WWE Money In The Bank: R-Truth Vs. King Barrett (Kickoff Pre-Show)

- WWE opens the broadcast with a graphic in memory of Dusty Rhodes. The 2015 WWE Money In the Bank kickoff Pre-show starts with Renee Young, Corey Graves, Booker T and Byron Saxton from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. They hype the show and Renee Young talks about the passing of Dusty Rhodes, saying we will be celebrating his life and career all night. Booker T and Corey Graves get emotional when remembering Dusty. They show tweets from various wrestling stars remembering Dusty.

- We see video from earlier with Tom Phillips talking to Neville. He says Money In the Bank was designed for him and he sees it as a huge opportunity, as everything. Neville says it doesn't get any bigger than this and he's ready. We go back to the panel for discussion on the ladder match. We get a video for Kevin Owens vs. John Cena. Graves believes Owens will win again tonight. Booker says it will be an uphill battle for Cena because Owens has arrived and is ready to get paid in full. We go to Tom Phillips in the social media lounge.

- Tom says he will be joined by Kevin Owens later tonight. Fans can submit questions with the Twitter hashtag #AskKO. Renee hypes R-Truth vs. King Barrett before taking a break. We get hype for tonight's Divas Title match and the Intercontinental Title match. Ryback is backstage with JoJo and he's confident about going up against Big Show tonight. Graves says he's delusional and puts over Big Show. We come back from a commercial and Roman Reigns is backstage. Dean Ambrose walks in with the WWE World Heavyweight title belt. Reigns says they will both be winners tonight. Ambrose asks if he gets a heads up before Reigns comes for the title and Reigns says he will be the first to know. We get more hype for tonight's main event before Renee is joined live by Stephanie McMahon. Renee asks if The Authority is going to allow Rollins to be in the match on his own. She says they have made it clear they will respect Rollins' wishes and if he wants to go at it alone, they will honor those wishes and be in his corner figuratively speaking. She guarantees there will be no involvement from The Authority. Booker T is skeptical and Stephanie doesn't care what he thinks but cares about what the fans think.

- Renee leads us to JBL, Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler at ringside.

R-Truth vs. King Barrett

We go to the ring and out first comes R-Truth. Truth takes the mic and says he understood what "being King feels good" meant when he put on Barrett's robe and crown. Truth says he should be cast in "Game of the Thrones" because Barrett is being dethroned by the King of What's Up tonight. King Barrett makes his way out next. Barrett cuts a promo about the shiny new outfit he's wearing under his robe.

The bell rings and they go at it. Barrett looks to dominate early on but Truth turns it around and sends him to the floor. We go to a break with Barrett looking on from the floor.

Back from the break and Truth has control but Barrett fights out and beats him down. Barrett works Truth over and covers for a 2 count. Barrett keeps Truth grounded with a headlock now. Truth makes a comeback and gets a 2 count of his own. Truth with a kick. Truth drops Barrett on his face for another 2 count. Truth ends up getting caught with a big kick. Barrett runs over him with a boot for a close 2 count. After some more back and forth, Truth rolls Barrett up for the win.

Winner: R-Truth

- After the match, King Truth goes to ringside and tells the Spanish announcers he will give them a job. Cole will be his jester and Lawler will be the stunt double. Truth puts Barrett's crown on and dances around. Barrett exits the ring and wants his crown back. Truth hands it over but runs away without getting hit.

- Cole, JBL and Lawler pay tribute to Dusty Rhodes. Lawler says there was no one like The American Dream and there will never be. Cole talks about how close Dusty was with the NXT talents at the WWE Performance Center. Cole leads us to a video package on Dusty.

- We come back from the video package and Renee Young is crying. She sends us to Tom Phillips, who is in the social media lounge with Kevin Owens. He answers some fan questions and talks about beating John Cena tonight. Owens says he's done with the questions and mushes Phillips before walking off. We go back to the panel for more discussion on the pay-per-view and Dusty. We get another video package for the Money In the Bank match. Saxton goes with Kane, Graves picks Reigns and Booker picks Kofi Kingston. That's it for the pre-show.