– Prior to CM Punk’s knee surgery and the news that he was being pulled from working TLC, there were already plans for The Shield to debut at the pay-per-view. WWE’s new trio of attackers is now being thrust into the spotlight in a main event match. While there will be pressure on them to seriously deliver, the feeling is that they are ready for opportunity and could make a big impact for themselves.
– There is still talk that a Tables Match will be added to TLC.
– WWE Divas Champion Eve Torres is banged up and will probably be taking time off soon. She worked this past weekend’s live events, but her triple-threat matches were changed to tag team matches and she didn’t do much in the way of bumping.
Following WWE Champion CM Punk’s knee surgery and Tuesday night’s WWE TV tapings, here’s the updated card for WWE’s Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view:
Ladder Match for Money in the Bank Briefcase:
John Cena vs. Dolph Ziggler
Six-Man Tag Match:
The Shield vs. WWE Tag Team champions Kane & Daniel Bryan & Ryback.
Chairs Match For The World Hwt. Championship:
Big Show (c) vs. Sheamus
Intercontinental Title Match:
Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Wade Barrett
WWE Smackdown taping North Charleston, S.C. Results courtesy of Wrestlinginc.com.
1. World Hvt. Champion Big Show defeated Daniel Bryan. The Shield attacked Bryan. Kane ran out, but he took the Shield powerbomb through the announcers’ table.
2. 3MB defeated Brodus Clay and The Uso’s.
3. Randy Orton defeated Wade Barrett after Kofi Kingston distracted Barrett.
4. The Great Khali and Hornswoggle defeated Primo and Epico.
5. Sheamus defeated Alberto Del Rio by submission. Big Show watched the match from the stage.
Notes: Sheamus and Big Show signed a no-contact until TLC agreement. Damien Sandow’s search for a new apprentice continued and this time Miz interrupted. An angle led to Antonio Cesaro vs. R-Truth for the Intercontinental Title being announced for the TLC pay-per-view. Sheamus threw Ricardo Rodriguez at Show to get around the no contact rule at the end of the show. Despite the no contact rule, Sheamus beat Big Show by DQ in the dark match.
Posted December 5th, 2012 in News, WWE. Tagged: TLC.
WWE Champion CM Punk will not wrestle at WWE’s upcoming Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view. It was announced at Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings that Ryback will now team with Daniel Bryan & Kane in a match against The Shield: Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns.
WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon issued a letter to WWE.com declaring that Punk can not wrestle at TLC, but Ryback will get his title shot in the near future.
CM Punk will spend the next several weeks recovering and preparing for his match against Rock at the Royal Rumble. Punk and Paul Heyman are expected to remain on WWE television while he recovers.
Posted December 5th, 2012 in News, WWE. Tagged: TLC.
WWE broke the story today that WWE Champion CM Punk is undergoing “emergency” knee surgery today in Pensacola, FL. Immediately after last night’s RAW, Punk’s knee was examined Dr. James Andrews and the decision was made for him to undergo surgery today.
As for WWE’s upcoming Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view, where Punk is scheduled to wrestle Ryback in the main event, Punk’s status for the show is questionable at best.
Dave Meltzer of f4wonline.com is reporting that Punk’s knee was worse than originally expected and he won’t be competing. A reliable source we spoke to on Tuesday says he thinks WWE will keep Punk off the show and let him fully recover for his match against The Rock at the Royal Rumble. While it’s possible that Punk could work a gimmick match against Ryback just 12 days after surgery, expect to see changes to the TLC card.
– It was announced on RAW that the main event for Friday’s SmackDown broadcast will be Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett. The match will be taped tonight from North Charleston, South Carolina.
– John Cena vs. Dolph Ziggler in a ladder match has been officially added to WWE’s upcoming Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view. Dolph Ziggler’s Money in the Bank briefcase will be on the line during the match.
The match was made by Vince McMahon, who told Vickie it was punishment for everything she put John Cena and AJ Lee through with her affair allegations.
Ziggler posted this video on Tout in response to the match being made:
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog, which you can read in its entirety at JRsBarBQ.com. Here are some highlights of what JR wrote about:
Sheamus: “@wwesheamus has many qualities as did Stone Cold…physically and mentally tough and loves to perform at a physical level that some opponents don’t embrace. Both were great examples of not accepting being denied stardom and continued to work through career challenge no matter what hand was dealt them.”
TLC: “TLC in Brooklyn is going to be cool. First WWE event in that awesome, new facility. These are the moments that I miss most as a broadcaster. I will be content to watch the PPV from home but it would be cool to be a part of the first ever event for WWE in that much ballyhooed arena. Plus, I’ve never been to Brooklyn.”
NXT: “Our next NXT taping will be interesting now that @WWERollins, the NXT Champion, is a member of The Shield. About a week out from traveling to Orlando I start looking forward to the trip as I truly enjoy working with the next wave of WWE Superstars.
“Don’t kid yourself, the future of WWE depends on the productivity in WWE’s Developmental Program. WWE has no more important department in the entire company then Talent Development.
“Our next taping @FullSail will be Thursday night December 6 starting at 6:30. Should be an eye opening, three hour affair. (Sounds like one of King’s past romances.)”
– It hasn’t been announced yet, but the current plan for the tag team titles at next month’s TLC pay-per-view is for either a 3-way match featuring Team Hell No vs. Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara vs. The Prime Time Players.
– As for the Tables, Ladders and Chairs match with CM Punk vs. Ryback WWE Championship match, it’s very unlikely that Ryback walks out with the belt.
As for how WWE can get away with Ryback losing to Punk for the third time in a row, one scenario would be for The Shield to interfere in the match, have Ryback get his revenge by powerbombing each of them through a table while Punk climbs a ladder and grabs the belt to win the match.
– It was announced on Monday’s RAW that the main event of WWE’s upcoming TLC PPV will be a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match for the WWE Championship between CM Punk and Ryback. Ryback tweeted:
Local advertisements in the New York area had been promoting Punk vs. Ryback as a Tables Match, so the decision to make it a TLC match was made recently.
– Here is the latest episode of WWE’s Backstage Fallout series, feturing behind-the-scenes interviews from Monday’s RAW. This installment includes Dolph Ziggler talking about his loss to John Cena, AJ’s reactions to Tamina’s threat and kissing John Cena again, and The Prime Time Players.
Posted November 27th, 2012 in News, WWE. Tagged: TLC.
– Elizabeth Carolan, better known as former WWE diva Beth Phoenix, celebrated her 32nd birthday on Saturday. She was born on November 24, 1980.
– Ticketmaster.com still has several front row seats available ($400+) for next month’s WWE TLC event. This will be WWE’s first-ever event from the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
– WWE made the following announcement on Facebook about next summer’s live tour of Australia:
The RAW World Tour comes to Australia this July with 5 stops in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Tickets will be available starting Wednesday, November 28 at 9:00am local time on http://Ticketek.com.
– WWE posted the following video with Steve Austin congratulating WWE Games for two million fans on Facebook:
Here’s a look at several matches that are being discussed for next month’s WWE Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view:
– C.M. Punk vs. Ryback (Tables match for the WWE Championship)
– Kofi Kignston vs. Wade Barrett (IC title match)
– Antonio Cesaro vs. R-Truth (US title match)
– Team Hell No vs. Sin Cara & Rey Mysterio vs. Prime Time Players (Ladders match for the Tag Team Titles)
– Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio (Last Man Standing)
The only match confirmed for the show is Big Show vs. Sheamus in a Chairs match for the World Heavyweight title, which will be announced on Friday’s SmackDown.
(Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)
Posted November 23rd, 2012 in News, WWE. Tagged: TLC.
At Tuesday night’s WWE SmackDown tapings, it was announced that Big Show will defend the World Heavyweight championship against Sheamus in a Chairs match at next month’s Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view. The match was announced by SmackDown General Manager Booker T.
As noted earlier, other rumored matches include CM Punk vs. Ryback and John Cena vs. Dolph Ziggler in stipulation matches.
WWE TLC 2012 takes place on Sunday, December 16th from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Posted November 21st, 2012 in News, WWE. Tagged: TLC.
Television commercials that aired in New York on Monday night during RAW revealed several matches for next month’s Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view from Brooklyn.
Here’s what the card looks like:
* Tables Match: WWE Champion CM Punk vs. Ryback
* TLC Match: John Cena vs. Dolph Ziggler
* Chairs Match: World Hwt. Champion Big Show vs. Sheamus
WWE Tables, Ladders & Chairs takes place on Sunday, December 16th.
Posted November 20th, 2012 in News, WWE. Tagged: TLC.
– WWE.com has posted a series of exclusive backstage interviews from Sunday’s Survivor Series pay-per-views. CM Punk & Paul Heyman, Wade Barrett, Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, Antonio Cesaro and Vickie Guerrero among the stars interviewed.
– Following his disqualification win over the Big Show at Survivor Series, Sheamus grabbed a chair at ringside and attacked the champion. This was done to set up a Chairs Match between the two at December’s TLC pay-per-view.
– Wade Barrett’s new elbow smash finisher has been renamed. After being dubbed the “Souvenir” (because the effects of the strike stay with you for a while), the move is now known as the Bull Hammer.
– Randy Orton going for the punt kick in the Team Foley vs. Team Ziggler match at Survivor Series was done to tease his upcoming heel turn.
– With CM Punk retaining the WWE title at Survivor Series, he’s now reached the milestone of holding the title for 365 days.
– New WWE announcer Renee Paquette hosted the “hype show” before WWE Survivor Series went live. Paquette was a former broadcaster for Canada’s The Score network.
– JBL made an error on commentary at Sunday’s Survivor Series PPV when he stated that Tensai was the only individual to hold Tag Titles in Japan for two major companies simultaneously. While Tensai (as Giant Bernard) did hold the New Japan and NOAH tag team titles at the same time with Karl Anderson, Keji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea also held the All Japan and New Japan tag belts at the same time back in 1991.
– Here is the official promo video for next month’s WWE Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view:
The main event of December’s WWE Tables, Ladders and Chairs pay-per-view is rumored to be CM Punk vs. Mick Foley. The event takes place from Brooklyn, New York, close to where Foley is from. The match would probably be a non-title match and would give Punk a year-end feud leading into his expected WWE title defense against The Rock at the Royal Rumble.
If Punk retains the WWE title at Survivor Series and drops the belt to The Rock at the Royal Rumble, this could set up either Rock vs. Cena 2 or Rock vs. Punk 2 at WrestleMania.
Another scenario would be John Cena winning the WWE title at Survivor Series, 1 day shy of CM Punk reaching the 1-year mark as champion. Cena would then go on to face The Rock at the Royal Rumble, setting up a possible Rock vs. Cena III at WrestleMania or Rock vs. Punk for the WWE title at WrestleMania, if Rock beats Cena at the Rumble.
– F4WOnline.com reports Wednesday that WWE officials are contemplating a match pitting Mick Foley against CM Punk at next month’s TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view event in Brooklyn, New York. Monday’s Raw angle with Jerry “The King” Lawler points in that direction, and the idea has been discussed for over a month.
– Celebrating her Greek heritage, seven-time WWE Women’s Champion Trish Stratus is featured on the cover of OPA!, an Australian lifestyle magazine. It marks as her 93rd magazine cover, and can be viewed her.
– WWE has released the following compilation video highlighting the best slaps in company history.
– Not only have RAW’s ratings been declining in recent weeks, delayed/DVR viewership is way down. The October 1st episode of RAW had 298,000 homes watching on delay, while October 8th had 305,000.
– As we reported earlier this week, WWE is solidly behind the Rhodes Scholars tag team. The heel duo is expected to get another title shot by the end of the year, possibly at December’s TLC PPV.
We know WWE is strongly behind Rhodes & Sandow, so it appears WWE is taking the slow build approach so their tag title win really means something when it eventually happens.
– On Monday’s WWE RAW, we saw Team Punk vs. Team Foley announced as the main event for Survivor Series. WWE has been looking for ways to feature Punk and Foley on television for quite some time.
At one point, there was talk of CM Punk vs. Mick Foley at TLC. No word on whether this is still the plan, but a hardcore stipulation match fits Foley’s gimmick perfectly and would allow him to take shortcuts, since he’s not able to work at the main event level anymore.
– On this week’s “painful” edition of WWE Download, multiple clips of Shawn Michaels overselling Hulk Hogan’s offense during their match at the 2005 SummerSlam are shown. (Watch)
– WWE officials were surprised that tickets for the company’s debut event in Brooklyn, New York, WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, did not immediately sell out. Nonetheless, they were happy with first day sales.
– After The Sun reported last month that Stacy Keibler and A-list actor George Clooney had split up, Life & Style Weekly says the former WWE Diva has moved into his Los Angeles home.
“She’s 100 percent moved in,” an insider told the publication. “She spends her summers with him in Lake Como, Italy, and all her stuff is at his place in LA.”
– WWE’s creative department has broached the idea of holding a match between CM Punk and Mick Foley at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on Dec. 16 in Brooklyn, New York at Barclays Center.
– Alberto Del Rio will be participating in a meet and greet at an NXT Wrestling live event taking place Oct. 26 in West Palm Beach, Florida at the Armory.
– Former Raw General Manager Mike Adamle turns 63-years-old Thursday.
– This Saturday, Devon will be signing autographs at Seacoast National Bank at 6711 Lake Andrew Dr in Melbourne, Florida from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
– Jesse Neal, who is coming to Malone, New York on Saturday to sign autographs, is featured in a local newspaper and it notes that he’s interested in performing at WWE’s annual Tribute to the Troops in honor of the friends he lost in the Navy. (Thanks to Kyle)
Neal served in the United States Navy from 1998 to 2002, where he reached the rank of petty officer. He was on board USS Cole when it was suicide bombed on October 12, 2000. Neal has a tattoo on his right forearm of the initials of his best friend, who was killed in the attack.
– According to WrestlingFigs.com, a commercial aired during Raw in the New York area confirming that WWE’s annual TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view event will take place Sunday, December 16 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Tickets for the show go on sale Saturday, October 6 via Ticketmaster.
– WWE Divas Champion Eve and David Otunga met with Miss Connecticut USA Marie-Lynn Piscitelli and fans at the 10th annual Connecticut Women’s Expo over the weekend. WWE.com has published photos of their appearance.
– WWE will debut at the new Barclay Center arena in Brooklyn, New York (new home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets) on December 16th for this year’s Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view. (Thanks to Devin Cutting)
– In the latest WWE Are You Serious video, Road Dogg and Josh Mathews return with more “garbage juice” for the WWE Universe, including a clip of the electric guitar playing Superstar, Man Mountain Rock:
Pro Wrestling Torch reports Mark Henry may be on his way out of WWE.
On the December 12, 2011 episode of Raw, Henry pulled his groin during a match against John Cena. Testing done during the week revealed that the injury was more severe than was originally believed. The majority of WWE’s creative forces wanted to give him an easier schedule for a few weeks to let the injury heal. Vince McMahon, however, was described as being less than sympathetic to Henry’s plight and decided to have him lose the World Heavyweight Championship to Big Show the following week at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs. McMahon didn’t think Henry should have taken time off to heal and pushed him to continue making his scheduled dates. This has led to frustration on Henry’s part.
Henry’s contract with WWE is set to expire this year and the Torch says that tension could have led Henry to not renew, thus explaining why he’s losing the majority of his television matches.