WWE Money in the Bank 2026 preview: LA Knight will never be world champion in WWE

WWE Money in the Bank 2026 takes place tonight (Sat., Oct. 10) from Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The show begins at 4 pm ET with the free Countdown show, leading right into the main course at 6 pm ET streaming HERE on ESPN Unlimited in the U.S., and on Netflix pretty much everywhere else.

LA Knight will never be world champion in WWE

World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns defends the gold tonight against LA Knight, and it’s actually the opening match of the night. Knight’s alliance with Solo Sikoa and their six-man tag team win over The Bloodline at SummerSlam has put the megastar in position to challenge Reigns on this PLE. It’s worth noting that LA hasn’t won a singles match on WWE programming since June, so WWE hasn’t gone out of its way to build him up as a major threat to Reigns.

In the promos leading up to tonight’s match, Knight keeps bringing up his last world title shot against Reigns from three years ago, where the Tribal Chief needed help from The Bloodline to retain the belt. Roman now wins matches on his own in 2026, and a clean fight is exactly what the megastar says he wants. He may not get it, though, because his other SummerSlam partner, Royce Keys, has gone on to create his own “946” heel faction that is causing all kinds of chaos for The Bloodline and Sikoa.

LA has admitted in interviews that this may be his last chance to win a world title in WWE. If that’s the case then he’s probably screwed, because it’s hard to see Roman dropping this belt to anybody other than Oba Femi. Even home country hero Penta couldn’t beat Reigns for the gold last month in Mexico City. It doesn’t help Knight’s chances that this match is now the opener. I have a very hard time time seeing a Roman Reigns title loss happening anywhere else besides the main event.

LA’s best hope to win the belt involves 946 interfering to attack the OTC without causing a disqualification, but it doesn’t seem like they’ll get a clean shot at Roman given that Sikoa and The Usos are standing in their way.

Will LA Knight back up his tough talk about being the most self-made man in WWE by finally winning a world title, or will he fall flat on his face when the Tribal Chief beats him clean this time? Tune into Money in the Bank to find out.

The rest of the card

Here are the four other matches that are currently advertised for Money in the Bank:

Penta vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Trick Williams vs. Kevin Owens vs. CM Punk vs. Bron Breakker in the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match

A high risk spot fest with ladders is meant for younger bodies to endure, and there is plenty of new blood to be found with Je’Von, Trick, and Bron all looking to cement themselves as top stars in WWE. Penta is older but may be the hottest star of them all coming off his world title match against Roman Reigns in Mexico City. Then there is Owens and old man Punk, whose feud has helped Sami Zayn win the WWE championship and survive longer than nine days with the title this time. If Owens and Punk continue to cancel each other out in this match, Penta and Breakker stand out as being more likely to win than Evans and Williams.

Lola Vice vs. Sol Ruca vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Lash Legend vs. Jacy Jayne vs. Roxanne Perez in the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match

The youth movement is even more apparent in the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match, where former winner Stratton is joined by five wrestlers who have never won a world title in WWE. That’s mostly because Jayne, Ruca, and Vice just joined the main roster in 2026, Legend’s call up happened less than one year ago, and Perez is closer to 1.5 years. Lash is the one who was standing tall over everyone else on last night’s go home show, so Reverse Momentum Theory might be working against her tonight. Perez is generally regarded as a favorite, which could create tension with her stablemate Liv Morgan, while WWE Women’s Champion Chelsea Green is hoping that her friend Stratton finds a way to win the MITB contract again.

Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. Becky Lynch vs. Liv Morgan for the Women’s world championship

Becky Lynch and Stephanie Vaquer both returned to WWE to confront Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan on the August 3 episode of Raw. A rare house show title change happened when Vaquer beat Morgan for the belt in her home country of Chile, thanks to a major assist from special referee Lynch. Becky and Liv fought on Raw to see who gets this title match, and it had a very bad DQ finish where the babyface champ attacked them both to set up this 3-way title match. Vaquer looks like a dumbass, because now The Judgment Day can legally interfere and give Morgan the numbers game advantage to win back her belt.

Oba Femi vs. Bronson Reed

Bronson Reed returned to WWE last month at Sunday Night’s Main Event to ruin Femi’s match against Bron Breakker and take out The Ruler with several Tsunami splashes. There was some drama added to the mix during The Vision’s next beatdown on Femi on Raw when Reed put his foot on Oba’s body. Femi quickly shoved Reed’s foot off in what looked like an unscripted moment. This is Oba’s chance to get revenge on Reed and step on him after the match is over. But how will Paul Heyman factor into the finish, if at all?

What will you be looking for at Money in the Bank? Let me know your thoughts on the card in the comments below, Cagesiders.