John Cena vs. Randy Orton, TLC Match for both the World and WWE Championships: Triple H seems like the hot, thinking-man's pick, but I can't dream of a world where that happens. Plus, I'm not sure the end of Raw directed us toward that finish. Cena wins, and we've seen the last of Orton as The Authority's plaything.
Daniel Bryan vs. The Wyatt Family, 3-on-1 Handicap Match: The Wyatts win because I don't see WWE booking both underdogs to win the handicap matches...
C.M. Punk vs. The Shield, 3-on-1 Handicap Match: ...and because Punk wins due to The Shield breaking up. There's something bigger in store for Punk, too.
A.J. Lee vs. Natalya, Divas Championship Match: I'm really tempted to say Nattie wins here, but if WWE wanted to transfer the title to a Total Diva, they would've done it for one of the Bellas a few months ago. A.J. retains.
Big E. Langston vs. Damien Sandow, Intercontinental Championship Match: Langston wins and retains.
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Cody Rhodes & Goldust vs. The Real Americans vs. Ryback & Curtis Axel vs. Rey Mysterio & Big Show, Fatal Four-Way for the WWE Tag Team Championship: Rhodes & Goldust win and retain. None of the others excite me as possible champs.
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Are they serious with this card? They're going to charge people $60 for TWO 3-on-1 handicap matches right before Christmas? This is going to be an epic disaster.
John Cena vs. Randy Orton, TLC Match for both the World and WWE Championships: I honestly have no idea which way this goes. I could see Orton winning and running all the way through Wrestlemania, even if that idea is mind-bogglingly dull. They teased Cena turning to side with The McMahon-Helmsley Regime, but I seriously doubt they'll do that. I'll go with Authority interference backfiring and Cena Rising Above Hate to win both titles. Hunter dumps Orton afterwards to begin the Unholy Alliance with Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman the next night.
Daniel Bryan vs. The Wyatt Family, 3-on-1 Handicap Match: There may, indeed, be some big plans for Daniel Bryan down the road, meaning the Indie Powers are going to need to be booked strong. Bryan recruits help (I'm thinking Big Show) to help neutralize Rowan and Harper, leaving Bryan to polish off Bray, once and for all.
C.M. Punk vs. The Shield, 3-on-1 Handicap Match: The story is going to be The Shield's dissension. Rollins and Reigns ditch Ambrose again and Punk wins clean.
A.J. Lee vs. Natalya, Divas Championship Match: Not a chance Nattie wins here. AJ retains and holds the title at least until the Rumble.
Big E. Langston vs. Damien Sandow, Intercontinental Championship Match: They've clearly run out of ideas for poor Sandow, who deserves so much better than this. Langston retains.
PRE-SHOW: Dolph Ziggler vs. Fandango: Yeesh! Speaking of people who deserve better! Ziggler wins.
Also, for a PPV called Tables, Ladders, and Chairs, there's a distinct lack of tables, ladders, or chairs on this PPV, outside the main event.
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Orton over Cena. This ending was a misdirect set up to make us believe Orton lost Authority support, but then it comes back big time.
If I can place a side bet and say it's HHH that wins, though, I'd do that. We gotta see those sideplates.
I actually would be interested in a Cena win, with the possibility of him as the big established champion heading into WrestleMania 30 to take on an opponent who stands to gain a lot by beating him (Undertaker? Punk?), but doubt it will happen. It would have been great if Hogan made it to lose to Bret at WMX, or if Austin/Rock made it as full timers to WMXX to drop it to Benoit. I'd like to see them pull it off for once with Cena dropping to Bryan or Punk.
Wyatts over Bryan. Wyatts don't lose two in a row.
CM Punk over Shield. Maybe they turn on Reigns here, or Reigns accidentally costs them the victory?
John Cena vs. Randy Orton, TLC Match for both the World and WWE Championships: Orton
Daniel Bryan vs. The Wyatt Family, 3-on-1 Handicap Match: DB
C.M. Punk vs. The Shield, 3-on-1 Handicap Match: Shield
A.J. Lee vs. Natalya, Divas Championship Match: AJ
Big E. Langston vs. Damien Sandow, Intercontinental Championship Match: Big E
PRE-SHOW: Dolph Ziggler vs. Fandango: Fandango
EDIT: Cody Rhodes & Goldust vs. The Real Americans vs. Ryback & Curtis Axel vs. Rey Mysterio & Big Show, Fatal Four-Way for the WWE Tag Team Championship: Real Americans
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Originally posted by RedLion79Is the WWE crazy enough to then unveil a new belt once the champion is crowned? Or do they just merge it under the WWE Champion belt?
They did say something along the lines of "this is the last time you'll see these titles on Raw," so they seem to have a new title planned. Or maybe it'll just be the WWE title with Big Gold Belt side plates.
This is a tricky card. Big E and AJ retaining are easy, and I'll pick Fandango over Ziggler (not what I want, but definitely what I expect at this point). I'm going to pick both Punk and Bryan winning their handicap matches, forcing The Authority to up their game as far as trying to handle these two. For the Champion of Champions, I'm going to pick Cena to win the match, but after that all bets are off. Just about anything could happen to close the show, and I don't like Cena's odds of being champion by Monday.
John Cena vs. Randy Orton, TLC Match for both the World and WWE Championships: CENA, I'm picking him. What I expect to happen is that Cena wins with The Authority's help but in a way that looks like John was in on it but he'll have plausible deniability. It will turn out that he wasn't involved in the shennanigans and thus he stays a Face.
Daniel Bryan vs. The Wyatt Family, 3-on-1 Handicap Match: The Wyatts win after a very good match, Bryan is again carried off by the family. OR (Please Vince, don't read this...) Bryan comes out with his beard shaved off thus Bray no longer wants to recruit him as he doesn't fit in with their look. The Wyatt's destroy Bryan and Bray cut an in ring promo. It turns out Daniel's beard is tied to his wrestling ability ala biblical Samson's hair-Strength. Bryan goes on a long losing streak, even jobing to everyone in 3MB. As his beard grows back he begins to ger his mojo back. He starts to win and lose based on the lenth of the beard vs the caliber of competition.
C.M. Punk vs. The Shield, 3-on-1 Handicap Match: CM Punk due to a rift in The Sheild
A.J. Lee vs. Natalya, Divas Championship Match: A.J. retains.
Big E. Langston vs. Damien Sandow, Intercontinental Championship Match: Langston wins and retains.
Cena - would not be surprised if there was no winner, even though they said there will be. They've done it before. Bryan Shield - I assume Punk and Bryan won't both lose, so I will guess Punk loses, just to put a cap on one of the worst won-loss records on PPV in years. AJ Big E Ziggler Cody & Goldust
John Cena v. Orton: Orton, just so we can put off Cena/Bryan the Rematch until Wrestlemania.
The Wyatts v. Bryan: Wyatts. I feel like Bryan goes a bit crazy after losing as his "monster" is unleashed, which sounds like a euphemism.
The Shield v. Cm Punk: Punk wins as probably my favorite wrestling faction since Raven's Flock begins to decay in front of my eyes in little over a year.
Champion of Champions: Triple H, somehow. Shield vs. Punk: Punk Wyatts vs. Bryan: Wyatts Big E vs. Sandow: Big E Natalya vs. A.J.: Natalya, depressingly. Fatal 4-Way Tag Titles: Real Americans Ziggler vs. Fandango: Ziggler
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