WWE TLC 2020: 2 Feuds that should end and 3 that should continue

The Fiend has made an enemy out of Randy Orton
The Fiend has made an enemy out of Randy Orton

The twelfth edition of WWE's annual Tables, Ladders, and Chairs pay-per-view is set to take place in the ThunderDome at Tropicana Field in Florida. Over the years, fans have seen many big matches at the annual event, including Big Show and Chris Jericho taking on D-Generation X for the unified WWE Tag Team Championship and Becky Lynch, Asuka, and Charlotte Flair facing off for the SmackDown Women's Championship.

In the build-up to this year's TLC, many feuds have been underway on both RAW and SmackDown. Some rivalries have been ongoing for quite some time, and some have been fairly recent, only starting up following Survivor Series.

As many championships will be contested this weekend at WWE TLC, here are three feuds that should end and two that should continue.


#5 Should continue: Drew McIntyre vs AJ Styles

Drew McIntyre vs AJ Styles is a feud that was only firmly established following on from Survivor Series, and so far it has been enjoyable to watch. After Survivor Series, a series of matches were set up by Adam Pearce on WWE Monday Night RAW to determine the next contender for Drew McIntyre's WWE Championship.

After defeating Randy Orton in a singles match and then Keith Lee and Riddle in a triple threat match, AJ Styles was named as the number one contender.

AJ Styles and Drew McIntyre are sure to put on a great showing at TLC. However, fans haven't seen much of what they have to offer so far, and it would be great to see this rivalry continue. During the build-up to TLC, others have become involved in the feud, including Sheamus on the side of Drew McIntyre, and The Miz and John Morrison with AJ Styles, as well as his bodyguard Omos.

There are many ways that this rivalry could go, and adding more stars to the mix has given the storyline more room to grow, and more possibilities to explore.

#4 Should end: Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler vs. Lana

Over the past few months on WWE Monday Night RAW, Lana has been the victim of bullying at the hands of current WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler.

For weeks on end, Nia Jax (sometimes with help from Shayna Baszler) has slammed Lana through the announce table. The tables seem to be turning for Lana however, since she has struck up a friendship with current RAW Women's Champion, Asuka. The pair were set to face the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions this weekend, but Nia Jax viciously attacked Lana following their match, in which Lana pinned Jax to win.

Lana is set to be away from WWE for the rest of the year now, leaving Asuka to team up with a mystery partner. It feels strange that Lana will be absent in a match that her storyline was in the center of, but it may set off a new direction for the former Ravishing Russian on Monday Night RAW upon her return in the new year.

#3 Should continue: Sasha Banks vs Carmella

Since Carmella's return to WWE following a set of vignittes showing a mystery woman, and her denouncing her old character and dubbing herself "Untouchable", the Total Divas star has made a beeline for current WWE SmackDown Women's Champion Sasha Banks.

From the beginning of November the pair have been battling it out on SmackDown in a war of words and later a title match which Banks won by disqualification. It has been interesting to see the new persona of Carmella at play, and prior to this, Carmella and Sasha Banks had never been involved in a singles feud.

Although the pair will be heading into their second title match at TLC, it feels as though this rivalry has more longevity to it. The in-ring chemistry between the two stars, as well as seeing their new dynamic at play, has been great to see and it would be intruiging to see how it could continue.

Sasha Banks and Carmella are a pair of WWE Superstars who have transformed their characters this year - Banks has gone from a cocky heel to a fan favorite babyface and Carmella has transformed into a glamourous villain, and it is a rivalry that has great further potential.

#2 Should end: The Fiend/ Bray Wyatt vs Randy Orton

After months of targeting WWE Champion Drew McIntyre, Randy Orton has moved on to The Fiend. Following Randy Orton's appearance on A Moment of Bliss during his brief WWE Championship reign, The Fiend has made an enemy of Orton.

After Orton dropped the WWE Championship back to Drew McIntyre, The Fiend ensured that he would not be winning the title again any time soon, after he interfered in a match that would have given Orton the opportunity to be number one contender for the belt.

During this rivalry, fans even viewed a bizarre segment when Orton attempted to kidnap Alexa Bliss to get to The Fiend. However, fans were critical of the segment as Alexa Bliss seemed to willingly be carried around by Orton before she was literally passed back to The Fiend, like a doll.

In the build-up to TLC, Orton challenged Bray Wyatt to a match which ended in a no contest after The Fiend appeared and attacked Orton with the Mandible Claw. Following this, their TLC match was changed to a Firefly Inferno Match. The stipulation match will be the first of it's kind in WWE, and feels like the correct way to end this rivalry.

#1 Should continue: Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens

Roman Reigns has been proving himself week-in, week-out as a force to be reckoned with in WWE since his partnership with Paul Heyman and subsequent WWE Universal Championship reign, which started at Payback when he pinned Braun Strowman to win the belt.

Ever since his return at SummerSlam, Reigns has begun dubbing himself the Tribal Chief and The Head of the Table of the Anoa'i family. The WWE Superstar has already worn down his cousin Jey Uso into falling in line for him, and following his orders.

Reigns started feuding with Kevin Owens following Survivor Series, after Reigns had laid into Jey Uso following Team SmackDown's loss at Survivor Series, and Uso purposefully got himself disqualified in a match against Owens by attacking him with a steel chair. Owens responded to this by hitting Uso with a series of stunners and calling out Reigns, before challenging him to a Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match at TLC.

As this rivalry is fairly new, it feels as though it has the potential to have more longevity. Kevin Owens and Roman Reigns are two of WWE's brightest stars, and Owens hasn't been involved in a world title feud for quite some time. The involvement of Jey Uso in the storyline has also added depth, and it will be exciting to see which direction this rivalry could take next.

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