WWE Raw: Brock Lesnar as Mr. Money in the Bank is an unwinnable situation

The May 27 edition of WWE Raw saw more shenanigans from Mr. Money in the Bank, Brock Lesnar, whose unexpected victory at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view caught everyone by surprise.

Last night’s WWE Raw was one of the most boring overall shows the red brand has had in a while, and that’s saying something, but a major angle that has been taking center stage over the past week has been Brock Lesnar as Mr. Money in the Bank after swooping in and taking the briefcase at Money In The Bank just over a week ago.

This was a move that infuriated most of the WWE universe, and for good reason.  The past two episodes of WWE Raw have seen Lesnar and Paul Heyman tease a cash-in on both Universal Champion Seth Rollins and WWE Champion Kofi Kingston.  The same went down on WWE Raw last night when it appeared as though Lesnar was going to announce which champion he would cash-in on.

The opening segment ended up being a bit of a waste with no announcement being made, but when Lesnar and Heyman tried to do it again later in the show, a rather significant detail changed everything for the leader of the Brock Party.  While Heyman read the details of the Money in the Bank briefcase, he mentioned how Lesnar had up to a year to cash-in from the time of the Money in the Bank PPV.  In kayfabe terms, The Beast Incarnate knew nothing about it.

So, his game of chess will continue for the foreseeable future with Lesnar having no intention of cashing in any time soon.  Although Lesnar has been more entertaining as Mr. Money in the Bank than he has been in a long time, this is ultimately a lose/lose situation for the Money in the Bank briefcase and the WWE in general when you really think about it objectively.

The Money in the Bank contract has helped launch the careers of countless WWE Superstars such as Edge, CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler, Dean Ambrose, Daniel Bryan, and others.  It’s tailor made for younger superstars needing a break, not a 40-plus-year-old part-timer that has already run his course in the WWE.  There just doesn’t seem to be a winnable situation with Lesnar holding the briefcase, besides him headbanging to his briefcase boombox, of course.

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Think about it like this, no matter if Lesnar successfully cashes in or unsuccessfully cashes in, it wastes the potential of what the Money in the Bank briefcase can be.  That’s not a new trend either, unfortunately, with Lesnar’s reign as Mr. Money in the Bank continuing the trend of unbeneficial briefcase holders.  Baron Corbin won the briefcase in 2017 way too early in his career and, in fact, he still isn’t ready for a career breakthrough like that two years later.

Corbin tried to cash-in on Jinder Mahal, but he was unsuccessful and Mahal retained the WWE Championship.  That was a waste of an entire match and reign as Mr. Money in the Bank, as was 2018’s winner Braun Strowman.  The Monster Among Men decided to cash-in on Universal Champion Roman Reigns inside of Hell in a Cell, only for the match to end in a no contest after Lesnar interfered.  Thus, another Mr. Money in the Bank was wasted.

With Lesnar as Mr. Money in the Bank in 2019, the WWE can’t win.  If he cashes in and wins one of the world titles, it means another title-degrading reign is on deck with Lesnar holding the title hostage while never being there.  That would diminish everything Rollins and Kingston have been doing with their respective titles since WrestleMania 35.  If Lesnar cashes in and doesn’t win a title, it continues a bad trend.

Another failed cash-in would make it three in a row for the Men’s Money in the Bank briefcase holder.  That would greatly diminish the impact of the briefcase that has been diminishing more and more over the past couple of years.  It’s truly an unwinnable situation that never should have happened in the first place.  A younger, full-time competitor would have been a significantly better person to hold the briefcase and actually benefit from it.

Lesnar never should have been given the briefcase in the first place, but now that he has it, the WWE has put itself between a rock and a hard place to the point where no matter what happens, Vince and company can’t win.