There’s no waiting here: Adam Copeland attacks Christian Cage during his entrance and smashes him into one of the big video panels. As he continues beating the Patriarch to the ring, he chokes the champ with his own shirt as the crowd gets an early “we want tables” chant going, followed by “TLC.”
Cage is whipped into the steps, hitting his knees hard as he flies over. He barely avoids getting his head stomped on the steps and heads into the crowd and up the steps. Nick Wayne tries to jump in but gets some right hands for his trouble. Copeland jumps off the section 104 portion of the stands and lands on his foe, slapping five with fans on his way back down to the ringside area.
The champ finally gets the momentum back in his favor, pulling off what Copeland tried on him on top of the steps. He kicks out at two after a cover but is bleeding over his left eye.
Cage grabs a kendo stick and Shayna Wayne laughs as he nails his former friend on the back, then chokes him with Copeland’s head between the top two ropes. The stick is pressed into Copeland’s neck as well, but he manages to kick out at two again.
Nick Wayne grabs some chairs and slides them into the ring, and Cage flexes before doing a Boston crab while sitting on a chair across the back of Copeland’s neck. The champ finally misses with a metal rod and is dragged down backward by Copeland, who proceeds to go to town with a kendo stick.
Copeland locks in a crossface with the help of the rod before leaving to look for more plunder. He brings a ladder into the ring and places it across one corner. Cage gets catapulted into the bottom of it, but he surprises his foe with a kendo stick shot and slams him back down.
They battle to the top of the ladder, now standing in the corner, and Cage hits a sunset flip powerbomb that gets him a near fall. Copeland rallies to hit a DDT on a chair in the center of the ring, but Nick Wayne prevents him from hitting a Conchairto, and Cage’s low blow with a chair nearly steals a win.
A table is set up in the corner by the Patriarch and his “son,” and he looks like he wants a spear. Copeland leapfrogs it, however, throws two chairs in Cage’s face and spears the champ through the table instead. The cover is made but Shayna Wayne pulls the ref out of the ring.
Nick Wayne hits a running shot with the title belt and then Wayne’s World, barely missing a table on the floor. Both men stumble backwards into each other and Cage hits the Killswitch … but Copeland manages to kick out at the very last second.
Cage and Nick Wayne pour lighter fluid on the table, setting it ablaze, but Copeland spears Cage and ends up relighting the table. Nick Wayne is powerbombed into the flaming table and nearly misses it.
Climbing back in the ring, Copeland avoids a belt shot and kicks Cage in the groin. Whispering “go f–k yourself,” Copeland hits the Killswitch and gets the three count and the title.
Speaking of Killswitch … the former Luchasaurus won a Battle Royale during the pre-show to earn a title shot and lays out Copeland. He wants to cash in the contract, but Cage tries to convince him to hand it over … which he does.
Cage quickly fills it out and tells the ref to start the match. He spears Copeland and gets the pin to re-win the TNT Championship.
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