WWE TLC 2014 Review

Greetings Ladies and Gents! It is I, the Shaman of Animation back again. Tonight, I'm here to talk about/review WWE: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs 2014 (Cuz F**K calling it Tables, Ladders, Chairs, and Stairs). Tonight's show was one with a rather...weak build going into it. But, was the actual show itself good? Eh...Kinda? Let's get into this Pay-Per-View.

First let's kick this off with the first, and one of the best, matches of the night:

Dolph Ziggler Vs. Luke Harper For the Intercontinental Title In a Ladders Match

There's a reason Dolph Ziggler is nicknamed the show off, that's because every single Damn match he's in, he steals the show. That is exactly what he and Luke Harper did in this match tonight. These two left everything they had in the ring and it showed in one of the most brutal Ladder matches I've seen in a while. The creativity in how the ladder was used along with  lot of the bumps these two took in this match just plain sold it for me. The match was booked very well with Harper looking incredibly strong in this and Dolph sold the underdog who can take a beating and come back and win to a T. The match ends with Ziggler becoming a 4 time IC champ and the PPV is off to a scorching start.

The Usos Vs. The Miz and Damien Mizdow

This match was...an Usos match. That's not saying the match was bad, but it was a standard match for that tag team. Of course, the real MVP of this match was Damien Mizdow, whose imaginary selling of moves like suplexes and and him throwing himself out of the ring more than made that match enjoyable.

Next up:

Big show Vs. Eric Rowan in a Stairs Match

Okay, I have to ask something: WWE Creative team...WHAT THE F**?! Who in the bluest of blue hell thought making a stairs match was a good idea? Let me break it down for all my non wrestling viewers here: Tables match: The stipulation is to put your opponent through a table to win the match. Ladders match: The Stipulation is you have to climb up a ladder and pull something down in order to to win the match.A stairs match...is just a match with stairs. Which has me asking what's the point of even having a stairs match in the first place?! This match could have been a street fight or a no DQ match and there wouldn't have been a difference. As for the match itself? BORING!!

After that we have:

John Cena vs. Seth Rollins in a Tables Match?

The fact that this match didn't main event...actually surprised me, especially considering what was at stake here. But I will not complain about it. This match had an extra stipulation attached to it: If John Cena were to lose this match, he were to lose the Number one contender opportunity against WWE World Champion Brock Lesnar. The match was okay up to a point. Rollins security was a nice little add-on, and Rollins showed his athletic ability with Cena doing his best to make him look good and the match like I said, was okay up to a point. Up till the last seven to ten minutes of the match where it became, for lack of a better term...a clusterf**k. It started with Cena putting Rollins through the table, but the Rollins's security cleaned up the mess before the ref saw it,  then Cena and Rollins both going through a table at the same time, resulting in a no contest. Then, Big Show showed up for no reason and beat up John Cena, which followed up with the return of...

....YAY???

Sooo....Roman Reigns came back...beat up Big Show, and Superman Punched Seth Rollins, allowing Cena to put Rollins through the table. Long story short, this match was an overbooked mess!!

NEXT:

Nikki Bella Vs. AJ Lee

There was a cool submission spot I saw there...that's about it...

NEXT:

Ryback Vs. Kane in a stairs match

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NEXT: Rusev Vs. Jack Swagger for the U.S. Title

Moving on...

Dean Ambrose Vs. Bray Wyatt in a TLC match

The main event: The match I was waiting for. This match had two months of build, with their Survivor Series Match ending in a DQ just to build towards this match. This match...oh man this match, this was just a physical brawl, these two guys beat the sh*t out of each other...and IT WAS AWESOME!!!! Seriously, the innovations they had with weapons like the Singapore cane was just made me cringe and watch on in awe when I saw it and it made for a glorious main event. Besides Ziggler vs. Harper, this match was the best of the night...and then... THEY F**K IT UP WITH A COMPLETELY HORRIBLE ENDING!!! 

The Match ended with Dean Ambrose ripping out a T.V. monitor that was plugged under the ring (For some reason...) and it exploded in Ambrose's face...what...WHAT?!?!

Did THIS GUY Book that ending?!?!

That ending was so ridiculously cartoonish, I just looked at my laptop screen and just facepalmed. This ending completely ruined the whole match for me.

TLC 2014 was just a bad show. There were only two matches that made it worthwhile and one of those had a sh*t ending to it. It's said to think that THIS was the final PPV of 2014. 

Till next time guys, I'm the Shaman of Animation saying: Here's hoping the Royal Rumble doesn't suck...Take care.