WWELEAKS.ORG: Settling The Women's MITB '22 Cash-In Specials

Liv Morgan's winning of the women's Money in the Bank briefcase, followed by her cashing in to become WWE Smackdown Women's Champion, meant that special Money in the Bank markets - for the women's version of the gimmick - were once again settled quickly afterwards.

In the weeks heading into last week's Money in the Bank event, Kambi's oddsmakers had priced up their annual batch of specials for both of the Money in the Bank matches and their respective cash-ins.

One of the first markets to be settled was one that asked which brand the eventual winner would be from.

Kambi listed 'Raw' as an 11/50 favourite over the 14/5 for 'Smackdown'. That was logical considering the top three names in the betting - Becky Lynch, Morgan and Alexa Bliss - were all, at that time, representatives of the red brand.

A prop bet, which asked whether a former winner of the women's Money in the Bank briefcase would win the match again was first published on July 11th. At the time, Kambi had 'No' a 1/3 favourite while those who thought there would be a repeat were offered 'Yes' at 2s.

As you can see, there were periods - between June 23rd and 29th - when 'Yes' was shortened despite 'No' remaining the favourite. On the morning of the event, the eventual winner had been placed at 3/10.

Going by the betting, customers did not expect the cash-in to occur during the show. That's because, in the prop market which asked whether the event would host the cash-in, odds for 'No' fell from 17/20 into 11/50 between the start of betting and the morning of the show.

Similarly, there was a market which asked whether the cash-in would occur on TV or on one of the bigger shows.

When the 'Show Of Women's Briefcase Cash-in?' market was first installed, the eventual winner - 'Premium Live Event/PPV/Other' was a 13/20 favourite over the 11/10 which would have paid out had the cash-in occurred on one of WWE's 'Weekly TV' programmes.

By July 2nd, the favourite had dropped into 3/5 while 'Weekly TV' had risen to 11/10.

Another market which was graded immediately following the result was a timeframe special which asked whether the briefcase would be cashed in before or after SummerSlam.

The option which covered 'Before/During SummerSlam 2022' kicked off as an 11/25 favourite, but was moved to 11/20 following 'After SummerSlam 2022' moving in from 8/5 into 5/4.

In hindsight, backing the option which covered the period before - or during - SummerSlam 2022 made sense due to WWE never seemingly going all-in on the Money in the Bank gimmick as it pertains the women.

If you look at history, the contract has now been cashed in five times. Three cash-ins have been executed on the night the briefcases were won and one was cashed in the following night (last year when Nikki ASH beat Charlotte Flair).

There was also the 2020 edition which had Asuka win the briefcase and find out, on the following night's Raw, that she had won the WWE Raw Women's Championship because its then holder - Becky Lynch - was pregnant and was obviously unable to wrestle.

It strongly feels like WWE is redundant when it comes to having ideas for the female-version of Money in the Bank. We should have really figured that out from the off when the first-ever Money in the Bank ladder match ended controversially with a male unhooking the briefcase for the match winner.

Carmella did go on to win the rematch properly and is still, in my opinion, the best Ms. Money in the Bank to date simply because they let the gimmick mature just like they have done with the majority of male winners.

Rant over, back to 2022..

I was one of the bettors who gambled on the market which asked whether or not the cash-in would be successful.

At the time of my wager, with Ronda Rousey holding the Smackdown Women's Championship, I liked the idea of Shayna Baszler or Lacey Evans winning the briefcase resulting in them becoming the first woman to fail a cash-in execution.

I also thought there was a good chance of Becky Lynch being unsuccessful should she attempt to use her shot against Bianca Belair for the Raw title.

Alas, my 3/1 gamble turned out to be a bad call. 'Yes' which was positioned as the favourite started out at 1/5, but had moved up to 4/9 following its opposition landing into 6/4 by the latter part of June.

Kambi correctly had the 'Smackdown Women's Championship' as a 1/2 favourite in the market which asked which title would be challenged by the briefcase holder.

I find that interesting considering - as I mentioned above - the Raw ladies were at the top of the outright winner market. I surmise, with Becky Lynch as favourite, the oddsmakers priced up with the consideration that Lynch could have used her contract against Ronda Rousey to set up the much talked about singles meeting between Lynch and Rousey.

Kambi had similar markets for the men's Money in the Bank ladder match. The only market which has so-far been settled is one which was published in early-June which asked whether the cash-in would occur during WWE Money in the Bank 2022.

The odds for 'No' fell from 7/20 into 1/20 when it became clear that the Undisputed Universal Champion - Roman Reigns - was not booked for the show after it was moved from Allegiant Stadium to MGM Grand Garden Arena.