WWE held the last Raw qualifying match to determine the final participant from the red brand for the men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match on Monday’s episode of Raw.
Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Raw Tag Team Champion AJ Styles was supposed to take place in a triple threat match with the winner advancing to the men’s ladder match.
WWE did an opening segment where it was revealed that Orton couldn’t make it to the show to work so he was out of the three way bout. Riddle, who is Orton’s tag team partner, said if he won a battle royal to determine who would replace Orton in a triple threat match then he would work the three-way bout on the behalf of Orton. Riddle went over in the battle royal.
The triple threat served as the main event with McIntyre going over when he hit the Claymore Kick to Riddle. He had just finished up a program with WWE Champion Bobby Lashley at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event. As a result of the stipulation for the bout, McIntyre can’t challenge Lashley for the title as long as Lashley is the champion.
Ricochet, Matt Riddle, John Morrison, and SmackDown’s Big E have already been confirmed for the ladder match. Three more SmackDown stars will be added to the bout in the coming days.