TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (PPV)

TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs is a professional wrestling event produced annually by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), a Connecticut–based promotion, and broadcast live and available only through pay-per-view (PPV). The event was established in 2009, replacing Armageddon in the December slot of WWE's pay-per-view calendar.
The concept of the show is based around the primary matches of the card each containing a stipulation utilizing tables, ladders and/or chairs as legal weapons. The event's concept was voted by fans via WWE's official website and was chosen over an event with street fight main events and an event featuring a single-elimination tournament.
Since its origin, the event has been held only in indoor arenas in the United States. Championship bouts are scheduled on every card, with the lower-tier titles featured on the undercard and the top-tier featured on the main card. Under the Brand Extension, WWE assigns its performers to either Raw, SmackDown or in the case of the 2009 event, ECW, which cause matches to be set up between wrestlers on the same show. In 2012, replacing Money in the Bank (PPV) in the July slot of WWE's pay-per-view calendar.
==Concept==
The concept of this pay-per-view is that the main event matches have stipulations that involve legally using tables, ladders and chairs. In 2010, every match involved tables, ladders, or chairs. During the show, there were Tables matches, Ladder matches, Chairs matches, and TLC matches.
In a tables match, the only way to win is to put your opponent through a table. In a ladder match, the only way to win is to climb the ladder and retrieve the item above the ring. In a chairs match, the only way to win is by pinfall or submission in the ring, while using a chair as a legal weapon. In a TLC match, the same rules apply as a ladder match, but tables and chairs can also be used.
==TLC dates and venues==
	Raw-branded event		SmackDown-branded event
Event 	Date 	City 	Venue
TLC 2009	December 13, 2009	San Antonio, Texas 	AT&T Center
TLC 2010	December 19, 2010	Houston, Texas 	Toyota Center
TLC 2011	December 18, 2011	Pennsylvania, Philadelphia	Wells Fargo Center
TLC 2012	December 16, 2012	Brooklyn, New York 	Barclays Center
TLC 2013	December 15, 2013	Houston, Texas 	Toyota Center
TLC 2014	December 14, 2014	Cleveland, Ohio 	Quicken Loans Arena
TLC 2015	December 13, 2015	Boston, Massachusetts 	TD Garden
TLC 2016	December 4, 2016 	Dallas, Texas 	American Airlines Center
TLC 2017	October 22, 2017 	Minneapolis, Minnesota 	Target Center
TLC 2018	December 16, 2018	San Jose, California 	SAP Center
TLC 2019	December 15, 2019	Minneapolis, Minnesota 	Target Center
TLC 2020	December 20, 2020	St. Petersburg, Florida 	Tropicana Field
==Images==
TLC Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2009).jpg|2009
524026-bigthumbnail.jpg|2010
TLC 2011 poster.png|2011
Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2012 Poster.jpg|2012
TLC 2013 poster.jpg|2013
TLC 2014.jpg|2014
TLC 2015 poster.jpg|2015
TLC Tables, Ladders, & Chairs 2016 poster.jpg|2016
TLC 2017 poster.jpeg|2017
TLC 2018 poster.jpeg|2018
TLC 2019 Poster.jpg|2019
TLC 2020 poster.jpg|2020
==See also==
*List of WWE pay-per-view events
==External links==
* TLC Official Website
* Tables Ladders Chairs on WWE Network
Category:World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view events
Category:TLC PPV
Category:Armageddon