Last year at WrestleMania 21, Edge defeated five other RAW Superstars to win the first-ever Money in the Bank Ladder Match, earning a contract to face the WWE Champion anytime in the next year. This year, Money in the Bank returns to WrestleMania, and another Superstar will walk out of Chicago on April 2 with a guaranteed championship opportunity.

On the Feb. 20 edition of RAW, Carlito announced during his match that he had an idea for WrestleMania that was “Money in the Bank.” The next week, Carlito announced that he pitched the idea to Mr. McMahon, who approved it and sanctioned another Money in the Bank Ladder Match for WrestleMania 22.

On the Feb. 27 RAW, three qualifying matches were held to determine who would go on to WrestleMania, but no one knew who their opponent would be until the match began. In the first qualifier, Rob Van Dam defeated Trevor Murdoch with the Five-Star Frog Splash. In the second match, Intercontinental Champion and 2005 Money in the Bank participant Shelton Benjamin qualified when he pinned Chavo Guerrero after Randy Orton nailed Chavo with an RKO.

Carlito then came out for the final qualifier of the night, and “Nature Boy” Ric Flair was announced as his opponent. Late in the match, Carlito appeared to have the berth secured when he went to ringside looking for an apple. As he climbed back inside the ring and prepared to spit in Flair’s face, the Nature Boy kicked Carlito, forcing him to choke on the apple. Flair then rolled Carlito up, and with the help of the ropes, pinned him to become the third entrant into the match.

3 other Superstars from Smackdown! will also be included in this match.