Ken Anderson has revealed that WWE originally intended for Edge to win the 2007 Money in the Bank ladder match before the promotion changed course and gave the victory to him instead. Anderson, who wrestled for years under the ring name Mr. Kennedy, shared the account in a video interview with Maven Huffman.
According to Anderson, he and the rest of the participants rehearsed for three days under the assumption that Edge would be the one to climb the ladder and secure the Money in the Bank briefcase. He said he only learned of the change to make him the winner late in that preparation process, after the original plan had already been drilled in for days.
The 2007 Money in the Bank match has long been remembered as a pivotal moment in Anderson’s WWE run, since winning the briefcase meant earning a guaranteed future world title opportunity. A late swap of that magnitude, if accurate, would have meant reworking the planned spots and sequencing of the ladder match on short notice, a detail that underscores how fluid WWE finishes can remain right up until a match airs.
Edge, for his part, was already an established main event performer by 2007 and had previously held world championship gold, which made him a credible alternative choice for WWE to consider before settling on Anderson. The supplied account does not include any explanation from WWE officials or from Edge himself as to why the finish was altered, and no further detail on the decision-making process was provided in Anderson’s comments.
Anderson’s retelling adds to the broader history of the 2007 Money in the Bank match as one of the more talked-about editions of the annual showcase, given the behind-the-scenes shift he described. The claim rests on Anderson’s own recollection shared during the Maven Huffman interview, and no additional sources have independently corroborated the specifics of the original plan or the timeline of when the change was made.
