Big E 'Intends' to Cash in MITB Briefcase for WWE Championship Match on Raw

After weeks of teases—mostly in the form of torturing Paul Heyman backstage on SmackDown—Big E is ready to cash in his Money in the Bank contract.

On Raw.

Big E announced he plans to cash in his MITB briefcase Monday on Raw in a tweet sent out hours before the event.

Of course, this all could be one big swerve. Big E is known to frolic in the lands of trollery, and MITB storylines consistently have false starts. The word "intend" is operative here.

That said, if Big E actually does cash in, it makes a lot of sense from a storyline perspective. While he's been teasing a cash-in on SmackDown, Roman Reigns is busy with Finn Balor and Brock Lesnar while Bobby Lashley is kind of treading water. Lashley is in a program with Randy Orton at the moment—the pair are supposed to meet Monday in a WWE Championship match—and a rematch with Goldberg seems likely for Saudi Arabia in October. 

The Goldberg match does not need a championship attached; in fact, it may be better without a title. Very few fans want to see a Goldberg championship reign in the year 2021, but he probably should go over Lashley as a comeuppance for what happened at SummerSlam. Transitioning the belt to Big E avoids a scenario where a 54-year-old Goldberg is the face of Raw.

Lashley also squashed Kofi Kingston in violent fashion at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view. Big E defeating Lashley and avenging Kingston would be a good way to reunite The New Day as the top faction on Raw.

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