The following are the results of the WWE Tables, Ladders and Chairs pay-per-view, which took place Sunday December 15th in Houston, Texas.
The TLC Panel for tonight consists of Josh Matthews, The Miz and WWE Hall Of Famers Booker T and Mick Foley.
TLC Kick-Off Singles Match
Fandango (w/Summer Rae) defeated Dolph Ziggler by pin fall with the Flying Leg Drop.
Opening Segment
The Authority welcome us to what will be a memorable night. Triple H runs down a who’s who list of past WWE and World Champions including Lou Thesz, Harley Race, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, The Rock, Shawn Michaels and Stone Cold Steve Austin. He goes on to say that tonight 2 Championships will become 1, and that 2 Champions will enter the ring, but only 1 will leave as Champion.
3-On-1 Handicap Match
CM Punk defeated The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns) by pin fall. Roman Reigns injured his eye earlier in the match when he went for a spear on CM Punk on the outside, but missed, and went flying over the announce table. Later in the match, Reigns accidentally speared Dean Ambrose, which led to their defeat.
Backstage Segment
Renee Young asks AJ Lee if Natalya has her number tonight? AJ says that no one has her number, and that she has held the Divas Championship for 182 days. She says that she should have been the Diva of the Year, but the WWE Universe, The Slammys & the Divas Division are all “jokes!” AJ says she will be the only one laughing after tonight.
Divas Championship Match
AJ Lee (w/Tamina) defeated Natalya by pin fall with a quick roll up, and a hand full of hair, which the ref didn’t see. AJ retains the Divas Championship.
Intercontinental Championship Match
Big E. Langston defeated Damien Sandow by pin fall with the Big Ending. Langston retains the IC Title.
After the match, Vince McMahon approaches Randy Orton backstage and smiles and wishes him luck.
TLC Panel
Josh Matthews, Mick Foley & Booker T are shown in the upper level of the arena. They recap the incident from the Kick-Off Show where Kofi Kingston interrupted and got into an altercation with The Miz. That match was made official for later tonight.
Tag Team Championship
Fatal Four Way-Elimination Match
– Ryback & Curtis Axel were the first team to be eliminated by pin fall. Goldust got the pin on Ryback.
– The Real Americans (Jack Swagger & Antonio Cesaro) were eliminated next by pin fall. The Big Show hit his KO punch on both Swagger & Cesaro.
– Cody Rhodes and Goldust defeated The Big Show and Rey Mysterio by pin fall with Cross Rhodes. They retain the Tag Team Championships.
Singles Match
R-Truth (w/Xavier Woods) defeated Brodus Clay (w/Tensai, Naomi & Cameron) by pin fall. Clay dominated the entire match, and Tensai kept yelling for him to cover him. The two argued, Clay told Tensai that he was better than him, which led to Tensai leaving. This caused the distraction for R-Truth to get the win.
After the match, Vince McMahon is backstage and shakes John Cena’s hand and wishes him luck in his match.
Singles Match
Kofi Kingston defeated The Miz by pin fall.
3-On-1 Handicap Match
The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Eric Rowan & Luke Harper) defeated Daniel Bryan by pin fall with Sister Abigail.
WWE/World Championship Unification
Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match
Randy Orton defeated John Cena to become the Unified WWE Champion.
The ending saw Orton handcuffing Cena to the bottom ring rope, and throwing the key into the crowd. Cena was able to unscrew the bottom turn buckle, and drag the rope with him up the ladder to try and reach for the titles. Orton was able to pull him off the ladder by the ring rope, and into a table set up in the corner of the ring. Cena went head first into the table, and was knocked out, enabling Orton to climb the ladder and unhook the titles. After the victory, Vince McMahon’s music hits, and out come Vince, Stephanie and Triple H to congratulate Randy Orton.
