Is a Money in the Bank Cash in an angle, or a match?

[TeemuFoundation]

Do you guys feel that a Money in the Bank cash in is more of an angle, or is it an actual match - in terms of TEW gameplay?

 

The bell does ring, and sometimes the victim does get some offense in, but I feel that cash ins rarely, if ever, make the victim look bad, since the excuse for the loss is good enough, whereas a loss in TEW always takes something away from the one taking the loss.

[White Dolphin]

Obviously it depends on circumstances, but I don't think theres anything wrong with doing it as a title theft angle of sorts if its meant to be a hit and run cash-in. If its an honorable babyface cash in in the main event slot of a PPV, then yeah, it makes sense to have it as a match.

[mrwhippy]

<p>I use it as an angle. Due to the very short nature of the "match" and along with it becoming the main event if you have it at the end of the show, it completely tanks the show's rating.</p><p> </p><p>

I've used it as a match twice. Once where I had the briefcase holder announce his cash-in in advance (to make it a PPV main event) and one where the cash-in pitted my two best workers so had them work a fairly long match, even after one of them had already just been in a title match.</p><p> </p><p>

But yeah, it's usually an angle for me if it's a cash-in along the lines of Orton at Summerslam.</p>

[bigtplaystew]

<p>Doping a cash-in at the end of a show as a match will tank your show. It'll be a crappy, short match after your awesome main event. This is the OPPOSITE of the effect it has IRL so yea, angle is the way to go. Just set the angle up, then vacate the title and award it to the MITB winner.</p><p> </p><p>

You could always run a quick post-show match that won't be rated between the two guys if you want your title history to look authentic when you click on it. The only problem there is that if it's a storyline the post-show match could screw with it's heat if you don't book it like you would a proper match, so this is all up to you.</p>

[Kovic]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="bigtplaystew" data-cite="bigtplaystew" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36653" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Doping a cash-in at the end of a show as a match will tank your show. It'll be a crappy, short match after your awesome main event. This is the OPPOSITE of the effect it has IRL so yea, angle is the way to go. Just set the angle up, then vacate the title and award it to the MITB winner.<p> </p><p> You could always run a quick post-show match that won't be rated between the two guys if you want your title history to look authentic when you click on it. The only problem there is that if it's a storyline the post-show match could screw with it's heat if you don't book it like you would a proper match, so this is all up to you.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> You can just replace the champion with new (in Titles->Replace-> No) to make your title history to look authentic.</p>

[Mattywood]

Couldn't you just set all your expected match times to 5 minutes, then make it an open match without the decisive win or dominate note? That's pretty much how Alberto Del Rio vs. Dolph Ziggler went when Dolph cashed in.

[D-Lyrium]

I'd always do it as an angle, to be honest. And fix the lineage via the Replace option as mentioned above.

 

The only time I'd do it as an actual match is if it was announced ahead of time, or the champion has a fairly short match before the cash-in, and the cash-in match itself is worthy of being a main event on it's own.

 

All of the cash-ins I've seen have been nothing more than angles though IMO. Barely distinguishable from a Post-Match Beatdown type angle except there was a title on the line.

[20LEgend]

Something I sometimes have done (or thought about doing, I can't remember <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />) is doing the match as a post show match, just so it's in the match history. As well as the angle I'd do any way just to write out what happened. Most times I think I just take the potential show rating hit.

[lazorbeak]

I'd say run it as a match if it actually is a "match," the way Miz vs. Orton, or a few other cash-ins have been. If it's more like Punk just running out and hitting a GTS on Edge, I'd say it's an angle. Have the people saying how it would "ruin your show" actually tried running these matches? If they're between main eventers in a pop>performance promotion, I doubt they'd "ruin" anything. You might get a slightly lower grade for the overall show if it's following a particularly great match.

[Mattywood]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="lazorbeak" data-cite="lazorbeak" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="36653" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'd say run it as a match if it actually is a "match," the way Miz vs. Orton, or a few other cash-ins have been. If it's more like Punk just running out and hitting a GTS on Edge, I'd say it's an angle. Have the people saying how it would "ruin your show" actually tried running these matches? If they're between main eventers in a pop>performance promotion, I doubt they'd "ruin" anything. You might get a slightly lower grade for the overall show if it's following a particularly great match.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> This is what I was thinking. I may test this out later myself. But I'm thinking in a pop>performance fed with both workers having high popularity and expected match lengths set down to five minutes, it shouldn't tank the show.</p>