In WWE history, there is only one female Superstar who has won the Money in The Bank Ladder match twice. It is none other than the Princess of Staten Island, Carmella. She won the match back in June of 2017 at the Money In The Bank PLE. It was the first ever Women’s Money In The Bank Ladder match. She did it with the help of her henchman, James Ellsworth. A week later on SmackDown, a rematch took place and again Carmella won the match.
At the Premium Live Event, James Ellsworth, who was the former SmackDown Women’s Champion’s henchman at the time, was the one who grabbed the briefcase and handed it over to Carmella. Then, in the rematch, the Staten Island Princess managed to climb up the ladder and grab the briefcase on her own. Of course, at times Ellsworth did help her.
There had been rumors for a long time that the only reason the rematch took place on an episode of SmackDown Live because there was a lot of fan backlash from James Ellsworth being the first person to retrieve the briefcase in the first-ever Women’s Money In The Ladder Match.
Recently, James Ellsworth took to Twitter to respond to a fan who reiterated the above-mentioned rumor. Ellsworth shared that the rematch was always the plan. Both Carmella and Ellsworth knew about the rematch even before the PLE match.
“Actually not true. We always knew we were doing the second one before the first one happened; we did a rehearsal the next day for the second one . But you know “internet,”” James Ellsworth tweeted.
Actually not true
We always knew we were doing the second one before the first one happened, we did a rehearsal the next day for the second one .
But you know “internet” https://t.co/Rptsx12MXb— James Ellsworth (@realellsworth) May 15, 2025
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