{"id":79422,"date":"2020-11-24T14:38:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T19:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=79422"},"modified":"2020-11-30T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T15:20:00","slug":"the-battle-begins-riddle-lee-styles-tlc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/11\/24\/the-battle-begins-riddle-lee-styles-tlc\/","title":{"rendered":"TLC: Who Will Be McIntyre’s Challenger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, Drew McIntyre<\/strong> successfully reclaimed the WWE Championship from fourteen-time champion Randy Orton<\/strong>. However, he\u2019ll hardly have time to rest on his laurels, as the battle to claim the belt has begun. With three qualifying matches on the November 23 episode of Monday Night RAW<\/em><\/strong>, the victors are looking to a Triple Threat Match in which McIntyre\u2019s challenger at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs <\/em><\/strong>will be decided.<\/p>\n

What should have been a victory lap for Team RAW after their Survivor Series<\/strong><\/em> win led to the mad scramble for championship glory that ensued. The discord that defined Team RAW before Survivor Series <\/em>continued as each man put himself forth for a championship bid, with WWE official Adam Pearce<\/strong> seeming set to declare Riddle<\/strong> the challenger for Drew McIntyre\u2019s title. To say that Braun Strowman <\/strong>took issue with this would be an understatement. An outraged Strowman<\/a> bellowed at Pearce that he should have been offered a shot, and then floored Pearce with a headbutt.<\/p>\n

Backstage, while being interviewed by Kayla Braxton<\/strong>, Pearce was approached by an ingratiating Bobby Lashley<\/strong> and a surly Randy Orton about getting in on the challenge for McIntyre\u2019s belt, themselves. After a few fits and starts, Pearce threw down the gauntlet officially, issuing qualifying matches between Riddle and Sheamus<\/strong>, Keith Lee<\/strong> and Bobby Lashley, and Randy Orton and AJ Styles<\/strong> to make it to a Triple Threat Match to decide who will face McIntyre at December 20\u2019s TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs<\/em>, <\/strong>for the championship.<\/p>\n

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"We're going to have a series of three singles matches. The winners of those matches will meet next week on #WWERaw<\/a> in a Triple Threat. The winner of that match will go on to face @DMcIntyreWWE<\/a> for the WWE Championship." \u2014 @ScrapDaddyAP<\/a>. #WWERaw<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/8eZtVggoxl<\/a><\/p>\n

— WWE (@WWE) November 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n