TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2014)
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Original promotional poster featuring Dolph Ziggler
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| Tagline(s) | The Demolition Derby of the WWE | |||
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"Born This Way" by Thousand Foot Krutch "Salt in the Wound" by Theory of a Deadman |
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| Promotion | WWE | |||
| Sponsor(s) | Mattel Mountain Dew Kickstart |
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| Date | December 14, 2014 | |||
| Attendance | 14,000 | |||
| Venue | Quicken Loans Arena | |||
| City | Cleveland, Ohio | |||
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TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs... and Stairs (which was advertised as just simply TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs)[1][2] 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.[3] It was the sixth annual TLC: Tables, Ladders and 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. This was also the only WWE PPV event between 2013's SummerSlam and 2016's Payback, in which The Authority was not in power. It has achieved the 39,000 PPV buys, and the lowest since the introduction of the WWE Network earlier in the year, dramatically down from the previous year's 181,000 buys.[4]
Contents
Background
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TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs... and Stairs featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds or 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.[5][6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
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.[9]
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.[9]
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.[7] 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.[9] On the December 2 episode of Main Event, it was announced that Rowan will face Big Show in a Steel Stairs match at TLC. Additionally, the PPV was renamed "WWE Tables, Ladders, Chairs… and Stairs" in recognition of the stairs match.[10]
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.[11] After Survivor Series, Harper would be forced to defend the title against Ziggler on the November 28th and December 5 editions of Smackdown, but Harper would lose via countout and disqualification respectively to retain the title.[8][12] 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.[12]
On the November 28 edition of Smackdown, The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) made their debut.[8] 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.[9] 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.[13]
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.[9] On the December 8 edition of Raw, it was announced that Rusev would defend the championship against Swagger at TLC.[13]
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.[13]
Event
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Miscellaneous
The English commentators were Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and John "Bradshaw" Layfield while there were also Spanish and German commentators ringside. Lilian Garcia and Eden Stiles were ring announcers.
Preliminary matches
The first match of the night was Ladder match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship between Dolph Ziggler and Luke Harper. Both men go at it and counter each other and getting out of the ring for ladders. Ziggler charges and Harper drops him on the floor with a big sideslam. Harper stands another ladder up under the belt as fans chant for Ziggler. Ziggler cuts him off but Harper ends up pushing a ladder over on top of Ziggler. Harper charges and slams a ladder into Ziggler’s head, with another ladder shot to the face in the corner and lays a ladder on Ziggler in the corner and charges but Ziggler pushes it into him and Harper goes down. Harper takes back control and kicks Ziggler from the top to the floor, and runs the rope but dives out into a ladder that Ziggler put in the way. Ziggler’s forehead is busted open due to Harper catapulting him under the bottom rope where a ladder was waiting. Harper climbs for the title and Ziggler stops Harper and they trade shots up high. The ladder falls and they both hit the mat. Harper brings it back in and goes to powerbomb Ziggler onto a ladder but Ziggler turns it into a facebuster and drops Harper face first into the steel. Ziggler stands a ladder up and climb for the title. Harper stops him and pulls him off but Ziggler turns it into a big DDT from up high. Harper swings a ladder while Ziggler uses one as a shield from the corner. Ziggler comes down to the mat and Harper drops him with a ladder shot to the head. Ziggler blocks another ladder shot and superkicks Harper down. Ziggler runs with a ladder and decks Harper onto a ladder that is still bridged from the apron to the announce table. Ziggler climbs for the title but Harper recovers. Ziggler gets his hands on the title but Harper pushes the ladder over and Ziggler lands bad on the ropes. Ziggler uses one ladder to get to the ladder that Harper stood up and Harper goes down. Ziggler climbs for the title but Harper nails him from behind. Harper stands a ladder up beside the one that Ziggler is hanging onto. Ziggler superkicks Harper to the mat, and grabs the title for the win.
The second match was a Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship between The Miz and Damien Mizdow and The Usos. The Miz starts off with Jey Uso and they trade pin attempts and holds. Jimmy Uso tags in and Miz goes running as he chases him around the ring and Miz gets the upperhand when they come back in. Uso tackles Miz and unloads on him. Jey comes back in with a double suplex and they hold him in the air while Sandow does a headstand on the apron. Miz gets sent to the floor and Sandow jumps out with him. Jey and Miz go at it in the ring but Miz takes control. Miz teases the tag but doesn’t and gets booed by his hometown. Uso rolls Miz up for a 2 count. Miz turns it back around with a headlock. Jey finally drops Miz with an enziguri. Jimmy gets the tag and unloads on Miz. Jimmy hits the Samoan Drop and goes for a Rikishi splash but Sandow sits down in the opposite corner of Miz. Uso runs and hits the splash on Miz and goes to hit it on Sandow but he rolls out. Uso turns around to a kick from Miz for a 2 count. Uso blocks the running clothesline from Miz and backslides him for a 2 count and comes off the top and knocks Miz down but Sandow breaks the pin. Jey tosses Sandow out of the ring but catches a Skull Crushing Finale. Jimmy and Miz trade holds. He blocks the Figure Four. Jimmy applies a submission on the leg now. Miz gets to the bottom rope. Miz with a cheap shot. Uso blocks a Skull Crushing Finale and nails a superkick. Uso goes up high for a splash but Miz rolls out of the ring. They grab the titles and go to walk out. Uso runs and leaps out of the ring but Miz pushes Sandow in the way. Miz decks Jimmy with a Slammy Award, disqualifying themselves and The Usos gets the victory.
The third match was a Steel Stairs match between Erick Rowan and Big Show. Show whips Rowan into steps and takes him in the ring and goes to bring some steps in the ring but Rowan runs and kicks them into Show, knocking him back on the floor. Rowan grabs the stairs and rams them into Show’s head, knocking him down. Rowan makes a 7-foot wall of stairs but Show cuts him off before he can do anything with it. Show brings one piece of stairs in the ring and sets another one on top of the announcers table. Rowan runs over but Show decks him and whips him into other steps at ringside. Show grabs part of the steps and rams them into Rowan’s gut. Show grabs the steps off the announcers table and pushes it in the ring. Show brings Rowan back in the ring and slams part of the stairs on his back. Rowan tries to fight back but Show sends him into the steps that were in the corner. Show runs Rowan back into the steps in the corner. Rowan turns around to a big clothesline. Show looks to chokeslam Rowan on the steps but Rowan fight him and scoop slams Show onto them. Rowan grabs part of the stairs and goes to the second rope with them. He jumps down to hit Show but Show rolls out of the way. Show follows and tackles Rowan through the big wall of stairs that Rowan made earlier. They’re both laid out in the middle of a bunch of stairs, they come back in and Show grabs part of the stairs. Rowan runs and kicks it into him. Show grabs Rowan and chokeslams him on top of the stairs and hits the knockout punch and covers for a pin but tops. He grabs part of the stairs and uses those to trap Rowan on the mat and then gets the pin.
The next match was a Tables Match between John Cena and Seth Rollins. As they go at it and Cena hits a bulldog early on. Mercury gets on the apron and Cena turns back around to Rollins taking control. Rollins works Cena into the corner and beats Cena down in the corner and talks trash as Heyman looks on. Cena comes out of the other corner with a big clothesline. Cena brings a table from under the ring and stares down. Cena goes in the ring but The security pulls the table out. Rollins takes advantage of the distraction and starts stomping on Cena. Cena turns it around on the floor and brings another table in and again the security tries to pull it out and have a tug-of-war with Cena. He pushes them back into the barrier and Rollins attacks from behind. They triple team Cena now. They go to do the triple powerbomb through a table but Cena fights them all off. He decks Noble from behind on the ramp. Rollins runs over but Cena sends him into a ladder. Cena grabs a metal barrier and runs it into Noble and then Mercury. Cena drops Rollins with it also. Cena grabs Noble and suplexes him on top of the metal barrier. Rollins runs over and hits Cena. Cena fights off Mercury and Rollins. Mercury slams Cena into a table and ladder. Mercury beats Cena back to ringside now. They try to run a table into Cena but he ducks and they break it in half on the ring post. Cena fights them off and sends Mercury flying over into the timekeeper’s area. Cena lands on the table. Rollins goes to the top for a Curb Stomp through the table but Cena comes to and cuts Rollins off. Cena goes for a second rope AA through the table and nails it for the win. But the referee is still down. the security rush the ring and beat Cena down. They push the broken table out of the ring to get rid of the evidence. Cena ends up putting the security through a table. Rollins come back and they fight on the apron. The two tables from earlier are still set up on the floor. They brawl on the apron and both go through the tables on the floor at the same time. After the bell, it looks like they both hit the tables at the same time. There are three referees in the ring discussing the finish. One referee raises Cena’s arm and the other raises Rollins’s. The senior referee puts both arms down and restarts the match. They go at it and to the floor. Rollins dives out onto Cena and tears apart the announcers table. Cena comes back and slams Rollins on the table but it doesn’t break. Cena brings a table into the ring and angles it in the corner. Big Show comes in and enters the ring and beats on Cena. Show calls for a chokeslam but Roman Reigns' music hits and he walks in the ring through the crowd and goes at it with Show. He spears Show through a table and hitting a Superman Punch on Rollins. Cena takes advantage and put Rollins through a table for the win.
The next match was divas match between Nikki Bella and AJ Lee for the WWE Divas Championship. They go to lock up. AJ follows and drops Brie. She brings Nikki back in and sends her into the corner. Nikki slams AJ by her hair and beats her around for several minutes. Nikki with a 2 count before keeping her grounded in a hold. AJ gets part of the Black Widow applied out of nowhere but Nikki rams her back into the corner. Nikki charges but AJ counters and rolls Nikki up for 2. They both go down after colliding with clotheslines in the middle of the ring. AJ comes back with a Thesz Press and a neckbreaker for a 2 count. AJ keeps control and nails a tornado DDT for another 2 count as Brie cheers Nikki on. AJ hits the Shining Wizard for a 2 count as Brie puts Nikki’s foot on the ropes. The referee sees this and sends Brie to the back. AJ yells at Brie and turns around to Nikki spraying something in her eyes. Nikki tucks the spray in her boot as the referee turns around. Nikki hits the Rack Attack for the win.
The next match was a Chairs Match between Ryback and Kane. They go at it to start. Ryback hits a Thesz Press and slams Kane’s head into the mat. Ryback with more slams before going to work on Kane with a steel chair. Ryback jumps down with a splash but Kane counters with the chair and Ryback hurts himself. Kane drops Ryback face first on a chair that was in the corner. Ryback tries to fight out of the corner but Kane hits him with a chair. Kane goes to suplex Ryback on a chair but Ryback blocks him. Kane keeps control and goes for a pin attempt. Kane sets a chair up and knocks Ryback into it sitting down. Ryback hits a belly to belly suplex. Kane comes back and works Ryback over with a chair. Kane throws several more chairs into the ring. Kane goes for a chokeslam but it’s blocked. Ryback slams Kane into the chairs that were set up in the middle of the ring. Ryback beats Kane with a chair. as Ryback goes for the Meathook clothesline, Kane counters him with a huge chair shot to the face. Kane hits a chokeslam for a close 2 count. They tangle and Ryback hits the Meathook. Ryback goes for Shellshocked and hits it for the win.
The next match was between Rusev and Jack Swagger for the WWE United States Championship. Swagger slams Rusev on his ankle. Rusev goes to the floor for a breather. They come back in and Swagger nails a clothesline after ducking one. Rusev avoids a Swagger Bomb. Swagger catches a superkick and turns it into a Patriot Lock but Rusev goes into the Accolade. Swagger gets to the bottom rope but Rusev pulls him back to the middle of the ring and applies the hold again. Swagger looks to be passing out in the hold. He finally gets to his feet with Rusev on his back but falls on the mat. Swagger goes for the Patriot Lock and gets it locked in. They end up on the floor and Rusev drops Swagger with a big superkick. They come back in and Rusev nails another big kick. Rusev applies the Accolade for the win.
Main Event
The final match was Dean Ambrose battling Bray Wyatt in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. Both leaps out of the ring and they start brawling back up the entrance. Ambrose kicks Wyatt back towards the ring and they enter. Wyatt goes out the other side but Ambrose dives out onto him. Ambrose sends Wyatt over the barrier and leaps off the table onto him. They fight near the pre-show panel and Wyatt whips Ambrose into a barricade. Ambrose leaps off another table and takes Wyatt out. They fight back to ringside and Ambrose wails away with a steel chair. Ambrose tosses chairs into the ring. Ambrose stands a table up on the floor. He pulls kendo sticks from under the ring and brings them in. Wyatt sits on his knees and goes for a chair but Ambrose hits him with a kendo stick. Ambrose unload with the stick and hits the leg sweep. Ambrose comes off the second rope with a chair and hits Wyatt. Ambrose sits a chair up, puts Wyatt in it and drives a kendo stick into Wyatt’s throat. Ambrose goes to the top but Wyatt knocks him off, sending him through a table that was set up on the floor. Wyatt hits Ambrose with part of the table frame and brings him back in the ring for a 2 count. They brawl and Wyatt sends Ambrose face first into the end of a kendo stick in the corner. Ambrose sells an eye injury as Wyatt covers for 2. Wyatt brings a step ladder into the ring. He runs over Ambrose with it. Wyatt drops Ambrose back first onto the ladder and splashes him. Wyatt whips Ambrose into a ladder that was standing in the corner. Wyatt talks trash and charges but Ambrose moves and Wyatt hits the ladder. Ambrose comes back and sends Wyatt into a ladder. Ambrose goes on and hits a bulldog. Ambrose comes off the top with a big right hand for a 2 count. Ambrose runs and dropkicks Wyatt while he’s tied in the ropes on the apron. Ambrose leg drops Wyatt face first into a chair and covers for a 2 count. Both blocking each other's finishing moves, but Wyatt comes back with a monster clothesline for a 2 count. They go to the floor and Wyatt rolls Ambrose in. They fight back up the entranceway where ladders and tables are stacked. Ambrose drops Wyatt onto a table and climbs up a ladder. Ambrose drops down with a big elbow and puts Wyatt through the table. He brings another table over and puts Wyatt on top of it. Ambrose climbs up the taller ladder and puts Wyatt through another table with another big elbow drop. Ambrose brings Wyatt back to the ring and rolls him in. Ambrose falls to the floor and appears to be in pain. Wyatt charges but Ambrose moves and Wyatt runs head first into a ladder in the corner. Ambrose nails Dirty Deeds for a 2 count. Ambrose brings a small TV from under the ring and sees himself on it. He brings the ladder back to the ring and stands it up at ringside. Ambrose makes the Spanish announce team get up and takes apart their table. He turns around to chair shots from Wyatt. Wyatt goes to drive a chair into Ambrose’s throat but Ambrose fights him and drives a chair into Wyatt’s throat instead. Ambrose climbs the taller ladder while Wyatt is on the Spanish announce table. Ambrose leaps down with a massive elbow drop from up high and they both go through the table. Ambrose punches Wyatt while they’re both laying on the ground. Ambrose finally gets Wyatt back into the ring. Ambrose grabs the TV again and charges with it but is stopped because the cord is plugged up. He tries to run with it again but it explodes in his face, blinding him. Wyatt grabs him and nails Sister Abigail for the win.
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[14][15] |
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| 1P | The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) (with Xavier Woods) defeated Gold and Stardust | Tag team match[16] | 11:56 |
| 2 | Dolph Ziggler defeated Luke Harper (c) | Ladder match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship[17] | 16:43 |
| 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[18] | 07:16 |
| 4 | Big Show defeated Erick Rowan | Steel Stairs match[19] | 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[20] | 23:34 |
| 6 | Nikki Bella (c) (with Brie Bella) defeated AJ Lee | Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship[21] | 07:38 |
| 7 | Ryback defeated Kane | Chairs match[22] | 09:50 |
| 8 | Rusev (c) (with Lana) defeated Jack Swagger by submission | Singles match for the WWE United States Championship[23] | 04:50 |
| 9 | Bray Wyatt defeated Dean Ambrose | Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match[24] | 26:58 |
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See also
References
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