[explosions]
[upbeat music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
[narrator] Tables, ladders, chairs.
Simple devices we weave into our lives,
but sometimes, the simple things are not what they seem,
because here,
these are the obstacles that must be faced.
They are the measure of tenacity
and symbols of the unyielding will to prevail.
[Mauro] The new number one contender
for the WWE World Championship.
Dean Ambrose has done it.
[narrator] They will test integrity.
[AJ] If he cares so much about this championship,
he never would have lost it.
And I dare you, Ellsworth, to show up.
[narrator] They will push limits.
[Dean] You better get your head on straight.
When that bell rings, the carnage begins
and I'm gonna take my championship back.
Fun and games are over.
[narrator] They can force one to thrive.
[Miz] Do you understand how hardcore a Ladder match really is?
It ends careers.
[Mauro] The Showoff hasn't forgotten about The Miz.
[Dolph] I'm not done yet.
[Heath] We will take on anyone.
[narrator] Or they can lead them to defeat.
[Bray] I am a god. This is my world.
[Alexa] Her 15 minutes of fame are gonna be over.
[Becky] I'm the SmackDown Women's Champion.
I am straight fire.
I will go through hell to keep this championship.
[Alexa] I'll get you, my pretty,
and your SmackDown women's title, too.
[narrator] Tonight, opportunity will present itself
to those strong enough to withstand it
and wise enough to seize it.
["Ready For War (Pray for Peace)" playing]
♪ I pray for peace But I'm ready for war ♪
[narrator] Tonight, these ordinary objects
will make a select few…
extraordinary.
[music fades out]
[narrator] And now,
WWE SuperCard and Kay Jewelers present
WWE Tables, Ladders & Chairs.
[explosions]
["Ready for War (Pray for Peace)" playing]
♪ I pray for peace But I'm ready for war ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ I pray for change… ♪
[Mauro] It's the one night of the year
the WWE becomes a human demolition derby.
Welcome to the SmackDown Live exclusive pay-per-view,
TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.
♪ I pray for peace ♪
-["Voices" playing] -[crowd cheering]
♪ I hear voices in my head ♪
[music distorts, fades]
["Broken Out In Love" playing]
♪ Catching flies ♪
♪ In his mouth ♪
♪ Tasting freedom ♪
♪ While he dares ♪
♪ Then crawling back… ♪
[JBL] This is even more disturbing than it has ever been before.
In fact…
♪ Top of the stairs ♪
♪ Of the stairs… ♪
[JBL] …there's been some seminal moments in history,
when you tagged up Brody and Stan Hansen in Japan in the '80s.
When Kane and The Undertaker decided to team up.
And now, Randy Orton as part of The Wyatt Family.
["Broken Out In Love" continues playing]
[Mauro] And as a tandem Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton
have proven to be as effective
as Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott have been
for the Dallas Cowboys,
on the verge of becoming SmackDown Tag Team Champions.
[JBL] But the difference is Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott
don't want to destroy their opponents
like this family does.
♪ You could find him In amongst the pigeons… ♪
[Mauro] I can't think of a more ominous pairing
than Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton.
♪ …in the square ♪
[music ends abruptly]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Randy! Randy! Randy!
♪ I'm just one man ♪
♪ But I'm a one man band… ♪
[bell ringing]
[Hamilton] The following contest, scheduled for one fall,
is for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
Making their way to the ring,
they are the SmackDown Tag Team Champions,
Heath Slater and Rhyno.
[Mauro] Well, two of the unlikeliest duos in WWE
are set to battle for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships.
Hello there, I'm Mauro Ranallo with David Otunga,
Sweetwater, Texas's own JBL, and Tom Phillips,
and guys, what a matchup for the SmackDown Tag Team titles.
You got to understand, Heath Slater was just-- barely has a job here.
And I don't know if they have another level.
He's a talented guy, but he and Rhyno
better find a level we haven't seen before if they wanna walk out here as champions.
And guys, of course, TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs
being seen all over the world.
So, please welcome in, as always, our Spanish announce team
-Carlos Cabrera and Marcelo Rodriguez. -[speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
[Tom] And our German announce team, Holger Böschen and Manu Thiele.
Yeah, thanks, Tom, and, yeah…
[speaking German]
…American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.
[speaking German]
[Mauro] So, the SmackDown Tag Team titles
are up for grabs, the champions,
Beauty and The Man Beast.
In fact it was "The Man Beast" Rhyno,
the only place you can find him is on SmackDown Live.
He's the muscle of the team, and boy,
both Slater and Rhyno have to bring their A-plus game tonight.
[David] Man, I hope they know what they've gotten themselves into here.
[bell ringing]
[Mauro] And look, it is actually Rhyno that is getting things started
for the first time since they formed the team,
so immediately Rhyno squaring off with Bray Wyatt, "The New Face of Fear."
[David] I think that's a great strategy.
I mean, you want to utilize Rhyno's power from the get-go.
[JBL] Yeah, and they understand the seriousness and the gravitas
of what they're doing as they head into this title match,
specifically the fact that it's Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton.
[Mauro] Reversal on the Irish whip.
And an explosive clothesline by Rhyno.
John, who do you give the advantage to
in this situation with both teams,
well, relatively new to one another?
[JBL] Oh, there's not a doubt about it.
Look, just compare Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt
to when you teamed up The Undertaker and Kane,
and I stand by that.
I think that Rhyno and Heath Slater are gonna have to come to a level
that we have not seen before
if they wanna walk outta here as Tag Team Champions.
And that's taking nothing away from them.
They've been good Tag Team Champions.
You are talking about a once-in-a-generation team right here
with Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt.
[Mauro] Big shoulder tackle by Rhyno,
utilizing that brute strength early
on "The Viper" Randy Orton, and the tag,
and Heath Slater goes to the top turnbuckle.
[David] You know, Heath has kind of an aloof mentality about him.
I actually think that might help him here
because he's gonna be less intimidated against the Wyatts.
[Mauro] Nice leg lariat there by Slater on Randy Orton.
[JBL] Yeah, David, I'm not sure it's aloofness.
We call it stupidity where I'm from.
-He's just not very bright. -[David] I was trying to be nice.
[Mauro] Slater's momentum-- Oh.
[David] You are a lawyer.
[Mauro] A leg sweep by Bray Wyatt.
Back it up. Get back now.
Come on, now, get back inside.
Come on, now.
-One. -[Rhyno] Come on, Slater.
Two.
[Mauro] Of course, in this SmackDown Tag Team match,
champion's advantage.
Orton and Wyatt need to defeat
Beauty and The Man Beast via pinfall or submission
in order to become new SmackDown Tag Team Champions.
As Orton hangs Slater out to dry.
[David] And going back to the question you had, Mauro,
about Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt.
They haven't teamed together very often,
but you can see how well they work together
in just a short amount of time.
[Mauro] The Orton stomp,
taking a page out of Ronnie Garvin's playbook,
but quick tag and in comes Bray Wyatt
with the ground and pound from the back,
those clubbing forearms to the back of Slater's neck.
Rolls him over, goes for the cover, hooks the leg, and Slater escapes at two.
[David] Slater needs to get outta there.
There you go, tag Rhyno.
[JBL] Yeah. I think that is the key, look,
Slater-- if you're Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton,
you wanna keep Heath Slater in there until you win this match.
You wanna cut this ring off,
you wanna keep any chance of Rhyno getting back in there.
[Mauro] Corner clothesline by Bray Wyatt, and John,
as the patriarch of The Wyatt Family, the mastermind,
has he been the most influential superstar
that you've ever seen in the WWE ring,
considering who's been a part of his family, including Randy Orton?
[JBL] Well, he's certainly a-- people wanna follow a persuasive guy,
people wanna follow a charismatic guy,
and I think that's what Bray Wyatt is.
And you see people-- He walks out here
and you see arenas around the world light up with what he calls his fireflies,
those cell phones that people light up,
-showing their support for Bray Wyatt. -Three.
[JBL] You don't see that with anybody else.
[David] No, you don't. And I don't know if he's the most influential,
but he's one of the most charismatic.
He has this maniacal magnetism about him.
He just gets anybody to follow him and believe in him.
[Mauro] Randy Orton with the front facelock on Heath Slater.
Get him off of those ropes, Randy.
[Mauro] Slater fighting off the attempt at the draping DDT
and drives a shoulder into the midsection of Orton,
-a right hand for Bray Wyatt. -[JBL] Wow. Wow.
[Mauro] What a powerslam by Orton.
How did Slater kick out after that momentum?
[JBL] I'll say it every time Randy Orton's out there that--
[David] My goodness. Slater's got to get Rhyno in now.
Come on, Heath.
[JBL] Look at this, The great ones make it look easy.
[Mauro] Wow.
It was Slater's momentum
that added to the impact of that powerslam.
Bray Wyatt back in now with that rear chinlock on Heath Slater.
[JBL] And Randy Orton, you know, some guys are just bred to be superstars,
this third generation star had all this hype
and all this buildup about him.
Few people have ever lived up to that, Randy Orton has.
[Mauro] Wyatt and Orton vanquished American Alpha this past Tuesday
on SmackDown Live, to become the number one contenders
for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
Wyatt telegraphed that back body drop, however.
Walked right into a couple of boots
and that roundhouse kick by Slater
sends Orton off the apron.
-Tag made. Here comes Rhyno. -[David] Got him in.
[Mauro] Running clothesline
-by "The Man Beast" Rhyno. -[JBL] Yeah, I don't--
even though I think he heard it,
I'm not sure Bray realized that tag was made.
[Mauro] Reversal by Bray Wyatt.
Walks right into a European uppercut by Rhyno,
goes to the second turnbuckle.
-[David] Ooh. -[Mauro] What an explosive shoulder tackle
from the corner by Rhyno.
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] Oh, Randy Orton pushing Bray Wyatt out of the way.
[JBL] Once again, Randy Orton protecting Bray Wyatt.
[referee] Get back in here. What do you think you're doing?
[Mauro] And this new Wyatt Family has proven to be a wrecking crew but--
[JBL] Just like what it is at Survivor Series.
[Mauro] And there's Rhyno, no, no, no. Luke Harper takes one for Randy Orton
as Rhyno spears Luke Harper.
[JBL] That's something I didn't think we'd see.
[Mauro] Wow.
So definitely appears the new Wyatt Family is on the same page.
-[David] Look at this. -[Mauro] The upside down.
Oh, an RKO out of nowhere.
The tag had been made.
Randy Orton is the legal man.
[crowd] One, two, three.
-[bell ringing] -[crowd cheering]
[Hamilton] Here are your winners,
and the new SmackDown Tag Team Champions,
The Wyatt Family.
[JBL] Oh, boy. The new Tag Team Champions.
SmackDown is in trouble.
[Mauro] The symbols of supremacy
have been procured by the new Wyatt Family
and what a formidable force they are proving to be, David.
[David] Yeah. I mean, I got to give it to them.
That was tremendous teamwork. Look at this.
Bray has Rhyno distracted
and then Randy slides in seamlessly with his RKO,
almost like they're telepathic.
[JBL] They're just hell-bent on destruction, David.
And now they're 100% on the same page.
I'm telling you, this is the most dangerous team
we have seen in the WWE in a long time.
[David] They're on the same page and I tell you what,
I don't think this is a book the rest of the tag teams wanna read.
["Broken Out In Love" playing]
♪ He's broken out in love ♪
-[JBL] Look at Randy Orton. -[Mauro] The legendary tag teams,
of course, have competed in Dallas, The Freebirds, The Von Erichs,
but we could be seeing the beginning
of a legendary run for this tag team, John.
[JBL] Uh, we certainly could.
And, look, Randy Orton didn’t exactly endear himself
to WWE Universe when he joined The Wyatt Family,
but he certainly put together
what could be a dynasty in short order.
♪ You could find him ♪
♪ In amongst the pigeons ♪
♪ In the square ♪
♪ But he won't see the sun again ♪
♪ For years to come ♪
♪ He's broken out in love ♪
[crowd cheering]
The best day!
[music fades out]
[Michael] It will be a night forever etched in history.
Welcome to WrestleMania.
["How High" playing]
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Say, it go like this ♪
♪ Tiring old siff 'Cause the music is… ♪
♪ And the punks can't play it ♪
♪ I'ma tell the crowd just do what I say ♪
♪ So hot, but the bar so cold ♪
♪ Excuse me, baby It's time for the show ♪
♪ Put 'em up, put 'em up ♪
♪ Put 'em up, baby ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Put 'em up ♪
♪ When I tell you to jump You say how high ♪
[music fades out]
We just crowned new SmackDown Tag Team Champions.
Will we have a new WWE World Champion tonight?
Please welcome my guest at this time, Dean Ambrose.
[crowd cheering, booing]
Dean, before we discuss your match tonight,
do you have an update on the condition of James Ellsworth?
Oh, well, I'm sure he's fine.
He's a trooper, you know, he's probably keeping his chin up.
Keeping his…
just keeping his spirits up, you know.
The good thing is he's at home.
He's out of the danger zone, he's just sitting on the couch,
watching the WWE network,
letting the grown-ups do the grown-up work tonight.
Well, it appears that AJ Styles managed to get under your skin at SmackDown Live.
Do you think that you need to keep your temper in check
in order to best execute your game plan in your TLC match tonight?
My temper is my game plan.
See, I like to just kind of go with the flow, you know?
So, when I get pissed off, I like to just kind of roll with that.
See, AJ Styles is a phenomenal athlete, and in a different world,
under different circumstances, it might be an honor
to share the ring with AJ Styles,
but he's an "easy way out" kind of guy.
The kind of guy who like to take the low road, go for the low blow.
I'm not like that. Unfortunately for AJ Styles,
there is no easy way to win a TLC match.
There's no easy way to go crashing through a table,
there's no easy way to get a steel chair slammed on your back over and over,
there's no easy way to climb a ladder
when I'm pounding your kidneys
with my forearm, you know what I'm saying?
Every moment of a TLC match is hard,
bone-crushing, life-altering work hard.
Just the way I like it.
See, there's something about me
that makes me make my life as difficult as possible.
I live hard. I do the hard work.
[breathes deeply]
Tonight, there's only one way to win the TLC match,
it's a very simple formula,
horrible pain and suffering equals glory.
Gentlemen, welcome to flavor country tonight, AJ Styles.
As a great friend of mine once said,
"It's gonna be hard times."
[crowd cheering, booing]
AJ, we just heard from the challenger to your WWE World Championship
and Dean says that tonight you're in for some hard times.
[chuckles] Hard times?
Yeah, maybe Dean's right.
I've been in matches like these before.
I know exactly what they can do to the human body
and I know Dean Ambrose and I know him very well.
You see, the problem was never knocking him down,
it was keeping him there, that was the problem.
But I would say after a couple chair shots,
some tables, some ladders, sure,
Dean Ambrose will get back up just in time
to see me on top of the ladder
holding my WWE Championship.
[crowd cheering, booing]
["You Can Look (But You Can't Touch)" playing]
♪ You can look But you can't touch… ♪
[JBL] Tables, Ladders, and Chairs for the WWE title tonight.
[bell ringing]
[Hamilton] The following contest is a no disqualification match
where anything goes.
The only way to win is by pinfall or submission.
Making her way to the ring from Scottsdale, Arizona, Nikki Bella.
[Mauro] Only the second no disqualification match in TLC history,
the first involving the women.
Nikki Bella has had enough with Carmella.
♪ You can bet I've heard 'em all before… ♪
[Tom] TLC is presented by WWE SuperCard season three,
now featuring thousands of cards,
new game modes, and live player versus player action.
[JBL] And by Kay Jewelers, celebrating their 100th anniversary
with 100 years of kisses.
Every kiss begins with Kay.
["Fabulous" playing]
♪ F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S ♪
[Hamilton] And her opponent from Staten Island, Carmella.
[Mauro] And Tom, Carmella has made Nikki Bella's life a living hell
since Bella returned from career-threatening neck surgery.
[Tom] This all started three months ago after Nikki returned at SummerSlam
in Carmella's home city of New York,
and things set off that following Tuesday on SmackDown Live.
Now, you've joined us here on SmackDown Live.
Yeah, you know, it actually means a lot to me, Renee.
It means everything, when I was told that my injury--
[Tom] Carmella had heard enough from Nikki Bella.
Before a matchup between the two could even begin,
Carmella would take things out on Nikki.
The beatdown in the ring wasn't the end of it.
The altercation spilled over onto Talking Smack.
The longest reigning Divas champion in WWE history is back.
And, of course, tonight we all saw it.
-[Renee] Whoa. -[Daniel] Whoa, oh.
-[Nikki groans] -[Daniel] Hey, hey.
-[Renee] Can somebody-- -[Carmella grunts]
[Daniel] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
-[Renee] Can we get somebody? -[Daniel] Hey, hey, hey.
-Hey, hey, guys, guys. -[Daniel] Come on. Break it up.
-[Nikki] Get off of me. -[Daniel] Come on!
Guys, guys, guys. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Come on.
["Fabulous" playing]
♪ Diamonds so bright ♪
♪ You think that they be glowin' ♪
♪ Ain't nobody hotter Than this chick right hurr… ♪
[JBL] If you could look, when you see Carmella's face,
she is sporting a very big shiner.
-[Tom] Yeah, she is. Hard to look at. -[JBL] That black eye from last week
-of Nikki Bella and that forearm. -[bell ringing]
[Mauro] An eye for a tooth as Nikki Bella blamed Carmella
for a chipped tooth a few weeks ago.
And the uncontrollable hostility in this no disqualification match,
again, all rules thrown out the window
in this intense rivalry.
[David] Yeah, this is not gonna be a technical match.
These ladies are here to fight.
[Mauro] Oh.
Big takedown by Nikki Bella with those Nikki shallow forearms,
roll up though there by Carmella.
[Tom] Just dragging out-- This reminds me of a schoolyard fight.
Just let them fight.
[JBL] I think that's exactly what you're gonna see, David.
[screams]
[JBL] This is about to get very dangerous.
[referee] All right. Guys, let's get it back in the ring, come on.
[Mauro] Oh, head scissors, and that drives Nikki Bella right into the stairs.
[referee] Hey, into the ring.
-[David] She ran her leg into it too. -[referee] Two.
[JBL] Yeah, it looked like Nikki Bella was trying to go
for some type of powerbomb out on the floor
and Carmella countered it with a head scissor
and Nikki crashed that leg into those steel stairs.
-Four. -[Mauro] It does appear that Nikki Bella
nursing a left leg injury.
-[David] Yeah, she's hurt. -Six.
[Mauro] Of course, in the past, Carmella targeting Nikki Bella's neck,
but now, going after that left leg.
[JBL] One thing you'll notice, it's no DQ, but there are countouts in this match.
You saw the referee counting.
To finish, whatever it is, has to happen in the middle of that ring.
[David] Let's see this again.
-[Mauro] Ooh. -[David] Yeah.
You can see Nikki's knee ran right into those steps,
and then the barricade too.
[Mauro] Oh, Carmella, suplexing Nikki Bella into the ropes.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd booing]
[Mauro] And the fabulous superstar not endearing herself to the WWE Universe.
-[shouts] -[Dan] Two.
[Mauro] Carmella doing the right thing, though, John, strategy-wise,
attacking that left leg. Oh, here's a roll-up by Nikki Bella.
[JBL] Well, of course. Look, it's just a bad break for Nikki
that Nikki happened to hit those stairs wrong, and--
[Mauro] Back press, hooks the injured leg
and gets a two-count, but Nikki Bella is in trouble here.
[JBL] And has done something to that bad leg,
something is tweaked in Nikki Bella's leg,
and you got to love what Carmella's doing here.
She's not only-- When she covers her, she's hooking that bad leg.
-[Mauro] And again. -[David] I'll give Carmella credit.
I mean, she took advantage of that.
As soon as she noticed Nikki was hurt, she's been all over that leg.
[Mauro] And utilizing the ring ropes to her advantage
as she suplexes that injured leg for impact.
-Come on! -[David] John's exactly right,
hooking that bad leg too.
[Mauro] Carmella tying Nikki Bella to a-- the Tree of Woe and--
[David] And I've been in this before.
This puts tremendous pressure on both of your knees.
Just being hooked up there like that.
-[JBL] Oh, this-- -[Mauro] Again, no disqualification rules.
[JBL] This is gonna put a lot more pressure, David.
[David chuckles]
[JBL] Batter up!
[David] But you know what? A no DQ match is what these women needed,
because things have gotten so personal.
The shots Carmella took at Nikki, it's the only way to settle it.
[Mauro] Yeah, the uncontrollable hostility.
Hey, Nikki. You can't see me.
[David] Continuing to mock her boyfriend. This is what I'm talking about.
[Mauro] Ooh.
Swinging that kendo stick to the midsection of Nikki Bella.
-[Mauro] Oh! -[JBL] She's going after the leg.
[Mauro] The antipathy boiling over here.
[referee] Should we stop it?
[David] Carmella's just enjoying this.
[Mauro] Now she's attacking that injured left leg.
[JBL] Boy, every shot she's put at her,
she's put a lot on that left leg, like she's--
That leg is an absolute bull's-eye right now.
And Carmella knows it, as does Nikki Bella.
-[Carmella grunts] -[David] Oh. [groans]
[Mauro] Carmella waylaying Nikki Bella with those kendo stick shots.
[JBL] And it is all legal.
-One. -[Mauro] Cover by Carmella,
and Nikki Bella, her pride showing.
And now, the Code of Silence now
-being employed by Carmella. -[referee] Nikki, what do you say?
What do you say?
[JBL] I think it's a great strategy, you weren't--
[David] Oh. That's a way to get out of it.
Nice strategy.
[JBL] I always say, be careful what you bring into the ring,
it could be used against you.
[groans]
[JBL] And that might've been the only way that Nikki Bella
was gonna get out of that.
[David] Look at this, very inventive, great counter.
You got to do whatever you can in a match like this.
Hey, guys, back in the ring, okay?
[Mauro] When Nikki Bella made her near-miraculous recovery,
she found out quick that it is mad for whatever reason,
Carmella, the Princess of Staten Island.
Oh!
Gets dropped by that kick from Nikki Bella.
[David] That had a lot of malice on it, too.
You see how Carmella's head snapped back?
-[screams] -[grunts]
[Mauro] And Carmella drives Nikki Bella's back into the barricade.
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] And Nikki Bella responds in kind,
driving Carmella's back into the steel post.
Oh, man, on an injured left leg. What's Nikki Bella trying to do?
Oh.
What a kick.
[David] There's another shiner for you, Carmella.
[JBL] You better believe it.
[referee] In the ring, guys, come on.
[Mauro] Nikki Bella throwing caution to the wind on that--
standing on the injured left leg, was able to hit that roundhouse kick
from off the barricade.
And the tables have been turned in this no disqualification match.
[JBL] Yeah, Nikki Bella wants this match to continue.
She's the one that brought Carmella back into the ring.
She's not through.
[David] Now it's her turn with the kendo stick.
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] On the back of the legs, where it hurts the absolute most.
[Nikki cries out]
[JBL] Those hamstrings will start tightening up and knotting up.
[Mauro] Yeah, Carmella clipping that left leg again,
as we take you back to what transpired earlier.
[crowd cheering]
[David] And then, look at this, off the barricade. Wow.
[David] This is so deeply personal right now,
these two girls absolutely resent each other.
[JBL] Yeah, well, Carmella feels rightly or wrongly
that Nikki Bella came out with Carmella's debut
in her hometown of Brooklyn, and upstaged her on purpose.
And since then, Carmella has been furious
about the fact that she thinks Nikki Bella is a prima donna.
[David] But John, Carmella has come out here and made fun of Nikki's boyfriend,
her brother-in-law, said she hasn't earned anything.
Yeah, Carmella is just jealous. Come on.
-[Mauro] Oh. -[crowd cheering]
Nikki Bella looking to extinguish Carmella with that fire extinguisher again.
[David] Uh-oh, things just got real.
[Mauro] No disqualification.
-[JBL] No en fuego here, Mauro. -[Mauro] No.
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] Nikki Bella looking to put out
whatever flames of fight are left in Carmella.
[Nikki] You wanna talk about my family?
[David] That's gonna make it incredibly hard to breathe too, inhaling all that.
[JBL] Hold it, that's all the oxygen,
I've been hit by-- I've been sprayed by these fire extinguishers.
It's freezing cold, it sucks out all the oxygen.
[Mauro] Nikki Bella looking to extinguish her rivalry with Carmella.
-Rack Attack 2.0. -[crowd] One, two, three.
-[Mauro] It's over. -[bell ringing]
["You Can Look (But You Can't Touch)" playing]
♪ You can look But you can't touch ♪
[Hamilton] Here is your winner, Nikki Bella.
["You Can Look (But You Can't Touch)" continues playing]
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] And this is what changed the match right here.
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] I'm not sure what fire marshal leaves that underneath the ring,
but I can tell you that Nikki Bella sure took full advantage.
And I can tell you from personal experience that it's cold,
it sucks all the oxygen out of there,
it gets in your eyes, you're disoriented,
-and things like this happen. -[crowd] One, two, three.
[Mauro] After months of unrelentless attacks,
Nikki Bella prevails over Carmella
in this no disqualification match
at TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.
["You Can Look (But You Can't Touch)" continues playing]
♪ 'Cause you can look But you can't touch ♪
-[Carmella] Cut the music. Cut the music. -[music fades out]
-[crowd cheering] -[Carmella coughing]
I hope you're real proud of yourself, Nikki.
You think you evened the odds after what happened to you at Survivor Series?
[crowd] What?
Except you didn't.
[crowd] What?
Because I wasn't the one who attacked you that night.
-[crowd] What? -It wasn't me!
[crowd] What?
I know who did it, though.
[crowd] What?
It was your little friend from Total Divas…
[crowd] What?
…Natalya.
-[David] What? -[Mauro] What?
[Carmella] That's right.
Bye.
-[Mauro] Wow. Natalya? -["Fabulous" playing]
♪ F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S, yes ♪
♪ Diamonds on my neck… ♪
[JBL] There can't be any truth to that. There can't be.
♪ They keep hatin' on my… ♪
[JBL] It had to be somebody from Raw.
♪ …don't stress Don't get time for this 'cause I'm… ♪
[rock music playing]
[music fades out]
-Hi, Anthony. -[Anthony] Hey, Nat.
-I'm Nattie. -[Anthony] How are you?
I'm good. How are you doing?
Good. Thanks so much for coming.
Today, I'm here to choose a ring,
uh, for my soon-to-be fiancée, hopefully.
You're gonna do this proposal in the ring.
[Anthony] Yeah.
I think about it, for me and for Eva, just being such huge fans,
-we watch every show together and-- -[Natalya] That's so good.
[Anthony] Yeah. Yeah, so this moment is perfect for us.
The second you walk into the ring, you're gonna be very nervous,
but it's gonna be the most unforgettable experience of your life.
-Then we just have to hope she says yes. -Yeah. [chuckles]
What I love about Kay is that there's so many choices.
The Tolkowsky line really brings out
the diamond's fire, brilliance, and sparkle.
I think this is the one.
It's stunning.
She will absolutely love this.
So, now that we have the ring…
Mm-hmm.
…you are officially all set.
-Yes. -I promise, tonight will be so much fun.
[upbeat music playing]
My God, guys. David, what about the bombshell that Carmella just dropped?
I know. She said it wasn't her, it was Natalya.
-I don't know if we can believe her or-- -Yeah. We don't know if that's true.
I find that very hard to believe, that Natalya would do something like that.
They're on the same team, fighting against Raw,
the stakes couldn't have been any higher.
Well, things continue to get very intriguing there,
but, guys, coming up next, a very fierce rivalry
that has gone to new lengths here on SmackDown Live.
It's highlighted the new era of this brand,
and it comes to an end for the final time,
Dolph Ziggler challenges The Miz in a Ladder match,
all this for the rich tradition of the Intercontinental title.
♪ You got my future lit And I'm… ♪
[dramatic music playing]
[announcer] The Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion,
Pat Patterson.
[commentator] Perfect Intercontinental Champion.
[Vince] Bret Hart, one of the greatest Intercontinental Champions of all time.
[Gorilla] History is made.
Ultimate Warrior exploding here on The Honky Tonk Man.
[Vince] Psychological-- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Ross] Through hell or high water, he is the Intercontinental Champion.
He can barely stand.
[Vince] We are making history here.
-[Ross] Believe it. -[Vince] Razor Ramon,
the undisputed Intercontinental Champion.
[Michael] Daniel Bryan wins the Intercontinental Championship.
[David] Oh, what the-- She sprayed him with something.
[JBL] Miz is still the Intercontinental Champion.
[Mauro] Dolph Ziggler has become
a five-time Intercontinental Champion.
Dolph is owed a rematch.
[Mauro] The Miz, if at first you don't succeed--
Roll-up, small package.
Oh, my. Long-distance for the rematch.
-[David] Oh, no. -[bell ringing]
[JBL] That's the guy I want defending that championship.
[Daniel] And to make sure you go out in style,
I'm making this a Ladder match.
[Tom] The last opportunity for Dolph Ziggler and The Miz.
This is the last time they will go head to head.
[JBL] The championship belt will be hanging high above.
["Ready For War (Pray For Peace)" playing]
♪ You live your life recklessly
♪ It's hard to hide jealousy ♪
[Dolph] This Sunday, I take out Miz.
Smash a ladder in his dumb face,
and he'll never do a straight-to-DVD movie again.
♪ Don't blame me ♪
I will write the final chapter in this story
and bring it to its Skull-Crushing Finale.
♪ Don't blame me ♪
♪ I don't wanna have to do this again ♪
♪ I pray for peace But I'm ready for war ♪
♪ I pray for change ♪
♪ 'Cause I've been here before ♪
♪ I pray for peace But I'm ready for war ♪
[music fades out]
Joining me now is the general manager of SmackDown Live, Daniel Bryan.
[crowd cheering]
Daniel, as the general manager of SmackDown Live,
you always do what is right for your brand.
However, you must have your favorites
and there have to be those that you don't like.
I mean, rumor has it that you'd like to see The Miz
lose his Intercontinental Championship.
Yes, that would be right, uh, but not for the reasons that you might think.
See, I think Dolph Ziggler is a much better representative
for SmackDown as Intercontinental Champion.
He's a quality human being.
He's amazing in the ring.
He's risen to these heights on his own power.
But that said, despite The Miz's arrogance,
he does bring a certain star-quality
to the Intercontinental Championship.
But that said, SmackDown's the land of opportunity.
-[Miz] See… -There's room for everyone.
…see, did everyone-- did everyone hear what Daniel Bryan said?
See, you finally admit that you don't like me.
I've never liked you.
[crowd clamoring]
Well, I never liked you either.
As a matter of fact, I wish it were you in that ring instead of Dolph Ziggler,
so I could shove you off a ten-foot ladder.
But nothing is going to please me more
than you watching me go up the ladder,
reach out and grab my Intercontinental Championship.
So enjoy, Daniel. Enjoy.
-[man] Go back to Real World! -[crowd clamoring]
[man] No one likes you!
[bell ringing]
[Hamilton] The following is a Ladder match
for the Intercontinental Championship.
["Here to Show the World" playing]
♪ I'm here to show the world I'm here to show the world ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ Bring it on ♪
[Hamilton] Introducing first, residing in Hollywood, Florida,
weighing in at 218 pounds,
Dolph Ziggler.
♪ Better heed the warning I'm here to give you ♪
♪ If you ever doubted me You don't have a clue… ♪
[Mauro] There have been eight Ladder matches.
This is the eighth at the TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs pay-per-view.
Dolph Ziggler has been involved in half of them.
He's undefeated
in his last three Ladder matches here at TLC.
♪ Things are exactly what they seem ♪
♪ I will define the things you dream… ♪
[Tom] Well, ladies and gentlemen, the world is watching tonight
as Dolph Ziggler vies for the Intercontinental Championship.
Joining us here in Dallas, our Japanese announce team,
Shun Yamaguchi and Funaki.
Texas, Dallas, TLC.
[speaking Japanese]
-TLC. -[speaking Japanese]
[speaking Japanese]
[Tom] And our Brazilian team, Marco Alfaro and Roberto Figueroa.
[speaking Portuguese]
[Tom] Our Russian announce team, Moti Margolin and Zhan Pomerantsev.
[speaking Russian]
[speaking Russian] …at the TLC.
[Tom] And for the first time ever in Mandarin, Meng Ai and Sean Deng.
[speaking Mandarin]
♪ If you ever doubted me… ♪
[Mauro] That's what it's all about,
the prestigious Intercontinental Championship
suspended above the ring.
The only way you can leave Dallas as Intercontinental Champion
is to climb up that ladder and secure the championship.
-["I Came To Play" playing] -[woman] Quiet on the set.
Can we please have quiet on the set?
[crowd cheering]
[Miz] Awesome.
♪ I came to play There's a price to pay ♪
♪ Time for you to get down On your knees ♪
♪ I came to play… ♪
[Hamilton] And his opponent, accompanied to the ring by Maryse.
Residing in Hollywood, California,
weighing in at 221 pounds,
he is the Intercontinental Champion,
The Miz.
[David] You know, I agree with Daniel Bryan,
Dolph Ziggler would make a much better representative
for the Intercontinental Championship.
I mean, all The Miz has going for him is his wife and his veneers.
[JBL] The Miz is a former main eventer at WrestleMania.
The Miz is a six-time Intercontinental Champion,
but Miz has done everything that Miz has tried to do,
and Daniel Bryan-- now, no disrespect to our general manager,
I think he's done a great job, but he looks like a homeless farm animal.
[David] Well, that homeless farm animal…
[JBL] And he's jealous of The Miz.
[David] …he does know what's best for SmackDown Live,
and that would be Dolph Ziggler,
who would be a much better representative than The Miz.
[JBL] I think Daniel Bryan has done a great job with SmackDown.
I disagree with him on this point, because I think we have one A-lister,
we have one Hollywood star, and that is The Miz.
The Miz is the one who went to Survivor Series.
The Miz is the one who put that Intercontinental Championship
up against Sami Zayn,
and The Miz is the one who brought that prestigious title,
the Intercontinental Championship, back home to SmackDown.
[David] Let's slow down, John.
All of that was due to his wife too, bending the rules wherever he can.
[JBL] What's wrong with using your wife?
[David] She doesn't even have a Grammy, Maryse.
-[Mauro] It's the final chapter… -[bell ringing]
[Mauro] …between The Miz and Dolph Ziggler.
A Ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship.
The only way you can procure the title is by climbing a ladder
and retrieving the title suspended from above the ring.
[David] This match has huge implications for Ziggler's career.
I mean, if he wins, he's gonna reach an elite level,
but if he loses, meh, he'll just be pretty good.
[Mauro] Ziggler looking to become a six-time Intercontinental Champion.
[Mauro] The Miz in the midst of his sixth reign.
Takedown by Dolph Ziggler, quick ground and pound attack.
[JBL] Okay.
What a rivalry has developed
between these two incredible athletes, too.
They're both from Cleveland.
Of course, Miz, once he got the ability to get out of there, he left.
[Mauro] Oh, Miz immediately looking for the Skull-Crushing Finale,
countered by Ziggler.
Miz catapulting Ziggler up and over the top rope.
-[David] Here we go. -[crowd cheering]
[JBL] Not taking long.
-[Mauro] Oh, Wrecking Ball… -[David] Wow.
[Mauro] …Dropkick by The Miz.
First Ladder match in WWE history, 1992, Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart.
There have been legendary Ladder matches throughout the years, John.
[JBL] Oh, and for the Intercontinental Championship,
Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon, one of the greatest of all time,
just absolutely incredible.
[Mauro] That took place in WrestleMania X and…
[JBL] And I think these two guys,
look, they're both arrogant individuals,
but that comes with being a super athlete.
I think they both want to be able to equal
the legendary status of these great Ladder matches.
But I think more importantly, both wanna walk out the Intercontinental Champion.
[Mauro] Oh, a full nelson there by The Miz,
back elbows break that hold by Dolph Ziggler, oh.
[woman] Look out!
[Mauro] Oh, big boot to the face by The Miz.
John, have you ever had to defend a title in a Ladder match?
[JBL] Never defended a title in a Ladder match.
I've defended a title in almost every other match there's been.
And believe me, it's very simple.
-Look, Dolph is going there for the DDT. -[Mauro] Look at this counter.
[JBL] Great counter by The Miz.
You do whatever you have to do to win.
[David] And I think a Ladder match actually favors Ziggler.
I mean, we know Ziggler is the better athlete.
The Miz has the athleticism of Justin Bieber.
Can the Biebs climb the ladder, Mauro?
[Mauro] He's climbed the ladder of super success, as--
Oh, The Miz gets introduced to the ladder,
courtesy of the "The Showoff" Dolph Ziggler.
[JBL] You know how many reality shows The Miz has won
because of his athletic prowess?
The fact that he's a six-time Intercontinental Champion,
the fact that he headlined WrestleMania?
That he walked out of WrestleMania the WWE Champion?
-[David] John-- -[JBL] The Miz is a world-class athlete.
I'd put him up there with a guy like Usain Bolt.
[David] Come on.
And look at this. Oh! Great turnaround.
John, I can't believe that you're listing reality shows
as backing up The Miz's athleticism.
I was on one, too.
[chuckling] I know exactly how things go down on there.
There's ladders, huh?
[Mauro] The Miz has been on a tear this calendar year,
currently in a-- Miz took his sixth reign as Intercontinental Champion,
and just using the ladder as a battering ram
into the body of Dolph Ziggler.
-[Mauro] Oh. -[David] Oh.
[JBL] And that's the athleticism that you spoke about with Dolph Ziggler.
David, you are right about that. He is an incredible athlete.
One of the reasons when he left Kent State,
he was the winningest wrestler of all time when he left.
[Mauro] Yeah, recently inducted into the Kent State Hall of Fame.
But tonight, in this, the final meeting
between his archrival, The Miz,
Ziggler would love to leave the Lone Star State
a six-time Intercontinental Champion.
-[JBL] Don't forget that… -[David] Yes.
[JBL] …Dolph Ziggler's a two-time world champion,
former Money in the Bank winner.
His cash-in was one of the most exciting I'd ever seen.
[Mauro] He actually defeated John Cena in a Money in the Bank contract
Ladder match here at TLC back in 2012.
[JBL] It's not like Dolph is trying to get on top…
-[David] Look at this. -[JBL] …of the mountain
for the first time, he's been there.
Well, this is dangerous.
Get out-- Ooh.
[Mauro] The Miz avoiding serious injury there,
and a drop toehold,
face-first into the ladder goes Dolph Ziggler.
[man] You got him, Miz!
[Mauro] And that will buy The Miz
an opportunity to regroup,
as he tried to scramble Ziggler's brains here, David.
[David] And look at this, face-first into that ladder.
Golly.
[JBL] I tell you, one of the worst things
about getting hit right in the face like that
is if it's right in the nose,
what it looked like, is your eyes water,
-you're not able to see as well. -[crowd booing]
[JBL] At this point right now,
you need everything at your disposal.
[David] It's also giving Miz a chance to win this thing, John.
[Mauro] Oh, tug of war over the ladder, and Ziggler clipping The Miz,
and Miz dropkicking the ladder into Dolph Ziggler.
[JBL] A little payback from Dolph Ziggler.
[Mauro] Remember, no pinfalls or submissions,
no countout, the only way you can win this Ladder match
for the Intercontinental Championship is to climb the ladder,
retrieve the title.
[David] And again, this is Ziggler's last opportunity.
I mean, Ziggler's own worst enemy is himself,
the pressure he puts on himself to get past The Miz.
[Mauro] And yet, he hopes to ride that momentum
that he has procured at this event, in this type of environment.
Dolph Ziggler has done very well in Ladder matches over the past.
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] But it's a brutal matchup,
and again the tug of war between The Miz and Dolph Ziggler.
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] The Miz using the ladder to-- or, excuse me,
Ziggler using the ladder to drive Miz shoulder-first into the corner.
[JBL] One of the key things in a Ladder match
is being able to use that ladder as a weapon,
but look, these two guys are still a long way away from getting to that title.
[Mauro] A grueling encounter,
and one that can severely impact
not just your body, David, but your psyche,
these kinds of matches.
[David] Which is exactly the position Ziggler is in.
I mean, Ziggler's confidence kind of took a back slide
ever since he lost the Intercontinental Championship to The Miz,
and he feels like the only way to get it back
is to win it back here, and get his self-confidence.
[Mauro] Oh, but Ziggler has overcome obstacles…
-[JBL] Whoa! -[Mauro] …against The Miz,
putting his career on the line,
and prevailing.
Oh, satellite DDT right into the ladder rung.
[JBL] Yeah, but Dolph hit on that ladder just as well.
Look at him, he's hurt.
[David] So is The Miz. He hasn't moved.
[Mauro] Miz might be out.
And that's the-- that's the cost, that's what it takes, right, John?
You have to be willing to put your body at risk in this type of match.
-[David] Look at this. -[JBL] Look at this.
[David] Oh. Beautiful counter. Oh.
Wow.
[JBL] And again, you have to understand,
look, these guys are beating the living hell out of each other.
They still have to get a ladder into the ring and climb that ladder
to get that championship to win this match.
[Mauro] Ziggler adroitly using the ladder there to buy himself some time.
[David] Ziggler looks like he's on rubber legs right here too.
[Mauro] And he is going for the tallest ladder he can find.
[David] Smart move, here we go.
[crowd clamoring]
[JBL] Miz is nowhere to be seen.
[Mauro] Dolph Ziggler will attempt
to ascend the Stairway to Heaven to become-- Oh!
The Miz from behind with a dropkick.
[David] And that's the thing about a match like this.
While you're setting up that ladder, you're opening yourself up to attack.
[JBL] That's right, and you're putting yourself
at complete risk when you're climbing up that ladder
and the other person is somewhere in close proximity.
[David] So you have to overcome that vulnerability to climb the ladder
and reach that title. Literally, climb the ladder to success.
[Mauro] But in the meantime, The Miz stalking Dolph Ziggler
with that ladder, driving it into his body.
And now, forming a bridge and, just again,
continues to just drive that steel into Dolph Ziggler.
Oh.
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] David, a dropkick hurts enough,
but a dropkick featuring a ladder,
I mean, that's gotta-- that's gotta rattle the ribs.
[David] Oh, right into his ribs, but look at this here.
[Mauro] What is The Miz thinking?
The Miz using that ladder as a bridge
and now has Dolph Ziggler in the corner.
[crowd chanting] Miz! Miz! Miz!
[JBL] That's not very stable.
[Mauro] Ziggler fighting off The Miz's attack.
-[JBL] Ooh. -[Mauro] Oh, The Miz
ends up forehead-first on the ladder.
[crowd clamoring]
[Mauro] Springboard elbow drop off the ladder by Ziggler.
[Miz groans]
[JBL] Miz is hurt.
[David] Look at this, the height.
[Mauro] An absolute thing of beauty.
[David] Right across the sternum.
[JBL] Talk about the great Shawn Michaels in a Ladder match,
that's very reminiscent of that, flying through the air with such grace.
[Mauro] Driving the air out of the lungs of the Intercontinental Champion, The Miz.
-[David] Ooh. -[JBL] Wow.
[crowd cheering]
[David] All right. This is Ziggler's opportunity.
Now he just needs to get a ladder in and set it up.
[Mauro] Yup.
And that's exactly what he is attempting to do now.
With The Miz lying in a supine position,
trying to clear out the cobwebs,
Dolph Ziggler, eyeing the Intercontinental title.
[JBL] This is the best opportunity that Dolph has had
and it's all thanks to that right there.
[Mauro] He's 3-0 in Ladder matches at TLC.
[David] Here we go, here we go.
[Mauro] Dolph Ziggler looking to become a six-time Intercontinental Champion.
[JBL] Here's your chance, Dolph.
-[David] Got his hands on it. -[Mauro] He's got his hands on it,
but The Miz now on the ladder,
trying to pull down Dolph Ziggler.
Oh, and Ziggler responds with a running clothesline.
[David] Man, did you see that?
[JBL] Yeah. But you gotta get Miz out of the ring if you wanna have a chance,
that's exactly what Dolph just realized as well.
[David] He took your advice, John, here he goes.
[JBL] He sure did.
-[Mauro] Dolph Ziggler… -[David] There you go.
[Mauro] …just a few precious rungs away
from becoming a six-time WWE Intercontinental Champion.
-[crowd cheering] -[JBL] Oh.
[Mauro] Oh, The Miz tipping over the ladder.
And neck-first across the top rope falls Dolph Ziggler.
[David] This is Miz's opportunity.
[crowd chanting] Miz! Miz! Miz!
[Mauro] This is the type of carnage one is accustomed to seeing
in a match of this kind, the Ladder match.
And I'm seeing the replay,
Dolph Ziggler able to break the fall a bit, not neck-first, but still.
[David] The damage was done. I tell you that, Mauro.
[JBL] That's the exposure and the risk of going up that ladder,
if you're not absolutely certain that your opponent is down and out,
that's what ends up happening.
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] One of the most intense rivalries on SmackDown Live
culminates with this Ladder match
for the WWE Intercontinental title.
It is the last chapter between The Miz and Dolph Ziggler.
-[JBL] Look at this, Maryse is concerned. -[crowd chanting] Let's go, Ziggler!
[Mauro] She has been the X factor for her husband,
as he just drives a ladder into the face of Dolph Ziggler in the corner.
[Dolph screams]
-[Mauro] And now-- -[JBL] Miz mocking
-our general manager Daniel Bryan. -[crowd booing]
[David] I don't know if this is the time to be doing that, Miz.
Ooh.
[JBL] That's very reminiscent of Daniel Bryan right there.
[crowd cheering]
-[crowd booing] -[Mauro] Like you said, David,
The Miz preoccupied with the SmackDown Live
-GM Daniel Bryan when he has-- -[David] Oh!
[Mauro] Imagine, Dolph Ziggler,
turning the, well, the ladder on The Miz.
-[crowd chanting] Let's go, Ziggler! -[crowd chanting] Let's go, Miz!
[Mauro] You know what, at the start of the show,
we called this the one night of the year
where WWE turns into a human demolition derby and, boy,
you talk about what Miz and Dolph Ziggler
put themselves through.
[David] Met with a steel chair.
[JBL] Or ladder, as the case might be.
[David] I'm…
[JBL] Hey, David, it's TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs,
we got stuff everywhere, it's easy to get confused.
[David] Oh, steel ladder.
-And Ziggler. -[JBL] And you sit by Mauro,
it's easy to get confused by him.
[David] He's rubbing off on me.
[Mauro] Ziggler struggling to pick up the ladder.
Trying to seize the opportunity.
Miz, yet to stir.
[David] Got a window here, just gotta get up there.
[Mauro] And the climb begins.
Will it end with Dolph Ziggler once again Intercontinental Champion?
[David] Miz is stirring though, here he comes.
[Mauro] Miz climbing up the other side,
and the southpaw delivers a strong left hand to Ziggler.
Oh, The Miz reaching for the Intercontinental title.
[JBL] They're both one good punch and a grab away
from walking out here Intercontinental Champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] The Miz hanging on for dear life.
[JBL] Miz gets knocked off this ladder,
Dolph walks out of here with the Intercontinental Championship,
-I think that's it. -[Mauro] Oh.
The Miz is down and Ziggler now has an opportunity.
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] He just has to reach up and grab it.
But again, The Miz, pulling down his archnemesis,
oh, and wrapping his left leg around the ladder.
-[Dolph groans] -[Miz grunts]
[David] Oh, look at this.
[screams]
[David] The Miz tying Ziggler's leg in the ladder.
[Mauro] Using the ladder at his disposal,
and The Miz then tipping over the ladder.
[JBL] Hurt leg, you can't climb.
[Mauro] And then now, The Miz with that window of opportunity.
[crowd clamoring]
[man] Let's go, Miz!
[Mauro] An intense, grueling affair,
Miz blocks the superkick by Ziggler through the ladder. Oh.
-[Mauro] Ouch! -[JBL] Wow.
[Mauro] Knee-first across the ladder.
[JBL] It's a great strategy by The Miz.
So much for Dolph climbing the ladder.
[crowd chanting] Miz! Miz! Miz!
[Mauro] The Miz has injured Dolph Ziggler's left leg,
focusing the attack and then-- Oh.
Trying to add insult to injury there.
Ziggler struggling to fend off the attack of The Miz.
-Ah! -[David] Oh!
[Mauro] Driving the patellar tendon into that unforgiving steel.
[JBL] Yeah. And it's working for Miz right here
to go after that leg because all the work you put in right here,
you're gonna cash in later
because you're taking Dolph's ability
to climb that ladder completely out of the equation.
[Mauro] He's going after both legs.
He wants to eliminate Dolph Ziggler's ability to climb the ladder.
The only way to become Intercontinental Champion…
-[Dolph screams] -[Mauro] …is to do just that.
[David] I can't believe I'm saying it,
but that's a brilliant strategy by The Miz.
[JBL] Well, he's a great athlete, David.
[David] I wouldn't go that far. He does know how to win, though.
[JBL] That's one of the reasons I felt so comfortable--
-[David] Look at this. -[JBL] Oh, look at this.
-[Mauro] Using the ladder. -[JBL] Around that ladder.
-[Mauro] Looking to hook him… -[JBL] There's so much…
-[Mauro] …in a figure-four. -[JBL] …torque on there.
Miz can barely get it locked in.
[crowd cheering]
-[Mauro] He got it. -[JBL] Oh.
[Mauro] Oh, man.
-[crowd cheering] -[Dolph screams]
[JBL] No submission.
Miz is just doing this to punish Dolph and taking--
-Look at this, Dolph trying to tap. -[Mauro] He can't.
[JBL] It doesn't do any good.
[David] His leg is gonna be destroyed after this.
[Mauro] The pain etched across the face of…
-[JBL] Miz could… -[Mauro] …Dolph Ziggler.
[JBL] …stay in this as long as he wants.
Look, Dolph's not gonna be able to stand, much less climb.
The Miz has figured out his way to retain that Intercontinental Champion.
[Mauro] Sagacious strategy by The Miz.
[crowd] Let's go, Miz
[JBL] And this is what started
Miz's dissection of Dolph Ziggler.
There's no way Dolph Ziggler climbs the ladder now, and Miz knows it.
-[David] Miz, lying in wait here. -[Mauro] And The Miz showcasing
his ring IQ.
[JBL] This intense rivalry, everything these two have been through,
Miz is enjoying this.
[Mauro] And Miz now with that full nelson, the beginning of a-- Oh.
Ziggler summoning up that inner resolve.
Oh. He went for the superkick.
-[David] Yup. -[Mauro] But he couldn't do it, David.
Skull-Crushing Finale into the ladder.
[David] Wow.
[JBL] And I don't think he got all of it.
This hell was an incredible lucky break for Dolph.
[Mauro] How much more can Dolph Ziggler absorb?
[David] If he had gotten all of that, Ziggler would have been out cold.
[JBL] He drove his head into the mat. I think Dolph's out.
[Mauro] That may be enough as The Miz sets up the ladder.
In this, their final encounter,
is The Miz going to retain the Intercontinental Championship?
[crowd chanting] Miz! Miz! Miz!
-[JBL] Here we go. -[David] This is it.
-[Mauro] Miz is reaching up there. -[JBL] Our A-lister.
-[David] He's got-- -[Mauro] Ziggler's back on his feet-- Oh.
-[JBL] What the hell? -[Mauro] The Miz left hanging.
[David] Miz is hanging.
[Mauro] Oh.
Miz crashes down to the canvas.
-And he has hurt his right leg. -[David] And he's hurt, he's hurt.
[Miz crying out]
[Mauro] The Miz is severely hurt
after falling to the canvas,
but without the Intercontinental Championship.
[David] This is Dolph's moment right here.
This is his chance.
[Miz crying]
-[David] If he can just get up. -[JBL] The Miz is absolutely
-writhing in pain. -[Mauro] Two broken bodies.
[David] Look at the look on Maryse's face, too.
Obviously concerned about her husband.
[JBL] Dolph's leg has been dropped on that ladder,
beaten with that ladder, a figure-four put on around that ladder.
Does Dolph even have the ability to climb this ladder himself,
even if he's in this ring by himself?
[David] He's gotta summon up every inch of power he has
because this is the perfect opportunity right here.
[JBL] I guess we're gonna find out if a man can climb a ladder with one leg
because that's what Dolph has good use of right now.
[Mauro] He has to channel his past performances in Ladder matches
here at TLC where he is 3-0,
nursing that leg injury, but look at the determination,
the effort by Dolph Ziggler to climb the ladder.
[David] Climbing it in with one leg.
-[Mauro] He's hopping up the rungs. -[David] Here we go.
[JBL] It's incredible. He's doing it on one leg.
[Mauro] And The Miz, on one leg, is back in the ring.
[JBL] That title swinging may have cost Dolph…
'cause it was still swinging from when Miz was hanging on.
And I think that's what saved Miz from staying in this match.
-[Mauro] Uh-oh. -[David] What--
[Mauro] Slingshot powerbomb to the ladder.
Oh, my God.
[David] And I don't even know how Miz made it back in there
after his knee was torn up.
[crowd chanting] Miz! Miz! Miz!
[Mauro] So not only have Ziggler's legs been brutally attacked,
but he just went back-first hard into the ladder,
courtesy of The Miz, slingshot powerbomb.
-[JBL] Look at this. -[David] This is what
started everything here.
[JBL] Miz can't let go of the hand and grab that title
because exactly what just happened, he's gonna fall.
[David] Landed wrong on that knee.
[JBL] And that-- but that title keeps swinging,
maybe the one reason that Dolph didn't grab it
when he was up on top of the ladder.
Look, sometimes the stars just align.
It happens to all great champions,
and that may be exactly what has just happened with The Miz.
[Mauro] In the annals of legendary Ladder matches in WWE,
this is the latest gripping chapter, and it's the final chapter
between The Miz and Dolph Ziggler.
[David] The Miz is hurting, I don't know
if he's gonna be able to climb the ladder with one leg.
[Mauro] Both of them wearing the vestiges of battle.
[JBL] Look at this, this powerbomb, look at that,
the small of the back right on the edge of that ladder.
[Mauro] And The Miz limping on one leg, setting up two ladders.
[JBL] I mean, a lot has been said about Miz's Hollywood persona
and those that don't like him choose to make fun of him,
but this is a six-time Intercontinental Champion.
This is the guy who walked out of WrestleMania with the WWE Championship.
[Mauro] And this is a guy who's now trying to hop up the rungs
on one leg to retain the Intercontinental title
here at TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.
[David] Here comes Ziggler though.
[crowd cheering]
[David] Climbing using only his arms.
[Mauro] It's been an epic struggle, The Miz reaching for it.
And the right hand of Ziggler.
[JBL] Wow. That was…
The Miz is blocking every right hand from Dolph with his face.
And the title's just swinging.
[Mauro] Both of them in a precarious position.
The Miz continues to attack and beat down Ziggler,
reaching for the Intercontinental title.
Right hands from The Showoff.
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] Miz absorbing every shot, a headbutt from Ziggler.
Oh, and another one.
[JBL] And that title, that chance at immortality,
it's swinging so gingerly above both of them.
[Mauro] It's so close and yet so far away as The Miz gets headbutted off the ladder.
And here is another opportunity
-for Ziggler. -[David] This is his moment right here.
Dolph just has to climb up and grab it.
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] Will Dolph Ziggler have enough to climb up
and become a six-time Intercontinental Champion?
-[JBL] Here we go. -[Mauro] It's there for the taking
for Dolph Ziggler.
But The Miz again on the ladder. Oh.
[JBL] Whoa. Ooh.
[Mauro] And two shots to the peninsula south of the equator by The Miz,
the great equalizer.
One is bad enough, but two…
-[JBL] It doesn't matter. -[Mauro] That incapacitated Ziggler.
[JBL] It's all legal.
And Dolph can barely breathe right now, much less…
-[Mauro] And the-- -[JBL] And The Miz…
-[crowd booing] -[Mauro] The Miz
-has retained… -[bell ringing]
[Mauro] …the Intercontinental Championship
in one hell of a Ladder match.
[Hamilton] Here is your winner, and still the Intercontinental Champion,
The Miz.
[David] Yeah. There he is, our great representative.
[JBL] Let me tell you something that is great.
He's the one that went over to Survivor Series,
brought that Intercontinental Championship back.
Here's the one that just walked out here, and you better call the Dallas PD
'cause that boy right there just stole the show.
Miz is walking outta here a champion.
His critics be damned.
The general manager be damned.
This is what a champion looks like.
You do whatever you have to do,
no matter what it is, to walk out champion.
That is why Miz is a six-time Intercontinental Champion
and the pride of SmackDown Live.
[David] You know what, John, for once,
The Miz played by the rules. It is within the rules.
I can't say anything.
[JBL] That was a hell of an effort.
[Mauro] The Miz closes the book on one of the hottest rivalries of the year.
I wanna dedicate this win
to the SmackDown Live general manager, Daniel Bryan.
[crowd cheering]
Hey, Daniel, we did it,
because without your motivation of always hating me and denying me
and giving Dolph Ziggler chance after chance after chance…
it motivated me to be the greatest Intercontinental Champion ever.
That is why we are in day 19 of The Miz's never-ending
Intercontinental Championship reunion tour.
Someone, someone get Dolph Ziggler a participation award
because that's what you people in Dallas do.
You give people that participate awards,
so give him an award.
Give yourselves all awards
because we all know participation means loser,
loser, loser, loser, loser.
Winner.
Loser, wherever he is.
And above and beyond, Dallas, winner.
The victor gets the spoils.
I win.
["I Came To Play" playing]
[JBL] Miz won, no arguments.
[singer 1] ♪ Time for you to get down On your knees and pray ♪
-[singer 2] ♪ I came to play ♪ -[JBL] Uh-oh.
[Mauro] Miz retains the Intercontinental Championship
and love him or loathe him, it was awesome, David.
[David] Yeah, I mean, he knows how to win.
He does what he has to do to win and he wins.
You can't argue with that.
[JBL] I tell you, the guy, the great Intercontinental Champions
that the WWE has had,
says he's the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time,
and a six-time Intercontinental Champion
who was able to pull this off right here.
[crowd exclaiming]
[JBL] All 100% legal.
[David] Right, it's legal, not the most respectable way to win, but it's legal.
[JBL] Champions win championships.
Miz just proved what a great champion he is.
And I dare anybody to say
he's not the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time.
Dolph Ziggler's not saying it, neither is Daniel Bryan.
Nothing greater than shutting up your haters.
Congratulations, Miz. One hell of an effort, champ.
♪ And I'll write your final verse, I am… ♪
[music fades out]
[hopeful music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[soldiers chanting] USA!
[hopeful music continues playing]
[rock music playing]
[Mauro] Tonight, we are live in Dallas inside the American Airlines Center
for WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.
And we wanna send a special thanks to Adelitas Way
for "Ready For War (Pray For Peace)"
the official theme of WWE TLC,
available now on iTunes and Spotify.
Well, the brutality of the night continues.
This match is presented by WWE SuperCard Season 3,
the mega hit core battle game from 2K
featuring live player versus player action.
Steel chairs will be legal implements in this next match.
Kalisto has pursued opportunity,
but for Baron Corbin tonight is about pure unbridled punishment.
[dramatic music playing]
[JBL] Baron Corbin, known as The Lone Wolf,
and his goal has been to dish out as much punishment as possible.
[Baron] There's nothing better than to go out
and impose my will on another human being.
Every time you get up,
I'm gonna put you back down.
[JBL] Corbin's attack cost Kalisto two months of action with a knee injury.
[Daniel] I don't have a problem with superstars
trying to make a name for themselves,
but what you're doing right now is reckless and stupid.
[David] This guy's been working hard to come back stronger.
You better believe he's got one thing on his mind tonight, and that's to-- Oh!
[JBL] Baron Corbin just slammed Kalisto.
[dramatic music playing]
[JBL] Oh, wow.
He just slipped off the apron.
[Mauro] Oh, no.
Kalisto looking for some comeuppance.
[Daniel] Kalisto, who's only 5'3"
went out there and he beat you up.
[David] I think Kalisto's had enough of The Lone Wolf.
[Daniel] You want revenge against Kalisto?
I'm making the match right now.
You and Kalisto in a Chairs match.
[crowd cheering]
At TLC, I know I gotta get the win.
Baron Corbin is gonna get what's coming to him.
[Mauro] This is a side of Kalisto I don't think we've ever seen.
Looking for that Salida Del Sol. He nailed it. Roll up here.
Oh.
[Baron] You know what you get to do?
You get to call his mom
and you tell them their little boy's coming home… for good.
["Lucha Lucha" playing]
♪ Lucha, lucha, lucha, lucha ♪
♪ Lucha, lucha… ♪
[bell ringing]
[Hamilton] The following is a Chairs match in which all chairs are legal
and the only way to win is by pinfall or submission.
Introducing first, from Mexico City,
weighing in at 170 pounds,
Kalisto.
["Lucha Lucha" continues playing]
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[JBL] Yeah, the "Lucha Dragon" Kalisto
ready for battle in this version of David versus Goliath.
The slingshot is transmogrified into a steel chair
and he's brought a few of them into the ring.
[David] Man, he's ready to get started.
I like this edge on Kalisto.
[JBL] That's not a slingshot, that's a fly swatter
and Baron Corbin is gonna use it to swat this mosquito out of the air.
["Superhuman" playing]
[Hamilton] And his opponent, from Kansas City,
weighing in at 275 pounds, he is the winner
of the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal,
Baron Corbin.
[JBL] Baron Corbin, someone who is hardwired to destroy.
The Lone Wolf always errs on the side of aggression.
["Superhuman" continues playing]
-[bell ringing] -[JBL] Oh.
And immediately Kalisto using the chair to go on the attack.
Yeah, that's working out real well.
Goodbye, Kalisto.
Baron Corbin not about titles or making friends,
all about the Benjamins in his bank account
and the bandages he's responsible for on his opponents' bodies,
and he's looking to put Kalisto away early.
Again, the only way you can win is by pinfall or submission.
-Chairs are legal. -[groans]
[JBL] Have a seat, Baron Corbin.
Oh, dropkick by Kalisto.
[Tom] And I think this Chairs match actually favors Kalisto,
puts him on an even field.
Now he's got an equalizer.
[Mauro] Of course, Corbin looking to eliminate
what he calls, quote, "a little pest," end quote.
Well, this little pest is gonna take to the air.
[Kalisto cheers]
[David] There's one way to use a chair.
-Lucha! -[crowd chanting] Lucha! Lucha!
[JBL] Look, there's no doubt that Kalisto is an incredible athlete,
but he's going out there, it's a simple matter of physics.
At the top, Baron Corbin is gonna do exactly that,
he's gonna wear Kalisto down, he's gonna pick up that fly swatter
that looks like a chair
and he's gonna swat the little petty mosquito out of the air.
[David] He's gotta catch him, John.
[Mauro] Oh, and he caught him and he continues to catch him
with those driving forearms,
with his head pinned against the barricade.
Kalisto in dire straits early in this Chairs match.
Of course, Baron Corbin already responsible
for putting Kalisto on the shelf once.
[David] He's using his shirt.
[Tom] Oh, he's getting a little bit of, uh, leverage with some handles.
-[Mauro] Oh. -[Tom] Unique.
[boy] Baron, can I have your shirt?
[Mauro] Remember, Corbin cost Kalisto the WWE Cruiserweight Championship
back at Survivor Series and SmackDown Live,
the entire Cruiserweight division
and he just wants to destroy Kalisto once and for all here tonight.
[David] He's just chucking him all over ringside.
[JBL] But Baron Corbin, look, is a no-nonsense guy
who enjoys beating people up, that's why I like him.
[Mauro] Former professional football player,
three-time Golden Gloves boxing champion.
Also a, whoa, proficient grappler.
He really can do it all, and physically imposing.
[Tom] Looked like a pretty good bowler there too.
-[Mauro] Rolls over. -[Tom] Knows all sports.
[Mauro] Goes for the cover.
Wow, Kalisto, able to power out
and really a match of this type with the chairs involved now,
what is, what is the biggest major key alert, David?
What's the biggest key to victory for Kalisto against a guy
who is so much bigger?
[David] Kalisto needs to use his counters and his speed,
sticking, moving, ultimately get out of the way of these chairs.
[Mauro] Meanwhile, John, I guess, for Baron Corbin,
it's his usual modus operandi, business as usual, right?
[JBL] Oh, look, the cat plays with the mouse
just as long as he wants to.
Then when he gets tired of it, he just swats him into the next room.
That is exactly what Baron Corbin is going to do.
Right now, Baron Corbin is enjoying this.
[Mauro] Oh, but the lightning-quick offense of Kalisto
comes off the ropes, but right into that grip.
-Oh. -[JBL] Ooh.
[Mauro] Jackknife cover and Kalisto kicks out at two.
I don't know how he did it after that impact.
Seventh Chairs match contested here at TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs,
and now it's Baron Corbin's turn…
[David] Adding a few more chairs in the ring.
[Mauro] …to bring in some more of those equalizers.
[JBL] The last thing Baron Corbin needs is a chair in his hand.
Look at this. He must have had
some of those Tinkertoys when he was a kid.
He's building himself something out here.
[Mauro] Looks like he's setting up for a violent form of musical chairs,
but that's not the case here.
He wants to eliminate Kalisto in the most painful way possible.
[Tom] It's enjoyable when these guys get creative,
especially when it comes at the expense of their opponent.
[Mauro] After months of enmity and blindside attacks,
it has come down to this
for Baron Corbin and Kalisto.
Oh, Kalisto avoids that attack.
-Drop toehold. -[Tom] Oh!
-[David] Wow. -[Mauro] Corbin face-first into the chair
that he had set up in the corner.
[David] This could be the turning point. This is an opportunity for Kalisto here.
[JBL] David, you're right,
and Kalisto is not gonna get many opportunities.
[David] He's gotta take advantage of this here.
[JBL] Kalisto has any shot at all.
[Mauro] Corbin left dazed after that.
[David] Head-first into that chair.
-[Mauro] Wow. -[David] Man.
[Mauro] Oh, the diminutive dynamo Kalisto
with that short rana right into the chair,
buying himself an opportunity to go high risk,
but with high risk comes high reward.
Will he bear the fruits of his labor?
-For Kalisto, top turnbuckle. -[Kalisto screams]
[Mauro] Oh. Seated senton,
-he puts Baron Corbin through the chairs. -[David] Here we go, here we go.
-[referee] Two. -[crowd cheering]
-[David] Man, that was close. -[JBL chuckling] Wow.
Unbelievable.
[groans]
[JBL] Look at this, Kalisto is a phenomenal Superstar.
He does incredible things and look at this.
[Tom] Right through the chairs.
[crowd cheering]
[David] Just like that, things have turned around.
Kalisto can just get up, get a chair, go to town on Corbin.
[JBL] I still think it's a matter of physics,
and look at Baron Corbin, he is getting himself out
of any type of pinning predicament by getting himself out of the ring.
And this is a young guy who's showing some true veteran instincts.
[Mauro] Kalisto influenced by the greats Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio,
but looking to vanquish his biggest foil
in Baron Corbin in this Chairs match.
[crowd chanting] Lucha! Lucha! Lucha!
[JBL] Building up momentum.
Topé suicida, but Baron Corbin returns it.
Into the Deep Six on the outside.
And he may just have buried Kalisto's chances at winning deep.
-Wow. -[David] My goodness.
Look at this. Corbin catches him.
-[crowd cheering] -[Mauro] Bam.
[David] He didn't need a chair for that one.
[JBL] Look, I got to tell you, I'm impressed with Kalisto.
I thought this match would be over a long time ago.
Don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong,
I know who's gonna win.
I just can't believe that Kalisto has lasted this long.
[Mauro] But the toll that is taking on both superstars,
Baron Corbin and Kalisto, Corbin rolling Kalisto into the ring.
This could be it. Oh, man.
Kalisto kicking out, drawing the ire of Baron Corbin.
[Baron grunts, yells]
[JBL] And this is what I like the most about Baron Corbin,
an absolute nasty mean streak.
-[crowd booing] [Mauro] Intoxicated with cruelty.
I've said it once, I will say it again,
Baron Corbin is not about friendships or championships.
He has come to WWE to hurt people.
[JBL] Baron's building a bed for Kalisto, that's nice.
And the mattress is really hard.
I have a feeling though, Kalisto about to go nighty-night.
[David] Wise for Kalisto to roll out and catch a breath though.
[Mauro] Oh!
[JBL] Wise for him not to catch that.
[David] You're right about that. All right, Kalisto.
[Mauro] Kalisto struggling to get back up to a vertical pace.
-[David] Whoa. -[Tom] Oh, man.
[Mauro] Oh, boy, it's getting waylaid by the chair-wielding Baron Corbin.
[David] He's gotta use his speed and run.
Can you imagine if one of these connects? All it takes is one.
[JBL] Baron Corbin will break whatever he hits.
[Mauro] He continues to methodically stalk Kalisto,
but missing with those vicious chair shots.
And now, Kalisto going on the attack
with those kicks to Baron Corbin,
trying to break him down to size.
Kalisto on the barricade.
-Wow. -[David] Oh!
[Mauro] Hurricanrana off the barricade by Kalisto.
[David] Got a chair, here we go.
[Mauro] Bounces the chair off the head of Baron Corbin.
[JBL] Kalisto is doing everything he can.
[David] He can do this, John.
[Mauro] High impact dropkick driving Corbin back-first into the barricade.
[JBL] I can't believe Kalisto is even still in this thing.
-[crowd chanting] Lucha! Lucha! -[JBL] Much less
-[Mauro] WWE Universe… -[JBL] …he's got Baron Corbin down.
[Mauro] …chanting "Lucha."
[JBL] Look at this. Wow.
[Kalisto screams]
[David] Beautiful dropkick.
[Mauro] Kalisto trying to cut Baron Corbin down to size,
utilizing everything in his arsenal.
Springboard leg drop.
[JBL] I have to tell you, I am absolutely impressed with Kalisto.
I never dreamed that he'd last this long in this match.
Right now, he's taking it to Baron Corbin.
-[David] John-- -[Mauro] Chairs are legal.
The chair put across the body of Baron Corbin.
[David] John, he didn't just last this long,
he looks like he's about to win this.
[Mauro] Kalisto--
[JBL] I don't know if I'd go that far, David.
[David] Well, you hang on then.
[JBL] We might-- Oh, you never know.
I never dreamed he'd last this long, David.
[Mauro] Look at the welts all over Kalisto's body, though,
-paying the price for victory. -[JBL] I agree that--
-[Mauro] Oh, wow. -[David] Whoa.
-[crowd cheering] -[Mauro] Moonsault,
double knees across the turnbuckle.
-One, two-- -[Mauro] I think that could be it.
Oh, Corbin kicks out.
We were one count away from what had to be a major upset,
but Kalisto, look at this.
-[David] Oh. -[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] Willing to put his anatomy on the line.
[crowd clamoring]
[Mauro] You have to admire the corazon, the heart of Kalisto,
but what about the resiliency of Baron Corbin?
[JBL] I never dreamed that Kalisto
would be able to do this with Baron Corbin.
Talk about a career performance.
[David] He's got the chair now.
[Mauro] And the unforgiving steel looking to even the odds,
as he waylays Corbin across the back.
[David] One of these chairs makes up for the size difference in a hurry here.
[Mauro] The King of Flight bringing the fight to Baron Corbin
and he brought a friend in the form of that steel chair.
[JBL] Oh, I can tell you from personal experience…
-[David] Oh. -[JBL] …a chair like that
just rattles everything inside you.
[Mauro] Kalisto bringing the fight to Baron Corbin.
[David] Now he's setting up a bed of sorts.
-[JBL] Uh, I admit… -[Mauro] Piling up the chairs.
[JBL] …there might be a little bit of doubt in my mind
as to who's gonna win this thing now.
-[Mauro] Kalisto-- -[JBL] Never dreamed Kalisto be able
to put together a performance like this.
[Mauro] Corbin struggling to get back up to his feet.
Kalisto looking for the Salida Del Sol, driven into the turnbuckle,
but responds with upward back kicks.
[JBL] This'll be a career-defining moment
-if Kalisto finds a way-- -[Mauro] Nothing can stop him.
-He's on the way-- Oh. -[David] Ooh!
[Mauro] Wow. Corbin smashing the chair
across the face of Kalisto.
And that mask will not add any protection…
-[David] Look at this. -[Mauro] …to something like this.
-Ah! -[David] Golly.
[Mauro] God.
[JBL] Mosquito just got swatted right out of mid-air.
[David] Look at this.
He's already out.
-[Mauro] Baron Corbin with… -[David] Oh, man.
[Mauro] …the End Of Days on the pile of chairs.
[JBL] Ballgame.
-One, two, three. -[bell ringing]
[Mauro] And Baron Corbin conquers Kalisto.
[Hamilton] Here is your winner, Baron Corbin.
[Mauro] But what a match. What an effort for Kalisto.
John, you said it yourself, you didn't think it would last this long.
[JBL] I thought Baron would just get rid of Kalisto
in two or three minutes.
What a career performance by Kalisto.
[Mauro] A courageous effort by the Lucha Dragon,
but in the end "The Lone Wolf" Baron Corbin
proves to be too formidable for Kalisto tonight.
[David] Look at this, Kalisto coming off,
-but Baron with this amazing-- -[JBL] Oh, man.
[David] That was it, he was out right there.
[JBL] Yeah, but sometimes when a guy's out,
it helps to put a little exclamation point on him.
And that's what Baron Corbin did.
["Superhuman" playing]
[JBL] What an incredible performance by Kalisto.
[Mauro] And what an incredible performance by "The Lone Wolf" Baron Corbin
who continues to run roughshod on his WWE opponents.
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] What?
And that's gonna happen to everybody that gets in my way.
It'll be their end of days.
[JBL] You guys see the look in his eyes? I…
[Mauro] Man, Baron Corbin is a force to be reckoned with and then some
here on WWE.
[David] Man, he gave me the heebie-jeebies.
[JBL] I don't think I'd be laughing, Mauro,
-he said that's gonna happen… -[Mauro] I'm not laughing at all.
[JBL] …to anybody that gets in his path.
[Mauro] I'm laughing because I'm scared.
[JBL] You should be,
'cause that right there is a future champion in this company
and if you're in the WWE and you're in this man's way,
-you should be scared. -[David] Yeah, that would--
[JBL] You should be afraid, very afraid.
[Mauro] Too close for comfort as Baron Corbin sending a message
to everyone on the SmackDown Live roster.
[JBL] Kalisto hits this, he has a chance
but Baron Corbin-- Wow,
has something different in mind.
[David] Look at this.
Wham, End Of Days, right into the steel chairs.
Just to add insult to injury
because that's the kind of a guy that Baron Corbin is.
[Mauro] Baron Corbin,
a mega force on SmackDown Live.
["Superhuman" continues playing]
[music fades out]
[rock music playing]
[crowd cheering]
Joining me now is WWE superstar, Natalya.
[crowd cheering]
Hey, Dasha.
Natalya, earlier tonight, Carmella stated it was you
who attacked Nikki Bella from behind
causing her not to be able to compete at Survivor Series.
Do you care to comment?
Yeah, right.
I wanna take this moment to wish Becky the best of luck in her match tonight.
There is no woman on our SmackDown Live women's roster
that represents the division as well as Becky.
Her athleticism, her star power, she is incredible.
And as far as Carmella's accusations go,
they're absurd.
Now, notwithstanding Carmella's character, why would she lie?
I don't know, because she's a liar.
[crowd clamoring]
I don't know. Natalya didn't sound very convincing to me.
I think Carmella might be on to something there.
You're a Harvard-trained lawyer, you would know.
I certainly don't.
Seems preposterous to me, but stranger things have happened.
Well, guys, this is what it's all about on the WWE Network.
Now, the next time we're on pay-per-view, a Raw exclusive pay-per-view,
is two weeks from Sunday, WWE Roadblock: End of the Line.
But don't forget about the Road to WrestleMania,
the Royal Rumble pay-per-view coming up January 29th
inside the Alamodome.
[crowd] Five, four, three, two, one.
[buzzer blaring]
[Tom] The first two men announced for the Royal Rumble match,
Goldberg and Brock Lesnar.
John, you're a betting man, right?
[JBL] Yes, I am. I love to gamble.
[Tom] Would you take the 28-man field or Goldberg or Lesnar?
Are you kidding me? That's easy.
I'm not betting on the field.
Oh my gosh. I cannot wait to see how it happens
at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, January 29th in San Antonio, Texas.
But guys, still a lot more to come here tonight.
What statement will our women's division make next?
Becky Lynch, our first SmackDown Live Women's Champion
defends against Alexa Bliss, this time in a Tables match.
This battle was taken to new extremes
after a collision for the title in Scotland.
[dramatic music playing]
[Mauro] So the stage is set for this mammoth main event,
Alexa Bliss, the number one contender,
Becky Lynch making her maiden voyage as SmackDown Women's Champ.
[dramatic music playing]
You don't deserve to be champion!
[David] Oh, did she get it? Becky Lynch with the Disarm-her.
Becky Lynch is still our SmackDown Women's Champion.
[Alexa] When we faced each other in Glasgow, Becky,
you escaped with that title just because of dumb Irish luck.
And if it weren't for that blind referee not seeing my foot on the rope,
I would be SmackDown Women's Champion.
I would love to know what it's like to live in your little fantasy world
where if you're nice to everybody and you work really hard,
you can accomplish anything.
Being nice did not get me
into the biggest women's match of all time at WrestleMania.
That I was the first women drafted to SmackDown Live.
Becky Lynch.
And it sure as hell is not the reason that I am the Women's Champion.
All you've accomplished is some multicolored lips,
-good sound bites on Talking Smack… -I was robbed.
[Becky] …and a victim's mentality.
[screams]
If you think that that is what it takes to be a champion around here,
you are in for a rude, rude awakening.
I don't know what it is about you, but every time I hear you speak,
I feel like I'm gonna vomit.
-[Mauro] Oh. Whoa. -[David] Ooh.
[Mauro] SmackDown Women's Champion not waiting until TLC.
[dramatic music playing]
-[Mauro] Ow, ow. -[David] Whoa.
[Becky] I got those things because I am relentless.
[Mauro] Becky Lynch continues to bring the fight
to the number one contender, Alexa Bliss.
[JBL] It's a preview of what we're gonna see Sunday.
[Mauro] Becky Lynch-- Oh!
[crowd exclaims]
[dramatic music playing]
Apparently, Alexa Bliss has challenged you to a Tables match at TLC.
[Becky] Look, I don't care what kind of a match it is.
Tables, ladders, chairs, stairs, she'll get it.
And I'll get my revenge on that little bitch.
[Renee] It is official.
At TLC, Becky Lynch and Alexa Bliss will have a Tables match
for the SmackDown Women's Championship.
[Becky] Alexa Bliss, I will make you
WWE's resident "Bleeding Beauty"
because I am relentless.
Straight fire.
And most importantly, I am the SmackDown Women's Champion
and I will keep it that way.
I don't care. I'll put Becky through one table,
two tables, a hundred tables.
I'll take her title, humiliate her,
and show her that she does not mess with me.
[music fades out]
["Spiteful" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] It's been a meteoric rise for Alexa Bliss
since she made her SmackDown Live debut,
picking up a big win on what was her 25th birthday,
becoming the number one contender
and then, well, controversy in Glasgow, David,
but she gets another shot at the SmackDown Women's Championship tonight
in a Tables match.
[David] Yes, she does. I mean, she fared very well against Becky Lynch,
but in Glasgow, a little controversial, but the fact is she did tap,
she did not beat Becky, but she gets another chance.
[JBL] Yeah, but in a Tables match, it's not gonna matter.
It's gonna be very clear. Whoever goes through that table first,
the other walks out of here the SmackDown Women's Champion.
["Celtic Invasion" playing]
♪ Whoa ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] The steampunk-inspired SmackDown Women's Champion,
"The Irish Lass Kicker" Becky Lynch,
the first woman chosen in the brand extension draft
and the inaugural SmackDown Women's Champion.
What's it going to take for her
to put Alexa Bliss through a table first?
What's the strategy, David?
[David] Becky just needs to keep doing what she's always done
and just be relentless.
I mean, nobody works harder than her.
Look at her, she's focused.
["Celtic Invasion" continues playing]
[JBL] And it doesn't matter what it is,
whether it's a Bex-Plex or whether it's a powerbomb,
whether you get pushed off the top rope through a table,
you put your opponent through the table,
you walk out of this match
as the WWE SmackDown Women's Champion.
[bell ringing]
The following is a Tables match
for the SmackDown Women's Championship.
The first superstar to put their opponent through a table
will be declared the winner.
Introducing the challenger, from Columbus, Ohio,
Alexa Bliss.
[crowd booing]
And her opponent, from Dublin, Ireland,
she is the SmackDown Women's Champion,
Becky Lynch.
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] So the stage is set
for the SmackDown Women's Championship match,
a Tables match.
Again, the person to put her opponent through a table
will leave the American Airlines Center in Dallas
as SmackDown Women's Champion.
-And history being made here tonight. -[bell ringing]
[Mauro] The first singles women's Tables match at TLC
and Becky Lynch, wasting no time, David, like you said.
[David] No. She's taking it right to her,
this is exactly what I thought she was gonna do.
[Mauro] She's bringing the straight fire to the Wicked Witch of WWE early.
[David] Here we go. And that's the thing, I think Alexa's overconfident,
but you do not wanna take Becky Lynch too lightly.
[Mauro] Well, Alexa Bliss has proven to be conniving and unscrupulous.
[JBL] It's all a matter of opinion.
[David] Here's Becky pulling out a table already.
[Mauro] A wrecking ball dropkick from the "Five Feet of Fury" Alexa Bliss,
turning the tables, as it were, on Becky Lynch,
driving her back-first into the barricade.
[JBL] Well, she decided that it's not time for a…
[Mauro] Oh.
[JBL] …table to be put in play.
[Mauro] Leveled by that clothesline from Becky Lynch.
She goes-- And Alexa Bliss, back-first into the barricade.
I'm wondering why she didn't wanna use the table, though.
[David] Obviously has some kind of strategy.
I don't know what it is.
[Mauro] Again, that's the only way you can win the SmackDown Women's Championship.
-And it-- -[David] Oh, ow.
[Mauro] She was bowled over by the SmackDown Women's Champion.
[crowd chanting] Becky! Becky! Becky!
[Becky grunts]
-[David] Uh-oh. -[Mauro] Oh, oh, oh.
Becky Lynch looking to powerbomb Alexa Bliss.
Bliss fights it off however, on the apron now…
-[David] Ow. -[Mauro] …and a kick
to the side of Becky Lynch's head.
Leg sweep by Lynch on the hardest part of the ring.
[JBL] You have to wonder if Becky Lynch is gonna go for that powerbomb
through one of these announce tables to try to end this match.
-It certainly looked like-- -[Mauro] Oh.
[David] Look at that kick, right across the face.
[Mauro] You're right, John, doesn't matter what table it is,
if she goes through a table the match is over,
but Becky Lynch now, floats over on a front facelock on Alexa Bliss.
Snap suplex,
à la our UK compatriot, Dynamite Kid.
[crowd chatter]
[Mauro] And now Becky Lynch, going back for the furniture, the table.
[JBL] Except Ireland is not a part of UK.
[Mauro] Thank you.
[crowd chatter]
[Mauro] So Becky Lynch now looking to set up the table on the outside.
[JBL] Becky Lynch, trying to end this thing soon.
[man] You have no soul, Becky.
Just leave.
[Mauro] In the meantime, she tries to set up the table,
of course giving Alexa Bliss,
precious seconds to regroup here, David.
[David] You're right, Mauro, that's one of the things
we have to be careful of in a Tables match.
You can't take too long setting up the table
or you give your opponent time to rest.
[Mauro] Oh.
[David] Oh, here we go.
-[JBL] Oh, no. Oh, no. -[David] Here we go.
[Alexa grunting]
[Mauro] Bliss attacking Becky Lynch's body,
-snapping her neck off the top rope -[David] Oh, wait, wait.
-[Mauro] Becky Lynch hanging on. -[David] Becky better be careful.
[JBL] Alexa knows it.
Alexa knows if she could knock Becky Lynch off that apron through that table,
she's the next SmackDown Women's Champion.
[Mauro] Well-placed knee by Alexa Bliss and those clubbing forearms,
and drives the SmackDown Women's Champion
head-first into the top turnbuckle.
Bliss, a spunky spitfire whose mean streak relies the diminutive size,
she's taking it to elect Becky Lynch.
[woman] Come on, Becky.
[David] Uh-oh, Bliss is in a bad position. She got to be careful.
-[Mauro] Front kick on Bliss. -[David] Here we go.
[Mauro] Wow, hanging on.
[David] Oh, she's biting her.
[Mauro] Bliss biting Becky Lynch's fingers.
-No biting. -I heard you.
[Mauro] I bet she likes finger food, David, but, man, that helped her,
because she was in a precarious position with that table set up at ringside.
[JBL] Like Luis Suarez.
Then she wrapped that leg underneath the top rope
to get Becky Lynch off that top turnbuckle.
[Mauro] Double knees to the back of Becky Lynch's head by Alexa Bliss
who is finding her groove here in this Tables match
for the SmackDown Women's Championship.
[crowd chatter]
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Becky.
Let's go, Becky.
[Mauro] Bliss, wow, just driving Becky Lynch's face into the canvas.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Becky.
Let's go, Becky.
[JBL] And now Alexa has decided to bring out the tables.
[David] I guess she was waiting until she'd worn Becky down a little bit.
[crowd chatter]
[Becky grunts]
[David] Ooh.
[Mauro] Bliss drives Becky Lynch face-first into the corner post.
[boy] You suck!
[crowd chatter]
[Mauro] Alexa Bliss continues to have the upper hand
on SmackDown Women's Champion, Becky Lynch,
rolls her back into the ring where that table awaits, but…
[David] Still got to set it up and get your opponent through it.
[JBL] That's why Bubba was so smart. He always had D-Von set 'em up.
[Mauro] Of course, this past Tuesday on SmackDown Live,
Alexa Bliss did put Becky Lynch through a table,
but that was after poking her in the eye, David.
And, of course, here tonight--
[David] Well, she bit her tonight, Mauro, so…
[Mauro] Yup. And will do whatever it takes.
[David] Yeah. She would. She definitely is.
[JBL] What are you guys yammering about?
There's no rules in this match. You can do whatever you want.
[David] Still, biting somebody, John? How many times have you bit somebody?
[JBL] It doesn't matter.
Shut up.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Becky.
[Becky grunting]
[JBL] The main thing is Alexa Bliss is trying to find any way she possibly can
to put Becky Lynch through that table,
walk out of here the WWE SmackDown Women's Champion.
[Mauro] Oh, she just walked in to a back elbow from Becky Lynch.
[Alexa grunting]
[Mauro] And now Lynch firing off a series of forearms.
[JBL] Wow, just a clubbing right hand by Alexa.
[Mauro] And now, Alexa Bliss,
showing her fiery side,
dropping those big right hands to the back of Becky Lynch.
[JBL] Look, I am surprised, David.
I think you'd have to be too about how one-sided this is by Alexa Bliss.
-She's absolutely-- -[David] I'm definitely surprised.
She's impressed me.
[JBL] She's absolutely taking it…
-[David] Well, look at this, she's-- -[JBL] …to the champion.
[David] Look at the position Becky is in here.
[Mauro] And impressive athletic background.
And Becky Lynch lying supine across the table.
Is Alexa Bliss about to become--
No, Becky Lynch leaps off the table
and short circuits that attack by the challenger, Alexa Bliss.
[man] Come on, Becky.
[Becky grunting]
[JBL] This is almost exactly what Becky Lynch was trying to do last Tuesday,
during that contract signing and it backfired on her.
-[David] Becky better soon realize. -[JBL] We'll see if--
[Mauro] Now Becky Lynch attempting to superplex Bliss through the table
and retain the SmackDown Women's Championship.
[Mauro] Ooh.
Kick to the face by Alexa Bliss.
[David] Becky wisely turning that table over. Did you see that?
So no matter what happens, she couldn't go through it.
-[JBL] You're right. -[Mauro] Smart move.
[JBL] Maybe she learned something last Tuesday going through that table.
[Alexa grunting]
[JBL] But now it's backfired on her.
[Alexa] You're pathetic, Becky.
[girl] Let's go, Becky.
[crowd chatter]
[JBL] Look, I think this is smart.
Look, you don't have to go through a table that's set up.
You just have to go through a table.
Alexa Bliss setting up that table and she can throw Becky Lynch through it.
It's the same thing whether it's set up or not.
[Mauro] And that's exactly what she's going to attempt to do.
Try to drive the SmackDown Women's Champion
through the table in the corner.
European uppercut by Becky Lynch. Another one.
She completes the trifecta.
[JBL] She's got to be careful here.
[Becky grunts]
[David] I think that Becky--
-[JBL] Knocked her. -[Mauro] Alexa Bliss trying to--
[JBL] If you get knocked or fall the wrong-- through the wrong place,
you lose this match.
-[Mauro] And I think there's a-- -[David] Right. You wanna stay
as far away from that table as possible.
[Mauro] Straight fire courtesy of the Irish Lass Kicker.
[David] Oh, whoa.
[Mauro] Close call.
Kick to the midsection by Becky Lynch.
-[David] Here we go. -[JBL] Going for that Bexploder.
[Mauro] Looking for that Bex-Plex through the table, blocked by Bliss.
Wow, talk about a whiplash effect,
just driving Becky Lynch to the canvas.
Oh, Bliss avoids going through the table there.
Sunset flip by Becky Lynch.
[Becky grunts]
[Mauro] Insult to Injury by Alexa Bliss.
Double knees across the rib cage
of the SmackDown Women's Champion.
[crowd chatter]
[JBL] Well, it hasn't been done that way.
-But I guess if you break the table over… -Why are you still there?
[JBL] …that'd be the same thing as going through.
[David] Yeah, technically. I mean, that would work.
[Mauro] There's the Five Feet of Fury with those right hands.
WWE Universe trying to rally Becky Lynch.
[crowd chanting] Becky! Becky! Becky!
[David] Alexa's got Becky in a bad spot,
but still she has to get her through a table.
[Mauro] Becky Lynch's second title defense after successfully defending
-the SmackDown Women's Championship… -[David] Oh, here we go.
[Mauro] …in Glasgow. Has her on a fireman's carry.
-[David] Here we go. -[Mauro] Looking to put Alexa Bliss
through the table.
-Oh, smart move there by Bliss. -[JBL] That's--
It certainly is.
[Mauro] Oh, DDT on the-- what the--
Wow.
Bliss DDT-ing the SmackDown Women's Champion onto the table.
-[David] Look at this. Bam. -[Mauro] Wow.
[JBL] The problem, though, is Alexa has to capitalize on this.
That may have knocked Becky out.
[David] It looks like Bliss is hurting from it too, though.
-[Mauro] An excruciating contest. -[JBL] Yeah. I mean--
[Mauro] Physically taxing.
[JBL] What we have here, Becky is pretty much out of it.
You got to get her up and get her through a table.
[crowd chatter]
[Mauro] Oh, Becky Lynch
-looking for the Dis-arm-her… -[JBL] Oh, wow.
[Mauro] …through the table legs, looking for added leverage.
Again--
oh, man, bending back those fingers.
[JBL] Referee can't stop it.
[Mauro] Again, the only way this match ends
is when one of them goes through a table.
[David] Great strategy though.
I mean, it's gonna be awfully hard to get Becky on a table with only one arm.
[Mauro] Pumphandle,
and slams Alexa Bliss down.
[David] All right. This is buying her time.
Now, Becky needs to set up a table
and figure out how to get Alexa through it.
[crowd chatter]
[crowd chanting] Becky! Becky! Becky!
[JBL] Becky's trying to figure out the best way to get that table
where she can get her opponent through it.
[Mauro] Becky Lynch having to scratch and claw
for a way to every opportunity in her ten-plus-year career,
culminating with becoming the inaugural SmackDown Women's Champion,
looking to successfully defend the championship twice
against Alexa Bliss who she now puts across that table in the corner.
[crowd chatter]
[Mauro] And this could be the coup de grâce, as they say.
Becky Lynch may just be moments away
from retaining the SmackDown Women's Championship.
[Mauro] Oh.
-[Mauro] Whoa. -[David] Oh, man.
[Mauro] Alexa Bliss
bringing Becky Lynch down to the canvas hard,
the formerly iconoclast, and Becky Lynch now in trouble.
[JBL] Alexa was the one that was in all kinds of trouble,
she figured a way out of it.
[Mauro] Boy, did she ever, slamming the SmackDown Women's Champion,
but the reversal, and Alexa Bliss crashes into the table.
[JBL] The thing is, crashing into it doesn't win you the match.
You got to throw or put your opponent through that table.
[Mauro] It's a chiropractor's dream, a Superstar's nightmare,
a Tables match for the SmackDown Women's Championship.
[David] Oh.
[Mauro] Oh, baseball slide attempt there on the dropkick by Becky Lynch.
She does connect with that forearm.
And again that table is still set up on the outside.
Both of them jockeying for position on the apron.
[David] You're right. They need to be careful right here.
-[Mauro] Oh. -[JBL] Eye rake.
[Becky grunts]
-[David] Uh-oh. -[Mauro] Whoa, and Beck--
[David] There it is.
-[bell ringing] -[JBL] We got us a new champion.
[Mauro] Alexa Bliss just powerbombed Becky Lynch through the table.
[Hamilton] Here is your winner and the new SmackDown Women's Champion,
Alexa Bliss.
[Mauro] And just like that, we have a new SmackDown Women's Champion.
Her name is Alexa Bliss.
[JBL] No controversy this time.
No question of foot on the ropes or the match continues.
This is a definitive end and we have a definitive champion in Alexa Bliss.
[Mauro] And the Wicked Witch of WWE just conjured up
the biggest win of her embryonic career.
What a rise it has been for Alexa Bliss,
where tonight she becomes SmackDown Women's Champion.
[Becky grunts]
[David] Here it was.
She was able to capitalize,
-powerbomb through the table. -[bell ringing]
[JBL] That is a replay Alexa Bliss will enjoy seeing for the rest of her life
because that replay right there was what culminated her winning
the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship.
["Spiteful" playing]
[Mauro] A new SmackDown Women's Champion crowned at TLC.
[JBL] Congrats.
Becky, it looks like Alexa had your number tonight.
I don't-- I don't appreciate you putting the microphone in my face at this time.
I'm not upset with you. I'm upset with myself.
I let myself down and it just-- It don't feel good, all right?
[crowd] Becky!
[Mauro] Oh, a disconsolate Becky Lynch
overcome with emotion after this transpired.
[bell ringing]
[JBL] And the exact opposite for how Becky Lynch feels
is right there in Alexa Bliss,
walking out of Tables, Ladders, and Chairs,
the WWE SmackDown Women's Champion.
Congratulations.
["Spiteful" continues playing]
[upbeat music playing]
[Anthony] Eva is excited for the tour backstage.
But she has no idea that we'll be going into the ring
and I'll be proposing.
-Anthony, did you wanna go in the ring? -[Anthony] Sure.
-Yeah. -This is so awesome.
This is, like, the craziest experience ever.
[Eva] I know.
One other thing, there's only one way we can ensure that
this experiences last a lifetime.
I love you very much.
[sobs]
Will you marry me?
[upbeat music playing]
[gasps] Oh, my God. Yes. Oh, my God.
I love it. Oh, my God.
-[Natalya] Congratulations. -Thank you so much.
[Natalya] You're welcome.
You know as they say, every kiss begins with Kay.
[upbeat music playing]
["Black Holes" playing]
♪ I got big dreams I got big tools ♪
♪ I got no stop I came with no stones ♪
♪ I got big dreams, I got big tools ♪
♪ I got no stop I came with no stones ♪
♪ What it's all about ♪
Well, we crowned a new WWE Cruiserweight Champion in Rich Swann
in the premiere of 205 Live.
And, guys, I can't wait to find out what happens this Tuesday night
only on the WWE Network.
It was some pretty exciting action.
Let's not forget what we've seen here tonight.
A very hard moment for Becky Lynch just a few moments ago.
It's been pretty intense, so how about a little levity?
Here's something the WWE Universe is really gonna like.
It is an institution of American television.
Live from Studio 8H,
hosting Saturday Night Live on NBC
this coming Saturday, John Cena.
-[JBL chuckles] -[Tom] John, I know you're excited.
[JBL] Oh, I love SNL.
What an institution, just like John Cena.
This is a match made in heaven. Cena's gonna knock them dead.
The Rock has hosted SNL, and now John Cena joining.
I know Bobby Moynihan is a big WWE fan.
Well, we still here have a lot to come.
It is time for our main event here for Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.
This is what tonight is all about.
All three symbols of tenacity for the WWE world title.
Dean Ambrose has been relentless.
AJ Styles willing to win at all cost.
And we can thank our commissioner, Shane McMahon,
for taking this strife to whole new levels.
We are gonna have a TLC match
to determine the WWE World Champion
between none other than "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles
taking on Mr. Dean Ambrose.
I am the face that runs the place.
I told you I was gonna beat Dean Ambrose.
[Mauro] The referee missed the low blow.
AJ Styles has done it.
[AJ] I am the champ that runs the camp.
You stole from me.
And you made me your enemy.
From this moment forward,
I promise to make your life miserable.
[Mauro] James Ellsworth, by far the ultimate underdog.
[AJ] You're gonna face the WWE World Champion, me,
in a non-title match.
[Mauro] Is Dean Ambrose taking a phone call?
Ambrose continues to make AJ's life a living nightmare.
Dirty Deeds to AJ Styles.
[David] Ellsworth has just pinned the WWE World Champion.
I'm tired of you making me out to be a joke.
I want my respect.
[David] James Ellsworth has a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match right now.
[Mauro] Dean Ambrose bringing out the aggression in AJ Styles.
I know you look like a soccer mom. I didn't know you kick like one too.
-[crowd cheering] -One, two, three, four, five.
-Ring the bell. -[bell ringing]
[Mauro] He just disqualified AJ Styles.
James Ellsworth has defeated the WWE World Champion
for the second consecutive week on SmackDown Live.
AJ, I know these last few weeks have been hard on you.
You have all the physical talent in the world.
That's no question.
But they say that championships are won in one square foot of space.
That's up here.
If the last few weeks have taught me anything about you,
that you are way too easy, pal.
[Mauro] James Ellsworth, he is one win away
from a contract and a WWE World Championship match.
[JBL] Goodbye, Ellsworth. See you later.
[Mauro] Dean Ambrose.
[JBL] What the hell is he doing here?
[Mauro] Ellsworth has shocked the Universe.
[JBL] He's got a job here?
[David] Not only that, a future championship opportunity.
I demand my respect.
And if you don't give it to me,
this Sunday, I'm gonna beat it out of you.
You're going to the most dangerous match
in WWE with me, TLC.
-[Mauro] AJ Styles has had enough… -[David] Oh, come on.
[Mauro] …of the Ellsworth experience.
[David] No, no, no, no.
[Mauro] The mother of all Styles Clashes on James Ellsworth.
[Dean] Hey, you bastard.
[man] Whoa.
[Dean] When that bell rings, buddy, the carnage begins
and it's gonna get real serious real quick.
And when it's all said and done, when you clear those cobwebs,
you're gonna be looking up at me standing on top of a ladder
pulling down what's rightfully mine, the WWE World Championship.
["Retaliation" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] Well, Dean Ambrose hoping to become
a two-time WWE kingpin.
And for a guy known as the Lunatic Fringe,
one would think a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match
is right up his alley, John.
[JBL] Yeah, I would think it certainly would be.
A guy who doesn't care for his own body
certainly doesn't care about his competitor's.
[David] Ambrose is a kind of guy that thrives on chaos
and a TLC match is one of the most chaotic matches there is.
[JBL] And this entire nonsense with this barman, Ellsworth,
is all the responsibility of that lunatic right there, Dean Ambrose,
trying to get under the skin of AJ Styles, which he has done.
[David] Oh, it's worked, John.
[Tom] And, tonight, immediately following TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs,
right here only on the WWE Network, Talking Smack.
We have a new SmackDown Women's Champion in Alexa Bliss,
Baron Corbin bring the End of Days to everyone,
and The Miz dedicating his Intercontinental title victory
to Daniel Bryan.
That immediately following Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.
[Mauro] And this is Dean Ambrose's third TLC match.
In fact, he made his in-ring WWE debut as a member of The Shield
in a TLC match in 2012.
["Phenomenal" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[explosion]
♪ No, they don't want none ♪
♪ They looking scared No, they don't really want none ♪
♪ We some southern boys ♪
[Mauro] Coming up on the one year anniversary
of what has been one of the most phenomenal starts
to a WWE career in history,
AJ Styles enters a WWE World Champion
but, tonight, he must defend it
in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.
And, again, the only way this match ends, David,
is if they climb the ladder and retrieve the championship
-suspended above the ring. -[David] That's right.
I mean, AJ Styles is one of the best there is in the ring,
but when you include tables, ladders, and chairs,
I mean, that changes the equation.
[JBL] Yeah, but AJ Styles has called the shot everywhere he's been.
He came to WWE, said he's gonna defeat John Cena.
That is one bold, audacious statement and he did just that.
He said he'd win the WWE Championship.
He defeated Dean Ambrose and John Cena at the same time for that.
And now he holds the most prestigious title
in the history of sports entertainment.
The only place you can see it right here is on SmackDown Live.
The same title that Sammartino, The Rock, Stone Cold,
and now AJ Styles holds.
♪ No, they don't want none ♪
[bell ringing]
The following contest is a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match
and it is for the WWE World Championship.
Introducing the challenger, from Cincinnati, Ohio,
weighing in at 225 pounds,
Dean Ambrose.
[crowd booing]
And his opponent, from Gainesville, Georgia,
weighing in at 218 pounds,
who would like to be announced as "The Face that Runs the Place,"
he is the WWE World Champion,
"The Phenomenal"
AJ Styles.
[crowd applauding, booing]
[Mauro] Here at the American Airlines Center in Dallas,
it is time for the WWE World Championship match.
The 19th TLC match in WWE history
about to go down between Dean Ambrose
and WWE World Champion AJ Styles.
-[JBL] I started in this business… -[bell ringing]
…keen as an industrial right near here 25 years ago.
And very rarely have I even been more excited
for any match than I am for this one right here.
[Mauro] You know, John, Dean Ambrose says his temper is his game plan.
Usually, when you fight with emotion,
you end up behind the proverbial eight ball.
Do you think that's a smart strategy?
[JBL] Well, I'd disagree with Dean Ambrose.
He says he has a strategy. I don't think he has a strategy.
I think Dean Ambrose just does stuff.
I think he shows up and have some type of innate feel.
It has worked tremendously for him.
Most people, it would never work.
[David] Hey, Ambrose says he just goes with the flow.
I mean, earlier he said he tries to make his life as difficult as possible.
[Mauro] Whoa.
[David] Horrible pain and suffering equals glory.
[Mauro] Man.
[David] I mean, this guy is right at home in a TLC match.
[Mauro] Towering back body drop by Dean Ambrose,
looking to become a two-time WWE World Champion again.
Tables, ladders, and chairs all legal.
The WWE World Championship suspended above the ring.
In order to win, you must climb the ladder, and retrieve the title.
-Oh! -[Tom] Wow.
[JBL] The problem though, David, is horrible pain and suffering.
If you lose, it's just horrible pain and suffering.
[Mauro] You know, Dean Ambrose said that AJ Styles would be in for hard times,
a tribute to WWE Hall of Famer, "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes.
But it's AJ Styles who has the ladder set up.
[JBL] I think they're both gonna realize
it's way too early in the match to try to get that title,
but you never know.
You take a shot. You run up that ladder, you grab the thing quick,
and all of a sudden the match is over
and you walk out here WWE World Champion.
[Mauro] Reversal on the Irish whip.
-Oh, Styles goes under the ladder. -[Tom] Oh, wow.
[Mauro] And then Dean Ambrose introduces the ladder to AJ Styles' skull.
Clothesline. Styles over the top rope.
And I thought that was gonna give Dean Ambrose
an opportunity to climb the ladder,
instead he wants to continue to punish The Phenomenal One.
[David] Don't forget, this is personal between these two.
[JBL] Yeah, look, we saw earlier though, in the Intercontinental Championship,
where you gotta punish your opponent to be able to climb that ladder,
otherwise you put yourself at complete exposed risk
up on that ladder if your opponent can get to you.
[Mauro] AJ Styles beat Dean Ambrose to win the WWE World Championship
at Backlash in September.
[David] But I think this is a great strategy here.
I think you're wrong, John. I think Dean has a game plan.
By taking AJ far out away from the ring…
I'll talk to you right here. Let's talk about it. This is a good idea.
[JBL] Dean wants to have a chat. Is this his game plan?
[David] His game plan is to keep him as far away from that ring as possible,
so he can get up there and climb that ladder.
[Mauro] Wanted to host an impromptu edition of the Ambrose Asylum,
wants to turn SmackDown Live back into the Ambrose Asylum,
by becoming a two-time WWE World Champion tonight
in one of the most destructive matches in--
-[JBL] Oh, look at this. -[Mauro] Oh.
[crowd exclaims]
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] Styles is hurt.
[crowd chatter]
[Mauro] The pain is paramount in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.
[JBL] Hey, David, maybe you're right.
Maybe Ambrose has a strategy here.
He's gonna…
[David] I'm telling you, there's a method to his madness.
[JBL] …put AJ Styles through this table or whatever he's planning on doing.
-[Mauro] Well, he's-- -[JBL] Oh, you gotta be kidding me.
[Mauro] He's climbing the ladder.
[JBL] Look at how high this ladder is.
[Mauro] Sky-high ladder. Styles--
[JBL] Where the hell do you get a ladder that tall?
[Mauro] Oh, running lariat there by Dean Ambrose,
attacking the WWE World Champion from behind.
And Ambrose takings this fight to the WWE Universe,
but, again, the only way he can become champion
is by climbing the ladder in the center of the ring.
[David] Why not take out the trash? [laughs]
[JBL] That's no way to treat the WWE World Champion.
Put a garbage bin over him?
Oh.
[crowd chatter]
[David] See, this is all part of Ambrose's mind games.
He continues to humiliate AJ Styles like he did with James Ellsworth.
[Mauro] Well, Dean Ambrose turning this into a brawl
just like he imagined it would.
And really that gives him…
-[crowd cheering] -[Mauro] …his best chance at victory
against one of the most technically-gifted sports entertainers
in history in AJ Styles.
[David] You're certainly not gonna have a technical wrestling match
in one of these matches, Mauro.
Not in a TLC match.
[JBL] Well, you're certainly not.
Right now, it's-- every bit of it is favoring Dean Ambrose.
-[David] Oh. -[Mauro] Oh.
[Mauro] Perfectly timed dropkick by AJ Styles.
[panting]
[David] Look at this.
-Bam. -[crowd exclaim]
Styles' athleticism coming into play.
And you're right, Mauro, perfectly timed.
[JBL] I think he knocked a tooth out of his mouth.
He's gonna look like Mick Foley soon.
[Mauro] Leaping clothesline.
Looking to crush Dean Ambrose's larynx
on the clothesline by AJ Styles.
Ambrose, the workhorse of WWE.
But AJ Styles sits atop the summit
of sports entertainment's mountain.
[crowd chanting] AJ Styles!
Let's go, Ambrose!
AJ Styles!
Let's go, Ambrose!
AJ Styles!
Let's go, Ambrose!
[Mauro] Full head of steam by Styles,
but Ambrose sidesteps
and lands ribs-first on the barricade and he gets crotched.
[crowd chatter]
[man] Come on, Dean.
-[David] What is he thinking? -[JBL] What is this nutcase thinking now?
[Mauro] The Lunatic Fringe
eyeing the situation,
-charging full steam ahead. -[David] Ooh.
[JBL] What a collision.
There is nothing right with Dean Ambrose.
[Mauro] You sense that his confidence, though,
is building in this Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.
And now Dean Ambrose, in the ring, looking to set up the ladder.
[David] Perfect opportunity.
-He got AJ incapacitated. -[JBL] You're right.
-[David] Here we go. -[JBL] Dean's fresh. AJ's hurt.
-[Mauro] Ambrose, about to become… -[JBL] This could be over quick.
[Mauro] …a two-time WWE World Champion.
AJ Styles ensuring that that does not happen at this juncture.
[JBL] Look at this collision.
Oh!
Man.
[Mauro] Dean Ambrose idolizing the likes of Dusty Rhodes,
Terry Funk, and Bruiser Brody,
while AJ Styles…
[JBL] Well, Terry Funk won the NWA title
from an incredible wrestler in Jack Brisco in 1975.
-Last time we had a lunatic… -[Mauro] Oh.
[JBL] …other than Dean Ambrose as a champion.
[Mauro] Meanwhile, AJ Styles, honing his craft around the globe…
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] …but really putting himself on the map here
as a WWE World Champion.
-[David groans] -[screams]
[groans]
[JBL] Watch this.
These guys have enjoyed beating each other up.
[David] Oh.
[Mauro] Sky-high knee drop there by AJ Styles.
[crowd chanting] AJ! AJ! AJ
[JBL] A few AJ Styles fans here in Dallas, Texas.
AJ Styles waves them off.
I don't think he thinks he needs them.
I can tell you who doesn't need something.
Dean Ambrose doesn't need this, what AJ Styles is planning.
[Mauro] Big knee lift by AJ Styles.
Double leg takedown by Dean Ambrose and he catapults Styles into the ladder.
[David] Oh, and out of the ring.
[crowd chatter]
[JBL] So here's a question that Dean Ambrose has.
Does he have enough time to try to get to that title or use the ladder as a weapon?
-[David] Whoa! -[Mauro] Oh, my…
-[JBL] There's your answer. -[Mauro] …God! Ambrose throwing the ladder
onto AJ Styles.
It's one thing when you throw your body at your opponent.
It's another thing when it's the unforgiving steel of a ladder.
[JBL] You talk about Ambrose's strategy,
I think he just looked back and realized he threw the ladder
out of the ring that he needed to get to the title.
[crowd chatter]
-[Mauro] Whoa. -[Tom] Crashing down on AJ.
[David] Oh.
[Mauro] The toll that this type of match takes
-on a person's physical, mental-- -[David] I don't know if a table is maybe
tall enough for Ambrose to reach.
[crowd chatter]
[Mauro] He is setting up a table, David. You're right.
And now it's Styles with a chair from behind,
sends it crashing across the back of Dean Ambrose.
[crowd chanting] AJ! AJ! AJ!
[JBL] I think you have to wonder what Dean Ambrose was thinking.
[David] I don't know. But whatever it was, it backfired on him.
-It gave AJ just enough time. -[groans]
[JBL] You're right. I don't know if there's a psychiatrist
in the world that can figure out what Dean Ambrose is thinking.
[crowd chanting] Undertaker! Undertaker!
[crowd chatter]
[Mauro] The rivalry between AJ Styles and Dean Ambrose reaching new heights!
-Oh! -[Tom] Man.
[Mauro] Sidewalk slam right through the chair.
And it's going to be up to one of these Superstars
to reach a certain height
to claim that WWE World Championship
here in the Big D.
-[Tom] Oh! -[David] Oh.
-[JBL] Oh, wow. -[David] Man, Styles--
[Mauro] Uncorking a hell of a right hand.
[JBL] Dean Ambrose is just a sitting duck.
-[Tom] Oh! -[Mauro] The carnage on full display here
in this Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.
[crowd chatter]
[David] AJ Styles looking for something.
-[Mauro] The most extreme of environments. -[AJ] We got one. We got two.
-That makes four altogether. -[Mauro] And Styles adding more chairs
to the mix.
[AJ] You stay down.
[JBL] Styles has something in mind.
Whatever it is, it's not gonna be good for Dean Ambrose.
[Mauro] The champ that runs the camp, cerebral,
a student of the game,
much like Dean Ambrose in his own unorthodox way.
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] Ambrose understands he's in trouble.
-[Tom] Oh! -[Mauro] Mamma mia!
-[Tom] Did you see that? -[Mauro] Oh, my God.
Ambrose putting AJ Styles through the chairs.
[crowd chanting] Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!
[Mauro] My God. The impact.
[JBL] He didn't just flip him through it. He--
Good grief.
[Mauro] And just like that, the tables are turned.
-Look at this. -[Tom] Oh!
[David] Flipped him inside out.
-[Tom] He contorts him in the air. -[David] Owie.
[Mauro] Back-first.
And follows that up with a full body slam across a chair.
And Ambrose doing his best to jack the back
of the WWE World Champion.
[crowd chatter]
-[Mauro] That chair will drop! -[Tom] Oh!
[crowd chatter]
-[Mauro] What is going through… -AJ, are you okay?
[Mauro] …the disturbed mind of Dean Ambrose?
-Oh. -[David] Wow.
[Mike] AJ, are you okay?
[crowd chatter]
[Mauro] Dean Ambrose continues to methodically
dismantle the WWE World Champion.
He is in his comfort zone right now, John.
[JBL] Yeah, whatever kind of crazy zone that is
that apparently is comfortable to Dean Ambrose.
[Mauro] Oh, but Styles with that lightning quick attack.
[JBL] Counter after counter, these guys know each other very well.
-Look at this. -[Mauro] Oh! Styles suplexing…
-[JBL] Ambrose is the one-- -[Mauro] …Ambrose through the table.
[crowd chatter]
[Mauro] And he's buried under half the table.
[JBL] You got Ambrose buried right there.
This is a perfect opportunity for AJ Styles to get a ladder
and go claim that title but I don't think he's got it in him.
[Mauro] I think you're right, Styles doesn't have it in him.
[Tom] Not after what Ambrose did to him and flipped him through those chairs.
[Mauro] Ambrose has been relentlessly pursuing AJ Styles
for the WWE World Championship.
But ends up getting put through a table courtesy of that vertical suplex
from the champ that runs the camp.
[crowd chatter]
[Mauro] Oh.
Wow!
What a dropkick, the Lunatic Lariat turns AJ Styles inside out.
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] Incredible resiliency
being displayed by Dean Ambrose.
[JBL] Look at this impact, wow.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Ambrose!
[Mauro] Dean Ambrose clearing some of the wreckage.
Again, tables, ladders, and chairs, all legal,
but it's a ladder that is going to lead one of these Superstars
to the ultimate prize in sports entertainment,
the WWE World Championship.
[JBL] Oh, no.
Oh, look at this. This is dangerous.
AJ Styles adjusting that elbow pad.
[Mauro] Oh, looking for the Phenomenal forearm
but instead low blow,
looking for the Dirty Deeds was Ambrose but quickly countered by Styles.
-[JBL] Wow. -[Mauro] Oh!
[JBL] Ambrose launches AJ Styles through the air.
[David] And he's got that sick twisted smile.
[Mauro] Oh, that sinister smile…
[JBL] I don't like that look at all.
[Mauro] …enveloping the face of the Lunatic Fringe.
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] Watch out, incoming Air Lunatic.
-[Mauro] Topé suicida! -[JBL] Wow.
[Mauro] Ambrose and Styles' head bounced off our announcer's table.
[JBL] Uh-oh.
[Mauro] Ambrose assaulting Styles here at ringside.
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] And the Lunatic Fringe has snapped.
[JBL] He's tearing all the tables apart.
And you say he's snapped, when was he ever normal?
[Mauro] Well, he's taking it to a whole new level here, John.
[Tom] He snapped, even for Ambrose.
[Mauro] Dean Ambrose has put AJ Styles
across the announcer's table. Oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
Oh, come on. Don't do this, Dean.
This is how much enmity exists between Ambrose and Styles.
And Ambrose willing to risk it all.
Just raining down those right hands, Ambrose crossfacing
[JBL] A lot of hands, headbutts
Ask yourself if this was a good idea, baby.
[Mauro] Ambrose mauling the WWE World…
-[JBL] Oh, no. -[Mauro] …Champion AJ Styles.
[JBL] This, this is insane. You can't do this.
Dean, come on, no.
[Tom] This is the kind of twisted stuff
-that goes through Ambrose's mind. -[JBL] You got to be kidding me.
[Mauro] Dean Ambrose up…
-[JBL] No. -[Mauro] …on the ladder.
-[JBL] No! -[Mauro] Mamma mia!
Oh, my God!
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Holy shit! Holy shit!
[crowd chatter]
[crowd chanting] This is awesome! This is awesome!
[JBL] Look at this, Ambrose coming off the ladder,
crashing right through our table.
-[Mauro] Dean Ambrose… -[JBL] Putting his own body at risk.
[Mauro] …massacring the WWE World Champion, AJ Styles,
driving the elbow through the WWE World Champion
who crashes through the table.
And he's barely storing here at ringside, John.
[JBL] And the WWE Universe chant, "This is awesome."
It may be awesome to some, but I'm telling you, we just--
Two of the greatest Superstars on SmackDown Live
absolutely destroying each other.
[Mauro] AJ Styles isn't moving.
[JBL] Styles has not moved since he went through that table.
[Mauro] And this serving as the opportunity…
-[JBL] I think it's just-- -[Mauro] …that Dean Ambrose
has been waiting for.
-[JBL] Yeah, this is it. It's just-- -[Mauro] This could be academic.
[crowd chatter]
-[JBL] Look at this. -[Mauro] Wow. Oh my God.
-[David] What an impact. -[JBL] The human body--
the human body's not designed to go through that.
That elbow right there may have just won Dean Ambrose
the WWE World Championship.
[Mauro] I think it has. Dean Ambrose just has to climb the ladder
and retrieve the WWE World Championship
to become a two-time kingpin.
Ambrose just inches away.
But AJ Styles somehow, someway, miraculously…
[JBL] Here he goes, he's close.
[Mauro] Oh, the Phenomenal Forearm by AJ Styles!
[JBL] How the hell did he get up?
How the hell did AJ Styles even make it back to the ring?
[Tom] Styles is running off adrenaline at this point.
I thought this guy was done.
[crowd chatter]
[JBL] Look at this.
Styles comes completely out of nowhere,
saved the WWE Championship. Oh!
[Mauro] The most important Phenomenal Forearm of his WWE career
by AJ Styles.
But after being driven through the announcer's table,
how much is left in AJ Styles' fighting spirit?
They're both climbing the ladder.
Dean Ambrose seems to have the advantage though, John. He's--
[JBL] I don't know what you're looking at.
-It looks neck and neck to me. -[Mauro] Well, he goes further ahead.
-[JBL] And there--this is-- -[Mauro] Ambrose is up.
[JBL] Look, this is what fighting for the most prestigious title
in sports entertainment is all about.
This is what fighting for the WWE World Championship is all about.
Only one of these guys is gonna walk out of here champion.
[Tom] And one of them needs to get the edge right here.
[JBL] And whatever you have to put your body through,
I promise you, it's worth it.
[Mauro] And they both end up back on the canvas,
both forced to reset.
It's almost like Sisyphus rolling that stone up the mountain.
But someone has to do it, and AJ Styles now.
[crowd cheering]
[Mauro] Oh, Ambrose-- Oh!
Spins AJ Styles' torso into the ladder.
What an epic encounter it has been
in this, the 19th Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match in history.
Ambrose pulling out all the stops
in order to become a two-time WWE World Champ.
And the title is in his sights.
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] There's the promised land, Dean.
-[Mauro] A few more rungs to go. -[JBL] A few-- That's right,
just a few more feet, Dean. Go.
[Mauro] Ambrose struggling. Oh, Styles, though, back on his feet now.
Oh, Styles was looking for that powerbomb instead.
[JBL] A great counter by Dean Ambrose.
[Mauro] Ambrose taking Styles out of the ring.
[crowd chanting] AJ! AJ! AJ!
[JBL] Neither one able to get the edge here.
to get back into the ring and get up that ladder and get that championship.
[Mauro] We are finding out graphically what two human beings are capable of when
the biggest prize in sports entertainment is at stake.
[JBL] Well, they're two of the greatest athletes in the world,
both these competitors.
They're fighting over the most prestigious title.
You're damn right we're finding out what the human body can do.
-[Mauro] Oh. -[Tom] Oh!
[Mauro] Moonsault into the reverse DDT
by AJ Styles.
And the back of Dean Ambrose's head crashing onto the floor.
[JBL] You keep thinking that every one of these-- Look at this.
Crashed into a moonsault when he catches him,
and you keep thinking that enough's enough, that…
one of these competitors has finally done enough to the other
to get in and get up that ladder.
[Mauro] But it's not enough to become WWE World Champion.
This rivalry has reached a point where they would both like to maim the other,
and AJ Styles trying to do just that now as he sets up a table, David.
[David] I think that's what it's gonna have to take.
You have to maim one of these guys
-before they're able to climb the ladder. -[JBL] David, you're right.
I think they're gonna have to maim each other
if they have any hope of getting up that ladder
because neither one of these competitors will quit.
[crowd cheering]
-[Mauro] And Styles… -[JBL] Styles is hurt.
[Mauro] …trying to just climb the stairs, let alone climb that ladder.
[crowd chatter]
-[JBL] Oh, my God, no! -[Mauro] Springboard 450
through the table!
Whoa.
Are you kidding me?
[crowd chanting] Holy shit! Holy shit!
[JBL] Two of the craziest things I've ever seen.
[David] I thought Ambrose was crazy.
[JBL] Look at this. This is insane.
[Mauro] Springboard 450,
driving Ambrose through the table!
[JBL] The lengths these two competitors--
Look at this, this is a world-class athlete,
saying, "I'll use my body as a weapon."
Coaches say, "Play like you're in somebody else's body,"
that's what these two athletes are doing.
[crowd chanting] This is awesome!
[JBL] And that's why this entire universe here in Dallas
at the American Airlines Arena is chanting, "This is awesome,"
because this is awesome.
[Mauro] AJ Styles illustrating why he's known as The Phenomenal One
with a phenomenal Springboard 450.
[JBL] But again, it is about getting up that ladder right there
in the middle of the ring.
[David] I think this is his best chance yet.
[JBL] Nothing's gonna stop AJ now.
He's finally done enough
-to become-- -[Mauro] Styles is climbing the ladder.
-What? -[JBL] The hell?
[Mauro] Oh, my God, it's--
[crowd booing]
[Mauro] James Ellsworth, neck brace and all.
I didn't think we'd ever see him again, John, after he was given
one of the most hellacious Styles Clashes ever on SmackDown Live.
[JBL] He's about to get another one right now and he deserves it.
-[David] Oh, no. Not again. -[JBL] You interrupt a classic match…
-[David] Not again. -[JBL] …like this, James Ellsworth,
you deserve whatever's about to happen to you.
[Mauro] And it looked like AJ Styles was just about to ascend the ladder
to retain the WWE World Championship.
[JBL] This Ellsworth is ate up with himself
and he's about to get exactly what he deserves.
[David] He's gonna need more than a neck brace after this one.
[JBL] Here comes another one, Ellsworth. Goodbye.
-[Mauro] It could be a good job for him. -[JBL] And good on you.
-Good riddance. -[Mauro] Oh!
Dean Ambrose.
Oh!
Oh, my God.
-[David] This is Dean's moment. -[JBL] Can he do it?
-Dean can do it. -[David] Here we go.
[JBL] Are you kidding me?
-[Mauro] Dean Ambrose. -[JBL] All Dean's got to do
is get up the ladder.
-[Mauro] AJ Styles… -[JBL] Thanks to that--
[Mauro] …has been knocked out.
[JBL] And thanks to that human slug, Ellsworth…
-[Mauro] Ambrose-- -[JBL] …Dean Ambrose is about to get
the WWE Championship.
-[Mauro] The Lunatic Fringe… -[JBL] Here we go.
-[Mauro] …about to become a two-time… -[JBL] I can't handle this lunatic…
-[Mauro] …WWE World Champion. -[JBL] …being the WWE Champion again
and all because of that turtle without a shell, Ellsworth.
[Mauro] Styles somehow manages to get back into the ring.
-And the struggle continues. -[David] These guys are amazing.
-[Mauro] What a titanic… -[David] The lengths they've gone to.
-What their bodies have been through. -[Mauro] …confrontation.
An epic battle for the WWE world title.
[JBL] This is what you would expect out of-- Oh, no.
[David] Styles out of the ring. Here it is, here it is.
[JBL] Not like this.
-This is Dean's moment. -[Mauro] And Dean-- And Dean looking for--
-What the-- -[David] Wait.
[Mauro] What did-- What did Ellsworth just do?
[crowd cheering[
[David] Ellsworth?
[JBL] The hell just happened?
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] What the hell just happened?
[Mauro] James Ellsworth just sent Dean Ambrose
crashing through tables at ringside.
-[David] Did he get confused? -[Mauro] What the hell is going on?
[JBL] Look at this.
Dean Ambrose had the championship.
He had it.
He was about to walk out of here WWE Champion
and Ellsworth…
[David] What is he doing?
[JBL] …the one that Ambrose took under his wing,
the only person in the world that showed Ellsworth any kindness,
Ellsworth was the one-- And Ellsworth now is cheering for AJ.
[Mauro] And AJ Styles crawling back into the ring.
[JBL] You tell me we aren't in some alternative universe.
[Mauro] James Ellsworth who…
-[JBL] Kind of bizarre. -[Mauro] …unfathomably is 3-0
against AJ Styles has…
-[JBL] Bizarre. -[Mauro] …maybe just helped
-The Phenomenal One. -[JBL] Erratic behavior.
[David] He had to be confused or something.
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] He's not confused, he's cheering.
-[David] Styles just climbing up… -[JBL] Nothing's gonna stop AJ.
-[David] …unopposed here. -[JBL] AJ's about to walk out of here
WWE World Champion.
[Mauro] AJ Styles grabs the WWE World Championship…
-[bell ringing] -[Mauro] …and retains the title
thanks to James Ellsworth.
[Hamilton] Here is your winner and still the WWE World Champion,
-AJ Styles! -["Phenomenal" playing]
[JBL] I have no idea what just happened,
but James Ellsworth's the happiest man in Dallas right now.
[Mauro] An incredible match with a surreal conclusion.
What is going on with James Ellsworth?
♪ They looking scared No, they don't really want none… ♪
[JBL] Dean Ambrose, whenever they wake him up, is gonna be just…
beside himself,
in shock of the fact that this…
varmint, Ellsworth, just cost Dean Ambrose,
the only person that showed him any compassion, probably his entire life,
cost him the championship.
The thing that Dean Ambrose valued the most in life,
Ellsworth just cost him.
It looked like it was deja vu all over again.
[Mauro] And Ambrose saved him,
giving AJ the Dirty Deeds right here on the steps.
He's out.
[JBL] And I said it before, nothing could stop Ambrose until Ellsworth.
-James Ellsworth… -[Tom] John, you--
[JBL] …pushes Dean Ambrose through a table.
[Tom] You were right about him all along, he's a menace.
[bell ringing]
♪ Ain't nobody And you could be next ♪
♪ You better give respect… ♪
[David] Ellsworth is an absolute menace.
[JBL] Look, I never liked him.
But I don't understand his actions here.
♪ No, they don't want none ♪
♪ They don't want none ♪
♪ No, they don't want none ♪
♪ They looking scared No, they don't really want none ♪
♪ I'm a Mack truck ♪
♪ Don't get run over ♪
♪ We some country boys Working overtime for it… ♪
[JBL] The happiest man in Dallas and Tables, Ladders, and Chairs
is James Ellsworth.
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] And there's your champion.
♪ They don't want none ♪
♪ No, they don't want none ♪
♪ They don't want none ♪
♪ No, they don't want none ♪