Full Men’s Money in the Bank Field Set for New Orleans

The men’s side of WWE’s Money in the Bank ladder match now has its complete six-man field, and it’s a mix of rising stars and established veterans heading into the October 10 show in New Orleans. Je’Von Evans, Trick Williams, CM Punk, Kevin Owens, Bron Breakker and Penta have all qualified, setting up a genuinely unpredictable climb up the ladder for a guaranteed world title opportunity.

Evans, still just 22, used his SmackDown qualifying win to point out he could become the youngest Money in the Bank winner in history — and potentially put Randy Orton’s record as WWE’s youngest world champion (set at 24) in his sights down the line, even if WWE likely isn’t ready to fast-track him to that point just yet. Trick Williams, the reigning United States Champion, brings the kind of star power WWE typically builds around, but his current title reign and the sense that his world title run is still being saved for a bigger moment make him a less obvious pick for right now.

Then there’s CM Punk, chasing a record third Money in the Bank briefcase. Punk lost the Undisputed WWE Championship to Sami Zayn in September after a 169-day run with the World Heavyweight Championship earlier in the year, meaning he’s spent much of 2026 near or at the top of the card already. A third cash-in briefcase for Punk would be historic, but with so little time removed from his last title reign, it’s hard to imagine it’s the direction WWE is most eager to go.

Kevin Owens presents a different kind of story. Returning this year after a lengthy injury absence, Owens hasn’t held a world championship in a decade and has twice come up just short in recent title opportunities — against Punk in Toronto in August and against Zayn in September. A Money in the Bank win would hand him a built-in redemption arc, especially given the contract could eventually be cashed in against a former ally like Zayn.

Bron Breakker, meanwhile, entered 2026 looking like a near-certainty to capture his first world title before injury knocked him off that trajectory and cost him his spot at WrestleMania 42 — the same show that saw Oba Femi cement himself as a top native of WWE’s main event scene by beating Brock Lesnar. Breakker has clawed back momentum since, but he remains positioned behind Femi in the pecking order for now.

That leaves Penta, who may be entering New Orleans as the field’s biggest story. His hard-fought World Heavyweight Championship challenge against Roman Reigns in Mexico City on September 14 — his first world title shot in WWE — drew the kind of reaction that tends to get a promotion’s attention. Reports out of WWE have pegged Penta as the favorite heading into the match, and given how well that Reigns encounter landed with fans, cashing in a win for him in New Orleans would be a natural way to keep that momentum rolling.

With six credible options and no runaway consensus pick, the men’s Money in the Bank match figures to be one of the most hotly debated matches on the card. Whoever walks out with the briefcase will be carrying a guaranteed world title shot — and, depending on the name, a very different kind of story going forward.