Money in the Bank (2005)

Event
Money in the Bank (2005) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on July 10, 2005, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The third annual Money in the Bank show, it featured the Money in the Bank ladder match, with a match. Eleven matches were contested at the event.

The main event was the champion John Cena versus John Bradshaw Layfield for the WWE Global Championship, JBL won by pinfall and conquered the WWE Global champion. Batista defending the WWE Grand Heavyweight Championship against Brock Lesnar. Lesnar defeated Batista and won the WWE Grand title. One of the featured matches on the undercard was Randy Orton versus Hulk Hogan, which Orton won by pinfall. The other was Rey Mysterio versus Zach Pillman for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, which Pillman won, also by pinfall. The winners of Money in the Bank Ladder matches were The Rod, Edge and James Storm. Coming from Raw, Smackdown! and Hardnitro respectively.