<Tr> <Th> Signature match types </Th> <Td> Money in the Bank ladder match </Td> </Tr> <P> Money in the Bank is a professional wrestling pay - per - view (PPV) event, produced annually by WWE . It is named after the Money in the Bank ladder match, which previously only took place at WrestleMania . The Money in the Bank ladder match debuted at WrestleMania 21 in 2005 . The Money in the Bank match would then be held at the next five WrestleMania events, after which the match concept was spun off on to its own pay - per - view beginning in 2010 . </P> <P> The "Money in the Bank" pay - per - view centers around a ladder match, the prize of which is a briefcase containing a contract for a championship match . The winner can then cash in the contract at a time and place of their choosing anytime within the next year--beginning the night they win the briefcase--for a world championship match . If the contract is not used within that year, it is voided, but this has yet to happen . </P> <P> In 2010 and 2011, the annual pay - per - views included two Money in the Bank ladder matches . One ladder match was for the Raw brand with a contract for a WWE Championship match, while the other ladder match was for the SmackDown brand with a contract for a World Heavyweight Championship match . The brand split ended in August 2011, after which, the Money in the Bank pay - per - views continued to have two ladder matches for contracts for the respective titles, but they were not brand exclusive . After the two titles were unified in December 2013, a contract for the unified WWE World Heavyweight Championship became the prize of a single Money in the Bank ladder match . The brand split returned after the 2016 event, but the 2017 pay - per - view was SmackDown - exclusive . The contract in the ladder match was for a WWE Championship (formerly WWE World Heavyweight Championship) match . The 2017 event also featured the first - ever Women's Money in the Bank ladder match with its contract being for a SmackDown Women's Championship match . </P>

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