With Sami Zayn taken out by an unknown assailant earlier in the night, Ricochet, Baron Corbin, Finn Balor, Drew McIntyre, Andrade, Randy Orton and Ali made their ways to the squared circle for the main event of the evening.
The action was nonstop from the opening bell as Orton dropped Ali, Ricochet and Balor with side suplexes on the announce table. The Viper, a veteran of the event's namesake, tossed a ladder in the ring and immediately set his sights on retrieving the briefcase.
Later, Ricochet and Ali took turns cutting each other off from climbing the ladder before they raced to the top. McIntyre and Corbin ended their exchange and beat them down.
Orton ended the Corbin reign of terror, dropping him with a big draping DDT. As he set The Lone Wolf up for an RKO, McIntyre exploded across the ring with the Claymore Kick.
Balor entered the match and went on a run, taking the fight to McIntyre. He climbed the ladder, but the top contender to his Intercontinental Championship, Andrade, blasted him with a second ladder.
El Idolo set up a bridge between one ladder and the middle rope. He climbed the opposite side of the ladder but was met by Balor.
In the spot of the night, Andrade delivered a sunset flip powerbomb off the ladder, through the "bridge." Balor's body bounced off the ladder before he rested on the mat, wracked with pain.
Later, Andrade hung Ali in one ladder and began scaling the other. The former cruiserweight contender escaped and met El Idolo up top, from where he delivered a Spanish Fly. Michael Cole reacted, asking, "What is wrong with these guys?"
Corbin and McIntyre re-entered the fray, with the former delivering a chokeslam to Ali through a table. The alliance was short-lived, though, as The Lone Wolf sent the Scot into the stands and returned to the squared circle.
The former interim Raw general manager delivered a chokeslam to Balor, right onto the edge of the ladder. He continued his assault, dropping Ricochet with Deep Six.
McIntyre responded to the betrayal, delivering a Claymore to Corbin at ringside.
Somehow, Balor willed his way up the ladder, but The Scottish Psychopath cut him off. He delivered a sickening suplex on the IC champion, onto a ladder, and then proceeded to slam Andrade on top of him.
Ricochet made the mistake of trying to end McIntyre's path of destruction and was sent flying over the top rope and through a ladder at ringside.
McIntyre's progress was impeded as Orton caught him with an RKO off the ladder. Corbin teased climbing the ladder to the contract, but Ali interrupted. The latter dumped Corbin over the top rope and returned to the ladder.
Suddenly, Brock Lesnar's music played and The Beast hit the ring. He tossed Ali from the top, scaled the ladder and retrieved the briefcase to win the match.
Lesnar defeated Ali, McIntyre, Corbin, Andrade, Balor, Orton and Ricochet
This was the match of the year in WWE to this point in 2019.
The incredible displays of athleticism, the breathtaking spots, the danger, the drama and the totally unexpected return of Lesnar to win the briefcase all made for a sports-entertainment masterpiece.
Having been told there is no such thing as a guaranteed rematch for past champions, and not necessarily being in the business of busting his ass to achieve anything he does at this point, it makes total sense that The Beast would take this route to get back in title contention.
Now, the guy who was so used to sitting back and waiting for challengers to come to him is even more dangerous. He has the element of surprise on his side and that is a very bad thing for either Kofi Kingston or Seth Rollins.
That is, as long as this is not to set up a predictable rematch in Saudi Arabia. If that is the case, this entire angle is wasted.
Kudos to Balor and Andrade for the most sickening bump of the entire night, McIntyre for being the beast we expected him to be and for all seven men involved in the majority of the bout for delivering new and interesting twists on the same old ladder spots.
An incredible match and a great way to close out this show.
