IWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2017)

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TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2017) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and IWE Network event, produced by IWE for the Raw brand. It will take place on October 22, 2017 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It will be the ninth event under the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs chronology.

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The card will comprise of matches resulting from scripted storylines and have results predetermined by IWE on the Raw brand. Storylines were produced on IWE's weekly television shows Monday Night Raw and 205 Live, the latter of which is cruiserweight-exclusive.

On the September 11 episode of Raw, it was announced that NXT wrestler Asuka, who had just relinquished the NXT Women's Championship due to injury, was signed to Raw. After her main roster debut was scheduled for TLC, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Alicia Fox, Dana Brooke, and Emma demanded to face her. General Manager Kurt Angle decided that the winner of a fatal five-way elimination match between them would face Asuka at the event; the match was won by Emma. The following week, Emma said she was tired of hearing about Asuka and touted about how she started the women's revolution and beat four of Raw's toughest women to earn her spot against Asuka.

At No Mercy, Alexa Bliss defeated Bayley, Sasha Banks, Emma, and Nia Jax in a fatal five-way match to retain the Raw Women's Championship. Afterwards on Raw Talk, Bliss took verbal jabs at Mickie James, calling her an "old lady". The following night on Raw, Mickie challenged Alexa to repeat her comments, and, after Alexa insulted Mickie again, attacked the champion. The following week, Mickie received gifts, including adult diapers and a walker. Wanting to confront Alexa, Mickie found the locker room guarded by Nia Jax, who challenged Mickie to a match. The match ended in Nia being disqualified fater Alexa attacked Mickie. General Manager Kurt Angle then booked Alexa to defend the Raw Women's Championship against Mickie at TLC. On the October 9 episode, Mickie said she would become a seven-time IWE women's champion and insulted Alexa's looks, to which Alexa responded with more remarks about Mickie's age. Mickie then chased after Alexa and attacked her, but Alexa escaped. The following week, Mickie and Bayley teamed up to face Alexa and Emma where Mickie pinned Alexa.

On the September 25 episode of Raw, Roman Reigns was the guest on Miz TV for his victory over Dustin Simpson at No Mercy. The Miz gloated as he retained the Intercontinental Championship at the event and he insulted Reigns's former stable, The Shield, claiming that if he and The Miztourage (Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas) were together when The Shield still were, they would have beaten them. After some arguing, the two faced off where Reigns defeated Miz, but afterwards, Miz and The Miztourage attacked Reigns. Also at No Mercy, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins, also former Shield members who had reunited, retained the Raw Tag Team Championship against Cesaro and Sheamus. The following week, Reigns received a title match against The Miz, and Cesaro and Sheamus attacked Ambrose and Rollins, following an attack by Braun Strowman. Later that night, Reigns defeated The Miz by disqualification after Cesaro and Sheamus interfered. The three mocked the former Shield member by performing a triple powerbomb on Reigns. Before the show ended, Reigns was approached backstage by Ambrose and Rollins. On the October 9 episode of Raw, Miz opened the show with Cesaro and Sheamus. They were interrupted by Reigns and Miz mocked Reigns over rumors that The Shield were reuniting. Reigns, however, was then joined by Ambrose and Rollins, officially reuniting The Shield, and the trio attacked Cesaro and Sheamus, and performed a triple powerbomb on Miz. A six-man tag team Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match between The Shield and the team of The Miz, Cesaro, and Sheamus was scheduled for TLC. Later that show, Strowman attempted to further attack Matt Hooper, who he had just defeated, but The Shield appeared, attacked Strowman, and performed a triple powerbomb on him through the broadcast table. As Ambrose had said that they would take on any number of opponents, Miz requested for Strowman to be added to the match at TLC. General Manager Kurt Angle reluctantly agreed, and as a result, made the match a 4-on-3 handicap Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. The following week, The Shield performed their old entrance by coming out through the crowd and wearing their old gear. The Miz, Cesaro, Sheamus, and Strowman all came out, but were stopped by Angle before a brawl could ensue. During the episode, Ambrose and Rollins retained the Raw Tag Team Championship against Cesaro and Sheamus, and Miz convinced Angle to add a fifth member to his team at TLC. Angle decided that if Strowman beat Reigns in their steel cage match, a fifth member could be added, but if Reigns won, Strowman would be out of the TLC match. Curtis Axel wanted to be the fifth person and confronted The Shield backstage, but was left beaten; Bo Dallas was absent due to illness. During the steel cage match, Kane, who was last seen in December 2016, returned by tearing through the ring canvas and chokeslammed Reigns, allowing Strowman to win. The Miz then introduced Kane as the fifth member for their team at TLC, making it 5-on-3. On October 20, however, Angle was announced as Reigns' replacement in the match due to medical issues, marking his first IWE match since 2006.

At No Mercy, Enzo Amore defeated |Neville to win the IWE Cruiserweight Championship. The following night on Raw, Amore asked General Manager Kurt Angle to sign a no-contact clause, which meant that if any cruiserweight attacked Amore, they could not challenge him for the Cruiserweight Championship, which Angle agreed. Later, Amore's championship celebration was interrupted by the entire cruiserweight division. Neville said that Amore had made a joke out of the entire division and attacked Amore despite the no-contact clause. Immediately after Raw on the IWE Network, Braun Strowman powerslammed Amore and let the entire cruiserweight division each take a shot at him. The following night on 205 Live, Amore stated that due to the no-contact clause, none of the cruiserweights could challenge him for the title. Neville also explained that he knew that he risked his title rematch, but did not care and would do it again. Neville then faced Ariya Daivari, who befriended Amore, and Neville won by disqualification after Amore attacked Neville with his crutch and continued to attack him after the match. The following week on Raw, Amore was confronted by the cruiserweights, who were lead by Neville and surrounded the ring. However, before they could get in the ring and attack Amore, he revealed that Angle signed another no-contact clause, with this one stating that they would be fired. He then made fun of each of the cruiserweights. Angle interrupted and backed up both clauses, however, he introduced Kalisto as the newest member of the cruiserweight division, who would not be affected by either contract as he had joined the division after the no-contact clauses had been signed. Kalisto then attacked Amore. The following week on Raw, Angle scheduled Amore to defend the Cruiserweight Championship against Kalisto at TLC. After some remarks from Amore, however, Angle rescheduled the Cruiserweight Championship match for that night and made it a lumberjack match, lifting the second no-contact clause. Kalisto subsequently defeated Amore to win the Cruiserweight Championship. The following night on 205 Live, Amore invoked his rematch clause for TLC and he and Daivari lost to Kalisto and Mustafa Ali. The following week, Amore, along with Daivari, Noam Dar, Tony Nese, and Drew Gulak, who aligned with Amore, attacked Kalisto and Ali. The next night on 205 Live, Kalisto and Ali defeated Amore and Daivari in a tag match, after which Kalisto continued to beat up Amore.

In the preceding months on 205 Live, Gentleman Jack Gallagher and The Brian Kendrick had been feuding with each other. However, Gallagher assisted Kendrick by attacking Cedric Alexander, aligning himself with Kendrick and beginning a feud between Gallagher and Alexander. On the October 16 episode of Raw, it Gallagher and Kendrick were scheduled to face Alexander and Rich Swann at TLC after Alexander defeated Gallagher. The following night on 205 Live, Swann defeated Gallagher after Alexander thwarted Kendrick's attempted interference.

At No Mercy, Finn Bálor defeated Bray Wyatt in a man-vs-man match where neither used supernatural powers. The following night on Raw, Bálor was interviewed backstage. He thanked Wyatt for their No Mercy match and said he would now focus on regaining the Universal Championship. However, later in the show after a match with Goldust, as Bálor stood in the center of the ring celebrating, the lights went out and a child began singing Wyatt's song, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands". The following week, Bálor called Wyatt a coward. Wyatt then appeared on the TitanTron and revealed that despite Kevin Orton's actions prior to WrestleMania 33, Sister Abigail was still alive and was "dying" to meet Bálor. Wyatt, embodying Sister Abigail, appeared on the TitanTron, telling Bálor that "she" was going to hurt him because he hurt Wyatt. The following week, Bálor introduced his newly created Demon and and a match between "The Demon" and "Sister Abigail" was scheduled for TLC. On October 20, however, due to medical issues, KJ Styles (from the SmackDown brand), replaced Wyatt as the Demon's opponent at TLC.

On the October 9 episode of Raw, Sasha Banks eliminated Alicia Fox by submission from the fatal five-way elimination match that determined Asuka's TLC opponent. The following week, Fox wanted a match against Banks, claiming that she did not tap out and that the referee made a wrong call. Fox was granted the match, but again lost to Banks by submission. Afterwards backstage, Fox attacked Banks and shoved a referee. Fox was fined for shoving the referee and was scheduled to face Banks in a rematch on the TLC pre-show.

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• List of IWE Network events
• List of IWE pay-per-view events

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