This week’s WWE SmackDown saw three of the biggest and baddest dogs in the Blue Brand’s backyard fight it out for a spot in the men’s WWE Money in the Bank 2025 match. Last week, the first spot was already secured by a former “Tribal Chief” in a stellar three-way. Not to be outdone, LA Knight, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Aleister Black did not disappoint either.
Every superstar in this match had a claim to be part of Money in the Bank 2025. However, once the dust settled, it was LA Knight who won the second slot in the career-making ladder match. Black and Nakamura were too focused on battering each other that Knight saw the opening, and he took it.
With a Black Mass on Shinsuke Nakamura, it was all but over, essentially guaranteeing Black’s spot in the men’s match in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, Knight had other plans. After Black hit his signature move, he would get tossed out by LA Knight, picking up the scraps, pinning Nakamura to reserve his spot in the ladder match.
The former U.S. Champion showcased why he’s going to be one of the most dangerous competitors in that men’s MITB match and how he’ll be an odds-on favorite heading into Money in the Bank 2025, in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles, California.
WHAT A MATCH 🔥@RealLAKnight is going to #MITB! YEAH! 🪜#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/QdbpsZlQYj
— WWE (@WWE) May 24, 2025
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