This trope is the entire idea behind the WWE's "Money in the Bank" matches, which give their winner the opportunity to exercise the right to a world title match anytime they like within the coming year—usually at a theoretically unexpected and dramatically opportune moment, like right after the current champion has just been thoroughly beaten up by someone elseor at an event where they have better moral support, like Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006, who is the only person to successfully cash in his shot after announcing it beforehand.
In their classic WrestleMania 13 submission match, Bret Hart grabbed the timekeeper's bell from ringside midway through the match and set it on the apron without ever getting a chance to use it. Later, as Stone Cold Steve Austin attempts to strangle him with an extension cord by hanging him off the apron, Hart grabs the bell and smashes Austin in the face with it, allowing him to escape, recompose himself, and lock Austin in the Sharpshooter to win the match.
Mick Foley brought a chair with him to the ring for his confrontation with Ryback on the April 22, 2013 Raw. Mick left before the chair could be used. Then The Shield showed up and looked to be targeting Ryback. WWE World Heavyweight ChampionJohn Cena walked out and it looked like he was going to simply stand back and let the Shield beat up on Ryback, in retaliation for Ryback having done the same thing the week before. Instead, Cena grabbed the chair and used it on the Shield.
