Money in the Bank (2011)

Money in the Bank (2011) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by WWE. It took place on July 17, 2011 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. It was the second Money in the Bank event held by WWE.

Money in the Bank (2011)
The 2011 Money in the Bank set
Theme song(s)	"Money in the Bank" by Jim Johnston
Information
Promotion	WWE
Brand (s)	Raw SmackDown
Date	July 17, 2011
Venue	Allstate Arena
City	Rosemont, Illinois
Pay-per-view chronology
Capitol Punishment Money in the Bank (2011) SummerSlam (2011)
Money in the Bank chronology
Money in the Bank (2010) Money in the Bank (2011) Money in the Bank (2012)

The main event, which saw CM Punk defeat John Cena to win his first WWE Championship, received a rare 5-star rating from Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.^[1] Punk left WWE with the title at the end of the show, but returned eight days later on Raw.^[2]

Matches

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1D	Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov defeated David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty[3]	Tag team match	N/A
2	Daniel Bryan defeated Kane, Sin Cara, Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Justin Gabriel, Heath Slater, and Sheamus[4]	SmackDown Money in the Bank ladder match for a World Heavyweight Championship contract	24:27
3	Kelly Kelly (c) (with Eve Torres) defeated Brie Bella (with Nikki Bella)[5]	Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship	4:54
4	Mark Henry defeated Big Show[6]	Singles match	6:00
5	Alberto Del Rio defeated Rey Mysterio, Kofi Kingston, Alex Riley, R-Truth, The Miz, Evan Bourne, and Jack Swagger[7]	Raw Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE Championship contract	15:54
6	Christian defeated Randy Orton (c) by disqualification[8]	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship. Unlike normally, Orton could lose the title if he was disqualified. Had the referee made bad officiating Orton would have also lost the title.	12:20
7	CM Punk defeated John Cena (c)[9]	Singles match for the WWE Championship Since Cena lost the title, he was "fired".	33:44
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match D – This match was a dark mach