Tables Ladders & Chairs (TLC) will take place on October 22, 2017 at the Target Center, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Coverage begins at 6 PM (CT)/7 PM (ET) and start at 7 PM (CT)/8 PM (ET). It will be the last main roster pay per view before Survivor Series for Raw and SmackDown and will air on pay-per-view and on the WWE Network. Here’s the final card:
Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match
Kurt Angle, Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins vs. The Miz, Braun Strowman, Kane, Cesaro & Sheamus
WWE Raw Women’s Title Match
Alexa Bliss vs. Mickie James
WWE Cruiserweight Title Match
Kalisto vs. Enzo Amore
Finn Balor (as The Demon) vs. AJ Styles
Asuka vs. Emma
Cedric Alexander & Rich Swann vs. Brian Kendrick & Jack Gallagher
Sasha Banks vs. Alicia Fox (Kick-off Show Match)
Shawn Michaels will be the guest referee next month for the NXT Championship main event match between current champion Drew McIntyre and The Undisputed Era’s Adam Cole at the NXT live event at the Aztec Theater in San Antonio, Texas on November 17th, the night before NXT TakeOver: WarGames special in Houston, Texas.
Enzo Amore continues to raise eyebrows with his mouth. In a recent house show in Regina Saskatchewan, Enzo took to the mic and said: “I took care of Cass, then made Neville quit. You’re nothing” while ripping on Kalisto. According to sources reporting to Dave Meltzer, Neville is definitely gone from WWE but there’s been no official statement about it. Enzo’s promo is potentially problematic because there was an edict handed down to the talent stating that they were not to talk about it. It appears that the WWE is going to go all in with Enzo, which may come back to haunt them given his past behavior and his knack for getting into hot water worse than a lobster or an egg ever could. According to ProWrestling Votes on Twitter, Enzo is still banned from the locker room. Chris Jericho, in a recent interview on Sirius XM’s Busted Open Radio shed some light on Neville’s absence. According to Y2J, Neville didn’t walk out because he was never at the arena because he gave prior notice about his intent to leave based on what he heard. He also joined the consensus that Neville has bigger potential and that he needs a shot, which won’t happen in the WWE’s cruiserweight division.
An outbreak of viral meningitis has broken out amongst talent in the WWE and has altered the card for TLC. Bray Wyatt, Bo Dallas, Roman Reigns, and Jojo Offerman are the personnel thought to have affected so far. Roman and Bray have been removed from TLC’s card. AJ Styles will face Finn Balor after recently dealing with a stomach ailment and Kurt Angle’s comeback will begin at TLC as he replaces Roman.
Kane’s return may lend credence to a recurring rumor; The return of the Undertaker at Survivor Series. There’s been rumors of The Phenom’s return since his WrestleMania defeat but it seemed unlikely due to his lingering health issues, especially with his hip. He recently underwent hip surgery and still needs to recover but if he’s healthy enough to go, it’d cause a furor since The Deadman debuted at Survivor Series. Reports state that he is not planned to be in Survivor Series this year but an appearance next year may be more feasible.
The newly reformed Shield was rumored to be getting a new entrance theme and was to emerge from the crowd for their entrance for TLC. It’s unclear as to whether those would be the case due to Roman Reign’s illness. The reunion is also speculated to be short-lived, as the faction isn’t expected to remain together past the end of the year. Since all three members have established successful solo careers and with Roman being groomed to be the next face of WWE, it’s easy to see why the renaissance won’t last. In fact, it’s rumored that Dean Ambrose will be turning heel in order to dissolve the faction according to long running rumors to set up Roman Reigns to face Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 34. Dean and Seth Rollins are also reputed to be squaring off at the annual spectacular.
WWE announced the sale date for WrestleMania 34. Travel packages will be available Monday, October 30, 2017 and tickets will be available Friday, November 17, 2017. WrestleMania Week tickets will also go on sale on Oct. 30 at noon ET. Tickets for the event itself will be up for sale online at 11 AM ET/10 AM CT.
Nia Jax appeared to be the latest star to walk out of WWE but according to Pro Wrestling Sheet, she was granted a leave of absence since there were no immediate plans for her character. She has been absent from recent house shows and was scratched last second from a tag match that left Alexa Bliss to team up with Emma. A report from Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated states that Nia is unhappy about her pay scale within the company and the direction of her character. Nia has leverage since she’s a cousin of The Rock. She slated to be returning next month for WWE’s European Tour.
In light of the revelation that Brock Lesnar and Jinder Mahal would likely face off in a cross brand, non title match as the main event for Survivor Series, it’s been rumored that there would possibly be other such matches at Survivor Series according to Wrestling Observer Radio.
