AJ Styles keeps title after Ellsworth turns on Ambrose at WWE TLC
AJ Styles retained his WWE World Championship over Dean Ambrose with an unlikely aid from James Ellsworth at WWE TLC. Photo by WWE.com.
AJ Styles needed a surprise aid to retain his WWE World Championship in the main event of WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs in Dallas Monday (Manila time).
James Ellsworth shockingly turned against Dean Ambrose, pushing the ladder and sending the Lunatic Fringe to the tables at ringside as he was about to claim the belt in their TLC match.
That allowed Styles to climb the ladder and successfully defend his title.
Alexa Bliss also became the new SmackDown Women’s Champion, beating Becky Lynch in a tables match.
She powerbombed the Irish champion from the apron to the awaiting table set at ringside to gain the victory.
Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton topped Heath Slater and Rhyno to claim the SmackDown Tag Team titles.
Luke Harper pushed Orton out of the way as he took the Gore from Rhyno. That set up Orton to nail the RKO on the Manbeast to score the three-count.
The Miz retained his Intercontinental Championship in a ladder match.
He low blowed Dolph Ziggler as they made their ascent, leading to the challenger falling down the ladder.
Nikki Bella also won her no disqualification match after she emptied a fire extinguisher and hit Carmella with the Rack Attack 2.0.
After the match, Carmella bared that it was not she who attacked Bella at Survivor Series, but rather, it was Natalya.
Baron Corbin caught Kalisto and dropped him with the End of Days on a pile of steel chairs to emerge victorious in their chairs match.
In the pre-show, American Alpha, The Hype Bros, and Apollo Crews beat The Vaudevillains, The Ascension, and Curt Hawkins in their 10-man tag team match.
