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TLC: 19/12/2010
TLC was live at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The actual pay-per-view opened with triple threat ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship involving Dolph Ziggler defending against Kofi Kingston and Jack Swagger. Ziggler was the first to climb a ladder only to be stopped by Kingston and Swagger. Ziggler performed a leg drop bulldog on Kingston onto a ladder, which Swagger was lay under. With all three men down, Ziggler's manager Vickie Guerrero attempted to climb the ladder. Kingston tried to tip her off the ladder, but was stopped by Swagger. Swagger applied an ankle lock on Kingston whilst he was trying to climb the ladder. Ziggler attempted to grab the title but was stopped by Kingston, Ziggler locked in the sleeper hold on him at the top of the ladder, but Kingston managed to escape. Kingston tried to grab the title but when Swagger arrived up the ladder, both of them unhooked the title and it fell. Ziggler took the opportunity to retrieve the title and retained the championship.
Next, The tag team tables match between LayCool (Layla and Michelle McCool) and The Divas of Doom (Beth Phoenix and WWE Divas Champion Natalya) was contested. Phoenix and Natalya wasted little time as they brought in the customized pink table which featured a caricature drawing of Lay-Cool. McCool and Layla dominated the duo for a while, they tossed Phoenix out of the ring and focused on Natalya. McCool attempted to put Natalya through one of the standard tables only for Phoenix to come to her rescue. Phoenix and Natalya picked Layla up ready to put her through the table but McCool knocked the table over. Later, Natalya applied a double sharpshooter on Layla and McCool whilst Phoenix prepared the caricature table. McCool and Layla gained control and attempted a double superplex on Natalya but Natalya pushed the two onto the customized table and performed a splash, which broke the table and The Divas of Doom won the match.
After that, The WWE Tag Team Championship match was contested. The champions Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov faced The Nexus members Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater. The match went back and forth with Gabriel and Slater tagging in and out regularly. Eventually, Gabriel and Slater were disqualified when fellow Nexus member Michael McGillicutty interfered. Afterward, the rest of the Nexus attacked Marella and Kozlov until Nexus leader Wade Barrett arrived with a steel chair and attacked the two with it.
In the fourth match John Morrison faced Sheamus in a ladder match to determine the #1 contender for the WWE Championship. Not long after the bell, the match spilled outside the ring, where Sheamus bridging a ladder between the ring apron and a broadcast table. Sheamus backed Morrison into the corner using the erect ladder but Morrison leapfrogged over it and performed a corkscrew on Sheamus. Later, Sheamus trapped Morrison by causing him to hang upside down on the ladder by his knee and then tipped the ladder over. Sheamus continued to target Morrison's knee. Morrison attempted to climb the ladder but Sheamus executed a Brogue Kick to Morrison's knee. Sheamus tried to grab the contract but Morrison stopped him. After brawling, the pair eventually fell with Morrison falling to the outside whilst Sheamus fell through the bridged ladder, which broke in half. Morrison climbed the ladder and Sheamus tried to tip him off but Morrison delivered a kick to Sheamus and retrieved the contract to win the match.
The fifth match was a Tables match for the WWE Championship. This match saw the champion The Miz (accompanied by Alex Riley) square off against Randy Orton. After the two fought in the ring, Orton performed a suplex on The Miz outside the ring. The Miz set up a table outside the ring and Orton attempted to put him through it, but The Miz countered. The Miz then set up another table in the corner and Orton tried to suplex The Miz through the table from the turnbuckle, but Riley dragged the table away. Orton retrieved another table and delivered a clothesline to Riley. With the table set up, Orton prepared to put The Miz through it, but Riley distracted him. The Miz attempted a Skull Crushing Finale but Orton countered it, and the referee was accidentally knocked down. Orton performed an RKO on Riley and powerbombed him through the table. The Miz then gave Orton a Skull Crushing Finale, moved Riley away from the broken table and put Orton in his place. He then tried to tell the referee that he had put Orton through the table, so the referee called for the bell and The Miz was declared the winner of the match. However, the referee saw the replays after the match and restarted the match. Orton attacked Miz, who retreated to the ring. As Orton climbed the apron, The Miz pushed Riley into Orton, who fell through a table outside the ring. This meant that The Miz retained the championship.
The next match was for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Kane was defending his World Heavyweight Championship in a Fatal 4-Way TLC match against Edge, Rey Mysterio, and The Jackal. Wasting little time, Mysterio set up the first ladder and climbed it but was pushed off by The Jackal and landed outside the ring on top of Kane and Edge. Jackal tried to climb the ladder but was stopped by Mysterio. Mysterio used a smaller ladder to perform a seated senton on Jackal with the ladder sandwiched between them.
Edge and Kane went one on one for a while until Kane turned his attention to everyone which resulted in the other three participants teaming on him. After placing Kane on a table outside the ring, Edge climbed the ladder inside the ring and jumped straight onto Kane breaking the table. Jackal and Mysterio took the opportunity to fight one on one. Edge performed the spear on Mysterio and climbed the ladder, Kane pushed the ladder over
. Kane then went on to dominate all three men. All four of them took the match to the stage, where Edge gave Kane a spear. Mysterio climbed onto one of the tables that was hanging from the stage and jumped off it landing on Kane. Jackal, Mysterio and Edge returned to the ring where Edge blocked Mysterio's 619 with a chair. Mysterio and Edge both climbed the ladder and both fell to the canvas too. During this time Albertdo Del Rio ran out to attack Mysterio but got chokeslammed by Kane.
Jackal tried to grab the title, but Mysterio pushed the ladder, sending Jackal through a table outside the ring. Mysterio was stopped from climbing the ladder by Kane and received a Tombstone Piledriver. Kane gave a Chokeslam to Edge and was about to climb the ladder when suddenly the light go out.
On the Titantron, a view of a cabin near a lake is shown. The area looked very similar to Camp Crystal Lake from the Friday the 13th movies. A Wolf was standing on the porch of the cabin, standing guard, rain pouring down with thunder and lightning. Sudden the video shows a hooded, dark figure watching clips of Kane's career, from his debut to his rivalry with Undertaker and Bladewolf.
Suddenly children's voices were heard. "1..2..The Wolf's coming for you! 3...4...better locknyiur doors...!" The sound of girls giggling are heard.
The figure moved and revealed all the versions of Kane's masks used from 1997 to 2003. Clips of Kane in the mask are shown as the figure grabs the original before angrily throwing it into a furnace, burning it. In the ring, Kane looks confused.
The figure then is seen standing before a box and opens it to reveal a Wolf mask. Suddenly the video goes black before words show up.
HE IS RETURNING...
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With that, the video ends and the lights go back to normal. Kane is shaking his head in shock before turning around... INTO A SPEAR FROM EDGE!
Edge begins climbing the ladder but Jackal is there and lulls him straight down onto his back. Jackal climbs up the ladder and grabs the title... AND UNHOOKS IT! JACKAL IS WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!
Jackal's theme plays as tears stream down Jackals eyes. He is now a 4-time World Champion. He looks around before leaving the ring, yet he too was confused to what just happened there.
Wellz that was a spooky video to interrupt a match. As for the Wolf mask, think of a wolf version of The Fiend's mask since that is one scary, monstrous mask. Only the Wolf version looks demonic with the wearers eyes being seen through it.
