Austin Theory had held the Money In The Bank briefcase since July 2nd when he won it and cashed it in on Monday’s episode of WWE Raw against United States Champion Seth Rollins.
Rollins issued an open challenge for his title in the main event segment. Mustafa Ali appeared on the big screen to answer the challenge, but he was attacked by Bobby Lashley., who accepted the challenge.
Lashley brutally attacked Rollins and finished the attack by slamming Rollins through the announcer’s table. This was done before the bell rang, so the bout wasn’t official.
Austin Theory cashed in his briefcase and had the advantage, but Rollins was able to turn things around. Theory hit a-town down, but Lashley interfered and attacked Theory, who was knocked out after being put in the Hurt Lock. Rollins hit the stomp and won the match.
Even though Theory didn’t win the title, he made history with the cash-in as he was the first to do so when opting to challenge for a secondary championship instead of a world title.
Theory had previously attempted to cash in on Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, at SummerSlam, but he ate an F5 from Brock Lesnar for his troubles
Theory also teased going for Bron Breakker’s NXT Championship, which would’ve marked another Money in the Bank first, as no one has ever cashed in the contract for an NXT Title shot.
