The first ever Women's Money in the Bank ended in controversial fashion, and it has been a huge talking point amongst WWE fans throughout this past week.

To the surprise of many WWE fans, it was James Ellsworth, a man, that climbed and unhooked the briefcase from the top of the ladder in the Women's Money in the Bank ladder match, dropping it to Carmella who was sitting on the ring floor below.

This outraged fans and superstars alike as they believed a man had won the match, not a woman, and henceforth, this was breaking the rules of the contest's setup as a non-participant won the match.

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WWE rectified the situation on this week's SmackDown Live with the returning general manager, Daniel Bryan, revoking Carmella of her Ms. Money in the Bank title and setting up a new Women's Money in the Bank ladder match to take place on next week's show. This will be the first-ever Money in the Bank ladder match not on pay-per-view.

This might seem like WWE is responding to the backlash following their booking at Money in the Bank last weekend, but according to reports, this isn't the case.

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, via Sportskeeda, has said the purpose of the finish to the Women's Money in the Bank ladder match was to get more fans talking about the match.

Meltzer said, according to Sportskeeda: “They (WWE) pushed the idea that this first match was historical, then gave people an ending that would be anything but, with the idea of using that to garner interest in a television rematch where that first match result was negated.”

A strange decision by the WWE considering they could have just had a woman win the match the first time around, rather than having to go through the controversy that may have potentially ruined the historical match-up.

James Ellsworth is banned from ringside in the rematch next week, so hopefully, there will be no more controversy. The same participants of Charlotte Flair, Natalya, Tamina, Becky Lynch and Carmella will take part in the match, so fingers crossed WWE can get it right this time around.

What did you think of the Women's Money in the Bank ladder match? Have YOUR say in the comments section below and the third episode of GiveMeSport’s WWE podcast is here! Check it out via this link. https://soundcloud.com/user-818579649/gms-wwe-podcast-all-the-fallout-from-wwe-payback