The American Dream: Dusty Rhodes RIP 1945-2015

I sadly do not know much of Dusty Rhodes beyond knowing that he has been VERY important to NXT and the development of new talent. I've seen a handful of his old work, but after being linked to the "Hard Times" promo dozens of times the day he passed, I'm definitly in for seeing more. He was a legend to the industry and I feel for his family and hope the Rhodes brothers have a good showing tonight.

We made it you guys, we're at PPV 3 out of 3 in the gauntlet that was May - June. Let's run down the three most important questions in the world and see how this show ended up!

The Setup: Money in the Bank is named for a ladder match with the winner receiving a contract they can cash in at any time for the WWE Title. It's one of the few named for a specific match, and not a general theme. What do they do after that match is over? Well, hopefully a lot since they opened with it. Let's get started!

Beer of Choice: Yuengling. Just got back from camping and had plenty left over. As a result though, I did not get a chance to watch it live, so if they changed anything on the recording, I wouldn't know the difference.

Money in the Bank Match

def. ,,w/, ,

1. Wyatt interfered and took our Roman Reigns while Sheamus pulled Neville's hair until he fell to win.
2. Neville should have won
3. Sheamus is clearly getting a big push right now. I would have LOVED to see Neville get springboraded similar to Kevin Owens, but he put on a pretty good show. Wyatt's new rivalry will be with Roman. I'm curious to see what comes of that. I feel like he's been missing for a bit, so glad to have him back.  Note: I hope Sheamus cashes it tonight.

Singles Match (Diva's Championship)

(c) def. 

1. Paige kicked the boob padding out of Brie's bra and then was defeated by Nikki Bella. It was weird.
2. By the "rules of wrestling," Nikki should have been disqualified. But really Paige should have won that match.
3. It was a good match.  The "Twin Magic^TM" that the Bellas employed is funny once when it's on Raw, but doing it again on a PPV is a little silly.  

Singles Match (Intercontinental Championship)

def. (c)

1. The Miz was there and then he hit Big Show with a microphone.
2. They at least should have beat up the Miz. Kinda sad to have a title match used to try and push a weird storyline that doesn't matter to it.
3. Hopefully this will spin Miz and Big Show off and let Ryback actaully defend his title.

Singles Match

def. 

1. Another great match between these two and Cena took the second match.
2. I'll take that, kind of predictable that Cena would win so we get a tie breaker match.
3. Kevin Owens continues to impress and John Cena has put on his best work in some time. I just want to see more of them.

Tag Team Match (Tag Team Championship)

def. (c)

1. A pretty straight up match ended in a clean win for Prime Time Players.
2. That! Those two have been working as a great team, good to see them rewarded.
3. With Tyson Kidd out with injury the Cesaro/Kidd team won't be back so they need some new blood to step in and PTP is that new blood.  I'm just sad it seems like it will just be them and New Day because I can't think of another team I'd like to see.

Ladder Match (WWE Heavyweight Championship)

(c) def. 

1. Seth Rollins held onto the title harder than Dean Ambrose when they fell off the ladder together.
2. They should be co-champions. The idea that they both grabbed the belt down but one held onto it slightly longer so he wins is silly.
3. I guess Dean Ambrose is done as part of the main event pictur now? That's a bummer. I like Seth Rollins, but he hasn't won a match in any kind of sensible way as champion yet. It's getting kind of ridiculous.

Final Verdict: A decent show in all, but storywise they're losing me. Certainly better than Elimination Chamber.  And up next is yet another network exclusive. I think they may be rushing these out a bit.