Money in the Bank (2017)
WWE pay-per-view event
The 2017 Money in the Bank was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brand, SmackDown. It was the eighth annual Money in the Bank event and took place on June 18, 2017, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The event centered on the Money in the Bank ladder match, a multi-person ladder match where the wrestlers compete to retrieve a briefcase hanging above the ring which contains a contract for a guaranteed world championship match at any time within the next year.
Seven matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. For the first time since 2013, there were two Money in the Bank ladder matches on the main card, including the first-ever women's version, and it is now standard for the event to include both a men's and women's version of the match. In the main event, Baron Corbin won the men's ladder match, earning a contract for a WWE Championship match, while in the opening bout, the first-ever women's version was controversially won by Carmella for a SmackDown Women's Championship match contract. In another prominent match, Jinder Mahal defeated Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship. The event was also notable for the return of Maria Kanellis, who had last performed in WWE in December 2009, and the WWE debut of her husband, Mike Kanellis.
This was the first Money in the Bank event held since the reintroduction of the brand extension in July 2016.
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