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In just a few weeks, the WWE will host its final pay per view of 2018, WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders, And Chairs. The show has become synonymous with December and is the last chance for the men and women of the main roster to impress on pay per view before 2019.
In January, the focus will, of course, be on the Royal Rumble, and will mark the starting point for the Road to WrestleMania 35. But there's still plenty of trials to go to before the rumble, namely the TLC match, one of the most barbaric matches in company history.
Utilizing the desperation of a ladder match, the sheer force of a tables match, and the carnage of a street fight, the match has become a staple of hardcore wrestling in the company since it's inception back in August 2000, at WWF Summerslam.
Here are four things you (probably) didn't know about the WWE Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.
#4 It was a fan-decided event
The WWE have for years wanted to hear from their fans, in an effort to bolster their product. Whether it be fan surveys about the current product or voting on match-types via the WWE app, the company is all about intractability.
But did you know that the TLC pay per view was voted for by the fans, over two other potential pay per views?
When given the choice, the WWE Universe voted for TLC over a street-fight based pay per view, which I think was the right call. The TLC concept also won over a pay per view which would've featured a single elimination tournament, similar to the King of the Ring pay per views, that ended in 2002.
Whilst many would now rather see a tournament pay per view, TLC is still a fine pay per view.
#3 The Rated-R Superstar reigns supreme
At SummerSlam 2000, 6 of the WWF's hottest stars at the time revolutionized the industry, when they competed in the first ever TLC match.
Matt and Jeff Hardy, Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley, and Edge and Christian, all worked in tag-team offense, with the Canadian Superstars emerging the victors. But this first win would be the first of many for Edge, who now holds the record for the most wins in the match.
Appearing in seven TLC matches, the 2012 WWE Hall of Famer has won a record-setting five matches, defeating the likes of the Hardys, the Dudleys, Ric Flair, The Undertaker, Kane, Alberto Del Rio and Rey Mysterio.
CM Punk also has a claim to the top spot, appearing in three, a lot less than Edge, but is undefeated in the match. Along the way, Punk defeated The Miz, Ryback, Alberto Del Rio, and Jeff Hardy.
#2 Jeff Hardy is not a winner
Across his seven appearances, Edge has been a dominating force, and along the way, beat Jeff Hardy, twice in TLC matches, at both the first match at SummerSlam 2000, as well as the (arguably better) sequel at WrestleMania X-Seven.
But Jeff Hardy, in WWE at least, is the worst TLC performer of all time, appearing five times in the match, and losing every time.
Jeff is quickly followed by Bubba Ray Dudley, who is 0-4, with D-Von coming third with 0-3, a title shared with Jeff's brother Matt, who is also 0-3.
With that said, Jeff has fared better in outside-of-WWE TLC matches, such as Impact's Full Metal Mayhem match, their version of the barbaric match. In Full Metal Mayhem, Jeff has again, competed five times, but has won twice, still not the best record, but much better than his losses in WWE.
#1 RAW..is...TLC!
In three weeks, the WWE Universe will witness the tenth ever WWE TLC pay per view. One of several match-branded pay per views, the show has meant that the match has seemingly become exclusive to this one night. However, did you know there have been multiple TLC matches off pay per view, and instead on TV?
Out of the 19, five TLC matches have taken place on free TV, the first in 2001 on SmackDown. The second, just over a year later, was in October 2002 on RAW, where the roulette wheel decided.
The next came four years later, as Edge won against Ric Flair on RAW, which was followed by The Miz retaining the WWE Title against Jerry Lawler in 2010.
The final one (for now) took place in January 2013, where CM Punk defeated Ryback. The question has to be asked, will we see another TLC match on RAW one day?
