WWE TLC 2020: 5 Little-known facts and stats 

WWE's final pay-per-view of 2020 will take place from their new home at Tropicana Field and will see two high profile TLC matches between AJ Styles and WWE Champion Drew McIntyre as well as Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens.

The Women's Tag Team Championships will be decided in a match between Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler, and Asuka, but The Empress of Tomorrow will now be forced to find a new opponent after Lana was taken out by the Champions this week on RAW.

Sasha Banks defends her SmackDown Women's Championship against Carmella and The New Day defend the RAW Tag Team Championships against The Hurt Business. The Fiend vs old foe Randy Orton makes up the official card at present since, as of writing there, are just six matches that have been made official.

Ahead of the show, here are just five stats and facts every fan needs to know.

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#5. This is the first match between AJ Styles and WWE Champion Drew McIntyre

Drew McIntyre defends his WWE Championship against AJ Styles in a TLC match this weekend at the pay-per-view of the same name and interestingly both men will be forced to do their homework.

Whilst Styles will be backed up by Omos and could have The Miz help him to defeat McIntyre, the Scottish star doesn't have any aces up his sleeve and has never stepped in the ring with Styles in one-on-one competition.

It's easy to see why Styles is seen as one of his toughest challengers to date since his new bodyguard has already proved his worth and McIntyre has no way of knowing how to defend himself against one of the best wrestlers in WWE at present.

This could be the wild card match of the night since it's hard to predict who will come out on top and whether or not The Miz will cash in his Money In the Bank contract.

#4. The WWE SmackDown Women's Championship has never been successfully defended

The SmackDown Women's Championship will be defended in a singles match for the first time at TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs when Sasha Banks takes on Carmella. In the past, the Championship has only been defended once at the final pay-per-view of the year which was back in 2018 when Asuka was able to dethrone Becky Lynch in a triple threat TLC match that also included Charlotte Flair.

This means that Banks has the tough task of being the first woman to try and successfully defend her title on Sunday night at WWE TLC against Carmella, who has been noted as one of her toughest adversaries.

Carmella and Banks' roads to WWE were both very different and both women stand for completely different things, but the build-up to this match has shown that Carmella has been able to get the upper hand over The Boss several times.

Carmella is a former SmackDown Women's Champion and is very much aware of what she needs to do to become Champion and with former Champion Bayley still watching in the wings, this could be an interesting encounter.

#3. Drew McIntyre has never been part of a TLC match

WWE Champion Drew McIntyre has had quite a year, from not winning a match on pay-per-view in 2019 to winning The Royal Rumble and then defeating Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania.

McIntyre has been part of many firsts this year as well, including his first Hell in a Cell match against Randy Orton, where he lost the title. Luckily, the Scottish Warrior has since won it back and is now set to step into his first TLC match against AJ Styles.

Of course, Styles walked out of TLC back in 2016 as the WWE Champion having defeated Dean Ambrose in the same kind of match, which shows that The Phenomenal One has quite the advantage here, but McIntyre is the one that has the WWE title walking in.

Of course, there are no rules in a TLC match and Styles showed on RAW that he knows how to take advantage of the lack of rules, and could even include his bodyguard in the match if need be.

#2. This is Sasha Banks' first match on the WWE TLC main card

Despite Sasha Banks trying to make it clear that she is so much better than Carmella heading into this match, The Untouchable Star has already been on the TLC main card twice, whilst Banks has only ever appeared on the kick-off show for WWE TLC.

Back in 2016, Carmella was part of a No Disqualification match against Nikki Bella, before she later teamed with R-Truth back in 2018, and the duo was victorious over Alicia Fox and Jinder Mahal. This was the final of the Mixed Match Challenge and it led to both Carmella and Truth becoming number 30 in the 2020 Royal Rumble.

Despite walking into this year's WWE TLC as the SmackDown Women's Champion, Sasha Banks doesn't have a great history at the event, since she has only ever appeared on the kickoff show. Back in 2015, Banks was able to defeat Becky Lynch with the Bank Statement just months after her main roster debut, before defeating Alicia Fox as part of the event in 2017 once again via submission.

#1. Roman Reigns' shocking history at WWE TLC

The WWE Universe has made it clear that Roman Reigns has been pushed to the top of the company since The Shield split back in 2014, but it appears that this isn't actually the case.

The current Universal Champion is now one of the biggest stars in the business and is set to defend his Championship against Kevin Owens in a TLC match this weekend at the pay-per-view of the same name.

Reigns could actually be seen as the underdog heading into this match since he hasn't won a match at TLC since 2012 and he hasn't been able to win a singles TLC match. Reigns has lost to the likes of King Corbin and Sheamus at TLC in recent years.

Kevin Owens on the other hand hasn't had a match at TLC since 2015 and lost that match to Dean Ambrose. This means that Kevin Owens has never competed in a TLC match in WWE and beginners' luck could be on his side this weekend when he puts it all on the line against The Tribal Chief.