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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Date | July 14, 2013 | ||
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
| Venue | Wells Fargo Center | ||
| Attendance | 15,000[1] | ||
| Buy rate | 199,000[2] | ||
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The 2013 Money in the Bank was the fourth annual Money in the Bank professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. The event took place on July 14, 2013, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was final Money in the Bank event to be held in July until the 2021 event.
The event featured eight matches, with one on the Kickoff pre-show, including two Money in the Bank ladder matches. In the main event, Randy Orton won the titular match for a WWE Championship match contract, while in the opening bout, Damien Sandow won the other ladder match for a World Heavyweight Championship match contract. Other prominent matches included John Cena defeating Mark Henry by submission to retain the WWE Championship, Curtis Axel defeating The Miz to retain the Intercontinental Championship, and AJ Lee defeating Kaitlyn to retain the WWE Divas Championship. The event also featured the return of Rob Van Dam, who competed in his first WWE match since the 2009 Royal Rumble and his first full-time match since 2007.
The event received 199,000 buys, which was up from the previous year's event of 188,000.
- ^ Martin, Adam (July 18, 2013). "Sellout crowd for 7/14 WWE Money in the Bank PPV". WrestleView. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ "WWE Reports 2013 Third Quarter Results" (PDF). WWE (Press release). October 31, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.