Money in the Bank (2018)

Money in the Bank (2018) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event, produced by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. It took place on June 17, 2018, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. It was the ninth event under the Money in the Bank chronology.

The card comprised eleven matches, including one match on the pre-show. In the main event James Harrison defeated Sami Zayn to retain his WWE Universal Championship. In the shows signature match Braun Strowman won the men's Money in the Bank ladder match and Alexa Bliss won the women's match. Bliss cashed in her contract later in the night against Nia Jax after casuing a disqualification in the previous title match between Jax and Ronda Rousey. Elsewhere on the card, AJ Styles retained his WWE Championship in a last man standing match against Shinsuke Nakamura, Seth Rollins retained his Intercontinental title against Elias, and Asuka defeated Carmella to win the SmackDown Women's Championship.

Reception
The event received widespread acclaim from fans and critics. With Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter calling it one of the main roster's best pay-per-views for a long time. Meltzer would give both the WWE Championship match five stars, with the Universal title match going a step further earning 5¾ Stars, the first time the main roster had earned two five star matches on the same show. Jack de Menezes of The Independent stated that "bar the SmackDown Women's title match the show was wrestling at its finest". Stating that "Harrison, Zayn, Styles and Nakamura proved whilst they are four of the best", Bryan v Cass was "much better than expected" and the Money in the Bank were "full of the usual carnage but truly outstanding".