WWE TLC 2017: 7 Results Predictions

It's a banal truism, but being sick is obviously terrible. The inability to eat, the delirious visions of demonic intruders, and the endlessly interminable nature of daytime TV all add up to create the worst of times. But it can have its upsides.

For one, people start to treat you like royalty, even if you're otherwise a bastard. Irrational demands are suddenly met with total compliance, and a few days off work on the couch is never a bad thing.

Apparently, it can also dramatically improve the prospects of a B-level wrestling show. Who knew?

Unfortunate illnesses to Bray Wyatt and Roman Reigns have transformed a mildly interesting but otherwise mundane Raw PPV into one of the most intriguing of the entire year. For one, paradoxically, the viral infection has spared us those hallucinatory horrors by wiping Sister Abigail from the card. As amusing as that was likely to be, we can probably agree it's for the best.

And then there's Kurt Angle. Kurt Angle. When the Olympian last pulled down the straps for WWE, George Bush was President, Pluto was still a planet, and a spirit-filled Dolph Ziggler could headline PPV main events. Much has changed. It tends to, across a decade.

And so a lot has changed to TLC. But will the alterations to Sunday's card have any effect on the likely outcomes? Will AJ Styles be wearing a wig? Could Asuka lose on her big debut? And will we have any nails left to bite watching a 48-year old with a history of neck injuries compete in ladder match?

Get the tea leaves ready: it's time to boil that kettle of clairvoyance.

Alicia Fox finally has merchandise! Like the liberating whistle signalling the end of a tough day down at the mill, or rushing to the lav to unleash a bladdersworth following a delayed train journey, what a relief.

That said, it is a little peculiar that it has taken the best part of a decade for Fox to earn a single poxy t-shirt, especially given the company's propensity to monetise anything and everything on the proviso that there's at least one drooling fanatic willing to buy it. Even James Ellsworth had branded apparel before poor Alicia.

Foxy's long-awaited clothing describes the one time Divas champ as "crazy" in the mould of one of her vulpine namesakes. Is there any scientific evidence to suggest foxes act irrationally? For the large part, they are shy, recondite creatures, with an unfair reputation for disturbing poultry and bins.

Perhaps it's just an idiom. One thing that is "crazy" is the suggestion that Alicia - parachuted into TLC's advertising hour to promote her new garb - will win.

Prediction: Sasha sends Fox trotting with a clean win.