Who captured the championship alternative of a lifetime?

WWE Cash within the Financial institution, one of many greatest premium dwell occasions on the wrestling firm’s calendar, happened Saturday in Toronto, and it was a chaotic, thrilling night time. The occasion was headlined by the boys’s and ladies’s Cash within the Financial institution matches, the place the winner of every match would earn a contract for a championship alternative at any level within the subsequent 12 months. One winner tried to money their briefcase in and it resulted in wild vogue.

Three different matches additionally happened Saturday night time. The World Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships have been on the road, and there was a surprising ending within the subsequent chapter of the rivalry between Cody Rhodes and The Bloodline in a six-man tag-team match.

This is a recap of all of the motion from Toronto:

Drew McIntyre unleashes frustrations on post-show

Dropping the World Heavyweight Championship due to CM Punk once more isn’t sitting nicely with the 2024 Males’s Cash within the Financial institution winner.

After the conclusion of Cash within the Financial institution, McIntyre took over the put up present and assaulted the referees and Uncooked basic supervisor Adam Pierce as they tried to cease him. It took Wade Barrett to get McIntyre out of the best way.

Cody Rhodes, Kevin Owens and Randy Orton vs. The Bloodline

Kevin Owens has handled each iteration of The Bloodline, and he let his frustrations out with a frenzy assault on Tama Tonga earlier than permitting Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton to do the identical factor. WWE received its first style of Jacob Fatu in competitors, and he confirmed why he’s considered probably the most intense wrestlers on this planet, recovering from classic Orton rapidly and taking aside “The Viper” and setting his household as much as launch an offensive assault.

Orton was in a position to get Owens in so he may proceed his frenzy, however The Bloodline was in a position to neutralize him this time round. Owens received the vast majority of the beating and there have been a number of instances he tried to get a tag earlier than The Bloodline would get in the best way and punish him extra. Owens finally received Rhodes in and that is when he teed off on Solo Sikoa. The champion took his eyes off Sikoa by concentrating on the remainder of the faction, which gave Sikoa sufficient time to land a spear on Rhodes. He went for the pin and Rhodes kicked out.

Sikoa inadvertently took the referee out and Rhodes, Owens and Orton all hit signature strikes on Sikoa. The match erupted in chaos, together with Owens sending Fatu by means of the announcer’s desk. The motion received introduced into the ring, and when Rhodes went for 3 CrossRhodes on Sikoa, Fatu received up and took the champion out. He arrange the brand new “Tribal Chief” with a Samoan spike. The referee was dragged into the ring for the rely and Sikoa received the pin on the champion for the win for The Bloodline in its first main victory in its new period.

Evaluation: The Bloodline is asserting itself again on prime of WWE, and it has made a press release. The Bloodline wanted to win on Saturday greater than its opponents if it needed to be seen as a authentic new model of this dominant faction. Jacob Fatu’s debut was unbelievable and confirmed why there may be a lot hype surrounding him. For Sikoa to get the pin on Rhodes, he completely earned a shot on the Undisputed WWE Championship. Roman Reigns is not again and who is aware of if or when he’ll be again, however The Bloodline is doing simply high quality with its new “Tribal Chief.”

Girls’s Cash within the Financial institution match

It was clear Chelsea Inexperienced was the gang favourite after the pop on her entrance and Samantha Irvin’s signature announcement. Inexperienced additionally received the match began with fun by attempting to leap to get the briefcase as soon as the match began.

Every star received their very own probability to shine, like when Zoey Stark utilized the ladder in a number of methods to punish Lyra Valkyria and Tiffany Stratton launched herself off the highest turnbuckle and took out different stars. It took time for somebody to climb up and make an try to seize the briefcase, and as soon as Valkyria was the primary to take action, all stars then duked to get on the ladder. After back-and-forth blows utilizing the ladder, Naomi was standing alone able to seize the briefcase, just for Inexperienced to emerge to cease the menace and hit her opponent’s face off the ladder. Final 12 months’s winner Iyo Sky and Stark met on the prime of the ladder and Sky delivered a depraved piledriver onto the perpendicular ladder.

Inexperienced was open and simply when she grabbed the briefcase, Stratton got here out and never solely shook the ladder, knocked Inexperienced off and into the tables out of the ring in a hard-hitting spot. Stratton was left alone, and he or she grabbed the briefcase to turn out to be Ms. Cash within the Financial institution.

Evaluation: What a spectacular match. The ladies laid all of it on the road and deserve main props for the wild bumps that they had. The creativity was among the many greatest in current Cash within the Financial institution match reminiscence and raised the bar for a way good it may be.

Stratton had a fast rise on the principle roster, but it surely seemed prefer it wasn’t going to quantity to a lot and he or she could be a flash within the pan. As a substitute, Cash within the Financial institution is on “Tiffy Time,” and it is an amazing transfer for WWE to place one other girl’s star within the dialog as one of many faces of the model. There’s a motive she’s already received over the gang; she will be able to discuss and he or she backs it up within the ring. The Girls’s Cash within the Financial institution winner has all the time ended up as a champion, and it seemed like Stratton isn’t removed from having gold round her waist.

World Heavyweight Championship match: Damian Priest (c) vs. Seth Rollins

Drew McIntyre’s menace of cashing in his Cash within the Financial institution contract on Saturday loomed massive within the championship match. Each stars had a way of urgency to get the match over and get out of the sector as rapidly as potential.

With Damian Priest and Seth Rollins on excessive alert, they every tried to land large strike after large strike in a match that was by no means gradual. Rollins and Priest traded powerbombs, then had a sequence of kicks to one another. Rollins landed his patented curb-stomp and went for the pin however Priest kicked out. The champion went for his personal knockout transfer along with his razor-edge, ending in the identical end result: Rollins getting out of the pin. There was a complicated second when Rollins hit the falcon’s arrow and went for the pin on Priest, and despite the fact that it did not appear to be Priest kicked out, the referee did not rely to a few.

McIntyre then got here out and cashed his Cash within the Financial institution contract, making it a triple-threat match. McIntyre went for the claymore kick on Rollins to take the title, however Priest got here out to clothesline him.

Then similar to at Conflict on the Fortress, CM Punk emerged and unleashed a relentless assault on McIntyre, hitting him with a chair and choking him out with a cable. Punk took the championship title and knocked McIntyre out with it. Priest delivered a choke-slam to McIntyre to retain his title.

Punk has value McIntyre once more by losing his contract, and he additionally value Rollins from chasing the title so long as Priest is champion.

Evaluation: The CM Punk-Drew McIntyre rivalry continues to ship. Followers knew neither Priest nor Rollins was going to win this match with out the 2024 Males’s Cash within the Financial institution winner getting within the fold. Punk’s interference was his most ruthless assault on McIntyre but, certainly sending a message he’s near formally competing within the ring. The match did not actually set the subsequent steps for Priest and his championship, and the botched pin spoiled it, however Punk and McIntyre are one step nearer to lastly getting a match and placing on a banger within the ring.

John Cena surprises

There’s something about Cash within the Financial institution and John Cena.

Trish Stratus introduced a shock visitor on Saturday: 16-time WWE Champion Cena. His music hit and the gang erupted, making one other entrance like he did at Cash within the Financial institution 2021.

Cena then revealed he’ll retire from WWE in 2025, and it seems WrestleMania 41 might be his final match.

Intercontinental Championship match: Sami Zayn (c) vs. Bron Breakker

Sami Zayn had the home-country benefit, however Bron Breakker wasn’t fazed, going rapidly after the champion. Nevertheless, Zayn is not just a few squash opponent; he has finesse and is without doubt one of the smartest wrestlers within the firm, and he confirmed he would not go down simple, taking some pictures that appeared to shock the challenger.

There have been spots the place Breakker would ship one in all his signature hard-hitting counters to get on offense, together with a Franken-steiner to Zayn off the highest rope. Breakker had phrases for Zayn after he kicked out and so they went exterior of the ring. Breakker tried to do his top-speed spear across the ring, just for Zayn to leap over. Breakker did not run into the metal steps, so he had time to get well, get onto the mat and ship a flying clothesline to Zayn off the announcer’s desk.

Breakker had the opening and went for the ultimate blow. Zayn received out of the best way and clipped him. With the challenger hanging off the turnbuckle, Zayn delivered an enormous kick, knocking Breakker out and getting the pin to retain the title.

Evaluation: Anybody may have made the case for both star to win, but it surely made sense for Breakker to get his first large push now. He has limitless potential and a win would have launched his profession to new heights. Zayn is the perfect champion who can compete with anyone on the roster and will not go down simply.

Whereas Breakker was in a position to showcase his energy and pace, he realized his opponents aren’t simply going to be out in seconds. It takes ability to win, and it will be one thing for him to work on as he works his approach as much as the highest. Do not be stunned if this is not the one assembly between the 2.

Males’s Cash within the Financial institution match

The chaos began as quickly because the bell rang, and Drew McIntyre emerged as the primary individual to aim to seize the briefcase, just for the fast ending to be spoiled by Chad Gable and Andrade. “El Idolo” then did a powerful Spanish fly to Hayes and onto the ladder. The group was clearly loving the vitality.

LA Knight and Jey Uso have been the fan favorites and traded barbs on the prime of the ladder, with the gang chanting “yeet” and “yeah” with each blow. Hayes disrupted the second and had an opportunity to seize the ladder, solely to once more be taken out by Andrade. Andrade then delivered an insane sundown flip energy bomb to Hayes onto the ladder. Moments later, Gable launched LA Knight out of the ring and to a ladder out of the ring.

Gable went to get the briefcase, however Uso moved the ladder, leaving Gable hanging off the briefcase. He could not seize it and fell face-first onto the mat. Uso had a major probability to win, just for McIntyre to hit Uso with a ladder. It knocked him off, and McIntyre was all by himself. He climbed the ladder and grabbed the briefcase to safe his championship alternative.

Evaluation: There have been loads of spots to create some beautiful strikes {that a} Cash within the Financial institution match is anticipated to have. It was simple to inform there have been solely three contenders who actually had an opportunity to win, and whereas it was anticipated, McIntyre’s victory is smart given he has one of the best story going proper now since WrestleMania.

Trish Stratus kicks off Cash within the Financial institution

WWE Corridor of Famer and Toronto native Trish Stratus is the host of Cash within the Financial institution, and he or she received the night time began by welcoming the gang to Scotiabank Enviornment. Ring announcer Samantha Irvin then sang the U.S. nationwide anthem and artist Rylan James sang the Canada nationwide anthem.

When is Cash within the Financial institution 2024?

Cash within the Financial institution 2024 might be July 6 at 7 p.m. ET.

The place is Cash within the Financial institution 2024?

Cash within the Financial institution will happen in Toronto, Canada. It will likely be held in Scotiabank Enviornment.

Methods to watch Cash within the Financial institution 2024

The occasion will be streamed on Peacock, however you will need to have their premium or premium-plus subscription to observe. Internationally, it is going to be obtainable on WWE Community.

Cash within the Financial institution 2024 match card

Matches not so as

• Males’s Cash within the Financial institution match
• Girls’s Cash within the Financial institution match
• World Heavyweight Championship match: Damian Priest (c) vs. Seth Rollins
• Intercontinental Championship match: Sami Zayn (c) vs. Bron Breakker
• Cody Rhodes, Kevin Owens and Randy Orton vs. The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa and/or Jacob Fatu)

Who’s in Males’s Cash within the Financial institution match?

• Jey Uso
• Carmelo Hayes
• Andrade
• Chad Gable 
• LA Knight
• Drew McIntyre

Who’s in Girls’s Cash within the Financial institution match?

• Iyo Sky 
• Chelsea Inexperienced
• Lyra Valkyria
• Tiffany Stratton 
• Naomi 
• Zoey Stark

Cash within the Financial institution 2024 predictions

• Jey Uso wins Males’s Cash within the Financial institution match.
• Chelsea Inexperienced wins Girls’s Cash within the Financial institution match.
• World Heavyweight Championship match: Damian Priest def. Seth Rollins.
• Intercontinental Championship match: Bron Breakker def. Sami Zayn.
• Cody Rhodes, Kevin Owens and Randy Orton def. The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa and/or Jacob Fatu)

How profitable are Cash within the Financial institution winners?

Successful the Cash within the Financial institution match means a title bout in opposition to any champion wherever, at any time, and it’s typically a hit.

On the boys’s aspect, 19 of 24 (79%) briefcase holders went on to say the title they money in on. The ladies’s aspect has seen perfection with all seven holders turning into champions.

Males’s Cash within the Financial institution match historical past

The Cash within the Financial institution match was launched at WrestleMania 21 in 2005 and it was yearly held at WWE’s premier occasion till it grew to become its personal premium dwell occasion in 2010. For a number of years, there have been two males’s Cash within the Financial institution matches till there grew to become a sole males’s match.

Right here is the historical past of winners:

• 2005: Edge (at WrestleMania 21)
• 2006: Rob Van Dam (WrestleMania 22)
• 2007: Mr. Kennedy (WrestleMania 23)
• 2008: CM Punk (WrestleMania 24)
• 2009: CM Punk (WrestleMania 25)
• 2010: Jack Swagger (WrestleMania 26)
• 2010: Kane
• 2010: The Miz
• 2011: Daniel Bryan
• 2011: Alberto Del Rio
• 2012: Dolph Ziggler
• 2012: John Cena
• 2013: Damien Sandow
• 2013: Randy Orton
• 2014: Seth Rollins
• 2015: Sheamus
• 2016: Dean Ambrose
• 2017: Baron Corbin
• 2018: Braun Strowman
• 2019: Brock Lesnar
• 2020: Otis
• 2021: Massive E
• 2022: Austin Principle
• 2023: Damian Priest

Girls’s Cash within the Financial institution match historical past

The Girls’s Cash within the Financial institution match was added in 2017 and has been held yearly since then. Right here is the historical past of the match:

• 2017: Carmella
• 2018: Alexa Bliss
• 2019: Bayley
• 2020: Asuka
• 2021: Nikki A.S.H.
• 2022: Liv Morgan
• 2023: Iyo Sky

Triple H: ‘Few surprises within the tank’ for Cash within the Financial institution

Will there be a surprising ending or dramatic return on Saturday night time?

Forward of Cash within the Financial institution, WWE chief content material officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque dropped a touch that followers could get one thing additional in the course of the premium dwell occasion.

“Bought a number of surprises within the tank. So, it’s going to be a enjoyable night time,” Levesque mentioned on social media.

World Heavyweight Championship match stipulation

There might be some excessive stakes within the World Heavyweight Championship match between Damian Priest and Seth Rollins. If Rollins wins, then Priest should go away The Judgment Day, but when Priest wins, then Rollins can not problem for the title so long as Priest stays champion.

Why Bron Breakker can turn out to be WWE’s subsequent famous person

Cody Rhodes says previous to his entrance music “Wrestling has a couple of royal household,” and whereas it’s true, there’s one other WWE star making a stable case for his household to be within the image.

Son of Rick Steiner and nephew of Scott Steiner – each WWE Corridor of Famers – Bron Breakker has exploded onto the scene ever since he arrived on the firm in 2021. He received the NXT Championship twice and the NXT Tag Crew Championship, and since his callup to the principle roster, he’s turn out to be somebody with limitless potential. He’s been nothing however dominant since his arrival, and he’ll have the most important match of his younger profession Saturday when he challenges Sami Zayn for the Intercontinental Championship throughout WWE’s 2024 Cash in The Financial institution occasion.

So despite the fact that he isn’t precisely a “genetic freak” like his uncle, Breakker has confirmed there isn’t any star like him. 

“With what I am doing, I am not so certain anybody’s ever accomplished it earlier than,” Breakker advised USA TODAY Sports activities.

Learn extra about Bron Breakkerright here.

Who’s in The Bloodline?

This isn’t the identical model of The Bloodline WWE followers received used to seeing only a few months in the past. 

Roman Reigns hasn’t been seen since he misplaced the Undisputed Common Championship at WrestleMania 40, and taking his place is Solo Sikoa, who was beforehand appointed the Tribal Chief in-waiting. He’s introduced on some extra household too, first bringing in Tama Tonga in April. At Backlash France, Tonga’s brother Tanga Loa debuted. Lastly, Jacob Fatu joined the faction in June.