WWE Money In The Bank 2012 PPV Flashback – Play-By-Play & Blog
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Money in the Bank Ladder Match for the WWE Championship Match Contract: Big Show vs. Kane vs. Chris Jericho vs. John Cena vs. Miz
The bell rings and everyone begins brawling. Show and Cena are left in the ring. Cena clotheslines Show over the top rope and heads out right after him. Show responds by tossing Cena into the ring steps. Show chases Jericho down and slams him into a ladder in the entranceway. In the ring, Miz sets up a ladder and starts climbing. Cena pulls him down just in time for both men to be blasted with a huge shoulder block from Show. Show knocks Jericho from the ring apron to the floor. Show drops a ladder out on top of Jericho and Jericho clutches his wrist. Show shrugs off a shoulder block from Cena and Cena is sent from the ring. Show and Kane trade right hands. Show whips Kane into the ropes and catches him, slamming him down. Show swat’s Miz out of the air with a huge chop before turning around and slapping a ladder into Jericho’s face.
Show trials for a chokeslam on Jericho, but Jericho ducks it and hits the codebreaker. Miz hits a DDT and Kane hits a big boot to send Show over the top rope to the outside. Cena is standing there and he begins taking apart the Spanish announce table. Cena waits for Show to stand and his shoulders him, putting Show through the table with a huge AA.
Everyone in the match takes a second to bury the Big Show in ladders. Jericho charges inside and blasts Miz and Kane with ladder shots before dropping one more ladder on top of Show. Jericho grabs a ladder and sets it up in the middle of the ring and begins climbing slowly toward the top. Miz stops him and gets him in electric chair position. Jericho transitions out of it and goes into the walls of Jericho. He cranks down and wears Miz out. Kane tries to bring a ladder into the ring but Jericho dropkicks the ladder into Kane’s face to stop him. Jericho stomps away at everyone before hitting a snap suplex on Miz.
Jericho sets up a ladder on the top rope in the corner. Miz begins climbing, but Jericho stops him and pulls him down. Jericho launches Miz face first into the ladder sitting on the top rope. Jericho starts climbing to the top, but Cena is up after him. Cena slams Jericho face first into the ladder and he’s left alone at the top. Cena is pulled off by Miz, who hits a big DDT.
Miz climbs and gets his hands on the briefcase, but Kane tosses up a ladder into Miz’s back. Kane climbs the ladder, but Jericho is able to stop him before he gets it down. Kane grabs Jericho around the neck, and gets Miz too for good measure, but they stop him and execute a double suplex onto a ladder. Cena heads in and shoulder blocks Miz and Jericho before slamming both of them on the ladder. Cena does a double five knuckle shuffle to Jericho and Miz at the same time.
Kane tries for a chokeslam on Cena, but Cena reverses into an AA, putting Kane down on top of Miz. Jericho is able to send a ladder into Cena hard to send him from the ring. Jericho is the lone man in the ring, but he climbs out of the ring to grab yet another ladder. He picks it up and slams it down on Miz before bringing it into the ring. Jericho sets the ladder up, but Show is stirring and he makes his way out from under the ladders. Show breaks the ladder and places Jericho in between the legs of the ladder, snapping it in half and using it to slam down into Jericho’s back.
Show uses another ladder to blast Kane, sending him from the ring. He tosses a ladder out on top of Kane. Show chops Miz and sends him from the ring, throwing another ladder down on top of him. Show turns his attention to Cena and hits him with a big right hand to the gut. Shot head butts Cena before propping him up in between the ropes and a ladder and hitting a huge splash. Show tosses another ladder out on top of Miz, then tosses another out on the giant pile.
Show heads to the outside and goes under the ring for a giant reinforced ladder. Show actually looks to be having a hard time with this ladder, struggling to get it in the ring. Show is able to get it into the ring, and after a bit of setup, Show begins climbing the ladder.
Show gets his hand on the briefcase, but Kane climbs up the other side. He hits Show with a couple of rights, but Show grabs him around the throat. Kane grabs Show, but Show hits Kane with a right hand. Cena charges up the ladder and fights Show, but Show sends Cena down with a big head butt. Jericho uses a steel chair to hit Show a couple of times to bring him back down to the mat. Jericho continues the assault. Jericho and Cena climb up opposite sides of the ladder slowly. Both men get to the top at the same time. Both men go for it, but they push it away. Jericho and Cena fight it out at the top of the ladder. Cena shoulders Jericho, but Jericho fight out of it and locks on a sleeper. Cena fades and climbs down a couple of rungs, but Cena comes back, climbing the ladder with Jericho on his back. Cena gets to the top, but starts fading once more. Jericho lets go of the hold and fights off Miz, who tries to sneak up the side of the ladder. Cena comes back to life, but Jericho holds on to the sleeper and Cena fades again.
Jericho sends Cena down to the mat. Jericho gets his hands on the briefcase, but Miz is up and he’s got a hand on it too. Jericho grabs on to the briefcase and Miz head butts him, sending him swinging from the ladder. Jericho comes back and Miz teases a suplex off of the ladder. Both men trade rights and Show is climbing up as well. He reaches the top and KO’s Jericho, sending him down. He sends Miz crashing to the mat and through the ladder on the top. Cena uses the briefcase to Bash Show and the clasp holding the briefcase breaks. Cena continues to use the briefcase to bash Show and send him to the mat.
Winner and Mr. Money in the Bank: John Cena
John Cena celebrates ringside with the fans while holding the Money in the Bank briefcase to end the show.
Thoughts: A lot better than what I thought. It was a good decision to have this the main event ill give that much to WWE. congrats to Cena & Summerslam will have a rematch from a year ago. 3-5 good.