WWE Backstage: 5 Takeaways from the December 10th episode

#2 TLC preview

TLC takes places this Sunday.

One of the stranger things about TLC has been the lack of matches announced in advance. Just this past week on RAW, the Women's Tag Team match and a bout between Buddy Murphy and Aleister Black was confirmed. And even during WWE Backstage, it was announced that the Viking Raiders would be putting forth an open challenge on the PPV.

The match between The Miz and Bray Wyatt was discussed as the A-Lister is likely filling in for Daniel Bryan until the story is fully paid off after TLC. Paige admitted that she wanted to see the A-Lister's father, George Mizanin, involved in the feud. The Anti-Diva also wanted to see a Bray Wyatt match without the red lights.

Another match they discussed was the ongoing saga between Rusev, Lana and Lashley. The segment continues to take up a good portion of RAW and the two men will have a tables match at TLC. After suggesting last week that Lana should be put up in a shark cage, Punk took things even further. He suggested that the All Mighty should eventually get tired of Lana like Rusev did and that the two men should bond over her terrible nature.

He even booked the feud with the Ravishing Russian through WrestleMania, suggesting that Lana should manage another tag team to feud with Lashley and Rusev. The pay off would be at 'Mania with the loser of the match getting the Ravishing Russian as the prize. Simply put, Punk thought that everyone would have been annoyed by Lana's antics by April 2020 so much so that no one would want her. Harsh but accurate.