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Something that I miss about the Money in the Bank being at WrestleMania is that you had leftover guys in it. I know that sounds like a negative, but the story of the first MITB was quite superb. You had six guys (three had been to the top before, three hadn't) who had fell wayside by the time Mania 21 came along. So they agree to fight in a special attraction -- risking life and limb in order for a title shot to prove that they either deserve to be there again, or that they belong there in the first place.
As its own PPV, beyond having two title matches locking down your four top talent, maybe a personal feud and maybe a main eventer slumming it in a Tag Title Match, it's harder to book the match as a major opportunity for hungry Superstars. As weird as it is to say, something I don't like about MITB Ladder Matches since 2010 is that they are the attraction instead of a supplementary attraction. As the latter they give this illusion of birthing, or re-birthing, a star.
In some ways, a perfect MITB would be Dolph Ziggler vs. Sheamus vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn vs. Bray Wyatt. Three men that have been a World Champion but are now struggling to find contemporary relevance, and three guys who have never been a champion, but people want to see in that rarefied air. Modern MITB matches feel a bit too "top heavy" and I think that affects the drama and grit of the match. It's also not as exciting when a real main event star has a chance of winning the match. It's like playing Russian Roulette with the status quo, and at least twice in the briefcase's history that has been the case the WWE has gone with.
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