On the November 24 edition of
Raw,
Daniel Bryan returned as a special guest manager and put former Director of Operations
Kanein charge of food concessions.
Rybackattacked 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]
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 the first ever
Steel Stairs match at TLC, hence changing the name of the PPV to "TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs...and Stairs".
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.
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