Report: Money in the Bank 2026 Match Order Revealed, Men’s Ladder Match Closes Show

The planned match order for WWE Money in the Bank, taking place Saturday, October 10 in a five-match lineup, has reportedly surfaced ahead of bell time.

According to the reported internal rundown, Roman Reigns defends the World Heavyweight Championship against LA Knight in the opening match — a placement WWE had already teased on the preceding SmackDown. From there, the show is expected to move into the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match featuring Sol Ruca, Roxanne Perez, Tiffany Stratton, Jacy Jayne, Lash Legend and Lola Vice, followed by a singles bout between Oba Femi and Bronson Reed. The fourth match on the planned card is a Women’s World Championship triple threat pitting champion Stephanie Vaquer against Becky Lynch and Liv Morgan. Closing the show is the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match, loaded with CM Punk, Kevin Owens, Penta, Je’Von Evans, Bron Breakker and Trick Williams.

As with any ‘planned’ lineup, this order is subject to change once the show actually goes live, but if it holds, it continues a now-familiar WWE pattern: the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match closing out the show over its female counterpart. That’s been the case for several years running across Money in the Bank, Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber and WarGames cards, and it remains a sticking point for fans who’d like to see the women’s matches given the spotlight finish every so often rather than treated as a build-up slot.

The more interesting wrinkle here may be the Reigns-Knight opener. Putting the World Heavyweight Championship match first rather than last is a notable departure from typical premium live event structure, where a world title defense usually anchors the show. It suggests WWE isn’t positioning this particular match as Knight’s defining moment — if he were about to have his full crowning run-the-table triumph, the show would likely be built around that match closing things out. Instead, the structure points toward the men’s ladder match, and whoever climbs the ladder and grabs the briefcase, as the night’s headline story.

That’s consistent with how Money in the Bank has functioned for most of its history — the ladder match outcome tends to carry long-term storyline weight, since whoever wins earns a guaranteed title shot to cash in whenever they choose. With Punk, Owens, Breakker and Williams all in the mix alongside Penta and Evans, there’s plenty of star power and multiple directions WWE could take the men’s midcard and main event scene in the months ahead.

On the women’s side, the ladder match field brings together a mix of established and rising talent, while the Vaquer-Lynch-Morgan triple threat gives the Women’s World Championship its own marquee spotlight earlier in the night.

Until the show actually airs, all of this remains the planned structure rather than a guarantee — match orders on premium live events shift for any number of reasons once production gets underway. But if WWE sticks to the reported plan, fans will get their world title opener, two ladder matches bookending a loaded card, and a men’s Money in the Bank finish to send the crowd home. We’ll know soon enough whether it all plays out as drawn up.