WWE TLC 2019: Results, Highlights, and Grades

Viking Raiders (c) vs. The O.C. [Raw Tag Team Championships: Open Challenge]

Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson answer the challenge and talk about how much Erik and Ivar want to avenge the loss from the tag team turmoil best in the world match at Crown Jewel. The match begins with some ground based offense.

For some strange reason, there are people eating Kentucky Fried Chicken at ringside. The Raiders perform some double team moves, but Gallows gains back momentum with a superkick outside the ring to Ivar and Anderson delivers a picture perfect spinebuster inside the ring to Erik.

He then tags in Gallows, who locks Erik in a chin lock. He tags Anderson in who delivers a shoot kick for the two-count to Erik. Erik rallies back and hot tags Ivar. Here comes Ivar! Iver delivers two shoulder blocks, overhead toss, gutrench suplex, and running crossbody to Anderson.

Gallows runs in to distract Ivar, but Ivar counters with a back elbow strike. Ivar goes on the top rope but Anderson stops him at the top rope and he picks up Ivar with Gallows for a double team back suplex neckbreaker.

They pick up Ivar, but Ivar counters with a cartwheel and a double back elbow strike. He tags in Erik and delivers a Viking Experience to Anderson for the two-count after Gallows breaks it up. Gallows then delivers a Gallows Pole to Erik and a Big Boot to Ivar.

Ivar then flies on top of everyone outside the ring and the ref counts to 10 for a double countout. Gallows and Anderson are upset about the result and look at the KFC table. They set up the table but Raiders bounce back and powerbomb The O.C. into the table to close the match. Despite the inconclusive finish, the Viking Raiders are still the Raw Tag Team Champions.

Result: Double Count Out; Viking Raiders Retain

Grade: 2.5/5.0 Stars

Analysis: Not a bad tag team match, but it was nothing special. The inconclusive finish was not welcomed warmly by the fans. It was a bad booking call to extend this feud any further because the rivalry between these two tag teams should have ended here so that Raiders can focus on Authors of Pain in the near future. Nonetheless, the raid continues and is purportedly finger licking good, thanks to the KFC festival at ringside. The camera then shifts to The Miz backstage with Charly Caruso as he mentally prepares for Bray Wyatt tonight. He conveys how this is the most important and personal match of his entire life as he fights as a husband, as a father, and a man protecting his family.