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The Money in the Bank ladder match (sometimes abbreviated as MITB) is a ladder match held by the professional wrestling promotion WWE. At first contested at WrestleMania, a separate Money in the Bank pay-per-view was established.〔 The match was first contested in 2005 at WrestleMania 21 and was then exclusive to Raw Superstars.〔 The winner was Edge. From 2006 to 2010, the MITB match, now open to all WWE brands, became a WrestleMania mainstay. 2010 saw a second and third Money in the Bank ladder match when the Money in the Bank pay-per-view debuted in July. Unlike the matches at WrestleMania, this new event featured two such ladder matches – one each for a contract for the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship, respectively. Before the establishment of the annual Money in the Bank pay-per-view, wrestlers were allowed to use the contract to claim a match for any world championship in WWE. After the establishment of the pay-per-view, the Money in the Bank contracts were specifically aimed at one or the other championship. With the unification of the WWE and World Heavyweight titles into the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in December 2013, there is now only a single briefcase/contract in play. This went into effect beginning at the 2014 Money in the Bank PPV. == Concept == The Money in the Bank ladder match can feature anywhere from five to ten participants, with the objective being to retrieve a briefcase that is suspended 20 feet above the ring. The briefcase contains a contract that guarantees a match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. While active, the World Heavyweight Championship as well as ECW's world title – the ECW Championship – were options as well.〔 The primary gimmick of the Money in the Bank (or MitB, for short) briefcase is that it can be cashed in at the holder's sole discretion, at literally any time on any WWE programming. This enables the holder to take advantage of a moment's weakness in the champion, even if the Champion had just finished a title defense for the night. This strategic use of the briefcase was popularized by Edge, the first MitB holder, who cashed it in at a PPV called New Year's Revolution (2006), immediately after defending champion John Cena had finished a grueling Elimination Chamber match against five other wrestlers. Because Cena was exhausted and barely able to defend himself, Edge made quick work of the champion, thus setting a powerful precedent for all MitB holders to come. The contract is valid for one year, and the briefcase holder—dubbed "Mr. Money in the Bank"—can cash in the contract at the date, place, and time of his choosing.〔 The briefcase may also be defended in matches, similar to how championships are defended. All of the briefcase holders have successfully defended and cashed in the contract except for Mr. Kennedy. John Cena and Damien Sandow are the only Money in the Bank contract holders to cash in and fail to gain a championship. To date John Cena has had the contract cashed in against him the most (three times) as Edge, Rob Van Dam and Damien Sandow have all cashed in against him. Cena was also involved in both instances where the championship failed to change hands after cashing in the contract, once as the challenger, and the second time as champion. Daniel Bryan, Edge and Seth Rollins are the only money in the bank contract holders to be given a title shot for a championship without having cashed in the contract for the title shot (Edge won a championship tournament in 2005 on Raw earning him a title match against Batista, Bryan faced then-World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry in a Steel Cage match on a live Christmas episode of SmackDown! in 2011, and Rollins received a title shot in a triple threat match, also involving John Cena and Champion Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Money in the Bank ladder match」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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