On the day of the present, Ellsworth was knowledgeable his prediction was coming true. He advised Carmella he had spoken to then-WWE government John Laurinaitis.

“[Laurinaitis] was like, ‘Hey, you are gonna climb up there as fast as you possibly can, seize it, throw it all the way down to Carmella,’ Ellsworth stated. “And I advised her, she’s like, ‘Actually? Like, I am successful it?’ I am like, ‘Yeah, I advised you, I am gonna seize it and provides it to you, it is gonna be nice.'”

Ellsworth additionally revealed it was at all times the plan to do a second ladies’s Cash within the Financial institution match on an episode of “SmackDown.” He claimed they have been advised they have been doing it to assist “pop a ranking” for the present, and that the controversy can be useful. Carmella went on to win the second ladies’s Cash within the Financial institution ladder match – this time with out Ellsworth’s assist — earlier than successful the title by cashing in her contract over 200 days later.