AJ
Styles retained
his world title at WWE TLC after Dean Ambrose was shockingly
betrayed by his friend James Ellsworth.
The
Phenomenal One and The Lunatic Fringe produced an instant classic brawl in the
famous Tables, Ladders & Chairs match.
Ambrose
sent Styles flying into four chairs, then jumped off a ladder to put him
through an announce table with a diving elbow drop.
Dean
climbed high to retrieve the WWE World Championship, but Styles saved his reign
by knocking him down with a Phenomenal Forearm.
AJ
hit a Springboard 450° Splash to the outside onto Dean on a table, in one of
the most breathtaking moves in WWE history.
It was then Ambrose's oddball pal Ellsworth emerged,
distracting a furious AJ, who tried to give him a Styles Clash on the steel
steps.
He
was rescued by Dean, who hit AJ with Dirty Deeds, yet when Ambrose went to grab
the belt, Ellsworth shoved him off a ladder and through another table.
He
then told the stunned SmackDown general manager Daniel Bryan he intends to win
the title (having beat Styles three times before with Ambrose's help) because
he "has his number".
The jaw-dropping conclusion to the main event came after a
night of surprises, which included Alexa Bliss becoming the SmackDown Women's
Champion.
She
went to war with Ireland's Becky Lynch - even biting her hand at one stage - in
a dramatic Tables match that ended in the NXT Graduate fulfilling her dream.
After narrowly avoiding being put through a table on
several occasions, Alexa raked Becky in the eyes and powerbombed her onto a
table at ringside to snatch the belt.
There
was also a title change in the opening bout, as the dangerous alliance of Bray
Wyatt and Randy Orton made short work of Heath Slater and Rhyno.
The
fan favourites have held the SmackDown Tag Team Championship since September,
yet they were no match for the Wyatt Family duo, with Luke Harper as back-up.
When
Harper pushed Randy aside and took a Gore from Rhyno, it allowed Orton to nail
The Man Beast with an RKO, and hand his new master Bray his first taste of gold
in WWE.
Nikki
Bella defeated Carmella in a fierce No Disqualification match, which saw
Carmella out for revenge after the former Divas Champion gave her a black eye
last week.
The
Princess of Staten Island targeted Nikki's left leg and had her squealing in
pain, but the Bella twin responded with a stunning roundhouse kick off a
barricade.
She
then repeatedly sprayed Carmella with a fire extinguisher to disorientate the
rookie and capitalised with the Rack Attack 2.0 for the win.
Kalisto went close to pulling off a giant upset as the
Mexican high flyer almost bested the bully Baron Corbin in a brutal Chairs
match.
The
masked luchador almost pinned the big man when he connected with a seated
senton through six chairs in the middle of the ring.
However,
after the Lone Wolf survived a chair-assisted moonsault, Baron flung one into
his face and finished the bout with End of Days on a pile of chairs.
The
Miz and Dolph Ziggler wrote the final chapter of their brilliant feud over the
Intercontinental Championship in a very impressive Ladders match.
They
found all manner of ways to work multiple ladders into their savage attacks on
each other, with Ziggler even using one as a springboard for a huge diving
elbow.
At
one point the champion Miz found himself dangling from the belt high above the
ring, only to be unceremoniously brought crashing down to earth.
The
final sequence saw Dolph set for victory with a foot on each of two ladders,
only for Miz to cynically kick him twice in the groin and retain his title.
He
then grabbed a microphone and delivered a blistering verbal assault on the
retired Daniel Bryan - once again teasing a dream confrontation between them at
WrestleMania.
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