TLC: Tables,
Ladders & Chairs 2020
WWE Thunderdome
Orlando, Florida
December 20, 2020
“Then. Now. Forever.” The WWE video leads us into
the show.
A video highlights the matches we’ll be seeing on tonight’s TLC
event, the final PPV event of 2020.
Video Package: WWE Championship
WWE Championship – TLC Match
AJ Styles w/ Omos vs. Drew McIntyre (c)
The bell rings, and Styles immediately dropkicks McIntyre in the
knee. Styles quickly attacks the knee and pulls at it, but
McIntyre kicks him away. Styles quickly bounces back and goes for
the knee. McIntyre counters a suplex and turns him inside out with
a release suplex. McIntyre chops the chest and throws him across
the ring. McIntyre punches Styles down and talks trash to him.
McIntyre gets Styles to his feet and chops him down again.
McIntyre whips him hard into the corner, and Styles collapses in
pain. McIntyre grabs him and whips him to the corner. Styles
starts going down as McIntyre goes for an avalanche, so McIntyre
goes to his knees and punches him. McIntyre sends him into the
ropes and connects with a back body drop. McIntyre sizes him up,
but he runs into a boot. Styles goes to the second rope, but
McIntyre chops him out to ringside. Styles hits the ground hard.
McIntyre goes outside and sets up a table. McIntyre climbs onto
the commentary table to get around it. McIntyre goes for a suplex,
but Styles knees him in the face to get out of it. McIntyre
quickly levels him with a strike and press slams him onto the
barricade. McIntyre looks toward Omos and points at him. McIntyre
throws Styles into a table that has chairs on top of it. McIntyre
stares at Omos as he walks by him. McIntyre press slams him onto
the barricade again and grabs a ladder.
“Then. Now. Forever.” The WWE video leads us into the show.
A video highlights the matches we’ll be seeing on tonight’s TLC
event, the final PPV event of 2020.
Video Package: WWE Championship
WWE Championship – TLC Match
AJ Styles w/ Omos vs. Drew McIntyre (c)
The bell rings, and Styles immediately dropkicks McIntyre in the
knee. Styles quickly attacks the knee and pulls at it, but
McIntyre kicks him away. Styles quickly bounces back and goes for
the knee. McIntyre counters a suplex and turns him inside out with
a release suplex. McIntyre chops the chest and throws him across
the ring. McIntyre punches Styles down and talks trash to him.
McIntyre gets Styles to his feet and chops him down again.
McIntyre whips him hard into the corner, and Styles collapses in
pain. McIntyre grabs him and whips him to the corner. Styles
starts going down as McIntyre goes for an avalanche, so McIntyre
goes to his knees and punches him. McIntyre sends him into the
ropes and connects with a back body drop. McIntyre sizes him up,
but he runs into a boot. Styles goes to the second rope, but
McIntyre chops him out to ringside. Styles hits the ground hard.
McIntyre goes outside and sets up a table. McIntyre climbs onto
the commentary table to get around it. McIntyre goes for a suplex,
but Styles knees him in the face to get out of it. McIntyre
quickly levels him with a strike and press slams him onto the
barricade. McIntyre looks toward Omos and points at him. McIntyre
throws Styles into a table that has chairs on top of it. McIntyre
stares at Omos as he walks by him. McIntyre press slams him onto
the barricade again and grabs a ladder.
After letting go, Styles grabs another steel chair and smacks it
off the back of McIntyre. Styles then smashes it on the injured
leg of McIntyre. Styles then wraps the chair around the injured
leg and applies another Calf Crusher! McIntyre claws toward a
ladder and uses it to slam Styles’ head on to break the hold.
Styles grabs a ladder, but McIntyre gets up and grabs it as well.
Styles drives him into the corner with the ladder, takes him down,
drags him to the ring post, and slams the injured leg on it.
Styles punches McIntyre at ringside, grabs a ladder, and drives it
into the face of McIntyre!
Styles sets up some tables at ringside and sits in a chair to wait
for McIntyre to get up. Styles punches McIntyre and puts him on
top of the table. Styles sets up a ladder wedged in the corner and
climbs it. Styles stands on the top rope, but McIntyre gets off
the table and throws a chair into Styles’ face! McIntyre throws a
table into the ring and punches some feeling into his left leg.
McIntyre sets the table up and elbows Styles away. McIntyre
charges at Styles, but Styles hits a drop-toe-hold to send
McIntyre face-first into the ladder leaning in the corner!
McIntyre reverses a whip into the table, but Styles slides under
and kicks the table into McIntyre’s injured knee. Styles goes for
a Phenomenal Forearm off the table, but McIntyre counters into an
overhead belly-to-belly suplex into the ladder leaning in the
corner! After taking a moment to recover, Styles soon clips the
leg, forearms McIntyre back, and connects with a Phenomenal
Forearm.
Omos slides a ladder into the ring, and Styles sets it up with one
side facing the ladder leaning in the corner and the other side
facing the table set up near the corner. Styles starts to climb,
but McIntyre grabs him. McIntyre presses him up… and SLAMS him
over the top rope through a table at ringside! Wow!
McIntyre starts to climb, but The Miz runs down and clips the leg.
Miz powerbombs McIntyre off the ladder through the table! John
Morrison hands the Money in the Bank contract to the referee,
making this a triple threat match. The Miz is cashing in Money in
the Bank.
Omos gets in the ring, pulls Miz off the ladder, cradles him, and
casually throws him over the top rope through a table at ringside.
Morrison gets in the ring with a chair that’s gimmicks and breaks
it over the back of Omos. Omos just stares at Morrison and
intimidates him back. Omos slowly walks up the ramp stalking
Morrison. Morrison could easily escape, but he’s just fumbling
around.
McIntyre and Styles start climbing the ladder and punching away at
each other. Miz gets in the ring and sets up a ladder next to
them. Miz quickly climbs, but McIntyre cuts him off. McIntyre hits
Styles with a Glasgow Kiss to knock him off the ladder. Miz
bounces McIntyre off the ladder a few times, but McIntyre pushes
him off. Styles jumps onto the ladder to stop McIntyre from
retrieving the title. Styles then knocks McIntyre off the ladder!
Styles grabs at the WWE Championship, but Miz cuts him off. Miz
reaches for it, but McIntyre tips the ladder over to send Styles
out of the ring and Miz into the top rope! McIntyre hits Miz with
a Claymore Kick, climbs the ladder, and grabs the WWE
Championship!
Winner and still WWE Champion: Drew McIntyre
Paul Heyman is backstage with Kayla Braxton. Heyman says the sport
he loves the most aside from WWE is NASCAR because of the car
crashes… but tonight will have plenty of car crashes. Kevin Owens
will get hurt by Roman Reigns.
Video Package: SmackDown Women’s Championship
SmackDown Women’s Championship
Carmella w/ Reginald vs. Sasha Banks (c)
The bell rings, and Carmella immediately slides out of the ring
and adjusts her ring gear. Carmella takes her time and gets in the
ring. Banks quickly grabs her, but Carmella takes her down with a
club. Carmella attacks the small of the back. Banks sends her into
the ropes, drops down, and pulls her down. Banks pulls her out of
the ring and hits an arm drag on the floor. Banks bounces Carmella
off the commentary table and puts her in the ring for a two count.
Banks grabs her, but Carmella slaps her in the face. Banks throws
her out of the ring and Reginald (barely) catches her. Banks
misses a slide, and Reginald puts Carmella on her to give her a
hurricanrana on the floor. Carmella sends her into the ring steps
and puts her in the ring for a two count.
Carmella attacks Banks in the corner and hits a Bronco Buster for
a two count. Carmella applies a chin lock to Banks. Banks gets out
and hits a meteora for a two count. Banks kicks Carmella back and
pulls her to the apron. Carmella quickly counters with a sit-out
slam on the apron. Carmella puts her in the ring for a two count.
Carmella then applies a surfboard stretch in the ring. Banks
fights up and hits a backbreaker. Banks blocks a kick and kicks
Carmella back, stunning her. Banks hits a double knee attack in
the corner and connects with the Three Amigos. Banks goes to the
top rope and hits a Frog Splash for a near fall. Banks cannot
believe it.
Banks grabs Carmella for a tilt-a-whirl, but Carmella counters
into a sit-out facebuster for a near fall. Carmella rolls her up a
few more times for the same results. Carmella chokes her over the
ropes and adjusts her ring gear. Carmella superkicks Banks and
covers her right next to the ropes, so Banks just grabs the rope
to break the pin. Banks rolls her up, but rolls back before
Carmella even kicks out at two. Banks pulls Carmella up to the
second rope, but Carmella counters back. They hit a slow motion
frankensteiner into a roll-up… for a two count. They trade
roll-ups until they get into a test of strength with a backslide.
Banks gets a jackknife pin, but Carmella counters into the Code of
Silence. Banks just throws her off and goes for a Bank Statement.
Carmella counters into a double chickenwing submission, but Banks
counters with a roll-up for a two count. Carmella misses a Bronco
Buster. Banks catches her with a Bank Statement, but Reginald
pulls Carmella out of the ring. Somehow not a disqualification.
Jesus.
Banks hits Reginald with a meteora off the apron. Carmella
superkicks Banks twice and puts her in the ring for a near fall.
Carmella is frustrated and punches away at Banks. Michael Cole
says if she gets too frustrated she can be disqualified… but
Reginald pulling her out of the ring in full view of the referee
wasn’t a disqualification… Banks just puts her in the Bank
Statement for the submission.
Winner by Submission and still SmackDown Women’s Champion: Sasha
Banks
Billie Kay makes a play to be Asuka’s partner, but Asuka declines.
The New Day says the butthurt business is going up against big
game New Day. They’re going to retain the titles because New Day
rocks.
Raw Tag Team Championship
The Hurt Business (Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander) w/ MVP
vs. The New Day (Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston) (c’s)
Kofi Kingston immediately superkicks Cedric Alexander for a two
count. Kingston hits a side leg sweep and tags Xavier Woods in.
Woods hits a flying leg drop off the top rope for another near
fall. Kingston tags back in and shoulders Alexander. Woods rolls
Alexander up before Kingston hits a springboard cross-body block
for a near fall. Kingston hits a snapmare, hits the ropes, and
kicks him in the face. Woods, who tagged in, attacks Alexander.
Kingston attacks Alexander before Woods hits a big reverse DDT,
but Shelton Benjamin breaks up the pin.
Alexander kicks Woods back and tags Benjamin in. Benjamin
clotheslines Woods down and hits a suplex for a near fall. MVP
hands Alexander a water bottle at ringside. Benjamin hits Woods
with a spinebuster in the ring for a near fall. Woods quickly
forearms him back and drops him into the ropes. Kingston blind
tags in as Woods hits Alexander with a baseball slide. Kingston
hits Benjamin with a double stomp off the top rope for a near
fall. Woods and Alexander battle at ringside. Woods tags in, and
Kingston hits Alexander with a plancha. Woods hits a big DDT on
Benjamin for a near fall. Benjamin quickly fights back and sends
Woods into the bottom turnbuckle. Alexander kicks Woods in between
the shoulder blades and puts him in the ring for a near fall.
Alexander stretches Woods in the ring with a chin lock. Benjamin
tags in and hits an arm breaker. Benjamin twists the arm and tags
Alexander in. Alexander stretches Woods for a bit before
forearming him in the face. Alexander hits the ropes and leaps,
but Woods dropkicks him out of mid-air.
Kingston and Benjamin tag in. Kingston hits a springboard
clothesline and knocks Alexander off the apron. Kingston chops
Benjamin and takes him down with a leaping clothesline. Kingston
kicks Alexander off the apron again and goes for a Boom Drop, but
Benjamin catches him in the powerbomb position. The Hurt Business
goes for a Doomsday Device, but Kingston rolls through. Kingston
hits Alexander with an SOS for a near fall. Kingston gets out of a
Lumbar Check, and Alexander hits a Brainbuster… but Woods breaks
it up. Benjamin attacks Woods, and Alexander hits a Neuralyzer.
Benjamin follows up with Pay Dirt on Woods. Benjamin tags in and
goes for an Angle Slam, but Kingston slides off and dropkicks him.
Kingston knocks Alexander back and knocks Benjamin back. Kingston
goes to the top rope, but Benjamin cuts him off. Kingston punches
Benjamin down to the canvas, but Benjamin comes back with a right
hand. Benjamin quickly scales the ropes and hits a superplex.
Benjamin sizes him up, but Alexander blind tags in. Benjamin is
not happy. Alexander hits a Lumbar Check for the win.
Winners by Pinfall and new Raw Tag Team Champions: The Hurt
Business
Footage is shown of Big E winning a Sami Award on SmackDown.
“Leaked” footage mimicking the Tom Cruise rant is heard.
WWE Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn walks up to Kayla Braxton
and accuses her of leaking the audio. Does she have no shame? Zayn
then apologizes and says he’s under a lot of stress. Zayn asks who
sent the audio, but she says a journalist doesn’t reveal their
sources.
Video Package: WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
Asuka’s mystery partner is… Charlotte Flair!
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler (c’s) vs. Raw Women’s Champion Asuka
and Charlotte Flair
Asuka starts against Shayna Baszler. Baszler applies a waistlock
before dropping down and kicking Asuka in the chest. Asuka takes
her down and kicks away at the chest. Baszler fights back and goes
to stomp on the arm, but Asuka gets away. Charlotte Flair tags in.
Flair quickly knocks her back and tells her to tag Nia Jax in. Jax
tags in. Flair ducks a clothesline and applies a waistlock. Jax
powers her to the corner and squashes her. Flair applies a side
headlock, but Jax whips her off. Flair shoulder blocks her, but
Jax doesn’t budge. Asuka tags in and kicks away at Jax’ legs.
Asuka stuns her with a double knee facebuster before hitting a hip
attack in the corner. Asuka goes to the top rope, but Jax punches
her and goes for a Samoan Drop. Asuka counters into a sunset flip
attempt, but Jax pulls her up and head-butts her. Jax sends her
into the ring post shoulder-first before tagging Baszler in.
Baszler stomps the left arm of Asuka. Baszler stomps the arm a few
more times and manipulates the wrist. Asuka fights out and thwarts
double-teams to tag Flair in.
Flair chops away at Jax. Ric Flair is shown in the back watching.
Flair boots Jax in the head and kicks Baszler. Flair hits a t-bone
suplex on Baszler and kips up. Flair blocks a boot from Jax and
forearms her. Flair attacks the leg of Jax and big boots her down
for a two count. Asuka kicks Baszler in the face at ringside.
Flair takes out Jax and Baszler with a moonsault block to the
floor. Flair gets out of a Samoan Drop, but Jax fights back and
connects with it. Asuka blind tagged in and hit Jax with a missile
dropkick. Baszler tags in, but Asuka counters out of a Kirifuda
Clutch. Baszler quickly applies it, but Flair blind tags in. Flair
hits a backbreaker before hitting a facebuster into the
turnbuckle. Flair big boots Jax off the apron. Baszler rolls her
up for a two count. Flair applies the Figure Eight, but Jax pulls
Flair off. Asuka takes out Jax with an attack off the apron. Flair
rolls through a Kirifuda Clutch and hits Natural Selection for the
win.
Winners by Pinfall and new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: Raw
Women’s Champion Asuka and Charlotte Flair
Big E and WWE 24/7 Champion R-Truth are laughing backstage. WWE
Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn accuses Big E of leaking the
audio and says he’s been going nowhere since the split. Big E gets
pumped up and says he’ll see Zayn real soon.
Video Package: WWE Universal Championship
WWE Universal Championship – TLC Match
Roman Reigns (c) w/ Paul Heyman vs. Kevin Owens
Kevin Owens blindsides Roman Reigns while the title is being hung
up above the ring. Owens knocks Reigns out of the ring and sends
him into the barricade for a cannonball! Owens sends Reigns into
the steel steps and hits a frog splash off the apron.
Jey Uso runs down, but Owens superkicks him down. Owens
annihilates Reigns with chair shots. Uso punches him, but Owens
quickly takes him down and hits him with the chair. Owens then
puts the chair around Uso’s ankle and stomps on it! Owens clears
off the commentary table. Owens goes to get in the ring, but
Reigns hits him with a Drive-By Dropkick. Reigns grabs the steel
steps and smacks them off Owens’ head twice! Owens takes the shot
full force with no hands up. Reigns slams the steps onto Owens’
shoulder and into his midsection… again no hands up! Reigns gets
Owens in the ring and slams the ladder into his chest and whips
him with it. Reigns drives the ladder into Owens’ ribs and digs it
in there. Reigns grabs some steel chairs and annihilates Owens
with shots to the ribs.
Reigns sets up two chairs seat-to-seat. Owens tries to fight back,
but Reigns uppercuts him. Reigns goes for a Samoan Drop through
the chairs, but Owens fights it. Owens goes for a powerbomb, but
Reigns counters into a back body drop through the chairs.
Reigns throws Owens out of the ring and sets up a ladder under the
title. Reigns climbs, but Owens gets in the ring and hits Reigns
over and over with the steel chair. Owens hits a fisherman’s
suplex through a chair! Owens sets the ladder up and starts
climbing. Jey Uso hobbles down and pulls Owens down. Owens and Uso
brawl before Owens wipes him out with some punches to the temple.
Reigns then catches Owens with a Superman Punch.
Reigns sets up a table in the corner and another in the ring.
Reigns shouts that Owens pissed him off. Owens fights Reigns and
Uso off before hitting Reigns with a Stunner. Owens goes outside
the ring and thwarts an attack from Uso. Owens then hits him with
a Pop-up Powerbomb through the commentary table! Owens dumps the
remnants of the table onto Uso to bury him.
Owens climbs the ladder, but Reigns cuts him off. Reigns pulls him
down, so Owens goes for a superkick. Reigns counters into a
powerbomb onto a small ladder leaning in the corner! Reigns then
slams him onto the ladder again!
Reigns gets Owens outside the ring and chokeslams him through a
table at ringside with chairs set up on it. Reigns grabs one of
the office chairs from commentary and slams it onto Owens. Reigns
grabs Owens and gives him a Samoan Drop through a table at
ringside. Reigns says it’s over now.
Reigns calmly gets in the ring and starts to climb the ladder.
Owens crawls into the ring and gets a hand on Reigns’ ankle.
Reigns laughs that Owens isn’t getting it. Reigns gets down the
ladder on his own accord and talks trash to Owens. Owens punches
him, so Reigns spears Owens through a table leaning in the corner.
The wood disintegrates in some places. Reigns holds his neck in
pain. Owens rolls out of the ring. Reigns goes outside for a
Spear, but he blows up the barricade when Owens moves! Owens
climbs the ladder in the ring, but Reigns pulls him off and sends
him into the ladder headfirst. Owens fights back with two
superkicks and goes for a Pop-up Powerbomb, but Reigns counters
into a Superman Punch. Reigns goes for a second Superman Punch,
but Owens counters into a Pop-up Powerbomb through the table!
Owens climbs the ladder in the ring and gets a hand on the
Universal Championship. Jey Uso then grabs him and climbs up the
ladder. Owens punches Uso down off the ladder and hits a Stunner!
Owens climbs back up the ladder and grabs at the title, but Reigns
climbs up the other end and low blows him. Reigns applies a
guillotine on top of the ladder, and Owens collapses to the
canvas. Reigns pulls the title off the rung.
Winner and still WWE Universal Champion: Roman Reigns
Roman Reigns celebrates in the ring with Paul Heyman and Jey Uso.
Kevin Owens looks disappointed at ringside.
The WWE Royal Rumble will take place on January 31.
This Friday on Christmas Day, Big E will go for the WWE
Intercontinental Championship against Sami Zayn.
Video Package: Firefly Inferno Match
Firefly Inferno Match
Randy Orton vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt
The bell rings, and The Fiend steps into the center of the ring.
Orton circles around him. There is no fire. The Fiend absorbs some
strikes before taking Orton down with some strikes. Orton
dropkicks him, but it does nothing. The Fiend shoulders him in the
corner and sends him into the ropes. Orton ducks a clothesline,
but The Fiend connects with a body block. The Fiend sets up for
Sister Abigail, but Orton counters into a headlock backbreaker.
Orton goes for an RKO, but The Fiend pushes him off and hits
Sister Abigail. The Fiend raises his arms, and the area behind the
barricade sets on fire.
The Fiend attacks Orton at ringside and digs at his eyes. The
Fiend clotheslines him down. The Fiend grabs a leather strap under
the ring and sets it on fire. Orton avoids it and grabs him. The
Fiend fights back and grabs a pick axe. Yes, you read that right…
a pick axe. The Fiend swings it, which would murder Randy Orton,
but Orton saves his life by avoiding it. Good god… The Fiend then
takes Orton down.
The Fiend grabs the Bray Wyatt rocking chair and douses it with
gasoline. The Fiend leads a trail of gasoline to connect it to the
chair. Orton goes to attack, but The Fiend sends him into the
steps. The Fiend sits Orton on the chair and lights the gasoline
trail on fire. Orton escapes certain death. Orton starts hitting
The Fiend with the steel steps, which causes the fire to burst
each time. Orton wraps a chain around his fist and punches The
Fiend a few times. Orton pushes The Fiend’s face close to the
fire, but The Fiend fights back.
The Fiend gets him in the ring and snaps the neck. The Fiend
knocks him out of the ring and grabs an axe handle. The Fiend
lights it on fire and swings, but Orton moves. Orton attacks and
hits a draping DDT off the apron to the floor.
Orton sets up for an RKO, but The Fiend — of course — applies the
Mandible Claw. The Fiend tries to back him into the fire, but
Orton turns him… and The Fiend is lit on fire. Orton gets in the
ring, so The Fiend, while still on fire, chases him in. Orton hits
an RKO and taps him with his foot a few times to check for signs
of life. Orton looks concerned. Orton smirks and goes outside to
grab a tank of gasoline. Orton pours the contents onto the body of
The Fiend. Orton goes outside and grabs a matchbox. Orton gets in
the ring, strikes the match, and drops it on “The Fiend,”
engulfing him in flames. Orton poses as the show ends.
Winner: Randy Orton