Former 3-time World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho, recently had current Mr. Money In The Bank Baron Corbin, on his “Talk Is Jericho” podcast. During their conversation, the inevitable topic of the Money In The Bank Ladder match came up and Y2J shared how the match came to fruition.
Here’s an except from that particular portion of the podcast:
“It was for WrestleMania and there were a bunch of guys with nothing to do and some pretty big names, Kane, Edge, Christian, Benoit, like Shelton Benjamin who was getting a push at the time and they didn’t know what to do with us. So they were trying to come up with a bunch of ideas, then they said, ‘well, maybe a multi [person] ladder match’ and Brian said, ‘well, there’s really nothing to go for’ and I said, ‘well, what if we went for a piece of paper, like a contract, where you would get a title match the next night?'”[Gewirtz] went and talked to Vince about it and he came back and he said, ‘well, Vince loves it, but it’s going to be a title match for a year that you can cash it in’ and Vince’s only demand was it had to be in a briefcase.”
