WWE Money in the Bank LIVE: Results and updates as Roman Reigns comes to The O2

Goodnight wrestling fans

Well, I enjoyed MITB so much I decided to keep going and give you some snippets from the press conference. It was worth it just for some of that financial information from Triple H!

It appears John Cena's talk of a WrestleMania coming to the UK isn't completely without foundation - this is a hugely profitable market for WWE and the success of SmackDown and MITB at the O2 Arena has only served to increase the UK's chances of one day hosting a Mania.

As for the pay-per-view, it was a cracker. I loved the finish to the women's MITB ladder match and the main event delivered in spades.

I'll be honest, part of me is gutted that I wasn't there at the O2 to enjoy the moment in person. But it was a pleasure joining you all for the occasion - you can relive all the drama below!

Thanks for following all my updates - good night! I leave you with this sentiment...

This. Make. It. Happen https://t.co/TdW6fWtVRk

— John Isherwood (@johnisherwood) July 1, 2023

Drew McIntyre has been injured

Triple H says 75% of rumours about WWE are "off base" and if there was any problem between Drew McIntyre and WWE, "that's news to me".

He says McIntyre was injured, that had to be dealt with, and he also had another injured taken care off while he took some time away from the ring. He says he and Drew laughed at many of the stories about his contract situation. He calls McIntyre a star and says he hopes the Scot is with WWE for the rest of his career.

The Mirror's own Narin Flanders asks for an update on NXT Europe. Triple H says WWE being acquired and the merger with Endeavor and UFC slowed down the process. He says the plans are still the same, there are a lot of amazing international talents WWE want to give a stage, but it will take time. That concludes the press conference.

WWE's Money in the Bank London event to include Friday Night Smackdown

The highest grossing arena event in WWE history

Triple H says: "Tonight was the highest grossing arena event in the history of WWE."

He says last night's SmackDown was also the highest grossing SmackDown in the history of WWE.

He says there were more than 37,000 fans in attendance over the last two nights.

No wonder there is finally talk of WrestleMania taking place in the UK.

Addressing that very topic, HHH says it's "tough". However, he says: "Four of the last five PLE we have done have been in international destinations." He says they have all boasted record sales, which bodes well for international shows.

He adds: "We are a global company, we intend to be a global company. We intend to be global. So, never say never for any of it, the intent is there, it's a lot more difficult than it appears, but the intent is there, and if there's a way to get a lot of these international events done, we're hell bent on doing it."

Triple H loves UK's "creative chants"

The new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan are next out. They say "jealousy" may be why Shayna Baszler attacked Ronda Rousey tonight.

Seth Rollins is asked about bringing prestige to his new world title and says he wants to establish it and defend it in the same way Ric Flair and Bret Hart did.

Rollins says Finn he loves a crowd that cheers who they want to see win. He felt the love and had a good time. Rollins also praises NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes as a potential future opponent.

Triple H - aka WWE's head of creative Paul Levesque - is the last to appear. He praises the UK fans for their "creative chants". He says: "I love the fact that you come here and make a spectacle of yourselves, and enjoy it, and have a blast, start to finish. Thank you to all of you, for that part of it."

Iyo Sky gives little away

Mr MITB Damian Priest and Ms MITB Iyo Sky are next out, Sky joined by her Damage CTRL team-mate Bayley, who insist there is no tension between them. "We won," they both say.

Damian Priest is asked how he would feel to be the first Puerto Rican world champion since Pedro Morales. He looks genuinely emotional and talks about what an honour it would be. He then dismisses some storyline based questions.

Iyo meanwhile refuses to disclose who she may look to cash-in her contract on and Bayley blasts those in attendance for being "impatient".

Cody Rhodes: WrestleMania in London would be "amazing"

The Money in the Bank 2023 press conference has begun, with Cody Rhodes extolling the virtues of shows in the UK and using the term "gangbusters" to do so!

He says the UK should be "proud" of the atmosphere at these shows and no one deserves WrestleMania more than the UK fans. He says WrestleMania in London would be "amazing".

Asked about some of the more obscene chants from the UK crowd tonight, Rhodes says he disagrees with his father, Dusty Rhodes, in this respect because “if the crowd wants to play, let them”.

Cody Rhodes says some of the chants might not be acceptable for his younger fans, and jokingly suggests maybe UK fans should tone it down at a WrestleMania, but he adds that he enjoys the chants, and has to ask what some of them mean!

Results in full

Right, so here are your Money in the Bank 2023 results in full.

Damian Priest defeated Butch, LA Knight, Logan Paul, Ricochet, Santos Escobar and Shinsuke Nakamura in the men's Money in the Bank ladder match

Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez defeated Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler (c) by pinfall to win the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship

Gunther (c) defeated Matt Riddle by submission to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship

Cody Rhodes defeated Dominik Mysterio (with Rhea Ripley) by pinfall

Iyo Sky defeated Bayley, Becky Lynch, Trish Stratus, Zelina Vega and Zoey Stark in the women's Money in the Bank ladder match

Seth 'Freakin' Rollins (c) defeated Finn Bálor by pinfall to retain the World Heavyweight Championship

The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) defeated The Bloodline (Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa) (with Paul Heyman) by pinfall in a 'Bloodline Civil War' tag team match

What a show

That was special. Everyone who was in that arena tonight can count themselves very fortunate - a night to remember.

Thrills, spills, surprise comebacks and appearances, and then the most dominant champion in modern WWE history being pinned for the first time since 2019. And all of it enhanced by a truly unique atmosphere thanks to the UK fans. Now, how about that WrestleMania?

, once again you’ve shown the world how much this means to us.

Thank you!

— WWE UK (@WWEUK) July 1, 2023

Incredible

What a finish to that match. Is Jey the one to finally dethrone Roman?WWE storytelling at its best, with Michael Cole calling the action superbly in the closing stages. What a top class commentator he has developed into.

Michael Cole was just incredible on the call of the Bloodline Civil War. #MITB pic.twitter.com/nU5NWXxmGz

— Italo Santana (@BulletClubIta) July 1, 2023

The moment the tide turned?

THIS IS INSANE!!!#MITB #CivilWar pic.twitter.com/5y0WZNrCV9

— WWE (@WWE) July 1, 2023

Jey Uso pins Roman Reigns!

Roman is almost in a trance, but Solo makes him snap out of it by pummelling his brothers. Now Reigns wants blood. "Destroy him!"

He orders Solo to finish Jimmy, who is laid out on an announce table after a superkick.

Sikoa stands on the barricade and leaps off for a frogsplash/diving headbutt, but Jimmy rolls off the table and Solo crashes through the table!

Back in the ring, Jey superkicks Roman. Superman Punch by Reigns! Superkick in response. Spear by Roman! But Jey kicks out! How?! Was that a low blow by Jey as he raised his arm?

Roman is hurt. Jey tags Jimmy. Double superkicks by the Usos on Reigns - about four in a row, with one for Solo on the apron too!

Down goes Roman. Tag. Frogsplash by Jey off the top turnbuckle! He gets the pin! He's pinned Roman Reigns! The Usos have defeated Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa!

"Jey Uso has done the unthinkable," yells Cole. "Roman Reigns is not unbeatable. Roman Reigns is indeed human!"

It's the first time he's been pinned in more than three years!

The Usos won't say quit!

"Jey is legal" shouts the ref, as Roman continues to fight Jimmy who just tagged his brother, before Reigns knocks the ref out of the ring.

1D from the Usos, but the ref is down and out! The crowd count to at least eight, but it counts for nought!

Double uranage slams by Reigns and Sikoa on Jimmy and Jey.

Spike by Sikoa on Jimmy. Spike and spear double team attack on Jey - perfectly executed.

Solo helps stack the Usos on top of each other so Reigns can pin them both, just as he promised he would... but they kick out! Huge pop! The Usos just won't say quit!

That was a cracking false finish. Superb. Reigns looks distraught.

THEY KICKED OUT! #MITB pic.twitter.com/vKxVtmGqOn

— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) July 1, 2023

"Just shut up now!"

Reigns calls for the spear, but Jimmy has managed to tag Jey, and they hit a double spear of their own! Solo makes the save at the last minute, when the match seemed over!

All four men get back to their feet, as the crowd applaud. They all go at it, Solo battling with Jey at ringside, while Roman and Jimmy trade blows in the middle of the ring.

Jimmy just manages to kick out of a Superman Punch from Reigns, when all appeared to be lost for the Usos.

Reigns yells: "Shut up, I'm tired of y'all, just shut up now!"

He calls for a spear and is met by a superkick and then another from Jimmy.

Jimmy goes to the top, but his frogsplash attempt is telegraphed and Roman catches it in a guillotine choke. Will he tap out? No! He powers out, lifting his cousin up, and making it to the corner and a tag to Jey.

Main event Jey

Reigns tags in so he can take out some of his frustration with the crowd on his cousins. It's a slow methodical pace now, like many of Roman's matches, but the crowd are so invested.

Siko rips Jey Uso off the apron so he can't tag Jimmy, before Reigns clotheslines Jimmy out of his boots.

Reigns gloats and raises one finger in celebration, before locking and loading a fist ready for a Superman punch, only to miss his target. In the aftermath, he and Jimmy spill over the top rope to the outside as Jimmy dives at the champion.

Jey claps desperately, willing his brother to make the tag, which he does, meeting Solo who also tags in. He superkicks Sikoa in the gut, nails a punch, hits a step up enziguri, and finds his rhythm.

Sikoa is rocked as he takes a flying crossbody for a nearfall. Main Event Jey honours his father Rikishi with a running hip attack in the corner.

Solo looks for a Samoan Drop, Jey avoids it, Sikoa makes seemingly a blind tag to Roman, but Jey spots it, knocks Reigns outside, then nails both of his opponents with suicide dives on opposite sides of the ring.

However, when he goes for a second on Reigns, he's waiting with a Superman Punch. Back in the ring, the champ hits another.

Roman's rant

He's not happy!

Roman Reigns calls England the worst and dumbest place of them all. #MITB pic.twitter.com/cKnIisisVX

— Italo Santana (@BulletClubIta) July 1, 2023

"Stand up if you hate Roman"

Jey manages to tag his brother and Jimmy enters the ring with trademark energy, only to be met by an immovable object in the shape of Solo Sikoa.

"Stand up if you hate Roman" rings out in the O2 Arena as virtually the entire audience are on their feet. Reigns turns to face the crowd and yells at them to "shut up".

He turns to Heyman and demands answers. "Why are we here? England is the worst, the dumbest place of all time, a bunch of idiots."

"If you hate Roman stand up."

Only in the UK #MITB pic.twitter.com/jmVnMyN96j

— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) July 1, 2023

Heyman's motivation

Sikoa runs into some chops from Jimmy, but it's not long before he exerts his dominance with chops of his own and kicks. But when the ref's back is turned, Jey kicks Solo, allowing Jimmy to get the upperhand then tag in his brother.

Roman demands a tag from Solo, who doesn't look too happy about being ordered around, but eventually complies.

He and Jey circle each other, before finally locking up. "Day one, huh?" barks Roman as he gets his cousin in a headlock, knocks him to the mat, and shouts at Jimmy "the only one".

Reigns confidently struts around the ring, mocking the crowd, but after he's forced to take a breather at ringside, Heyman has some stern words.

"Do you want your sons, sitting at his table?" Reigns isn't going to have any of that! Motivated to say the least, the Universal champ enters the ring and lays into Jey, and when the fan favourite responds with a series of punches, starts dishing out some heavy blows and stamps, then lets Solo choke his foe in the corner and tries to intimidate the ref.

Team Usos or Team Reigns

Roman Reigns makes his slow walk to the ring accompanied by his enforcer Solo Sikoa and his Wise Man, Paul Heyman.

The two warring sides of the Anoa'i family stare each other down, as Jey Uso rants at his cousin Roman.

Solo starts things off with Jimmy, as Reigns and Jey take up their positions in their respective corners. Big fight feel here.

"F*** you Roman" rings out in the O2 Arena, followed by "Tribal w***er".

Cole says: "This raucous crowd all over Roman Reigns." Barrett interjects: "Rephrase that, this classless crowd all over Roman Reigns."

Are you Team Usos or Team Reigns? #MITB pic.twitter.com/TMZukPfb1s

— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) July 1, 2023

Day One Ish!

The Usos are huge fan favourites here in London - a massive reaction for Jimmy and Jey, as the crowd belt out "day one ish!"

Cole asks the question whether they are the greatest tag team of all time, which Barrett scoffs at, saying he might consider it if they pull off a miracle and best Reigns and Sikoa here.

My personal take? The Usos are undoubtedly one of the great modern tag teams in WWE. But the greatest of all time? I think they're a step behind their perennial rivals The New Day, plus the likes of Edge and Christian.

Are @WWEUsos the greatest tag team of all time? #MITB pic.twitter.com/O0TSCQQ3xU

— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) July 1, 2023

Main event time

It's time for the main event - 'Bloodline Civil War'!

Seth Rollins defeats Finn Balor to retain the World Heavyweight Championship

Priest appears with the MITB briefcase!

The match has settled into a steady pace now, with Balor repeatedly looking to capitalise on his weakened foe. But Rollins rallies with a series of punches to the head, then kicks to the face, and finally a back breaker.

Still clutching his ribs, he rushes at Balor, who meets him with a beautiful counter and goes for a pin, only for the champ to kick out at one.

Balor hits a slingblade, before Rollins recalls the devastating move seven years ago by using a buckle bomb on Balor in the corner.

Finn lifts his knees into the ribs of Seth when he leaps off the top, before more back and forth action. This is being portrayed as a very even contest.

Finally Seth manages to hit a Pedigree, but he isn't able to get the pin in time, and Balor kicks out on two.

Priest is here with the MITB briefcase! "Cash it in" chant the crowd. But who on... the current champion or potentially the next one?

Rollins asks Priest if he's going to try cashing in - before Balor rolls up a distracted Seth for a two count.

The champ kicks Balor, then approaches Priest on the outside. But Senor MITB simply sets up a chair and sits down. Balor dropkicks Rollins into the barricade and hits Coup De Graces from an announce table and ring steps.

CASH IT IN?!#MITB pic.twitter.com/w3khid6PNY

— WWE (@WWE) July 1, 2023

A side order of ribs

After Rollins' is finished conducting the crowd like his own personal orchestra, the bell rings and Balor glares at The Architect.

Finn targets the ribs of Seth - taped up and an obvious weak spot - but the champion manages to fend him off, then when Balor retreats to ringside, hits him with a suicide dive.

Back in the ring, Seth tries to cover up, but Finn double foot stomps through his arms to again punish the champion's ribs, which are virtually the sole focus of his attacks, be it from punches, clubbing blows or shoulder tackles.

World Heavyweight Championship match

A video package lets us all draw breath, before Finn Balor emerges in a black mask to face Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship.

It's been seven years since SummerSlam 2016, when Finn won the inaugural Universal Championship by defeating Rollins, only to have to relinquish the title 24 hours later due to a torn labrum, suffered when Seth had given him a buckle bomb into a barrier. That injury put him on the shelf for nine months - the perfect backstory to this world title clash.

Rollins is met with another big pop (the crowd are still going strong) and then a loud rendition of his theme song. After all that's happened tonight, you could forgive those in the O2 for being worn out, but not a hint of that so far!

Iyo Sky wins MITB!

Iyo Sky is now all alone and looks to have the briefcase in her grasp... but Bayley costs her team-mate glory and topples the ladder!

Cole says she has "screwed" her friend, while Barrett says she had no idea and did it on "instinct".

Becky appears to deny Bayley winning her second MITB contract - and uses the handcuff to fish hook Bayley! That is sadistic!

Sky comes to the aid of Bayley by attacking Lynch - does she even know it was her team-mate who betrayed her?

It seems like she does - she's handcuffed Becky and Bayley together through the ladder!

Barrett calls her a "treacherous turncoat" but this is genius from the Genius of the Sky - she clambers over Bayley to climb the ladder and win the briefcase in a brilliant spot met with huge cheers!

What a clever and innovative finish, one of the best conclusions ever to a MITB ladder match!

She's not just the genius of the sky...she's just a straight up GENIUS! @Iyo_SkyWWE #MITB pic.twitter.com/VMzZJtyMV4

— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) July 1, 2023

Code Red off a ladder!

Vega and Stark exchange fists atop a ladder just below the briefcase... before Zelina hits a Code Red onto a ladder set up horizontally below! It looked like Vega took the worse of that spot.

Barrett points out the move was made famous by Zelina's cousin Amazing Red. Credit where it's due, it's great to see WWE pay tribute to a true originator in wrestling - even though he never stepped foot in a WWE ring. "This is awesome!" chants ring out.

WOW! @ZelinaVegaWWE just made a MOMENT! #MITB pic.twitter.com/Y0EJC5ntRz

— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) July 1, 2023

Handcuffs!

Zoey Stark has a pair of handcuffs and has an evil grin on her face as she looks to use them on Lynch.

Becky has one hand cuffed, but Zoey failed to handcuff her to the ring post as per her devious plan.

The Irishwoman clears an announce table, ducks under a ladder held by Stratus and Stark, then sends Trish over the announce table, and Zoey face first into a ladder.

Lynch and Stratus brawl on an announce table, before Becky hits a Manhandle Slam on Trish onto a ladder. But she can't celebrate for long, as Stark leaps off an apron and takes her out.

Friends turned enemies

Trish is all by herself as she climbs a ladder and looks set to win MITB, only for Lynch to appear atop another ladder and hit a flurry of blows, then send Stratus packing, before leaping down to take out Stark.

Zelina with a diving crossbody off a ladder wipes out Becky, the ducks to avoid a springboard attack from Sky.

The LWO star takes a double powerbomb from Lynch and Stratus, who set their hatred aside for one moment, then resume beating the hell out of each other.

Becky fells her former ally then looks a tad confused as to what she should do next, before scrapping with Trish again.

Becky and Iyo are dealt with - Stratus hitting Stratusfaction on Bayley onto a ladder - then her and Lynch resume hostilities.

Genius of the Sky

For months now WWE have teased a split in Damage CTRL and Bayley and Iyo Sky are not on the same page here it seems.

That allows Stratus and the subservient Stark to exert their dominance over their rivals, Trish deploying a range of kicks, but in a cool spot Vega uses her as a bridge and steps over her to climb a ladder.

Bayley smashes Lynch's head off a ladder to send her falling to the canvas below, then lands an elbow drop on 'The Man'.

Iyo Sky climbs a giant ladder - to the approval of the crowd - as four other women squabble below.

There's a bit too long of a pause as she milks the adulation of the O2, but she hits a picture perfect moonsault to take out everyone bar Trish.

Rogue

I should take a moment to show you Becky Lynch's ring gear, as she channels the spirit of X Men icon Rogue.

The Man has gone ROGUE! @BeckyLynchWWE #MITB pic.twitter.com/LgemSoi9ri

— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) July 1, 2023