WWE TLC 2016 Results and Review The Heel Show

Dude Throws a Ladder, Really, Who Throws a Ladder? 

WWE TLC 2016 took place this past weekend in Dallas. As is my usual course, I was going to go, but decided not to fork over the thousands of dollars to fly to Dallas in favor of going to Vegas to see Penn & Teller for far less. I will be missing Raw and Smackdown until later this week, but in the mean time, let's consider the PPV and what went down with this review of epic proportions. Ok, it's not epic at all.

WWE TLC 2016 Results

Apollo Crews, American Alpha & The Hype Bros def. Curt Hawkins, The Vaudevillains & The Ascension
Randy Orton & Bray Wyatt def. SmackDown Tag Team Champions Heath Slater & Rhyno
Nikki Bella def. Carmella (No Disqualification Match)
Intercontinental Champion The Miz def. Dolph Ziggler (Ladder Match)
Baron Corbin def. Kalisto (Chairs Match)
Alexa Bliss def. SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch (Tables Match)
WWE World Champion AJ Styles def. Dean Ambrose (Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match)

WWE TLC 2016 Review

Apollo Crews, American Alpha & The Hype Bros def. Curt Hawkins, The Vaudevillains & The Ascension

Oh how far The Vaudevillains have fallen, right? I haven't seen a tag team drop so hard since, I don't know, name a Tag Team and you're probably right. This was a throwaway match that did in fact get the crowd HYPED. I had a pizza in the oven, so I wasn't paying that much attention, but this was a good overall tag match with some nice points. Apollo Crews should be a huge star, instead of a jobber.

Match Rating: 2 out of 5

Randy Orton & Bray Wyatt def. SmackDown Tag Team Champions Heath Slater & Rhyno

The tag team title match was the opener and it wasn't even that long. In fact, it was one of the shorter matches on the card, and that was ok. I did not call The Wyatts finally getting a title, but they managed to get Rhyno and Slater to slip up and they won. I guess that's the end of the line for the two interesting duo. What will become of them now? I'm hoping Slater and/or Rhyno get a shot at the IC Title.

Match Rating: 3 out of 5 (Out of Nowhere) 

Nikki Bella def. Carmella (No Disqualification Match)

I thought this match was fine. It wasn't great, it wasn't bad, it just was there to fill the minutes. I thought we would get a lot more punishment since this was NO DQ, but it was fairly weak. Carmella loses clean, and Nikki finds out that Natalya attacked her. Ok. Sure. Light kendo stick shots, a fire extinguisher, and that's that.

Match Rating: 2 out of 5 

Intercontinental Champion The Miz def. Dolph Ziggler (Ladder Match)

They keep telling us that this is the last time the two are meeting. So is this really the last time? Probably not. Dolph Ziggler and The Miz put on a nice showcase of punishment. I've been saying that Dolph should be at the top of the proverbial WWE, but hey, it just doesn't happen. He gets another loss, with the Miz once again pushing for a match against Daniel Bryan. I don't know what to tell you, it's a weird push forward.

Match Rating: 3 out of 5 

Baron Corbin def. Kalisto (Chairs Match)

Perhaps the best chairs match ever. Corbin and Kalisto beat the hell out of each other, with some nice spots using the chairs. Corbin is getting so good at the timing he has with his move. The Deep Six on the floor, and the End of Days onto a pile of chairs is definitely great. I loved it. Kalisto has to get to the cruiserweight division, he's getting beat down on Smackdown.

Match Rating: 3 out of 5 

Alexa Bliss def. SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch (Tables Match)

Bliss and Lynch do not have a lot of chemistry. I'll tell you that straight out. Not only that, the two women couldn't even figure out how to set up a table properly. It also showed that they couldn't put up the tables properly, as they were too heavy. Ugh. Perhaps the teams should've set up tables beforehand? I don't know. Bliss beat the holy hell out of Lynch, and eventually threw her through a table. Afterwards someone tried to interview Lynch, which was dumb.

Match Rating: 2 out of 5 

WWE World Champion AJ Styles def. Dean Ambrose (Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match)

If you don't think that Aj Styles is the best wrestler in the world, you're an absolute idiot. This was a 5 star match, even for Ambrose. There were so many spots here. Styles tore his pants, Ambrose got a shocker finish, and wow. Everything you could think of to do with a ladder, spring boards, drop kicks, and just about anything you can throw at someone was done here. James Ellsworth came out and caused Ambrose the match, which led to Ambrose to crashing through 2 tables at ringside. I found it weird that Ambrose had his eyes open after falling through the tables, almost in protest that he's not the champion or winning. It was a weird thing. I may be the only one to notice it.

Match Rating: 5 out of 5

The only big thing to go back and watch this event for is the main event. Other than that, you're going to find that this was a forgettable show.