Despite the LA Knight’s best efforts, Roman Reigns remains the World Heavyweight Champion after defeating “The Megastar” in the opening match. WWE Money in the Bank 2026.
After some trash talking from Knight, the men battled back and forth, wearing each other down. Reigns with a big clothesline off the ropes and looked for a Superman punch, but Knight sidestepped it and then hit an atomic drop followed by a neckbreaker.
The men fought outside the ring and Knight sent Reigns off the barricades and then into the ring. He cleared the commentary table but Reigns quickly recovered and they went back between the ropes where Knight hit an elbow drop.
Reigns hit a Superman punch out of nowhere and looked for a second, but Knight moved out of the way, sending The Chieftain face first into the ring post. Knight took Reigns to the top but the champion knocked him down but Knight was able to jump up and hit a superplex. He followed with a flaming hammer.
Reigns ducked as the rope came down and the pair battled outside the ring again, but Knight countered a powerbomb attempt that would send him through the table. Reigns connected with the Superman Punch, but Knight countered the spear into a BFT. He taunted Reigns before going into a spear but kicked out. Knight hit his spear as Reigns came off the ropes.
Knight ran into a Superman punch on the outside but was able to pull Reigns up and send him through the commentary table after Reigns sent him through the barricade with a spear attempt. The champ kicked out of a top rope elbow drop and avoided a BFT. Reigns hits a Superman Kick for two, then a Last Spear for the win.
