Liv Morgan’s Women’s World Championship win at Money in the Bank on Saturday closes one chapter of a monthslong rivalry and opens another with no clear next challenger yet named. Morgan beat Stephanie Vaquer and Becky Lynch in a triple threat at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, taking the title back less than a month after Vaquer had reclaimed it from her in Chile. The question now is who gets the next shot, and WWE has left itself several directions to go.
How Morgan Got Back To The Top
Morgan’s path to this title reign ran through a title loss, a controversial finish and a chaotic go-home segment. She first dropped the Women’s World Championship to Vaquer at WrestleMania 42 in April, then lost a rematch in Chile on Sept. 12 when special guest referee Becky Lynch refused to count a clean pin, helping Vaquer retain. That decision by Lynch set up tension that carried into the build for Money in the Bank, when Morgan and Lynch were booked to settle the No. 1 contender’s spot on the go-home episode of Raw.
That match ended in a double disqualification after the Judgment Day interfered, Lynch accidentally punched Vaquer and Vaquer then attacked both women, according to Bleacher Report. Vaquer called out Raw general manager Adam Pearce afterward and demanded a shot at both rivals, and Pearce granted the triple threat that decided the title at Money in the Bank.
The Finish That Decided The Title
Vaquer controlled much of the closing stretch, headbutting Lynch on the apron and kicking her through a table, but that aggression left her exposed. Morgan capitalized immediately, hitting Vaquer with Oblivion for the pin and the title. The finish fits a pattern for Morgan at this event.
She won the 2022 Money in the Bank ladder match and cashed in on Ronda Rousey that same night to capture the SmackDown Women’s title, then teamed with Raquel Rodriguez to beat Rousey and Shayna Baszler for the women’s tag titles at the 2023 event, according to ESPN. Saturday’s win marked her fourth straight Money in the Bank success.
Vaquer And Lynch As The Obvious First Challengers
The triple threat format means Morgan’s two opponents from Saturday remain the most logical next challengers, since neither lost clean. Vaquer’s title reign ended on a mistake rather than a direct pinfall loss to Morgan, which leaves room for a rematch argument. Lynch, for her part, never got the finish removed from her control the way it was in Chile when she worked as referee.
The Bleacher Report account of the match also noted that Vaquer and Lynch had developed mutual respect since Vaquer returned from injury in August, bonding over Morgan as a shared opponent even as tension lingered over which of them should hold the title. That dynamic gives WWE a built-in option to split the two rather than pair them again against Morgan as a unit.
The Prediction That Didn’t Happen
Before the show, USA Today’s prediction panel expected Vaquer to retain against Morgan and Lynch, with one scenario floating a same-night cash-in wild card. That outlet’s analysis specifically raised the possibility that Roxanne Perez could win the Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match and cash in immediately to steal the title from Morgan, according to USA Today. Neither outcome occurred.
Vaquer lost rather than retained, and no cash-in followed Morgan’s win. That prediction still points to a real mechanism WWE has used before, including with Morgan herself in 2022, and it means any new Money in the Bank briefcase holder represents a standing threat to her reign regardless of build.
What’s Still Unknown
The participants and winner of the Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match were not detailed in the available reporting on Morgan’s title win, so it is not yet clear whether a briefcase holder exists who could cash in on her. Reaction from Morgan, Vaquer, Lynch or WWE officials about what comes next has not surfaced either, and no Raw or SmackDown date has been set to advance the storyline publicly.
What To Watch Next
Morgan now enters her reign with two credible challengers already positioned around her and a history of fast turnarounds at Money in the Bank working in her favor. Whether WWE books an immediate Vaquer rematch, turns Lynch loose on her own pursuit, or introduces a Money in the Bank cash-in threat will likely play out on Raw in the coming weeks. For now, the title picture remains open, with Vaquer’s unresolved finish and Lynch’s complicated history with both women giving WWE multiple ways to build toward Morgan’s first defense.
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