As 2026 draws to a close, Tiffany Stratton is biding her time, and now WWE is back in full Tiffy Time. But before winning the WWE Women’s Championship on Saturday Crown Jewel: PLE (Premium Live Event), new revelations have come out about the company’s decision to crown Stratton. This year’s Women’s Money in the Bank winner, and what changes might have taken place for him to get there.
To start, close the sources Fighting Select noted that the WWE creative team had not made any creative changes to the Money in the Bank winners in the weeks leading up to the show. Those involved in this year’s Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match – Jaycee Jane, Lash Legend, Lola Weiss, Roxanne Perez and Sol Ruca – were informed that Stratton would be this year’s winner during their match on Thursday at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.
As for any changes leading to Stratton’s overall win, it turns out that originally, on the Money in the Bank go-home edition; WWE SmackDown Stretton, Jane, and Legend would go on to lose their six-woman tag team match to Vice, Perez, and Ruka. Additionally, the Stamford-based firm’s long-term plan was for Stratton to act as a rival to Chelsea Green. But as many saw on Saturday, Stratton went against the clock in his favor.
For weeks, Stratton has been taunting and coming close on multiple occasions, cashing in on her briefcase from Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan. However, the tide turned seconds later after Green won her first Women’s Crown Jewel Championship. With the odds stacked against him, Greene was relieved to see Stratton come to his aid against Doomsday. That alliance was short-lived as Stratton smashed her briefcase in Green’s face, then cashed in on her briefcase and hit her most beautiful moonsail finisher ever on Green to become the new and now two-time Women’s Champion.