TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2014)
TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2014)[1] was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on December 14, 2014 at theQuicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.[2]It was the sixth annual TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs event.
It was the first TLC event featuring a stairs match. Eight matches were scheduled on the events card and one match took place on the pre-show which was streamed live on the WWE Network. The main event sawBray Wyatt defeat Dean Ambrose in aTables, Ladders, and Chairs match. The pay-per-view also saw the return of Roman Reigns, who announced himself as the first entrant in the following month's Royal Rumble match.
Background
See also: Professional wrestling
TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs ... and Stairs featured professional wrestling matchesinvolving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylinesthat 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.[3][4]
At Survivor Series, Bray Wyatt defeatedDean 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 Kanein charge of food concessions. Rybackattacked Kane after Kane threw a hot dog at Ryback.[6] On the November 28 edition ofSmackdown, 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 aTables 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 Mizand 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 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 theIntercontinental 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 aLadder match between the two for the title at TLC.[10]
On the November 28 edition ofSmackdown, 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 ofRaw, 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]
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