Money in the Bank ( MITB ) qualifying matches started on the February 23 , 2009 edition of Raw with a triple threat match CM Punk versus John Morrison versus The Miz . CM Punk won the match and is the first of eight men to be added to the Money in the Bank ladder match . To participate in the match , a wrestler had to first qualify for it by winning a match ; this process began on the February 23 episode of Raw , in which CM Punk qualified by defeating The Miz and John Morrison in a Triple Threat match .