Typically when WWE programming emanates from a wrestlers hometown, that competitor is jobbed out in great fashion. Booker T could never seem to win in Houston. John Cena and Edge beat each other in WWE Championship matches in each others hometown in 2006. Paige lost a non-title match to Alicia Fox while in her home country earlier this year. But last night, a couple hometown boys came out on top. Coming from Cleveland, Ohio, TLC was a good night for native sons Dolph Ziggler and the Miz. Ziggler, sporting a Kent State wrestling hoodie, regained the Intercontinental Championship, while the Miz held onto his Tag Team Championships via DQ. Still, both Clevelanders left town with gold.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
