WWE Money In The Bank: MITB Ladder Match For A World Heavyweight Title Shot
- The 2012 WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view opens up with a video package looking back at previous Money in the Bank matches and when the winners cashed in their briefcases.
- We're live from the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona as Michael Cole welcomes us to Money in the Bank. We go right to the ring. He's joined by Booker T and Jerry Lawler.
Money in the Bank Ladder Match for a World Heavyweight Title Shot: Dolph Ziggler vs. Damien Sandow vs. Santino Marella vs. Christian vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Tensai vs. Tyson Kidd vs. Sin Cara
We go to the ring and out comes Vickie Guerrero to introduce Dolph Ziggler. Out next comes WWE United States Champion Santino Marella. Ladders are set up all around the ring and the entrance way. Cody Rhodes is out next followed by Damien Sandow followed by Tyson Kidd, Sin Cara, Tensai and finally WWE Intercontinental Champion Christian.
The bell rings and everyone goes at it. Tensai takes some guys out and dumps Santino to the floor early on. Tensai brings a ladder in the ring where Christian and Kidd are down. Tensai brings another ladder in as Sakamoto watches from ringside. Tensai stomps on Kidd and lays a ladder in in the corner. Tensai catapults Kidd under the ladder and knocks him out. Tensai sets up a ladder under the briefcase but Christian stops him. Tensai splashes Christian and puts a ladder on him int he corner. Kidd hits Tensai from behind with a ladder and Christian hits from the front with a ladder. They double team Tensai and clothesline him with a ladder. Everyone else is still out on the floor. Tensai gets dumped to the floor and Kidd goes at it with Christian now. Kidd goes out and Christian climbs up but Santino meets him on the ladder. They trade shots under the briefcase and Kidd climbs up. They all fight but Sandow tips the ladder over and stomps away.
Ziggler and Cody come in and go at it now. Ziggler whips Cody into a ladder and he goes down. Ziggler misses the leg drop and Cody kicks him in the gut. Cara comes in and takes them both out. Cara with kicks and a hurricanrana on Cody, sending him out to the floor. Ziggler goes to the top but Cara stops him. Cara drops Ziggler by his arm from the top rope and Ziggler goes to the floor. Kidd comes in and hits a neckbreaker on Cara. They trade holds and Cara looks to go for a pinfall. Cara slams Kidd on a ladder and climbs up to the top rope. Christian pushes Cara off to the floor. Christian goes for a frogsplash on Kidd ontop of the ladder but Kidd moves and Christian lands hard. Cody comes in and goes at it with Kidd. Kidd ducks a Disaster Kick and it hits Sandow. Kidd leaps in with a dropkick on Cody, sending him back to the floor. Kidd climbs up but Tensai stops him. Santino climbs up but Tensai grabs him. Tensai has a powerbomb botched but tosses Santino out to the floor. Kidd climbs up again but this time Tensai grabs him for a powerbomb. Kidd takes Tensai down with a headscissors and they both fall to the floor. Sandow climbs for the briefcase but Cara stops him. Sandow beats Cara down and climbs back up.
Christian stops Sandow and almost gets the briefcase but Sandow pulls him down. Sandow blocks Killswitch and pulls Christian down again. Sandow beats Christian some more and goes to slam him on a ladder but Christian blocks it and hits an inverted DDT. Christian goes to spear Sandow into a ladder and finally hits it after some back and forth. Christian climbs up again but Ziggler and Cody interrupt him. They pull him down hard and he rolls out to the floor. Cody and Ziggler climb up at the same time and trade shots on top of the ladder. Tensai pulls Ziggler down and knocks Cody off then out of the ring. Tensai climbs up the ladder but Kidd meets him at the top. Kidd knocks him off but Santino grabs his leg. Cara climbs up but Tensai knocks him off and fights Santino off. Christian hits Tensai with a ladder shot. Santino and Christian double team Tensai with ladder shots now. The feed cuts out but comes back on with Christian and Ziggler on top of the ladder. Kidd sets up a ladder as does Sandow. Kidd leaps over and powerbombs Ziggler hard to the mat from the ladder. Sandow and Christian go at it. Sandow knocks him off and climbs up but can't make it. Christian knocks Sandow in the head with a ladder. They both tumble out to the floor.
Tensai slams Cara hard on a ladder propped up at ringside. Ziggler comes over but Tensai tosses him hard onto the announcers chairs. Cody drops Tensai with a Disaster Kick. Kidd and Cody climb up for the briefcase but end up on the mat after a spear from Christian to Cody. Christian and Santino climb up now. Christian knocks Santino off and reaches for the briefcase. He can't get a hold on it. Ziggler runs up and knocks Christian off. Ziggler grabs the briefcase and wins the match.
Winner: Dolph Ziggler