WWE Money in the Bank 2026: Preview and Predictions

The concept of winning a title match contract isn’t new. Where WWE Money in the Bank differs from things like AEW’s incalculable eliminators and battle royales, or winning a Grand Prix tournament like Stardom, NOAH or NJPW, the multi-man ladder match concept is unique to WWE and gives the company’s main event title scene a potential injection mid-year with the option to hold it over any one champion’s head for an entire year.

Complementing the two Money in the Bank ladder matches are three other bouts, including two title matches for the men’s world heavyweight championship and the women’s world championship.

Coming out of AEW All Out the old predictions tally stands at 86-30 (86/116; 74%). Can I recover from a tepidly pedestrian last few outings before All Out? ….. No. The answer is probably no. Then again, this isn’t an entirely unpredictable card for the 2026 edition of WWE Money in the Bank.

Oba Femi vs. Bronson Reed

Big meaty boys will be doing big meaty boys things. Bronson Reed deserves all the credit in the world for coming back in great shape from his injury but realistically no one thinks for a moment Femi is losing this match with a future world title coronation on the horizon. I think they’ve built up some decent heat, real or otherwise, in the time they’ve spent on screen together and I’d expect a typical power move-based, heavy-handed physical matchup.

Femi just feels like someone who is on the rise in WWE and I don’t think you derail that for Bronson Reed who has only just returned. I think the objective here, other than getting Femi the win, is to get Reed some main event-level reps under the bright lights of a PLE and then hopefully on to a solid mid-card title feud. Even with the likelihood of Vision shenanigans, Femi takes this one. Maybe he’ll even hit Logan Paul some more. I’d be OK with that. Winner: Oba Femi

Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match — Sol Ruca vs. Lola Vice vs. Jacy Jayne vs. Roxanne Perez vs. Lash Legend vs. Tiffany Stratton

It’s probably a waste of time overthinking this, but we can still arrive at a reasonable, likely outcome by process of elimination. Overall I think these Money in the Bank matches are far less predictable than a Royal Rumble that typically results in the same outcome, only without the looming pressure of WrestleMania.

Right away I think we can eliminate both Lola Vice and Jacy Jayne.  Vice is a recent NXT callup and is still new to the main roster. For differing reasons I don’t think they make a lot of sense. For Jayne I think it’s unlikely she secures the briefcase given that she’s also currently women’s U.S. champion. Throughout WWE history only once has anyone holding a singles WWE title gone into a Money in the Bank match and won. Coincidentally that one feat was completed by the Miz back in 2010 when he was holding the U.S. title. Otherwise, across both men’s and women’s matches it has happened 1/36 times. It’s mathematically unlikely Jayne wins.

As for Vice, I think this is more of a showcase for her given that she’s a recent arrival to the main roster. To date no one has ever won the briefcase within the first few months of arriving on the main roster. I just don’t see that starting here with her, but if it did I think they need to capitalize on it in a major way down the road. I just think there are better candidates in the field who deserve it more.

Secondarily, I think Stratton or Legend could walk away with it, but I’d argue whether or not Stratton needs the extra boost from the win. To that point I’d say no. She was a recent winner in 2024 and following that she held the WWE women’s title for 301 days, and was U.S. champion for 112 days. She can easily contend for either without winning here, so I don’t think she needs to win.

As for Legend, the company seems high on her so that’s always an x-factor. Could it happen if they’re that keen? Sure, but I’d argue even still it would be a wasted move on their part. I think she’d be better served dethroning Jayne and having a good U.S. title run as opposed to carrying the briefcase for a year and just steamrolling someone in classic cash-in fashion.

So that leaves Sol Ruca, who I think has some upside with room to grow. I think she is here mostly to do crazy stunts into a Sol Catcher. I think she might not be best served to carry the briefcase for a title shot given how young she is in terms of experience both in wrestling and on the main show, and I’m not convinced she’s ready for that. Much like Legend I think you can have her do more mid-card title stuff with veterans to get her more primed for a bigger platform. That all being said, I think you can do a viral powerplay with her you can’t do with anyone else, and for that reason alone I think you have to at least strongly consider her winning as a possibility.

While Roca would be a solid choice for a few really good reasons, I think if you look at the field and then compare it to the situational realities around Roxanne Perez I think there’s no comparison here. Yes, I think Perez takes the contract. First, I think she’s due for a breakout moment and has been for a long time. I’d argue she’s the most solid one in the field top to bottom, the most experienced and most skilled and has been under the learning tree of Judgment Day members long enough that I think it’s time the Prodigy breaks out with a major singles moment.

Despite only being 24, Perez has been wrestling for 8 years and is a former ROH and NXT women’s champion. She’s as legit as anyone in WWE’s women’s division and I think if you look at the history of the match she’s the archetype of who you want to award the contract to in order to have them truly punch through to the next level. Above all I think she has outgrown being Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez’s lackey and it’s time for her to step out and come into her own. Lash Legend is realistic. Sol Ruca would be the best viral choice. However if you want to build the future of the women’s division, you start here with Roxanne Perez.  Winner: …and future thorn in Liv Morgan’s side, Roxanne Perez

Women’s World Championship — Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. Liv Morgan vs. Becky Lynch

I truly don’t see a scenario where Vaquer loses her newly regained championship. I think Morgan and Vaquer have done a decent enough job in their feud this year, provided that they’ve both been active. You can also make an argument that the feud is far too long in the tooth with little development since they first started feuding earlier this year ahead of WrestleMania.

For that I think you need someone like Lynch to step in and elevate the optics of the match and feud to give it something it’s missing. Say what you want about her, but Lynch does a great job of giving others the rub through a combination of mic work and when the bell rings, and in that is where I think Morgan and Vaquer are lacking in character and personality, Lynch makes up for that with her diversity.

I think Lynch is here to make both look good, but hey, who knows, maybe while the other two are bickering she sneaks in a win. That would be a fun thing everyone would be on board for, right? Ahhh… no, that would be counter-productive. I think WWE knows what they have in Vaquer, and I think they want to build her back up with a strong title reign. That started with her regaining her championship, and I think that continues here with a solid win over two former multi-time champions. The objective here is to give her a boost. Winner: Stephanie Vaquer

Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match — Bron Breakker vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Trick Willians vs. Penta vs. CM Punk vs. Kevin Owens

I’m maybe going to test a theory here. I’m not picking Bron Breakker, because every time I make the call something stupid happens. So before I proceed, although I think it’s time, I’m (probably) not picking him. I still have trauma from the Rumble.

With that out of the way, I’ll focus on the others. Probably.

Now, the problem with actually removing Breakker is that I legitimately think he’s the best option to win. It almost exposes how much weaker the field actually is if you factor him out. For all the reasons you could select Ruca on the women’s side, you can go with Bron and it would be solid. I think it’s beyond time for his rise and I think the stars are aligning with Femi potentially pushing toward Reigns and Bron and Femi already encircling each other like alpha predators.

So, much like the women, we’ll work through this.

Similarly to Ruca, I think Evans is here for the acrobatic showcase. I think we can safely say he’ll do something that only a stupid 22-year-old would do off high objects. There’s no end to his athleticism and I think he’ll do a great job patching the gaps where older guys in the match might not do the same crazy spots they would 5-10 years ago. I don’t think he wins here, nor do I think Trick Williams wins for the same reasons I don’t think Jacy Jayne wins. People coming into Money in the Bank matches with singles championships have only won once and that was 16 years ago. I also don’t think he needs it necessarily. I think there’s a scenario where he can win, but precedence dictates it’s not likely.

Moving along, my heart pick in this match is Kevin Owens, but I really think he and CM Punk are going to cancel each other and take the other out, or perhaps Sami Zayn screws them both over. Either way, I don’t think either wins the contract. Although if you take a peak at the Vegas odds, while Punk is sitting at around a 10% chance of winning, KO and Penta are sitting at 33%. Despite that higher chance, I’m sticking to my guns on the ego-based cancellation.

That leaves the clear winner as Penta, right? RIGHT? I’m really not choosing Bron this time. Penta has been on a tear this year and between himself and Fenix he has excelled since coming over from AEW and been every bit the marketing machine everyone always assumed his persona would lend to. He’s coming off a breakout match against Roman Reigns and a 153-day Intercontinental title reign earlier this year, plus he’s a solid marquee name for any Mexico-based or general AAA show.

Where I get tripped up on Penta is his age, and the fact that I think he can go without it and be OK. I think he will hold a world title some day, but I don’t know if you need to go the briefcase route with him where conversely it’s better served with an upcoming talent. I’m on the fence in that regard because I can already envision how enthusiastic the crowd would be as he cashes in. Penta is truly a solid choice here. Winner: Bron Breakker (screw it, I’m playing the odds at this point. I have to be right eventually)

Men’s World Heavyweight Championship: Roman Reigns (c) vs. LA Knight

I’ll say this much, this feud has made Knight look the best he has in quite some time. Even if some of the jabs at Roman are old hat at this point, it’s good enough with Knight’s delivery and vitriol that he can get away with the lack of originality in his brand of Reigns shade. Even if they are tropes at this point, Knight projecting and melding that with the chip he clearly has on his shoulder are selling this match. Where Reigns can aura farm and simply exist, Knight is doing the heavy lifting here in what I’d imagine is an important match for him in his WWE tenure.

This is Knight’s latest shot at a world title. He is currently 0-4 in those matches and although I think he deserves credit for the match build, I don’t think that record adds a 1 to the front of his tally. I don’t think you can afford to take the belt off Reigns if you want to effectively chart your way to Femi and Reigns for the championship. In the same way Reigns losing to Cody Rhodes helped him, with Femi being as over as he is and primed for a jump, the same effect should propel Femi. I’d like to see Knight in the mix more beyond this, so hopefully this isn’t it for him. Winner: Roman Reigns