TLC 2012 review

This PPV has had some real twists in its build, especially with the loss of CM Punk due to injury; the replacement match isn’t exactly mind blowing but am always happy to be proved wrong.

Match #1 – Tables match for #1 Contenders match for the tag team titles.

Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara vs. Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow

Go Cody’s stache!! I cannot stand Rey Mysterio, I like Sin Cara and I’m not such a huge Sandow fan either if I’m honest. With Cody being out injured this match hasn’t had much of a build but now Cody is back with his moustache, let’s hope we see some more of him on TV.

Team Rhodes Scholars wins after Rhodes pushes Sin Cara off the top rope through a table set up outside the ring. Not a bad match, except for the 5 minutes I couldn’t watch as the signal went on the feed I had downloaded, if that makes sense.

RECAP

The Shield promo. Not bad actually, I had yet to see it.

Match #2 – United States title match

Antonio Cesaro (c) vs. R-Truth

I love Cesaro, he is brilliant and anyone who doesn;t agree is just plain stupid, all you have to do is go back and watch any of his ROH or Chikara matches to see how good this guy is. R-Truth on the other hand is not quite so good, he was hot for about 5 minutes then somehow lost it which is a shame because he isn’t a bad wrestler.

Cesaro wins after hitting the neutralizer on R-Truth, was a good match, R-Truth looked quite strong in the match, but just fell at the last hurdle.

Matt Striker interviews Antonio after the match, he claims to be an international superpower and the best US champ in history, could very well be true.

BACKSTAGE

Josh Matthews interviews Dolph Ziggler (MR. Money In The Bank). Dolph complains that it isn’t fair that he has to put his money in the bank on the line and Cena has to put nothing on the line.

MIZ TV SEGMENT

Miz interviews the 3MB

REALLY! REALLY! REALLY!

(that is all)

Why is Ricardo Rodgriuez out here, then Alberto Del Rio comes out and gets beaten on by 3MB, is this a face turn????? This seems very confused!!

They challenge Alberto Del Rio and The Miz to find a partner to team together to face them.

BACKSTAGE

Team Hell No talk about Ryback. Bring back the YES! YES! YES!

Then Striker interviews Wade Barrett, he says he is confident about his match with Kofi for the IC belt.

Match # 3 – Intercontinental Championship match

Wade Barrett vs. Kofi Kingston (c)

I seem to be behind the bad guys this evening, I love Wade, the man is awesome, ok I do not like his finish, I prefer the Wasteland as a finish over the Bullhammer elbow shot. I have never been big on Kingston so it’s nothing new.

Kofi reverses the Bullhammer with Trouble in Paradise to get the pin on Wade and retain the IC title. Not a bad match but certainly felt the US title match was better to be honest.

SEGMENT

CM Punk is in the Skybox and he insults everyone. His new tshirt is brilliant, a parody of the Rock’s Boots to Asses t-shirt.

Match # 4 – TLC Match

Team Hell No & Ryback vs. The Shield

Team Hell No has grown on me, at first I didn’t like the fact they were taking two quite serious wrestlers and making them comedy characters but, its kinda working isn’t it?? Ryback is picking up some serious momentum, even if it is a little rushed and then you have the Shield who have all the talent they could possibly need and a platform to showcase it. A TLC match can generally go really well and will be good to see some good spots from all these men.

Some note worthy spots include Daniel Bryan being double suplexed off a table set up on the top turnbuckle, Ryback being powerbombed again through a table, Ryback double suplexing Rollins and Ambrose onto a ladder. The Shield get the pin after Reigns power bombs Daniel Bryan through a table. Really good match, very violent and a good result in the end.

Match # 5 – Divas Title Match

Eve Torres (c) vs. Naomi

OK!!! WHAT!!!

Eve is gorgeous and Naomi isn’t bad neither but I think she should stick to the semi lesbian dance routines with the other Funkadactyl, who I have learned is named Cameron. Good to know.

Eve wins with a neckbreaker, that no one cared about which is hilarious as it sadly wasn’t that a bad a match.

BACKSTAGE

Matt Striker interviews Big Show, he says he is gonna beat Sheamus.

Match # 6 – Chairs Match for the World Title

Big Show (c) vs. Sheamus

Haven’t paid much attention to the build up for this match as for some reason it is boring me, I like Big Show and I like Sheamus but together they just don’t click for me. Sheamus as the challenger is much cooler to watch then Sheamus as the champion I think. Big Show deserves to be the champion, he is such a massive human being that it makes sense to give the man the belt for a strong run.

Big Show wins after getting a MASSIVE chair from under the ring and smashing Sheamus with it, which was HILARIOUS!!! Not a bad match, what you expect from these two really.

BACKSTAGE

Cena and AJ talking in the back, she apologizes for everything that has happened and thanks him for being there. He says to hold off until he wins.

Match # 7 – 6 Man Tag Match

3MB (Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal & Drew McIntyre) vs. The Miz, Alberto Del Rio & The Brooklyn Brawler.

WTF is going on here, had Del Rio turned face? Why is the Brooklyn Brawler here? Half the crowd there don’t even know who he is!! OMG!! This is 2012 people!!

Brooklyn Brawler gets the submission victory after putting Jinder Mahal in the Boston crab. What happened here!!!??? I’m confused!!

Match # 8 – Ladder Match for the Money in the Bank contract

John Cena vs. Dolph Ziggler

Ziggler has to win this, I will cry if he doesn’t, Cena doesn’t need the MITB case and Ziggler kinda does at this stage. Cena is just needing to stay busy till he gets to Wrestlemania, Ziggler is simply doing what Kane did last year, but hopefully this time the right person will win.

Oh wow, AJ pushes Cena along with the ladder over and this buys Ziggler time to climb the ladder and grab his case to win the match and retain his money in the bank contract!! Brilliant, proving that Ziggler deserves to be in the main event!

WOW what a PPV, pretty mad in places but quite good for sheer amount of matches thrown in there and is never a bad idea to have Ziggler in the main event. The next stop is the ROYAL RUMBLE! This will be great as I will be watching it live with my Tag partner over at Site of Shite and hopefully be lauching my own podcast too! Big things lined up for 2013 on the Genesis front I hope.

Catch you all then.