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WWE MONEY IN THE BANK PPV REPORT: TWO LADDER MATCHES, A RETURN YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING, TITLE CHANGES, AND MORE

Kevin Patrick is in the back with Drew McIntyre.  Drew asks if something seems different to Kevin.  Drew asks to hear the crowd in Fort Worth.  He says he is in a position where he doesn't want to win the match, he has to win the match.  The last time he was in Texas, he won the Royal Rumble.  Then he beat Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania.  If we don't hear Thunderdome ever again, we will be happy.  He wanted to step in front of the live fans as champion and tonight is his last opportunity.  Drew says he has a story.

Tonight, Drew rolls into Money in the Bank and he will be Mr. Money in the Bank.

Match Number Three:  WWE Championship Match: Bobby Lashley (with MVP) versus Kofi Kingston

Porter grabs Kofi's foot but he avoids Lashley.  Kofi with a double stomp for a near fall.  Lashley with a back body drop.  Lashley with a clothesline.  Lashley with shoulders in the corner.  Lashley runs into a pendulum kick and Kofi goes for a springboard move but Lashley catches Kofi and hits a spinebuster.  Lashley presses Kofi over his head and he drops Kofi to the floor.  Lashley runs Kofi into the ring post.  Lashley picks up Kofi again and he runs Kofi into the ring post again.  

They return to the ring and Lashley with elbows.  Lashley with a running forearm to the head and Kofi goes down.  Lashley with an elevated flatliner.  Lashley goes for the Hurt Lock and he applies it.  Kofi escapes but Lashley with a fallaway slam.  Kofi with punches and Lashley with another flatliner.  Lashley with punches to Kofi.  Lashley with a Dominator.  Lashley picks up Kofi again and hits another Dominator.  Lashley does not pin Kofi and he picks up Kofi for a third Domianator and hits it.  Lashley picks up Kofi and applies the Hurt Lock and the referee calls for the bell.

Winner:  Bobby Lashley (retains championship)

Match Number Four:  Raw Women’s Championship Match: Rhea Ripley versus Charlotte Flair

They lock up and Charlotte backs Rhea into the corner but they hold on to the lock up until a stalemate.  Charlotte shows her love for the crowd and they react.  Rhea with a waist lock and head butt.  Charlotte slaps Rhea and Rhea slaps back.  Charlotte has a kick blocked and Rhea sends Charlotte to the mat.  Rhea with a drop kick.  Charlotte sends Rhea to the apron and Rhea with a forearm.  They continue to fight on the apron and Charlotte goes for a clip but Rhea avoids it.  Rhea with a baseball slide to send Charlotte to the floor.  Rhea misses a cannonball.  Charlotte drop kicks Rhea into the ringside barrier.  

Charlotte with a fallaway slam into the turnbuckles and she kicks Rhea in the corner.  Charlotte sends Rhea to the mat and gets a near fall.  Charlotte with a reverse chin lock.  Charlotte with a handspring and she kicks Rhea.  Charlotte pie faces Rhea.  Rhea with punches.  Charlotte with forearms.  Rhea with a waist lock and Charlotte with an elbow.  Charlotte blocks a kick and connects with a forearm.  Charlotte tries to drop a knee on the leg in the ropes but Rhea sends Charlotte over the top rope to the floor.  

Rhea with a clothesline on the floor.  They return to the ring and Rhea with short arm clotheslines and a head butt.  Rhea with a snap mare and drop kick to the back of the head.  Rhea with a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall.  Charlotte drops Rhea on the top rope and goes for an O'Connor Roll but Ripley holds on to the ropes.  Rhea lands on her feet on a belly-to-back suplex attempt.  Rhea with a German suplex.  Rhea goes up top and misses a missile drop kick and Charlotte with a Boston Crab.  Rhea counters and gets a near fall.  Charlotte with a single leg take down and Ripley counters the figure four leg lock into a rollup for a near fall. 

Charlotte with a boot to the head for a near fall.  Charlotte pulls Rhea to the corner and Charlotte goes up top for the moonsault.  Rhea pulls Charlotte off the turnbuckles and Rhea gets Charlotte on her shoulders.  Charlotte escapes and Rhea with a dead lift suplex for a near fall.  Rhea with chops but Charlotte with an Irish whip and Rhea goes over the turnbuckles to the floor.  Charlotte with a running boot to knock Rhea off the apron.  Charlotte goes up top for a moonsault to the floor.  

Charlotte sends Rhea back into the ring and misses Natural Selection.  Ripley with the reverse Cloverleaf but Charlotte with a rollup for a near fall.  Rhea with a round kick to the temple.  Charlotte sets for RipTide but Charlotte counters with a DDT for a near fall.  Charlotte with forearms and Rhea fires back.  They go back and forth.  Charlotte with chops but RIpley with a back elbow.  Charlotte with a spinning back elbow but she has her feet on the ropes for the cover and the referee sees it.   

Rhea kicks Charlotte from the mat and Ripley runs Charlotte into the turnbuckles with shoulders.  Rhea with punches to Charlotte as she puts Flair on the turnbuckles.  Rhea sets for a superplex but Flair with shots to the injured leg and Ripley falls to the mat.  Charlotte with Natural Selection from the turnbuckles for a near fall.  Rhea sends Charlotte into the turnbuckles and Charlotte rolls to the floor.  Charlotte sends Rhea into the ring post and then she puts the leg in the ring steps and Charlotte kicks the steps many times.

Charlotte with a figure four and she bridges and Ripley taps out.

Winner:  Charlotte Flair (new champion)

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