Why get rid of it when it is one of the more popular gimmick matches in wrestling today? A majority of fans enjoy watching the match and even if some of the winners haven't become massive stars a majority of them have done well as champion.
It's an 6 or 8 man ladder match, you're telling me they can't find another excuse for them to happen? Bullshit. Just make up an excuse for them and hold it at WM or SummerSlam every year. Maybe whoever wins the ladder match is the King Of The Ring or.....something. It should end because it's ran its course. How many times are we gonna see the same stale, cliche'd cash in when the champion is down routine? It was fun when it was fresh, now it's the same fucking thing every time. Relying on one trick has gotten boring. When was the last time a first time world champion, and I mean a young guy, not a 10-15 year midcarder getting a tribute reign like a Mark Henry or a Christian, won the belt without MITB? Other than Sheamus, and Dolph Ziggler who most people don't even consider a world champion because he got it handed to him by the GM and immediately lost it in the same segment. it's been fucking forever. You know you have a problem when you only have one way for new talent to get to the main event, and it's a path that requires no build up. Literally. Swagger just won the fucking thing out os NOWHERE and he's champion 2 days later. Bryan, same thing except instead of an immediate cash in, he won out of nowhere and then waited while jobbing to every fucking person in the company.
And who's benefited from it? I mean, really benefited from it? Edge, that's it. RVD was a tribute reign that got cut short, admittedly by him, but nevertheless, Kennedy lost his, no benefit there at all, Punk was treated like a fucking jobber in his first reign. When Punk got his second reign, he did great, but then, they had him feud with Taker and get squashed in a Cell in under 10 minutes and he went back to being a jobber only this time he was a heel with some mic time. He didn't become a real star until he did the June 27'th promo. Kane was a tribute reign, total waste of the briefcase, he didn't need it to get a reign, he could've done the same thing as Henry. Miz did great, but look where he is today. Del Rio is still ok, booking wise, at least for now, but he's not over at all. Cashing in like that certainly didn't help him. As for Bryan? He hasn't lost the belt yet, but looking at where he was before he won the belt, I'd say it's pretty clear he's headed for a Jack Swaggeresque crash and burn. The minute Sheamus hits the Celtic Cross at WM, you can pencil him back in for undercard jobber work. That's what happens to underdeveloped champions.
Now, look at Sheamus. Look at how fucking over and successful he's been. You know why? Cause they actually put EFFORT into his push. They didn't just hand him a briefcase and tell him to sit on the couch until the champion gets injured. The MITB was a great concept, initially, but it needs to be eradicated, like John Cena as a face. It's done, they need to let it go. It's not helping anyone, it's only tarnishing the titles by making it look like absolutely anybody can win them.
