Big Show beat R-Truth in a largely drab match up. The bout didn't really get interesting until the final few minutes, and it wasn't a great effort by either man. During the match Sheamus pushed over Antonio Cesaro (they both provided guest commentary) as he was about to strike Truth, so after the bell rang Cesaro barged the Irishman into Show, causing the World Champion to complain to Booker T backstage that Sheamus had broken the no contact clause of their TLC contract. But the GM was having none of it and accused Show of being scared of 'The Great White'.
Damien Sandow announced that he was ending his search for an apprentice since his friend Cody Rhodes was back from injury, then reintroduced his Team Rhodes Scholars partner. I'm quite disappointed, I really enjoyed his apprentice search segments. The Usos then interrupted Rhodes speech for their upcoming tag bout.
Team Rhodes Scholars defeated Jimmy & Jey Uso in a fair tag team contest. The wrestling was solid throughout, there was just a lack of genuine interest in the match.
Big Show enlisted the legal advice of David Otunga and came to the ring to dispute Booker's decision in not cancelling the World Title match this Sunday, with Otunga threatening to take it to the WWE Board of Directors. Booker soon came out and told them to go right ahead and waste the Board of Director's time with the issue. Sheamus also stormed on out to the ring with a steel chair in hand and was ready to strike a startled Big Show, who suddenly decided to then change his mind and take back his charges. A happy Sheamus then decided to Brogue Kick Otunga for good measure.
Backstage we witnessed The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) take out Randy Orton before a scheduled interview. I guess this gives them an excuse for Orton to be off the TLC card.
Kaitlyn bested Aksana in a forgettable and mediocre bout. The crowd were indifferent to it, as were the commentary team of JBL and Josh Matthews as they bickered throughout the match.
The Miz introduced his guests for the latest installment of 'Miz TV', Team Hell No, with both Kane and Daniel Bryan promising to deliver retribution in their TLC match against The Shield this Sunday. The duo wer then interrupted by another message from The Shield on the big screen. Once again Ambrose and Rollins delivered well here, but Reigns still seems a bit stiff. Kane eventually challenged the trio to come to the ring right there and then, so they accepted, but as they made their way down Ryback appeared, which scared them off.
Tyson Kidd, Just Gabriel, Hornswaggle and The Great Khali beat Epico, Primo, Titus O'Neil and Darren Young in a pedestrian eight-man tag match. Kidd, Epico and Primo were about the only decent performers in the ring here, with some worthless comedy sequences involving Hornswaggle and awful action as usual from Khali. Afterwards the victors managed to clear the ring of their opponents.
Kofi Kingston defeated Alberto Del Rio in a solid encounter. Both men gave worthy displays here and worked hard to provide a very enjoyable bout, pulling out moves you don't tend to see often from them too. It was the best match of the night, although that wasn't that hard an achievement. Afterwards Wade Barrett attempted to clothesline Kofi, but the IC Champion instead ducked and applied a Trouble in Paradise to his TLC opponent.
Antonio Cesaro won via count out versus Sheamus in a fair main event. The match itself had been a fun watch for the most part, much like the last time they fought it contained solid action and nice exchanges. The only downside was the contest being cut short when Big Show beat down Sheamus' good friend William Regal with a chair on the stage, causing 'The Great White' to leave the ring to check on him and be counted out.
Just before this they repeated the whole of Sheamus' match with Ziggler from this weeks Raw. Don't get me wrong, it was an entertaining match, but why not instead give Sheamus and Cesaro more deserved time and have Show beat down Regal later on? Strange.
Overall it was a pretty lacklustre show, which is extremely poor considering you're heading into a PPV two days later. The only matches worth noting are Kingston vs Del Rio and Team Rhodes Scholars vs The Usos, apart from them, the very end and the 'Miz TV' segment it was a very forgettable broadcast. I feel like I've been saying that far too much about the blue brand lately.
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