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WWE ‘MONEY IN THE BANK’ 2025: R-Truth’s Shocking Return, Naomi and Seth Rollins Set to Cash In After Victories

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As predicted, two heavily-favored WWE superstars left the Induit Dome in Los Angeles with those all-important briefcases to cash in, anywhere, anytime on a WWE champion after the smoke cleared on Saturday’s Money in the Bank premium-live event streaming on Peacock.

However, the biggest surprise of the night didn’t occur during the Money in the Bank men’s or women’s ladder match, it happened during the main event which saw 17-time and current WWE Universal Champion, John Cena teaming with You Tube and pro wrestling sensation, Logan Paul against Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso.

After the social media frenzy six days earlier, in reaction to R-Truth posting that he has been released from the WWE and his contract was not going to be renewed, and “We Want Truth” chants at WWE shows for the past week, ‘Truth’ jumped out of the crowd in a black hoodie to stop childhood hero-turned-heel, John Cena using the championship belt to knock out Cody Rhodes as he did to him on Saturday Night’s Main Event.

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THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE?

After ‘Truth’ took out Cena so Rhodes could secure the win, he revealed himself to the WWE universe. With speculation and controversy all week long if Truth’s contract status was a “work,” or if it was “real,” in particular, because the WWE had Ron Killings (aka R-Truth) t-shirts ready for order on shop.wwe.com, fans and pundits battled back and forth on the topic, but ultimately settled on that the WWE realizing the error of their ways. Thus, it was assumed they brought Killings back under a new contract.

During the Money in the Bank post-show, a member of the media asked WWE Chief Content Officer, Paul “Triple H” Levesque, about R-Truth’s sudden return and all he would say is was “all part of the show.” Later, on social media, Ron Killings responded to a fan’s post on X who stated, “We all got worked,” but Killings said, “No work.” Below are the other top moments from the MITB!

LOGAN’S PAUL ASAI MOONSUALT

Say what you will, but Logan Paul delivered the move of the night and certainly of his tag match with John Cena against Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso. Paul flew through the air from the second rope to the outside onto Uso who was laid out on the announce table. Paul’s athleticism is sick! His way with a drone is sick … and he has all the making of a future WWE champion if he wants it.

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Throughout the match, Cena and Paul were having trouble getting on the same page, which could be a precursor to Logan getting a shot at the WWE undisputed championship before Cena attempts to leave with the belt at the end of his retirement tour this December.

I HATE YOU SOLO!

The moment we’ve been waiting for finally arrived. Jacob Fatu turned on Solo Sikoa, after Sikoa called him, “No Gas, No Brains” previously on ‘SmackDown.’ As Sikoa was about to make it all the way up the ladder (during the Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match), Fatu had Solo believing he had cleared the path for him to win before yanking his leg during his ascent and yelling at him. “I hate you!” Next, Fatu went off on Sikoa and took him out of the match costing him any chance of victory. The move cements Fatu as a fast rising star able to go “solo” without Solo!

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SETH ‘FREAKIN’ ROLLINS

The only way the WWE creative could have booked the finish to the Men’s Money in the Bank was having Seth Rollins win the briefcase, and after looking like it would be L.A. Knight’s to win. Seth pulled the ‘Mega-Star’ off the ladder and delivered a stomp before grabbing the briefcase, This makes Knight’s third loss in this match in the last three years. Ultimately, Seth is going to have all the power now, threatening the champs all along the way with Paul Heyman by his side, and his side pieces of muscle, Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed, to soften any competitor up in his way. Until they all implode that is!

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NAOMI GETS HER SHOT

This new heel version of Naomi is firing on all cylinders! So, it only made sense for her to be rewarded with the win and the briefcase during the Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match. Since it was revealed that Naomi was behind Jade Gargill’s attack back in March, her new catchphrase “proceed with caution” and her often maniacal attitude, makes her a complete threat.

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Still to come –  Can Naomi ever get back in the EST’s good graces? Could Bianca and Naomi end up working together both having axes to grind with Jade? Naomi is eyeing the WWE Women’s championship and the belt worn by Tiffany Stratton. The way things are looking, we wouldn’t be surprised one bit if Naomi wins gold.

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LYRA VALKYRIA WRESTLING HER BEST MATCH 

Even though, “The Man,” Becky Lynch won the Women’s Intercontinental title by seemingly holding onto Lyra’s ring garb, it also cemented the fact that heels now hold all the major title belts currently in the WWE. However, that did not change the fact that Valkyria’s prowess in the ring was at its strongest, executing moves, selling the story and no longer just being a pushover. In the end, Valkyria had to raise Lynch’s hand in victory several times over. But that was Becky’s big mistake. Having had enough, Lyra hit a suplex and a Nightwing finisher on her former idol before existing in disgust.

The 2025 edition of Money in the Bank was entertaining with some unpredictable and predictable moments, but now sets up what could be a years-worth of story of just when, and on who, will Seth Rollins and Naomi aim to cash in on a WWE champion, anytime, anywhere. Grade: B+

So, what was your favorite moment from ‘Money in the Bank’? Share your thoughts via the comment section. But first, check out this highlight reel of key moments from last night’s card below.

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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Katie Kicks Bill to the Curb … for Now

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The future isn’t looking so bright for longtime loves Katie Logan (Heather Tom) and Bill Spencer (Don Diamont), when on the Wednesday, November 11 episode Katie wants Bill to leave and give her some space, and to stay away from her!

Katie explains she wanted none of this, but now her insecurity and fear of Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Bill has made it impossible. Bill pleads his case, “I was just trying to help” by speaking with Brooke. Katie tells him, well he didn’t, far from it, it’s all backfired in his face.

Bill insists to Katie that everything he did was for her and her sisters. Katie isn’t buying it. In her mind, Bill has always wanted to stick it to the Forresters. So what changed? She then asks him point blank, if he is still attracted to Brooke? Bill says “no,” but Katie said she wishes she could believe him. He tries to explain that him getting together with Brooke was to broker peace between the Logan sisters.

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THE TRUST IS BROKEN

Katie speaks to how she is building her own company, making something of herself, and Bill says to her, “You don’t have to lose the people that you love to prove that you can win.”

Next, Katie is convinced Bill was flirting with Brooke because he texted Brooke a Stallion emoji (she has a point, no?). That reminded Katie of the worst time in her life when he was having an affair with her sister!

She points out how Brooke destroyed her life and took Will away from her and he was sent to boarding school, so why shouldn’t she strike back? Bill tries to point out again, that Katie is going to lose her sisters. But, a defiant Katie fires back, “If they can’t accept me for who I am … so be it!”

Next, Bill says he doesn’t buy it and becomes very emotional calling his wife, “my Katie”.  However, now in a puddle of tears, Katie says those words can’t fix everything. Seeing he is not getting anywhere, Bill walks towards the door and says, “I will hate being apart from you, but I’ll do it for you.”

He vows to never stop fighting for them. Katie’s says, “Goodbye, Bill.”  The music swells, Bill exits, and Katie crawls into a ball on the couch in a dramatic overhead shot to end the episode.

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WEDDING BELLS?

In the same episode, it should be noted that Taylor (Rebecca Budig) asked Deacon (Sean Kanan) to re-propose to her, and this time she accepted.

It looks like Taylor or Deacon are headed down the aisle at some point, but not so fast, because Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) was flirting with Deacon, and she won’t take this news lying down.

Check out the emotional scenes featuring Heather Tom and Don Diamont below.

Now weigh-in: were you touched by the moments when Bill left his house to give Katie the space she says she needed over her feelings of betrayal by her husband and her sister, Brooke? How does this all end? Will Katie end up destroying everything in the process on her way to the top? Will she have a mental or physical crisis in days to come? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section.

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DANCING WITH THE STARS: A Shocking Elimination on Grammy Night Leaves Ballroom Silenced

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In what could only be the stunner of this season of Dancing with the Stars, the Tuesday night, November 1o episode saw one of the heavy favorites Jenna Dewan and pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy eliminated right before next week’s all-important semi-finals for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.

Week 9 was Grammy night, where the contestants performed routines related to the Grammy Awards with songs that have either won or been nominated for the music industry’s highest prize.

After each couple performed their usual routine, they had to dance a second time vs, another couple doing the same dance style. Only Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson earned immunity from having to participate in it.

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THE RESULTS

When all was said and done during the results portion of the show; the following couples were deemed safe and will dance another day: Shum Jr. and Johnson, Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov, Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach, Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas, and Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold.

That left former Y&R actress Tatyana Ali (ex-Roxanne) and Jan Ravnik and Dewan and Chmerkovskiy in the bottom two. It was then revealed that Jenna and Val would be going home. The ballroom fell silent and Dewan said her “thank you’s “in the most gracious way about her dance journey.

Dewan is a dancer, having worked professionally with the likes of Janet Jackson (who also popped up in a special message to her former back-up dancer in the episode) while currently being an actress, and appearing as a series regular on The Rookie. Chmerkovskiy has been controversial figure all season especially after being suspended one week after comments made towards judge Carrie Ann Inaba.

BREAKING THEIR SILENCE

This begs the question: did America want the couple gone, because they had an unfair advantage with Dewan’s dance prowess, or did the show want the couple booted off too?

Later, Jenna and Val broke their silence on the elimination to Extra. Chmerkovskiy shared “It’s’ definitely a sad result. I thought we had a great season.” Dewan admitted, “I know this was a particularly tough week for a lot of the online noise … but I know that we went out there and had the best time of our life.”

Val is married to pro dancer, Jenna Johnson, who remained in the top slot on the leaderboard during the competition with Harry Shum Jr. However, she also had a bad week breaking her nose in rehearsal!

Dancing With the Stars airs on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET and next day on Hulu.

So were you happy, or sad to see Jenna and Val voted off of Dancing with the Stars? Of the remaining couples who do you hope make it from the semi-finals to the finals and hoists the Mirrorball Trophy? Weigh-in via the comment section.

 

 

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‘The Bold and the Beautiful’s’ Heather Tom Delivers the ‘Power Performance of the Week’

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Six-time Daytime Emmy winner, Heather Tom, while not taking the gold at the recent Daytime Emmys for Lead Actress, which would have been a record-breaking victory for an actress; should be prepared that in 2027, she has to be near to a lock take that award home!

In the last few months Michael Fairman TV has named her weekly performances as Power Performance of the Week, and for the week of November 2-6, she has done it again!

How did she earn the honors? Well, quite simply, this version of Katie Logan that is being written and portrayed beautifully, has given the character infused live, a backbone, a woman so tired of being put-upon and wronged, that she is firing back in such major ways that her own family doesn’t recognize her behavior.

Katherine Kelly Lang

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KATIE AND BROOKE HAVE A SEISMIC SHOWDOWN

Longtime viewers of The Bold and the Beautiful can make a very compelling case that the behavior is justified. Then, on the November 4 episode, Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Katie have another major confrontation. Katie is irate that Brooke phoned Bill Spencer (Don Diamont) in an effort to help Bill get through to her to back off the way she is destroying Forrester Creations, in what appears to be Katie’s poaching of the design team, and her ramped up vendetta against Brooke.

However, let’s not forget, Brooke and their sister, Donna (Jennifer Gareis) disowned Katie from the family just a few months ago too! Now in this showdown, Katie rips into Brooke after Brooke attempts to reason with her. Brooke even pulls out the “Stormy” card, reminding viewers that Katie has Storm’s heart. She snipes, “Do you really think he’d be proud of you right now?”

In that moment, Katie chokes up and is struck by that statement, but defends her actions and says Storm would be proud of her. Brooke goes in on if Storm would approve of the way she has gone about building her Logan fashion house design team, which to many seem like cutthroat tactics, Brooke even tells her “Bill is worried.”

Katie snaps after that comment and begins to show her disgust and emotional wounds from how Brooke slept with Bill years ago, especially when she goes in on the the text message Brooke sent to Bill and the use of a stallion emoji. Brooke claims it meant nothing, but Katie shuts her down and shuts her up! Reminding her sister, how she destroyed everything.

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KATIE NEVER FORGOT HOW BROOKE SLEPT WITH BILL

Brooke reminds Katie that she had postpartum depression at the time, and she “pushed” her and Bill together. Katie begins to cry, “How could you not know something was profoundly wrong?”

Katie says while she was suffering, Brooke was off in Aspen having sex with Bill. She says of her sister, “You take what you want, and it doesn’t matter who gets hurt and whose life gets destroyed.” She then snipes what was her sister’s excuse the second time?

Then, in the masterful moment in the performance, as sister Donna walks into the showdown, Katie warns Brooke to not EVER talk to her again about morality, or ever accuse her of stealing anything from her, when “You are the master!”

BROOKE’S PAST WILL ALWAYS BE THROWN IN HER FACE

Next, Katie throws down the line Stephanie Forrester called Brooke all the years of their feud, “You are just a slut from the valley.” She punctuated it to both her sister, “We all know she’d sell her soul for a little male attention.'”

Katie tells Brooke she will never apologize to Bill, adding, “And I will never forgive you for this. I am so done with you, and if you’re going to stand next to her (aimed at Donna), then I am done with you too.” As the scene came to its conclusion, Katie told Brooke and Katie to, “stay away from me, stay away from my family, and stay away from Bill.”

Throughout all the scenes, Heather Tom displayed why she is one of the fiercest actresses in daytime drama. This storyline has afforded Tom the opportunity to show all of Katie’s inner rage built over years as she finally lets it out on those who wronged her. For anyone who has been made to feel the weaker sibling in a family, Tom is showing the cause and effect of what can happen to someone after years of feeling put down.

For all the reasons stated above, Michael Fairman TV names Heather Tom our selection for Power Performance of the Week. You can check out part of Heather’s emotional turn in the video clip below.

Now let us know, do you agree with our pick of Heather Tom for the Power Performance of the Week? What do  you think about how Katie is being written in this storyline? Do you think Heather has secured the Lead Actress Emmy in 2027? Weigh-in via the comment section.

 

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