Wyatts proved too hot for valiant ECW Originals
Saturday 3 December 2016 11:56, UK
When Raw wrestler Roman Reigns watches Smackdown's TLC pay-per-view on Sunday night he should encounter mixed feelings.
For while he was unable to win the WWE World Championship from Sheamus in a TLC Match at last year's pay-per-view, he did manage to give Triple H an almighty beating!
Read our review of the 2015 event's weapon-filled matches - which saw success for The Wyatt Family, The New Day and Alberto Del Rio - in the paragraphs below.
Then catch TLC 2016, live on Sky Sports Box Office from 1am on Sunday (Monday morning). CLICK HERE TO ORDER
The TLC Match - Sheamus v Roman Reigns
Sheamus' then League of Nations comrades, Alberto Del Rio and Rusev, helped prevent Reigns from retaining the WWE World Title inside TD Garden - and that spelled punishment for not only the League but Triple H as well!
Reigns - who had been yanked off the ladder by Del Rio and Rusev as he seemed poise to grab the belt, and then Bogue Kicked into defeat by Sheamus - blasted Del Rio and Rusev with spears before viciously attacking Sheamus with a chair.
Triple H tried to appease Reigns but the irate former Shield man went berserk, nailing the The Game with a Superman Punch, ample chair shots and an elbow drop through the announce desk, before spearing him out of his boots as he attempted to stand.
Reign' mood improved dramatically the next night on Raw, however, as he pinned Sheamus to win the title, after the Irishman had surprisingly granted him a rematch and Vince McMahon had told him that if he failed to down the Dubliner he would be fired from WWE.
McMahon and The League of Nations would interfere on Sheamus' behalf but to no avail, with Reigns nabbing his second world title and keeping hold of the belt until the backend of January when he lost it to Triple H in the 30-man Royal Rumble Match.
The Tables Match - The Wyatt Family v The ECW Originals
Bray Wyatt, Braun Strowman, Erick Rowan and Luke Harper beat The Dudley Boyz, Rhyno and Tommy Dreamer in their own environment last year, winning an elimination Tables Match in pretty convincing style, with Rowan the only member of their brood to be banished.
Rowan's departure just over four minutes into the bout - the red-bearded brawler nailed with a 3D through the timber - gave the veterans hope, but The Wyatts rallied after that, starting when Harper booted Rhyno into a table and Bray sideslammed D-Von through another.
Harper displayed his athleticism by downing Dreamer with a suicide dive, before Strowman chokeslammed Bubba for the victory. Wyatt will take on ECW Original Rhyno at TLC 2016, too, when he and Randy Orton try to snare The Man Beast and Heath Slater's Tag Titles.
The Ladder Match - The New Day v The Lucha Dragons v The Usos
The New Day are in the midst of a lengthy tag team title reign - in less than two weeks, they could have broken Demolition's record 478-day stint with the straps - with Ladder Match success 12 months ago one of their most stellar triumphs.
It was far from plain sailing for The New Day - Big E dropkicked into a ladder by both Uso twins at one point - while Lucha Dragons star Kalisto wowed the crowd when he cracked Jey Uso through a ladder with his trademark Salida del Sol.
However, Kalisto was scuppered by the non-participating member of The New Day, Xavier Woods, who clubbed the masked marvel with his trombone, allowing Kingston, and not the cruiserweight, to retrieve the titles which were hanging above the ring.
The Chairs Match - Alberto Del Rio v Jack Swagger
Del Rio had beaten Jack Swagger at WrestleMania 29 in 2013 to retain the World Heavyweight Title - and he beat him again in Boston to retain the United States Championship he had pinched from John Cena at Hell in a Cell.
In a match where the metal seat was the only legal weapon, Del Rio recovered from having his ankle wedged inside a chair courtesy of Swagger's Patriot Lock to pin The Real American after stomping him into a glut of chairs in the corner of the ring.
Del Rio then dropped, regained and dropped the championship during the winter months while feuding with Kalisto, before departing WWE in September of this year - a defeat to Cena on Smackdown his final match in the company's ring.
Watch WWE TLC, live on Sky Sports Box Office from 1am on Sunday night (Monday morning) or follow our live blog on skysports.com and the Sky Sports app.
WWE TLC booking details
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs will be shown live on Sky Sports Box Office (channel 491) and Sky Sports HD Box Office (channel 492) from 1am on Sunday, December 4 (Monday morning).
The pay-per-view will cost £14.95 for viewers in the United Kingdom and €21.95 for customers in the Republic of Ireland.
WWE TLC will repeated on Sky Sports Box Office (channel 491) BUT NOT Sky Sports HD Box Office (channel 492) between 10am on Monday, December 5 and 10pm on Tuesday, December 6.
You can order the show online by visiting this link: https://my.sky.com/orderboxoffice/?DCMP=WWETLC
You can also book the event over the phone: UK viewers should call 03442 410 888, while customers in the Republic of Ireland should call 0818 220 225. (There may be an additional charge for telephone bookings).
You are also able to order the show via your Sky remote:
Sky+: Press the box office button on your remote, then click the sports tab followed by WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs
Sky Q: Press Home on your Sky Q remote, select TV guide, then Box Office and then WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs. Enter your TV Pin if prompted. (Only bookings via Sky TV remote are recordable using Sky Plus).
Sky TV residential customers only. Commercial customers contact Sky for price and to order. Sky Box Office terms apply. Cable customers should contact their local cable operator.
