– Featured above is the video promo for the December WWE TLC pay-per-view, which emanates from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on Sunday, December 13th.
– As seen during the Survivor Series Kickoff Show, Goldust finally made his WWE return in the traditional five-on-five elimination match on the pre-show. Goldust, along with Titus O’Neil and The Dudley Boyz, were the “Sole Survivors” left on their team. Neville would be the only member of their team to be eliminated, as they took out The Miz, Bo Dallas, Stardust and The Ascension. Below is Goldust talking with WWE.com about The Undertaker, their Casket Match in the past, and his intentions on going after Stardust.
– In this video, Rikishi challenges Kim Kardashian to a “Booty Contest.”
The former WWE Superstar was at the Miracle on 1st Street Christmas Toy Giveaway in Los Angeles, California, when he brought up his sizable posterior and challenged Kardashian to come down to his wrestling school and take part in the contest.
– As seen last night at WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs … and Stairs, Dean Ambrose lost to Bray Wyatt in a Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match. In a trivia note, this loss extended Ambrose’s winless drought on pay-per-view since The Shield disbanded in June. In addition to WWE TLC, “The Lunatic Fringe” has lost matches at Money in the Bank (to Seth Rollins in a Money in the Bank Ladder Match), WWE Battleground (to Seth Rollins in a singles match via forfeit), SummerSlam (to Seth Rollins in a Lumberjack Match), Hell in a Cell (to Seth Rollins in a Hell in a Cell Match) and Survivor Series (to Bray Wyatt via disqualification).
– Sunday at WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs … and Stairs, WWE.com reported that AJ Lee was tended to by physicians after a scary incident in which Divas Champion Nikki Bella blinded her with hairspray. The report has since been slightly changed, as it is now noted that she was blinded with “unidentified spray.”
The physicians’ quick treatment of Lee helped prevent any long-term damage to her vision.
Reddit.com user MetsFan4Ever, a former WWE backstage worker who still has ties to people in the organization, provided insight into the atmosphere backstage at Raw today at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan, following last night’s WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs … and Stairs.
According to him, many people in the company are dissatisfied with how the show came off following the successful TakeOver: R Evolution and are hopeful this will lead to creative changes with WWE’s mainline product.
“While many knew it would be tough to top the NXT show, there were people who thought it could be pulled off,” he wrote. “There have been rumblings that some talent knew they couldn’t top NXT so in a silent protest in favor of Triple H, some superstars were described “mailing in” their matches last night. Many are in favor of Triple H and what he has done with the NXT product and feel it is time for Triple H to take the lead on the main roster.”
MetsFan4Ever added that locker room leader John Cena hosted a talent meeting this afternoon that was described as “forceful yet calm.” Cena stressed that a silent protest will not help matters. Instead, Cena feels they should step up their performance in order for their point to be proven.
– Reddit.com user MetsFan4Ever, a former WWE backstage worker, offered insight into the atmosphere backstage at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio for tonight’s WWE Tables, Ladders and Chairs … and Stairs event following NXT: R Evolution.
He wrote, “I’m told tensions are at a fever pitch and have been all day. Many guys on the card tonight want to go out of their way to be the match of the night. The feeling is that a small company rivalry has started between the main roster and the NXT roster. Many agree that is good for all sides involved.
“What is usually a lighter atmosphere many hours before doors open is not the case today. I’m told that it is very quiet backstage and that talent is very focused on the show tonight. They know the NXT show is going to be considered “show of the year” among many and they want this TLC show to rival or top it.
“Many of the main matches have already been rehearsed. There was a giant black curtain covering the ringside area so nobody outside of the main players know what is going to happen tonight.”
– In this video, Emma shows you how to make protein pancakes.
– WWE.com issued this poll asking fans who will inflict the most damage in tonight’s TLC Match at WWE Tables, Ladders and Chairs … and Stairs.
The reason CM Punk was booked to win against The Shield at the recent WWE TLC pay-per-view was for a couple of different reasons. First and foremost, WWE had already booked John Cena and Daniel Bryan to lose their matches at the TLC show, and the feeling was all three couldn’t lose on the same pay-per-view.
Another reason WWE gave Punk the win was because it added to the drama surrounding The Shield currently, since they decided to have Roman Reigns spear Dean Ambrose, setting up the eventual pin for Punk.
This past Monday night on RAW, WWE had Roman Reigns get the win on Punk with the idea that Reigns is eventually going to be the real “golden boy” of the company, since he has the look and the sports background that WWE officials prefer, as opposed to Punk and Bryan, both of which will never fully get past the size and look issues that WWE has.
Additionally, Punk was considered to be “protected” from the loss with the feeling that having him do a promo segment with Shawn Michaels before the match would leave a larger impression on fans than Punk actually getting pinned.
– This past Sunday night’s WWE TLC pay-per-view ended up being a legitimate sellout. The reported attendance of the show was 14,120 fans, however The Toyota Center in Houston actually had about 12,000 fans in the building.
Former WWE Superstar Big Vito sent along the following:
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While the final segment of the Seattle-based RAW “go-home” show for the TLC pay-per-view received rave reviews online, apparently it ended up being nowhere near the way it was scripted to go. While WWE officials expected Daniel Bryan to receive a big pop in Seattle, given his Washington-based roots, they did not expect it to be as big as it ended up being.
Following the segment, WWE officials apparently praised John Cena for his ability to pick up on the crowd reactions and adapt. They enjoyed Cena’s decision to incorporate the reaction, and Daniel Bryan himself, into his promo, but then ultimately bring the focus back to his TLC match against Randy Orton.
As covered in-depth the past week, there was an incident during the WWE’s “Tribute To The Troops” television taping in Washington involving AJ Lee and Access Hollywood co-host Michelle Beadle regarding Beadle’s comments to CM Punk.
In addition to all of the heat on AJ for her role in the ordeal, apparently CM Punk garnered some heat on himself by his way of handling the issue.
Punk decided to tweet about hockey on his official Twitter account, and WWE officials were apparently unhappy with that decision, as they felt he should be tweeting about something TLC-related instead of hockey.
– As seen last night at WWE TLC, AJ Lee successfully defended the Divas Championship against Natalya after it was heavily speculated online that she would lose the title as punishment for a reported backstage incident with NBC personality Michelle Beadle at Wednesday’s Tribute to the Troops event—gamblers briefly predicted Natalya would win amidst reports of the ordeal (betting for the match was ultimately nixed from most sportsbooks), after Lee was considered a heavy favorite. Dave Meltzer stated this morning in a podcast on F4WOnline.com that Lee was always scripted to win the bout, as the match result was finalized before the story surfaced.
As reported earlier, WWE executives don’t want to draw any more attention to the Lee-Beadle story than necessary.
– Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett paid tribute to “Ravishing” Rick Rude on Sunday after sacking New York Giants star quarterback Peyton Manning. Here is an animation of Bennett performing the late wrestler’s signature dance.
The Seahawks shutdown the Giants, 23-0.
– Hulk Hogan’s WWE theme song, “Real American,” briefly played this afternoon on Fox News as bumper music for a story tease on Iowa GOP Senate candidates.
The infamous reddit user “Dolphins1925,” who is known for his ability to correctly predict the outcome of every WWE pay-per-view match, actually incorrectly predicted one of the matches at the WWE TLC pay-per-view on Sunday night.
Dolphins claimed that The Real Americans were going to defeat Goldust and Cody Rhodes for the WWE Tag-Team Championships. After the match, Dolphins stated the following about his incorrect prediction:
Misinformation I received from my source. Congrats to WWE. I am done for the night. Wyatt family defeats Bryan is final result I was given.
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his blog at JRsBarBQ.comwith his thoughts on last night’s Tables, Ladders and Chairs pay-per-view.
Regarding the TLC main event unification match, JR said he “sincerely appreciated” the hard work from John Cena and Randy Orton.
“TLC sounds great on paper and makes for a sensational video promo but the match stips can be very limiting. Based on today’s boundaries, I thought that the two men did all that they could do to utilize the ‘toys’ that they had to play with but at the end of the day I’d have been just as happy to have seen a straight wrestling match considering what was at stake.”
Ross also spoke about the importance of protecting the importance of WWE’s championship titles.
“Building enhanced credibility for the new, WWE World Title is going to be an ongoing matter that will never find its work finished. Nothing should be more important to any WWE talent, friend or foe, than being WWE World Champion. Being the Champion becomes a great story if the title is positioned properly and on a lofty pedestal.”
Ross noted that one thing UFC does better than WWE is making all of their belts prestigious.
“The door is now open for that to change within WWE including repositioning the IC Title and the US Title. Why have titles if they are not coveted by all who are eligible to compete for them? Plus, they are not ‘hot potatoes.’ The bottom line is that building equity in any title sells tickets and PPV’s.”
Check out the complete blog online at JRsBarBQ.com.
– Amidst reports that Divas Champion AJ Lee is in hot water with WWE brass for appearing unruly towards NBC sports and entertainment personality Michelle Beadle at last Wednesday’s Tribute to the Troops event at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Pierce County, Washington, betting for her scheduled title defense against Natalya tonight at WWE TLC is now off in most outlets.
The New Jersey-native was a heavy favorite to win her match against the accomplished third-generation wrestler after “insider betting” was placed on Thursday. At the start of Sunday, Lee was a 4,500-point favorite, then downgraded to a 2,750-point favorite after reports of the incident surfaced. Natalya moved to a 1,250-point underdog with late money landing on a win before the match was removed from most sportsbooks entirely.
Lee has the third-longest Divas Championship reign in history, having held the title for 182 days as of Sunday. She trails Beth Phoenix (204) and Maryse (216).
– This week’s WWE Classics on Demand updates are as follows: (The Big Events – Armageddon 1999; Classics Rewind – Monday Night Wars: Nitro (1/19/98). Monday Night Wars: Raw (1/19/98), Prime Time Wrestling Holiday Show (12/23/86); Cowboy Bill Watts – North American Heavyweight Championship: Bill Watts (c) vs. Terry Funk (CWF – 1970’s), Bill Watts and Jerry Brisco vs. Robert Fuller and Ron Fuller (CWF – 7/2/74), Florida Heavyweight Championship: Dusty Rhodes (c) vs Bill Watts (CWF – 10/22/74), Bill Watts, Jim Duggan and Terry Taylor vs. Fabulous Freebirds (UWF – 7/21/86); Season Beatings – WCW World Tag Team Championship: Dallas Page and Kevin Nash (c) vs. 3 Count (Nitro – 12/4/2000), First Blood Match: John Cena vs. Kurt Angle (Raw – 1/2/06), Diamond Dallas Page vs. Sting (WCW Thunder – 12/9/99), Eddie Guerrero and Juventud Guerrera vs. Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Billy Kidman (Nitro – 12/28/98), Divas Championship: Michelle McCool (c) vs. Maryse (Smackdown – 12/26/08); TV Classics – NWA’s WCW on TBS (8/20/88), Monday Night Raw (12/19/94), Tribute to the Troops (2012).
Apparently WWE came up with the plans for the John Cena vs. Randy Orton title unification match for Sunday’s TLC pay-per-view a few weeks ago. Whatever those plans are, unlike many times in the past where WWE will constantly alter their plans, they are reportedly sticking to them for Cena vs. Orton.
Basically, WWE has a clear-cut direction they want to take this angle and they appear to be going with it no matter what.
– Former WWE Superstar Chris Benoit, who is banned from appearing on WWE programming or DVD releases, was featured briefly in a WWE TLC video package for the John Cena vs. Randy Orton title unification main event match. Benoit was shown being pinned by Orton during the package that aired on WWE Main Event this week.
– The following are some known independent wrestlers at the previously reported three-day WWE tryout camp going on this week at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida:
Ricochet (Dragon Gate USA)
Pepper Parks (CZW)
Bestia 666 (Lucha star and son of former WCW wrestler Damien 666)
Gaylon Summers (6’7” 270 lb. independent wrestler)
WWE has added a TLC PPV Kickoff Show preview clip to their official YouTube channel. The clip, which you can view below, is accompanied by the following description:
“THIS SUNDAY is WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs. And it all starts with the FREE WWE TLC Kickoff which will feature a one-on-one battle between Dolph Ziggler and Fandango.
In addition to this clash of energetic Superstars the TLC 30 minute Kickoff show will feature expert analysis from a panel including The Miz and WWE Hall of Famers Booker T and Mick Foley.
Who will emerge victorious when Ziggler and Fandango collide, or tango at TLC ? Find out THIS SUNDAY at 7:30e/4:30p, streaming live on WWE.com, the WWE App, Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo, Samsung Smart TV’s, Google Plus and many more!”
According to online betting odds, which recently have been a pretty decent indication as to who is going to win pay-per-view matches, the following are the favorites for Sunday’s WWE Tables, Ladders & Chairs show:
– John Cena favored to defeat Randy Orton
– The Shield favored to defeat CM Punk
– The Wyatt Family favored to defeat Daniel Bryan
– Big E. Langston heavily favored to defeat Damien Sandow
– Natalya favored to defeat AJ Lee
Make sure to check back here at the website this Sunday for the absolute best live results coverage of the WWE TLC pay-per-view.
It was announced during the WWE television taping on Tuesday night in Portland, Oregon that at Sunday’s WWE Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view, as we have been reporting for a while now, there will be a fatal four-way match for the WWE Tag-Team Championships.
At the WWE TLC pay-per-view on Sunday, current WWE Tag-Team Champions Goldust and Cody Rhodes will defend their titles against Big Show and Rey Mysterio, Ryback and Curtis Axel and The Real Americans.
It was announced during the TLC “go-home” edition of WWE RAW on Monday night, which was also the Slammy Awards special, that Fandango will be facing Dolph Ziggler in the TLC Kickoff Show match.
Also announced for the TLC Kickoff Show is the “expert panel.” For the final WWE pay-per-view of 2013, WWE Hall Of Famers Mick Foley and Booker T will join WWE Superstar The Miz to hype up the TLC pay-per-view.
WWE Superstars and new tag-team Ryback and Curtis Axel were interviewed by WWE.com following their victory in a non-title match over the current WWE Tag-Team Champions Goldust and Cody Rhodes on SmackDown this past Friday night.
Ryback claimed that nobody is hotter than he and Axel right now in WWE. The two went on to talk about how they feel they deserve a WWE Tag-Team Championship shot.
WWE has yet to announce the official WWE Tag-Team Championship match for their upcoming TLC pay-per-view, however there have been rumors of a potential four-way match on the show for the tag-titles. The way WWE is booking Ryback and Axel, it appears as though whatever match they set up for the tag-titles at TLC, whether it be the rumored four-way or not, they will likely be involved.
The first son of Stu Hart and the oldest brother of Bret and Owen Hart, Smith Hart, recently commented on WWE’ Unifying the WWE Championship & the World Heavyweight championship:
“The problem is not with the unification itself, but rather the circumstances which surround it. First and foremost, a match of this calibre is something that should be built to over a period of time. “Hot-shotting” it to the next PPV with less than 3 weeks notice is such a waste of a golden opportunity. Second, the wrong talent are fighting for the opportunity.
Both Cena and Orton are fabulous superstars but both have reached their respective pinnacles. Part of the success of Jericho’s unification was the creation of a new top star, whom to this day lays claim to having beat both Steve Austin and The Rock in the same night to win the undisputed championship.”
– The debut edition of Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast, which features an interview with WWE Hall Of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, is now available online. Fans interested in checking out the debut of Jericho’s new podcast can download it for free at PodcastOne.com.
– WWE Superstar and current World Heavyweight Champion John Cena recently took to Twitter to address the feedback from WWE fans regarding his upcoming title unification match against Randy Orton at the WWE TLC pay-per-view. Cena tweeted the following:
I truly have taken great pleasure in seeing the quite strong opinions of the @WWEUniverse in regards to #TLC
– WWE has added the latest edition of their “Backstage Fallout” series following Monday’s live WWE RAW show in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The video, which can be seen below, is accompanied by the following description: “Tons of Funk, Xavier Woods, R-Truth and The Miz react to this week’s Raw.”
– WWE announced a singles match between Goldust and Ryback for this week’s edition of WWE Main Event. The match was made official on this week’s edition of WWE RAW from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
– Also announced on RAW is the official new title for the top championship in WWE. As the result of a fan poll that took place on RAW, the man who wins the John Cena vs. Randy Orton match at TLC will be crowned the Unified Champion of WWE.
Comment below and tell us what you think about this new name.
Damien Sandow defeated Dolph Ziggler in a match on RAW to determine the number one contender to the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Because of the victory, Sandow will now battle Big E. Langston for the title in two weeks at the WWE TLC pay-per-view.
Also announced for the upcoming WWE TLC pay-per-view is a handicap match featuring CM Punk against all three members of The Shield. The match was made by the Director Of Operations Kane on this week’s RAW.
In Demand recently released the promotional poster for the 2014 WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view. The poster is accompanied by the following description, which is pretty interesting when considering the upcoming WWE TLC pay-per-view main event stipulation:
WWE: Royal Rumble PPV Premiere: Sunday, January 26, 2014
Don’t miss John Cena, CM Punk, The Shield, and all your favorite WWE Superstars as they compete for the right to face the WWE or World Heavyweight Champion in the ultimate battle at WWE Royal Rumble, Sunday, January 26, at 8PMET/5PMPT.
It should be noted that this could always be a case of dated promotional materials, however many are speculating that when the WWE TLC pay-per-view concludes in two weeks, there will still be a WWE and a World Heavyweight Champion.
