9 WWE TLC Facts And Statistics You Need To Know

9. The Basics

The genesis of Tables, Ladders and Chairs matches came from the Attitude Era tag team division, where Edge & Christian and the Hardy Boyz tore down the house in 1999 with a ladder match for Terri Runnels€™ managerial services. When the Dudley Boyz got added to the mix, they brought along their signature table spots. At WrestleMania 2000, the three teams competed in a ladder match that also involved some tables. The first official TLC match came at SummerSlam 2000, with the three teams battling it out. They would have a rematch the following year at WrestleMania X-7 and then add the team of Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho two months later. In fact, the first eight TLC matches involved at least one of those six original participants. Also, every match, save for the 10th (Miz versus Jerry Lawler) has involved at least one participant who previous competed in a TLC match. The Ambrose-Wyatt affair this year would be the second such match with no repeat offenders. To date, there have been 15 TLC matches, 16 if you count the WeeLC match between Hornswoggle and El Torito at Extreme Rules this spring. (For purposes of this article, we aren€™t counting the WeeLC match.) Twenty-eight wrestlers have competed in TLC matches through the years. Edge has competed in the most (seven), followed by Jeff Hardy(five). Seventeen men has competed in just one TLC bout. The largest TLC match was the Fatal 4-Way mentioned earlier between Edge & Christian, the Hardys, Dudleys and Jericho & Benoit. The largest head-to-head TLC contest came in 2012 when the Shield defeated Team Hell No and Ryback.