WWE pay-per-view event series
Professional wrestling pay-per-view event series
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs is an American professional wrestling event produced annually by WWE , a Connecticut-based promotion , and broadcast live and available through the WWE Network and pay-per-view (PPV). The event was established in 2009 , replacing Armageddon in the December slot of WWE's pay-per-view calendar. The concept of the show is based on the primary matches of the card each containing a stipulation using tables , ladders , and/or chairs as legal weapons, with the main event generally contested as a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match .[1] The event's concept was voted by fans via WWE's official website and was chosen over an event with street fight main events and an event featuring a single-elimination tournament .[2]
Championship bouts are scheduled on every card , with the lower-tier titles featured on the undercard and the top-tier featured on the main card .[3]
The 2014 event was also referred to as Tables, Ladders, Chairs... and Stairs , because the first Steel Stairs Match was contested at the event.
With the WWE brand extension reinstated in 2016, the pay-per-view in 2016 was a SmackDown branded event. In 2017 , it was moved from its usual December slot to an October slot together with making the event as a Raw branded event, allowing TLC to occur before the annual Survivor Series event that is held in November. In 2018 , it was announced that TLC would be a dual-branded event, and was moved back to the December slot due to the cancellation of Clash of Champions that year.[4]
Concept
The concept of this pay-per-view is that the main event matches have stipulations that involve legally using tables, ladders, and/or chairs. In 2010 , every match except one involved tables, ladders, or chairs. During the show, there were Tables matches , Ladder matches , Chairs matches , and TLC matches .
In a tables match, the only way to win is to put your opponent through a table. In a ladder match, the only way to win is to climb the ladder and retrieve the item above the ring. In a chairs match, chairs can be used as legal weapons, but the only way to win is by pinfall or submission in the ring. In a TLC match, the same rules apply as a ladder match, but tables and chairs can also be used.
Dates and venues
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Event
Date
City
Venue
Main Event
Ref.
1
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2009)
December 13, 2009
San Antonio , Texas
AT&T Center
Jeri-Show (Big Show and Chris Jericho ) (c) vs. D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H ) in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship
2
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2010)
December 19, 2010
Houston , Texas
Toyota Center
John Cena vs. Wade Barrett in a Chairs match
3
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2011)
December 18, 2011
Baltimore , Maryland
1st Mariner Arena
CM Punk (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. The Miz in a Triple Threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWE Championship
[5]
4
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2012)
December 16, 2012
Brooklyn , New York
Barclays Center
Dolph Ziggler (contract holder) vs. John Cena in a Ladder match for Ziggler's World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank contract
5
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2013)
December 15, 2013
Houston, Texas
Toyota Center
Randy Orton (WWE Champion) vs. John Cena (World Heavyweight Champion) in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to unify the WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
[6]
6
TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs...and Stairs (2014)
December 14, 2014
Cleveland , Ohio
Quicken Loans Arena
Bray Wyatt vs. Dean Ambrose in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match
[7]
7
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2015)
December 13, 2015
Boston , Massachusetts
TD Garden
Sheamus (c) vs. Roman Reigns in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
8
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2016)
December 4, 2016
Dallas , Texas
American Airlines Center
AJ Styles (c) vs. Dean Ambrose in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWE World Championship
[8]
9
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2017)
October 22, 2017
Minneapolis , Minnesota
Target Center
Dean Ambrose , Kurt Angle , and Seth Rollins vs. Braun Strowman , Cesaro , Kane , Sheamus , and The Miz in a 5-on-3 handicap Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match
[9] [10]
10
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2018)
December 16, 2018
San Jose , California
SAP Center
Becky Lynch (c) vs. Asuka vs. Charlotte Flair in a Triple Threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship
[11] [12] [13]
11
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2019)
December 15, 2019
Minneapolis , Minnesota
Target Center
The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane ) (c) vs. Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
[14] [15]
12
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2020)
December 20, 2020
St. Petersburg, Florida
WWE ThunderDome at Tropicana Field
"The Fiend" Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton in a Firefly Inferno match
[16]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
See also
References
^ "Preview:Unified Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho & Big Show vs. D-Generation X (Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match)" . WWE. Retrieved November 24, 2009 .
^ "WWE issues a new online fan survey" . WrestleView. 2009-08-25. Retrieved 2009-10-13 .
^ "WWE Entertainment To Make Raw and SmackDown Distinct Television Brands" . WWE . 2002-03-27. Retrieved 2010-08-03 .
^ Powell, Jason. "Major WWE pay-per-view shakeup, all co-branded events, two events dropped" . Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Retrieved February 17, 2018 .
^ Cutting, Devin. "WWE PPV Moved" . Gerweck.net. Retrieved 2011-06-24 .
^ Cutting, Devin (2013-01-11). "COMPLETE DETAILS AND LOCATIONS ON ALL 2013 WWE PPV EVENTS" . PWInsider. Retrieved 11 January 2013 .
^ "Updated Confirmed WWE PPV Dates And Locations Through WrestleMania 31" . wrestlinginc.com. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 31 July 2014 .
^ "Get WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs ticket this Saturday" . WWE. Retrieved 26 September 2016 .
^ Target Center [@TargetCenterMN] (19 June 2017). "Just announced: @WWE TLC PAY-PER-VIEW on Sun, Oct 22! 1st PPV in the Twin Cities in 2+ years! On sale Fri at 10am.…" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
^ Johnson, Mike (June 19, 2017). "WWE TLC 2017 PPV NEWS, CENA HEADING TO BATTLEGROUND, FORMER UFC FIGHTING IN MAE YOUNG CLASSIC? AND MORE WWE NEWS" . PWInsider. Retrieved June 20, 2017 .
^ https://www.pwinsider.com/article/118742/wwe-tlc-ppv-update.html?p=1
^ https://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/wwe-changes-ppv-schedule-remainder-2018-261366
^ Fuentes, Jon. "TLC PPV Location Announced, Interesting Venues Considered For WM 35 Week" . Sescoops .
^ "WWE schedule, list of PPVs for 2019: Money in the Bank, Backlash date, location" .
^ Center, Target. "WWE Present Tables, Ladders & Chairs | Target Center" .
^ Johnson, Mike (September 1, 2020). "LESNAR STORY GOES MAINSTREAM, WWE PPV SCHEDULE UPDATE" . PWInsider . Retrieved September 10, 2020 .
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