Lashley's challenger and the first participants in the Money in the Bank match

Lashley's challenger and the first participants in the Money in the Bank match

With the episode of Monday Night Raw aired on Monday 21 June, immediately following the Hell in a Cell event of which you can retrieve highlights and results with our dedicated article, the race for the next WWE PPV that will involve both Raw and SmackDown or WWE Money in the Bank 2021, immediately sanctioning Lashley's challenger for the WWE Championship and the first participants in the two Money in the Bank ladder match.

WWE Money in the Bank 2021 is another of the WWE gimmick events and characterized, as easily understood by the name, by the characteristic Money in the Bank ladder match that is up for grabs, in a closed case suspended in the ring by capture with the aid of a ladder, a title shot of one of the federation belts.

Lashley's challenger and Rhea Rhipley's

Lashley's challenger will be Kofi Kingston, fresh WWE Hell in a Cell 2021 main event title defense winner against Drew McIntyre, at WWE Champhionship.



Lashley accepted the challenge only after beating Xavier Woods in a brutal contest in another Hell in a Cell match fought by surprise on Monday night on Raw.

Not only Lashley and his WWE Championship, Raw also sanctioned the rematch for the Raw Women's Championship between Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair after the match, which ended with a disqualification fought at WWE Hell in a Cell 2021.



The first participants in the Money in the Bank match

In addition to these two important matches, the qualification matches for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match were also fought in the episode of Monday Night Raw which this year will be, at least for the moment, two, one for women and one for men, with participants from both brands.

As for Raw, the representatives in the women's ladder match will be: Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross (who beat Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler)

Together with Asuka and Naomi (who beat Eva Marie and Doudrop):

Recall that Alexa and Asuka have already won the Money in the Bank Ladder Match respectively in 2018 and 2020.



As for Raw i representatives in the men's ladder match there were quite a few surprises. Ricochet qualified by surprisingly beating one of the favorites or AJ Styles.

John Morrison beating Randy Orton while, always surprisingly:

Riddle beating Drew McIntyre:

I three losers of this week will face off next Monday to establish the last Raw participant.



Recall that in both Money in the Bank Ladder Match 8 participants will face each other (4 from Raw and 4 from Smackdown).

WWE Money in the Bank 2021

WWE Money in the Bank 2021 will be staged on July 18th from Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. It will be WWE's first PPV outside of Florida and WWE Thunderdome as well as the first public attendance since Wrestlemania 37.

WWE Network, the federation's official streaming platform, will exclusively broadcast WWE Money in the Bank 2021. Join the WWE ring with the latest WWE Battlegrounds video game that you can buy on Amazon.