WWE: Big E on Winning Money in the Bank Match, Money in the Bank News, Updated SD Ratings

Big E Comments on Winning Men’s Money in the Bank Match in Front of Fans

A recent episode of ESPN’s SportsNation show had Big E as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Big E’s thoughts on winning this year’s Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match in front of fans.

“There’s nothing like it. It can sound cliché and corny but there really is nothing like it. Man I really felt buoyed by the people, for real. You know, we were doing the best we could during the ThunderDome era, working in front of our fans, being there, performing in front of our fans, wrestling in front of our fans virtually but there’s just no substitute for having fans there live in the building and they were incredible. Being here at Fort Worth, I couldn’t ask for a more lively crowd so it’s one of those moments, it’s really one of the best moments of my career and yeah, it’s a special day for me for sure.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

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Money in the Bank 2021 News & Notes

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that John Cena’s name was not listed on the internal run sheet for this past Sunday’s Money in the Bank event. Cena’s appearance reportedly was kept as a secret from most in the company with only a few aware of the actual plans for him for the event.

Johnson also reported that Becky Lynch was seen backstage during this past Sunday’s event.

Both Linda and Stephanie McMahon reportedly were also in attendance at the event with Linda seen sitting at ringside during the main event matches. Johnson reported that it is currently not known if Shane McMahon was also at the event.

In regards to Google searches, Dave Meltzer reported in Monday’s Daily Update that WWE’s Money in the Bank 2021 event was ranked as the third most searched term with around 500,000 searches for that day. This was well above the usual range of around 200,000 searches for most non-Big Four WWE events.

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Updated WWE Friday Night SmackDown Ratings

This past Friday’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown drew a final viewership of 2,310,000 on FOX, according to Wrestlenomics. This was up compared to the initial overnight number of 2,185,000 viewers on the network.

This past Friday’s episode was notable for being the first WWE main roster television show to feature the return of live fans in attendance since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.