on the May 7, 2007 episode of Raw. Mr. Kennedy held the contract for 36 days. As a result of the switch, Edge became a member of the SmackDown brand, marking the first time this occurred. Edge held the contract for 1 day.
2008	WM XXIV	Any World Championship match	CM Punk	Mr. Kennedy, Chris Jericho, Shelton Benjamin, Carlito, John Morrison, and Montel Vontavious Porter	15:12
2008	As a result of the cash-in, the World Heavyweight Championship transferred back to Raw, marking the first (and only) time this occurred. CM Punk held the contract for 92 days.
2009	WM XXV	Any World Championship match	CM Punk	Christian, Shelton Benjamin, Kane, Finlay, Montel Vontavious Porter, Kofi Kingston, and Mark Henry	14:32
2009	CM Punk held the contract for 63 days.
2010	WM XXVI	Any World Championship match	Jack Swagger	Shelton Benjamin, Christian, Kane, Matt Hardy, Drew McIntyre, Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, Montel Vontavious Porter, and Dolph Ziggler	13:44
	Swagger becomes second MITB winner to switch brands after cashing in his contract. Swagger held the contract for 2 days.
	Money in the Bank	World Heavyweight Championship match	Kane	Christian, Matt Hardy, Big Show, Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston, Drew McIntyre, and Cody Rhodes	26:18
	Kane becomes the first (and thus far only) wrestler to cash in the contract on the same night as winning it.
	Money in the Bank	WWE Championship match	The Miz	Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, Edge, John Morrison, Evan Bourne, Ted DiBiase, and Mark Henry	20:26
	The Miz held the contract for 127 days.
2011	Money in the Bank	World Heavyweight Championship match	Daniel Bryan	Wade Barrett, Kane, Cody Rhodes, Sheamus, Sin Cara, Justin Gabriel, and Heath Slater	24:27
	His first cash in and win against Mark Henry was nullified. This marks the first time that a successful cash in was reverted. Bryan held the contract for 154 days.
	Money in the Bank	WWE Championship match	Alberto Del Rio	The Miz, Rey Mysterio, Jack Swagger, R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, and Alex Riley	15:54
	Del Rio held the contract for 28 days.
2012	Money in the Bank	World Heavyweight Championship match	Dolph Ziggler	Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Christian, Tyson Kidd, Sin Cara, Tensai, and Santino Marella	18:23
	Successfully defended his contract against Chris Jericho on the August 20, 2012 episode of Raw in a career vs contract match. Successfully defended his contract in a Ladder match against John Cena at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs. Ziggler held the contract for 267 days.
	Money in the Bank	WWE Championship match	John Cena	Chris Jericho, The Miz, Kane, and Big Show	20:15
	Cena is the first wrestler to not win a world championship in a cash-in match. He is also the second wrestler to announce when he was going to cash it in. Cena held the contract for 8 days.
2013	Money in the Bank	World Heavyweight Championship match	Damien Sandow	Cody Rhodes, Wade Barrett, Dean Ambrose, Jack Swagger, Fandango and Antonio Cesaro	16:24
	Second Money in the Bank winner to fail to win a world championship in a cash-in match. First wrestler to cleanly lose a cash-in match Sandow held the contract for 106 days
	Money in the Bank	WWE Championship match	Randy Orton	CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Christian, Sheamus, and Rob Van Dam	28:38
	Orton held the contract for 35 days.
2014	Money in the Bank	World Heavyweight Championship match	Seth Rollins	Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, Rob Van Dam, and Dean Ambrose	23:10
2014	Rollins held the contract for 273 days. Rollins is the first to cash in at WrestleMania, the first to win the championship after cashing in without pinning the champion and the first to cash in while a championship match was in progress.
2015	Money in the Bank	WWE World Heavyweight Championship match	Sheamus	Dolph Ziggler, Kane, Kofi Kingston, Neville, Randy Orton, and Roman Reigns	20:50
2015	Sheamus held the contract for 161 days.
2016	Money in the Bank	WWE World Heavyweight Championship match	Dean Ambrose	Sami Zayn, Cesaro, Chris Jericho, Dean Ambrose, Kevin Owens and Alberto Del Rio	21:38
2016	Ambrose held the contract for 57 minutes. Ambrose is the second wrestler to cash in the contract on the same night as winning it.
2017	Money in the Bank	SmackDown Women's Championship match	Carmella	Carmella, Charlotte Flair, Natalya, Tamina and Becky Lynch	13:20

	Money in the Bank	WWE Championship match	Baron Corbin	Baron Corbin, AJ Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura, Dolph Ziggler, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens	29:45

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