John Cena def. Randy Orton, Bray Wyatt, Roman Reigns, Cesaro, U.S. Champion Sheamus, Kane and Alberto Del Rio to become the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion
BOSTON — The Champ is ... well, you know. With the wreckage of Cesaro, Bray Wyatt, Roman Reigns, Alberto Del Rio, Sheamus, Kane and a bloody Randy Orton surrounding him, John Cena scaled the rungs and notched the latest and potentially greatest of his historic victories to claim the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the first-ever Ladder Match to put the unified title up for grabs. That WWE COO Triple H and WWE Principal Owner Stephanie McMahon were ringside to witness The Champ's ultimate triumph must have just been icing on the cake for Cena, who came out on the wrong side of history when the two World Titles were first unified at WWE TLC last December. As long as Cena's list of championship wins is, this one was particularly impressive given that The Authority had not one but two representatives in the bout, and one of them — Kane — wasn't so much a contestant in the classic sense as an insurance policy to make sure Orton was victorious again.
Watch: Daniel Bryan warns the champion at Money in the Bank Kickoff The bout that ultimately saw Cena anointed as the Champion of Champions did not immediately take on the chaotic atmosphere of the evening's first Ladder Match for the Money in the Bank Contract, where bodies were sent soaring within moments of the opening bell. Instead, the eight Superstars in the main event mostly paired off into their recent rivalries, with Cena making a beeline for Wyatt and Cesaro grappling with Del Rio over control of a ladder. It didn't take long for the battle lines to become blurred, though, with Bray hurling his body into said ladder, taking down both The King of Swing and The Essence of Excellence in one fell swoop. Sheamus became the first man to lay hands on the two titles, although Kane quickly cleared the way for Orton to make a run up the rungs. Roman Reigns quickly answered, knocking Orton off his perch from halfway up the ladder. Adding insult to injury The Apex Predator caught a blow to the head on the way down, rendering him bloody on the outside.
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The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion made a speedy recovery though, reasserting himself after a precarious episode where Cesaro — dangling by one arm from one of the suspended championships — sent a similarly suspended Sheamus down to the canvas. After disposing of both Del Rio and the Irishman on the outside, The Apex Predator made his first genuine play to grab the titles, but unfortunately for him, the ring filled up in a matter of moments and a "mad scramble: as Michael Cole called it, ensured for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Photos: Superstars battle for ultimate glory Yet again, Kane proved himself to be The Authority's most valuable asset in the contest by clearing the ring, but The Devil's Favorite Demon ran into Sheamus before he could assist Orton. Kane suffered Ten Beats of the Bodhran for his efforts, though the Irishman's own dominance was short-lived and it was soon Cesaro's turn to make another play for the titles. The King of Swing proved himself worthy of Paul Heyman's representation by horizontally threading a ladder from the turnbuckle through the rungs of a vertical one (Swiss engineering at its finest) to create a steel-frame, house-like structure upon which he once again grappled over the titles with the resilient Sheamus.
With the house of ladders literally teetering on the brink of collapse, Cesaro and Sheamus traded blows within reach of the titles until Cena literally righted the ship ... at which point Kane, once again, took out all opposition. Reigns unleashed his biggest effort at this point, hurling his body beneath the rungs to Spear Kane in two — so much for superstition — and summarily cleaning house, Spearing and Superman punching everything in sight ... except for John Cena, who found himself face-to-face with Reigns in an empty ring and a roaring WWE Universe foaming for the fight.
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