Kevin Owens Qualifies For Money in the Bank On WWE Smackdown

Kevin Owens punched his ticket to Money in the Bank, winning the final men’s qualifier on this week’s episode of WWE Smackdown. The main event of Friday’s episode featured the last qualifying match for the men’s Money in the Bank qualifying match in which Owens battled Cody Rhodes and Johnny Gargano.

The bout went 17 minutes and started with Rhodes going right after Owens, with Gargano getting involved and allowing Owens to fight back. Gargano played spoiler in a few moments and stood his ground with Owens and Rhodes, who both came close to winning several times.

The finish of the match saw Rhodes hit a Cross Rhodes on Owens, but Randy Orton showed up and prevented a pinfall. Rhodes and Orton began fighting on the outside as Gargano got a nearfall with One Final Beat. Owens came back with a big kick and a Pop Up Powerbomb. Rhodes tried to break up the pinfall, but Orton stopped him and Owens scored the victory.

You can see the clip of the WWE Smackdown match below. Owens will battle Bron Breakker, Je’Von Evans, Trick Williams, Penta, and CM Punk in the men’s Money in the Bank match at the PLE.