TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2014)

TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2014)

Promotional poster featuring Dolph Ziggler
Tagline(s) The Demolition Derby of the WWE
Theme
song(s)		 "Born This Way" by Thousand Foot Krutch
Information
Promotion WWE
Sponsor Mattel
Mountain Dew Kickstart
Date December 14, 2014
Attendance 14,000
Venue Quicken Loans Arena
City Cleveland, Ohio
Pay-per-view chronology

Survivor Series (2014) TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2014) Royal Rumble (2015)
TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs chronology

TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2013) TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2014) TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2015)

TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2014) (officially called Tables, Ladders, Chairs ... and Stairs)[1] was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on December 14, 2014 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.[2] It was the sixth annual TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs event.

Eight matches were scheduled on the events card and one match took place on the pre-show. The main event saw Bray Wyatt defeat Dean Ambrose in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. The pay-per-view also saw the return of Roman Reigns.

It achieved 39,000 PPV buys, the lowest since the introduction of the WWE Network earlier in the year, down from the previous year's 181,000 buys.[3]

Background

TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on WWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown. Wrestlers portrayed heroes or villains as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4][5]

At Survivor Series, Bray Wyatt defeated Dean Ambrose by disqualification when Ambrose hit Wyatt with a chair. After the match, Ambrose drove Wyatt through a table, threw chairs on him and stood on top of a ladder. Shortly afterwards, it was announced that Ambrose would face Wyatt in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match at TLC.

On the November 24 edition of Raw, Daniel Bryan returned as a special guest manager and put former Director of Operations Kane in charge of food concessions. Ryback attacked Kane after Kane threw a hot dog at Ryback.[6] On the November 28 edition of Smackdown, Kane attacked Ryback during his match with Seth Rollins and attacked Ryback with a chair after the match. Later in the night, Bryan (who was also the guest manager that night) announced that Ryback would face Kane in a Chairs match at TLC.[7]

On the December 1 edition of Raw, Seth Rollins attempted to persuade John Cena to bring the The Authority back into power, but they were interrupted by the Anonymous Raw General Manager, who announced that Cena and Rollins would face off in a Tables match at TLC and added that if Cena loses, he will no longer be the #1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.[8]

On the December 1 edition of Raw, The Usos won a Tag Team Turmoil match to face WWE Tag Team Champions The Miz and Damien Mizdow for the titles at TLC.[8]

At Survivor Series, Big Show turned on Team Cena by knocking out John Cena during their match, prompting Seth Rollins to pin and eliminate Cena. On the November 24 edition of Raw, Team Cena member Erick Rowan confronted Big Show and attacked him.[6] On the December 1 edition of Raw, Rowan defeated Big Show by disqualification after Big Show attacked Rowan with steel steps, but later in the show, Rowan would knock out Big Show with steel steps with the help of Cena, Dolph Ziggler, and Ryback.[8] On the December 2 episode of Main Event, it was announced that Rowan will face Big Show in a Steel Stairs match at TLC.

On the November 17 edition of Raw, Luke Harper defeated Dolph Ziggler to win the Intercontinental Championship with the help of Seth Rollins, Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury.[9] After Survivor Series, Harper would be forced to defend the title against Ziggler on the November 28th and December 5th editions of Smackdown, but Harper would lose via countout and disqualification respectively to retain the title.[7][10] After Harper retained the title for the second time against Ziggler, Harper attempted to attack Ziggler with a ladder, but Ziggler countered and attacked Harper, prompting Santino Marella to announce a Ladder match between the two for the title at TLC.[10]

On the November 28 edition of Smackdown, The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) made their debut.[7] On the December 1 edition of Raw, Big E and Kingston eliminated Gold and Stardust from the Tag Team Turmoil match, but Gold and Stardust later distracted The New Day and caused them to be eliminated from the bout.[8] On the December 8 edition of Raw, it was announced that Big E and Kingston would face Gold and Stardust on the TLC Kickoff Show.[11]

On the December 1 edition of Raw, Jack Swagger found his mentor, Zeb Colter, beaten up in a corridor. United States Champion Rusev admitted to have attacked Colter, which resulted in Swagger attacking Rusev.[8] On the December 8 edition of Raw, it was announced that Rusev would defend the championship against Swagger at TLC.[11]

At Survivor Series, Nikki Bella defeated AJ Lee for the WWE Divas Championship. On the December 8 edition of Raw, it was announced that AJ would invoke her rematch clause to face Nikki for the title at TLC.[11]

Reception

The event received mixed reviews. The Intercontinental Championship ladder match between Ziggler and Harper received praise, while the finish of the main event was heavily criticized.

Aftermath

The following night on Raw, guest general manager Chris Jericho made a rematch between Cena and Rollins in a Steel Cage Match. Near the end of the match, Brock Lesnar returned and attacked Cena, resulting in Rollins to win the match by walking out of the cage. On SmackDown, Rollins revealed that he orchestrated the attack. The next edition of Raw, another rematch of the two took place, with Cena winning. On the December 29 episode of Raw with Edge and Christian hosting, Rollins threatened Edge's neck (which was at a high risk of fracture that could lead to potential paralysis) unless Cena gave in and brought The Authority back, which Cena did in order to protect Edge. Big Show and Rollins attacked Cena, after which The Authority came out to celebrate. Also on December 29, Daniel Bryan returned to talk about his future in WWE. Although he teased the idea that his career may be over, he instead announced he was medically cleared to compete again, and declared he would participate in the Royal Rumble.

On the January 5 episode of Raw, The Authority had booked a 2-out-of-3 falls match for the Intercontinental Championship, which saw Ziggler lose the championship to Bad News Barrett. Also, Erick Rowan lost his match against Luke Harper and Ryback was defeated by Rollins and Kane in a Handicap Match. By the end of the event, Ziggler, Ryback and Rowan were all fired due to their involvement in Team Cena at Survivor Series. On the January 19th edition of Raw John Cena with the help of Sting, defeated Big Show, Kane and Seth Rollins to get the jobs back of Ziggler, Ryback and Rowan.

Results

No. Results Stipulations Times[12][13]
1P The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) (with Xavier Woods) defeated Gold and Stardust Tag team match[14] 11:56
2 Dolph Ziggler defeated Luke Harper (c) Ladder match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship[15] 16:42
3 The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) defeated The Miz and Damien Mizdow (c) by disqualification Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship[16] 7:22
4 Big Show defeated Erick Rowan Steel Stairs match[17] 11:14
5 John Cena defeated Seth Rollins (with Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury) Tables match; Had Cena lost, he would have lost his #1 Contender status for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship[18] 23:34
6 Nikki Bella (c) (with Brie Bella) defeated AJ Lee Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship[19] 7:38
7 Ryback defeated Kane Chairs match[20] 9:50
8 Rusev (c) (with Lana) defeated Jack Swagger by submission Singles match for the WWE United States Championship[21] 4:50
9 Bray Wyatt defeated Dean Ambrose Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match[22] 26:58
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • P – indicates the match took place on the pre-show

See Also

References

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  2. ↑ "WWE PPV Locations For Remainder Of 2014". http://www.gerweck.net. 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
  3. ↑ Martin, Adam. "Buyrates for Hell in a Cell, Survivor Series and TLC in 2014". wrestleview.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
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  5. ↑ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
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  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Tedesco, Mike. "WWE Smackdown Results - 11/28/14 (Daniel Bryan appears)". wrestleview.com. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Tedesco, Mike. "WWE RAW Results - 12/1/14 (Six-Man Tag Team Main Event)". wrestleview.com. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  9. ↑ Tedesco, Mike. "WWE RAW Results - 11/17/14 (Survivor Series go home)". wrestleview.com. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Tedesco, Mike. "WWE Smackdown Results - 12/5/14 (Wyatt attacks Ambrose)". wrestleview.com. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Tedesco, Mike. "WWE RAW Results - 12/8/14 (2014 Slammy Awards)". wrestleview.com. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "CALDWELL'S WWE TLC PPV REPORT 12/14 (Pre-Show): Royal Rumble main event announced, New Day vs. Rhodes Bros., more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "WWE PPVs CALDWELL'S WWE TLC PPV REPORT 12/14: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of Cena vs. Rollins, Roman Reigns involved, Ambrose vs. Wyatt, set-up for the Royal Rumble, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  14. ↑ Melok, Bobby. "The New Day vs. Gold & Stardust". WWE. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  15. ↑ Burdick, Michael. "Intercontinental Champion Luke Harper vs. Dolph Ziggler (Ladder Match)". WWE. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  16. ↑ Laboon, Jeff. "WWE Tag Team Champions The Miz & Damien Mizdow vs. The Usos". WWE. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  17. ↑ Burdick, Michael. "Erick Rowan vs. Big Show (Steel Stairs Match)". WWE. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  18. ↑ Melok, Bobby. "John Cena vs. Seth Rollins (Tables Match)". WWE. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  19. ↑ Burdick, Michael. "Divas Champion Nikki Bella vs. AJ Lee". WWE. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  20. ↑ Clapp, John. "Ryback vs. Kane (Chairs Match)". WWE. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  21. ↑ Clapp, John. "United States Champion Rusev vs. Jack Swagger". WWE. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  22. ↑ Clapp, John. "Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt (Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match)". WWE. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

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