James Ellsworth Told Carmella About His Involvement In Her Money In The Bank Win First

Carmella made history as the first (and second) Women’s Money in the Bank winner, and she did it with James Ellsworth by her side. Years later, stories about how the Chinless Wonder assisted the Princess of Staten Island are still coming out.

The inaugural women’s Money in the Bank ladder match in 2017 concluded with controversy, and James Ellsworth, who retrieved the briefcase on Carmella’s behalf, has now disclosed that he was the first to inform her about her impending victory.

In an interview with Ari Barkan of PWMania.com, Ellsworth revealed that the act of him grabbing the case had been rehearsed beforehand. Furthermore, the subsequent ladder match that took place on an episode of WWE SmackDown two weeks later had already been mapped out in advance.

“When we did the rehearsal, they had every girl climb the ladder and grab the briefcase, right?” Ellsworth explained. “And then before we left, they’re like ‘Hey, James, climb up the ladder, grab the briefcase real quick in case we have you, like, teasin’, you know, climbing the ladder at the show.'”

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“I was like, ‘I’m gonna help you win the match.’ And she goes, ‘James, it’s the first-ever women’s Money in the Bank … they’re not going to have a guy grabbing the briefcase,'” Ellsworth said. “And I said, ‘That’s probably why they’re going to do [it] … they like that controversy.'”

Carmella is currently out of action as she is expecting her first child with Corey Graves. James Ellsworth is still doing his thing, but he’s picking up indie dates where he can.

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