Tiffany Stratton and Penta win big as Money in the Bank delivers a wild night in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS: Tiffany Stratton and Penta walked out of the Smoothie King Center on Saturday night with the two briefcases that guarantee a championship match any time in the next year, capping a chaotic Money in the Bank that also produced a title change.

Stratton outlasted Sol Ruca, Lash Legend, Jacy Jayne, Lola Vice and Roxanne Perez to win the women's ladder match, becoming the first two-time women's winner in the event's history. She first won the match in 2024.

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The finish came down to Stratton and Legend at the top of a ladder. Stratton knocked Legend off with the hanging briefcase, then unhooked it to claim her second victory.

Penta won the men's match over Bron Breakker, Je'Von Evans, Trick Williams, CM Punk and Kevin Owens. In a match full of wild spots, Evans returned by driving an ambulance back to ringside, climbed a giant ladder and was shoved through the ambulance's roof. Penta then hit a Mexican Destroyer off a ladder on Breakker and climbed up to grab the briefcase.

In the opening bout, Roman Reigns retained the World Heavyweight Championship against LA Knight. The opener ended with a post-match brawl between 946 and The Bloodline in the arena concourse.

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The title change came in the women's triple threat: Liv Morgan pinned Stephanie Vaquer, with Becky Lynch also in the match, to reclaim the Women's World Championship less than a month after losing it.

Oba Femi beat Bronson Reed in a hard-hitting bout, kicking out after Reed used brass knuckles and finishing him with the Fall From Grace.

New Orleans landed the event after losing WrestleMania 42. It was the first Money in the Bank held in October and the first to stream on ESPN in the United States.

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