9 HUGE WWE TLC 2019: Tables, Ladders & Chairs Predictions You Need To Know

1. Punked

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It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime. What better place than here, what better time than now? But what does CM Punk have to do with Tables, Ladders and Chairs 2019?

Well, nothing, theoretically, but WWE have thus far haven't yet asked the question, even if he is "changing the culture" on Fox sister show Backstage. His honest appraisals have been affable and enjoyable, but his most recent take on the Bobby Lashley/Lana/Rusev storyline triggered genuine debate and the 'Ravishing Russian' herself. Will Sunday finally mark when he swaps the shiny floor for the squared circle?

Working backwards, it can at least be considered improbable if not impossible - if Punk were to wrestle again, he'd surely want the slot he campaigned for and couldn't get all those years ago. To get to the main event of WrestleMania, one has to either win the Royal Rumble or find themselves in the hottest programme on the show. If 'The Voice Of The Voiceless' is to end up in either of those scenarios, a huge subscriber-hoovering moment on the WWE Network could be the perfect time and place.

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