WrestleMania 25: The Money In The Bank Ladder Match
"Money in the Bank" Ladder Match
CM Punk vs. Mark Henry vs. WWE U.S. Champion MVP vs. Finlay vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Christian vs. Kane
The bell rings and a few people brawl while a few bail from the ring. Kane tosses a few people out and Mark Henry goes after him. Henry with a body splash on Kane in a corner. Benjamin and Christian bring a ladder in and hit Kane and Henry with it. Kingston dropkicks the ladder into Christian and Benjamin. Kingston with a leg splash over Christian and Benjamin over the ladder. Kane with a big bot on Finlay. The ladder is now setup and Kane climbs up. Henry climbs up as well. Others hit the ring to pull them down. Kane is tossed out of the ring and Henry is taken out as well. A second ladder is setup. Punk, Benjamin, Finlay and MVP are all on them. Kane and Henry return to the ring and push the ladders over clearing house! Kane with an uppercut to Henry and big boot combo. Kane tosses one of the ladders out and sets the other up under the briefcase. Kane climbs up and Henry pushes the ladder over causing Kane to crash to the mat. Henry tries tossing the ladder into Finlay, but Finlay dodges it and takes out Henry. Finlay with a suicide dive into Kane and Benjamin. Christian is in the ring and springboards off the top rope taking out Kane. MVP is up on the ring apron and flips into Finlay, Christian and Kane.
Punk and Kingston are now in the ring, hit the ropes and do a double suicide dive on the others outside the ring. Benjamin then climbs up a taller ladder, stands up top and flips off taking everyone out in a huge spot! Henry goes up to the top rope, but Finlay cracks him with a shillelagh (which is legal). Hornswoggle brings in a small ladder and Hornswoggle leaps off taking everyone out on the outside in a funny spot. Finlay grabs a big ladder and sets it up in the middle of the ring. Finlay takes out Kingston when he tries to hit the ring. Kingston flips through the middle of the ladder taking out Finlay and then tosses the ladder on top of Finlay! Kingston attempts a body splash, but Finlay brings up the small ladder brought in by Hornswoggle. Finlay uses the step ladder against Christian and Kane. Finlay sets up the ladder again, kicks away Kingston, but gets knocked off by Kingston via a dropkick. Kingston starts climbing up the ladder and Henry knocks him off. Henry then headbutts Kingston. Henry then holds up the ladder in the air folded up, Kingston runs forward scaling up it, reaches for the briefcase, falls off, Henry catches him and body slams him over the ladder! MVP grabs a ladder and hits Henry with it.
MVP tosses Benjamin into the corner when he runs in. MVP places his ladder from the top ropes inside the ladder standing up. Benjamin dropkicks into MVP using the ladder. Benjamin springboards off the ladder and MVP catches him in the air with a huge powerbomb! MVP climbs up the ladder, gets close to the briefcase, Punk climbs up, kicks MVP, Christian pulls MVP off, clotheslines him, Christian grabs Punk, Punk kicks Christian away, Punk reaches, Christian is up on the ladder across the ropes into the ladder, knocks Punk away, Punk has Christian on his shoulders, Christian gets down, grabs Punk and hits the Unprettier off the ladders! MVP is now back up on the ladder. Benjamin places a third ladder against a second that is going into the first. Benjamin attempts a sunset flip, but it becomes botched on the way down. Benjamin grabs MVP and powerbombs him over the top rope into others on the outside! Benjamin is climbing up the ladder and Finlay is up as well. They exchange punches and Benjamin hits Finlay with a stiff right hand knocking Finlay off hitting the second ladder first and then falling to the mat. Christian then goes after Benjamin and Benjamin hits him with a few knees.
Christian sets up a second tall ladder by the first tall ladder. Christian and Benjamin are on one of the tall ladders. It tips over, Benjamin falls off, but Christian puts his leg out to catch himself on the top rope. Christian pushes the ladder back to the middle, Punk is up top, he falls back and his leg is caught in the ladder. Kane is in and hits Christian. Kane climbs up the one of the ladders. Kane tosses Christian off. Kane is up with Punk who breaks free. Punk has his hand on the briefcase. Kane attempts a chokeslam. Punk kicks Kane repeatedly in the face. Punk kicks Kane away, reaches up and gets the "Money in the Bank" briefcase for the second year in a row.
Winner and the 2009 "Money in the Bank": CM Punk
After the match, we see highlights leading to the finish. Some very impressive spots this year. Back live, CM Punk is still up top and celebrating his victory holding up the briefcase.
- Highlights of the WWE Fan Axxess tour is shown this past week in Houston, TX along with other events.