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Happy early Christmas maybe? It’s been a little while since we’ve seen Brock Lesnar (ignoring how long it’s been since his Universal Title has been on the line) anywhere on WWE TV, let alone on Monday Night Raw. It might be nice to have someone that important on the biggest wrestling show in the world, and now it’s going to be happening in the pretty near future.
According to the Twitter account of the Chesapeake Arena in Oklahoma City, Lesnar will be appearing on Monday Night Raw on January 21, 2019. This is the go home show for the Royal Rumble, where Lesnar is scheduled to defend his title against Braun Strowman. While Lesnar isn’t scheduled to appear for nearly a month, Paul Heyman is scheduled for next week’s Monday Night Raw.
OKC – we’re getting an early Christmas present! @BrockLesnar returns to Monday Night RAW in Oklahoma City on January 21!
You can still get your tickets at https://t.co/wvCEF94e8w pic.twitter.com/dXIcR0AQIS
— Chesapeake Arena (@ChesapeakeArena) December 2..

The more things change, the more they’re not the same. Earlier this week on Monday Night Raw, Vince McMahon and his family showed up to change things in WWE. While the official announcement was focused around the idea of the family taking over the weekly television shows, there were a few more things that were changed over the course of both Monday night and the next night on SmackDown Live.
According to Dave Meltzer of F4Wonline.com by way of NoDQ.com, there have been a host of storylines dropped (some with or without explanation) as a result of the change. Some of these include Alexa Bliss being in charge of the Monday Night Raw women’s division, Shane McMahon’s heel turn (which never got started), Lucha House Party rules (addressed on Monday) and Paige as the SmackDown Live General Manager (addressed on Tuesday, and likely due to needing her to do publicity work for the upcoming Fighting With My Family movie).
At least this got an explanation. Here’s how Paige left her job on Smac..

Is it a bad dream? Over the last few years, few superstars have risen faster than the Velveteen Dream. He’s gone from what felt like a joke of a talent to a heck of a performer and one of the most popular heroes in NXT. His work has been incredible and he has more charisma than he knows what to do with, but there might be a bit of a roadblock on his path towards the top of NXT.
According to Dave Meltzer of F4Wonline.com by way of NoDQ.com, Velveteen Dream may be in trouble over a recent string of tweets that he sent out and then deleted, where he complained about not being called up to the main roster yet. Velveteen Dream has tweeted some controversial statements and since deleted them before so it is likely the subject that got him in trouble this time. It hasn’t been limited to Twitter either, as Velveteen Dream wore tights at Takeover: Brooklyn IV that said “CALL ME UP VINCE!”.
Dig those tights! Oh and check out a good match:
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205 Live
Date: December 19, 2018
Location: Save Mart Center, Fresno, California
Commentators: Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness, Percy Watson
Well with the most recently title match out of the way, things are starting to get back to normal around here. That doesn’t mean we don’t have anything big planned for tonight though, with a street fight between Akira Tozawa/Brian Kendrick vs. Jack Gallagher/Drew Gulak. Tozawa and Kendrick had a great street fight last year and this has the potential to be incredible as well. Let’s get to it.
We open with a recap of Buddy Murphy retaining the Cruiserweight Title over Cedric Alexander at TLC. This leads into the regular preview of tonight’s show.
Opening sequence.
Here are Hideo Itami and Ariya Daivari for a chat. Daivari is extra serious tonight as he tells everyone to SHUT THEIR MOUTHS and show Hideo respect. He can’t sit idly by while a legend like Itami is ignored around here. Itami hasn’t had any real competition for two months so until that i..

WWE is trying something different with its two major brands. Monday Night Raw delivered something fresh in terms of leadership and the same was true of SmackDown Live the next night. Gone are the program’s General Managers and Commissioners. In their place is the McMahon Family. Vince, Stephanie, Shane and Triple H are now all assuming joint leadership over both brands. So when a decision is to be made on the air, that decision will presumably be made by one, or more, of the four. This is what WWE believes will right the ship. But is this really a fresh idea, or the same recycled storyline?
Fans expected something big when Vince walked down the ramp on the December 17 edition of Raw. WWE promoted his appearance ad nauseam on social media in the days leading up to the show. Even if fans had not been paying attention all that much, there would have really been no way to miss it. The boss was coming back and he was going to “shake things up.”
But the moment he received a standing ovatio..

He’s not done just yet. Earlier this month on Monday Night Raw, Heath Slater defeated Rhyno in a match where the loser would be out of a job. While Slater has gone on to become a crooked referee, Rhyno seems to be looking for a new line of work. However, much like anything else in wrestling, there seems to be a little more to this than meets the eye.
According to Wrestlinginc.com, Rhyno appeared at a WWE house show on Friday in Nashville, despite losing his career earlier in the month. After being on the losing end of a six man tag, Curt Hawkins made an open challenge in hopes of breaking his losing streak, which has now lasted over two years. Hawkins issued an open challenge so Rhyno came through the crowd and Gored him without a match actually starting. There is no word on if or when Rhyno will return to WWE TV.
It was a hard way to go. Check out how Rhyno lost his job:
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Opinion: I’m not sure how much value there is in pushing Rhyno at th..

205 Live
Date: December 12, 2018
Location: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness, Percy Watson
We’re in an interesting place here as we have a Cruiserweight Title match set for Sunday, and that means we need something to fill in the gap before then. There’s a good chance that we’ll get a hard sell for the title match so whatever else we get could be rather interesting. Let’s get to it.
Drake Maverick introduces the show and explains tonight’s matches: Buddy Murphy and Cedric Alexander will be facing wrestlers Maverick has chosen. Murphy will face Gran Metalik while Alexander will face Tony Nese.
Buddy Murphy vs. Gran Metalik Non-title. Kalisto and Lince Dorado are here, complete with pinatas. Murphy takes him straight down by the arm without much effort and gets reversed even faster. A few pulls of the mask keep Metalik down but he nips back up and scares Murphy into the corner. With Murphy knocked out to the floor, it’s a flip dive to put him ..

After a very long year, we’re at the final pay per view of the calendar. In this case, that means a show with a lot of violence in the form of TLC, or tables, ladders and chairs for long. This year’s show is packed, because we need every single match on the card BECAUSE THAT’S HOW WWE WORKS! I’m not sure what to expect on the show, but odds are it’s going to be long. Let’s get to it.
Finn Balor vs. Drew McIntyre We’ll start with the first match that I saw when I looked at the card. Balor has been under the weather as of late and that means…well very little really, but they’ve been fighting for a few weeks now over Balor wanting to stand up against the bully. At the same time though, McIntyre should be ready for a heck of a push and that would seem to include a win here over Balor.
That’s what I’m going with here as Balor has no reason to win the thing while McIntyre can get another big win under his belt here. McIntyre is someone who can become a top star in the near future and Balor..

A place where titles change hands. We’re coming up on TLC 2018, which will of course feature the show’s namesake match: Tables, Ladders and Chairs. The match is designed to be all about violence, but at the same time there’s a lot more to it than just that. These matches are often about titles, usually because there’s no other way to settle things. However, these title matches have taken place at other shows as well, and that’s where we’re going today.
It’s not just for December. Check out this latest WWE Top Ten, with some great title carnage:
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WWE has posted a new Top Ten video, looking at TLC Title Victories. The entries on this list take place in any Tables, Ladders and Chairs match, meaning they don’t necessarily have to be at the TLC pay per view. They’re all in Tables, Ladders and Chairs matches, though not all of them include title changes. These moments go all the way from the first ever edition of the match up until modern times.
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We’ll catch you next time. Back in October, Roman Reigns announced that he would be stepping away from WWE for the time being due to a recurrence of his leukemia. The move forced him to vacate the Universal Title and it wasn’t clear when Reigns would be returning to the company in any way. Reigns would be gone a long time, and now another appearance is off as well.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Reigns has been pulled from the ACE Comic Con in Phoenix, Arizona from January 11 – January 13, 2019. This would have been Reigns’ first official appearance on behalf of WWE since his announcement on October 22. At the moment, there is no word on when Reigns will be back on WWE TV, though it isn’t expected to be anytime soon.
It’ll be great when he can come back and add to this. Check out a look at Reigns’ best spears:
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Opinion: Really, you have to expect this to be Reigns’ last scheduled appearance for a long time. WWE, and likely ..

There’s more to life than weapons. This weekend, WWE will present its annual TLC event, featuring a variety of tables, ladders and chairs in various forms of violence. There has been more to the event than those three things though, with some rather emotional moments, including some rather surprising events. There’s enough for WWE to take another look, which is always fun.
Do you have anything to say after these? Check out WWE’s latest episode of List This:
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WWE has released a new episode of List This, looking at 5 TLC Moments That Left Us Speechless. The video focuses on moments from the show’s history rather than just Tables Ladders and Chairs matches from over the years. Included are moments that include both regular matches as well as the show’s namesake matches, with some big spots, returns and surprises.
Opinion: I know the show doesn’t have the longest and deepest history in the list of WWE events, but a lot of stuff has certainly ha..