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Money in the Bank is an annual
professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and
livestreaming event produced by
WWE since 2010, generally held between May and July. Along with
WrestleMania,
Royal Rumble,
SummerSlam, and
Survivor Series, it is considered one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, referred to as the "Big Five". The
concept of the show comes from WWE's established
Money in the Bank ladder match, in which multiple wrestlers use
ladders to retrieve a briefcase hanging above the ring. The briefcase contains a contract that guarantees the respective men's and women's winners a match for a
championship of their choosing at any time within the next year.
New Orleans, Louisiana was originally set to host
WrestleMania 42 in April 2026, but on May 22, 2025, it was revealed that the city would no longer be hosting the event. This came as part of a larger agreement with New Orleans, in which the city would host a future WrestleMania as well as the 2026 Money in the Bank. The following day, WWE Chief Content Officer
Paul "Triple H" Levesque confirmed the date for the 17th Money in the Bank as Saturday, August 29, 2026. However, on October 22, 2025, it was announced that the event would instead be held eight days later on Sunday, September 6, 2026, and the venue was revealed as the
Smoothie King Center. It will feature wrestlers from the
Raw and
SmackDown brand divisions. This will be the first Money in the Bank to take place in September, also making it the latest calendar date for the event.
Broadcast outlets In addition to airing on traditional PPV worldwide, it will be available to livestream on
ESPN's
direct-to-consumer streaming service in the United States,
Netflix in most international markets,
SuperSport in Sub-Saharan Africa, and
Abema in Japan. This marks the first Money in the Bank to livestream on ESPN in the United States, as WWE's contract with
Peacock to air main roster PPV and livestreaming events expired at the conclusion of
Clash in Paris in August 2025.
Storylines The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television programs,
Monday Night Raw and
Friday Night SmackDown. == References ==