[NOISE] >> Over 80% of the time,
if you cash in the contract, you're gonna win a championship.
>> Everybody talks about this being life changing, life changing, and it is.
You know what?
You reach up, you grab that case, and all of a sudden,
any piece of gold is available to you.
Now, look at that, that's the kind of action you could expect here,
coming in to a Money in the Bank.
Go ahead and give him another one.
>> Escobar and Ali slugging it out out here at ringside.
>> I gotta ask you, Mr Knight, while this goes ahead of us, would you have
a preference of one of these two in the Money in the Bank matchup?
Man, hold on, you know what a preference is?
No, what makes a difference?
>> Any way you look at it, I'm climbing that ladder and I'm grabbing that case.
Doesn't matter which one of these guys it is.
>> You made some headlines this week talking about another member of the LWO.
That would be Zelina Vega, who's qualified for
the women's Money in the Bank ladder match.
Basically, you called her a nerdy gamer.
>> I didn't call her anything, you're making a mountain out of a molehill.
I basically just said, look, she mentioned something about all the nerds in the back.
And I said, there are a lot.
And you know what?
I don't subscribe to that cuz I'm the last of a dying breed.
That's what it is.
And let me be clear, Michael Cole- >> Wow, hurricanrana by Escobar.
[NOISE] >> My God, watch out.
>> Ali somehow landed on his feet.
>> Just ridiculous athleticism from Ali, as you would expect, but
right in the line of fire.
>> Ali caught Escobar with a drop kick.
>> These guys ain't even gonna make it to the Money in the Bank.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> Rey Mysterio looking on, trying to will Escobar on in this matchup.
Went for the 450 and a roll through.
Face first off the turnbuckle goes Ali.
>> Missed opportunity there.
>> Nearly decapitated the man.
>> Well, that almost did, too.
>> Good night.
>> Cover by Escobar, hook of the leg.
[NOISE] >> But I'm loving every minute of this cuz
at this point, I'm looking out for my investment here.
You got Money in the Bank coming up, O2 Arena in London.
These guys are just beating each other all the way down to the very last compound.
>> LA Knight, London adores Knight, but
who is gonna meet LA Knight in the Money in the Bank matchup?
>> Well, let's be honest, look, all around the world, it's the same song.
Doesn't matter where you take me,
everybody out here is saying the same thing, LA Knight.
But believe me, I didn't ask for it, and I don't need it.
>> My goodness, Escobar, cover now off the Phantom Driver.
[SOUND] And Escobar qualifies.
>> We got one more guy in here now- >> Here is your winner,
Santos Escobar.
[MUSIC]
>> And another guest for us on commentary tonight.
AJ Styles joins us as Bayley gets the upper hand on Michin to start this match.
Tossing her T-shirt- >> Come on, a genius at all, really?
>> In Michin's face.
>> That's not how I do it, by the way- >> Uh-oh.
>> That was too sweet.
[NOISE] >> This is a great match,
come on, here we go.
>> And Michin now sends Bayley flying.
Bayley, a former winner of the Money in the Bank contract,
would go on to cash it in on the same night in 2019 to win the Championship.
>> Back and forth action between these two, so much-
>> Nice DDT by Michin into the cover,
can she knock off Bayley?
Hook of the leg and a kick out.
Michin incredible tonight.
She really fits in with The OC, doesn't she, AJ?
>> I'm on the edge of my seat, are you kidding me?
Kawada kicks.
This is beautiful.
>> The OC are looking particularly reinvigorated in recent weeks.
That must feel gold, I take it the plan is to grab all of the gold here on SmackDown.
>> All the gold, listen, it seems like every time The OC gets messed with,
they have some lady involved.
>> Now, wait a minute, Bayley,
I thought maybe she had a broken nose, and she may have one now.
>> Now she does, yes.
>> One of the tricks from many in the playbook of Bayley, the veteran.
>> Yeah, didn't work out so well, did it?
>> No, it backfired this time.
>> She's got her hair.
>> And driving Michin.
>> Ref, ref.
>> Face first into the buckle, this could be it.
>> Come on.
>> Rose plant by Bayley, hook of the leg,
Bayley- >> Can you believe that?
>> Qualifies.
>> She pulled her hair.
>> Here's your winner, Bayley.
>> It's Bayley in the Bank, part two.
>> I know Bayley's your favorite.
It's okay, Cole, rather underhanded, here we go.
Scarlett out here at ringside.
>> My goodness.
And now it's Karrion Kross with the Kross Jacket.
Kross with a Kross Jacket on a blinded AJ Styles.
>> Blinded, AJ Just caught himself a nasty dose of Scarlett fever.
[NOISE]
>> Kross with a Kross Jacket to AJ Styles.
[NOISE]
>> [LAUGH] I hope that you two are enjoying the show,
because I'm about to put on another one when I beat Butch right here,
right now, and go on to win the Money in the Bank ladder match again.
I'm surprised you two showed up here.
Did you see what I did to your boy, Tuesday, at NXT?
If I were you, I would stay on the other side of that barricade where it's safe,
because I don't wanna drop you again.
Sit down like the fan that you are and
watch me punch my ticket to Money in the Bank.
>> We talk about over 80% of the people,
the men who win the Money in the Bank contract cash in for a championship.
Baron Corbin not among them.
He won the Money in the Bank contract ladder match a few years ago, but
failed to cash in for a title.
>> You have to think that only motivates him even more to climb back to the top
of that ladder, but it might be over.
>> And a kick out by Corbin.
>> This is a qualifying match for
the Money in the Bank contract ladder match three weeks from tomorrow.
Already qualified for the men, Shinsuke Nakamura,
Ricochet, LA Knight, and Santos Escobar qualified earlier tonight.
Backbreaker by Corbin.
>> Shinsuke Nakamura, let's not forget, but Baron Corbin reminding anyone who may
have forgotten that he is an incredibly dangerous man in recent weeks, and
he's on a wrecking spree.
>> Does anybody like Baron Corbin?
>> I like him, what is your problem?
>> As the NXT champ looks on, even this Chef Reactions dude on social
media has been burying Corbin all week long.
>> Well, social media is cheap talk.
Baron Corbin is a man who can get it done in the ring, as he has done time and
time again.
>> Butch taking down Corbin.
And now Butch goes to work on the big man.
A couple of elbows by Corbin, blocked by Butch momentarily.
>> Attack those fingers of Corbin, like only Butch can.
>> Yeah, joint manipulation.
>> I don't care how big you are,
the fingers- >> My God.
>> Cringe every single time.
It doesn't matter how many times I see.
>> Baron Corbin.
[NOISE] >> He's
got a major issue with Hayes and Williams.
>> It's that Gold championship of NXT around the shoulder of Carmelo Hayes, but
take your eye- >> Trying to use his left hand for
a choke slam.
Butch rolls him up and got him, Butch qualifies.
>> Here is your winner, Butch.
[MUSIC]
>> If IYO SKY joins Bayley in the matchup, they're gonna team up and
take out every other woman in the field.
One way or another, that briefcase would come home to Damage CTRL, but
IYO has to get the job done here first.
>> Shotzi and IYO SKY, and Bayley already trying to provide interference that allows
IYO SKY to go into the cover, try to put her away quickly in a kick out.
>> That's because Bayley is a genius.
She's stacking the deck in IYO's favor here.
>> So you really think that IYO SKY would try to help Bayley win Money in the Bank?
>> What is your problem with Bayley?
Bayley is a little ray of sunshine.
And the fact that she doesn't like you speaks volumes to the type of
low life you are, Michael Cole.
>> It has nothing to do with Bayley.
It has to do with the fact that if you win the Money in the Bank contract,
your fortune will change the entire trajectory of your career.
Ask Bayley, she cashed in back in 2019 to win the championship the same night she
won the contract.
She knows what it's about.
IYO SKY is not gonna allow that opportunity to pass her by to help
out Bayley.
>> I'm not saying who's gonna win out of Bayley and IYO SKY,
if IYO does indeed qualify, but it does both of their chances that much greater.
That's why it's so important that IYO defeats Shotzi here.
>> Watch this!
>> IYO SKY, nobody home.
Shotzi rolls out of harm's way, face first off the bulldog.
>> Once you give someone like Shotzi an opportunity,
that kamikaze offensive of hers comes to the fore,
one of the most dangerous superstars in the division.
>> Nice suplex by Shotzi.
IYO SKY is in deep trouble here.
Shotzi into the corner, and Shotzi could be closing in.
She's already been in one Money in the Bank ladder match in her career.
>> No, Cole, she's got that look in her eye again.
>> Shotzi with a suicide dive, taking out IYO SKY.
And Shotzi's been dominating, Wade.
>> Absolutely, turned this match up around, Bayley fuming on the outside.
Nothing she can do in front of the referee, that's for sure.
>> I'm sure she'll try, though, and see, what did I tell you?
On cue, up on the apron, Shotzi distracted momentarily and
it allows SKY to take advantage.
>> Completely swinging the direction in this matchup or is it?
[NOISE] >> Sky face first,
now the referee didn't see that one.
Shotzi, the back of her neck hitting the top turnbuckle hard.
>> Absolute genius move by Bayley.
And now the Genius of the Sky, IYO can do her thing.
>> IYO with a moonsault connecting to Shotzi.
Here's the cover, IYO SKY qualifies for Money in the Bank.
>> Here is your winner, IYO SKY.