At last year's TLC, Randy Orton and John Cena battled with two championships dangling over the ring. It was a meeting of two men who have dominated the WWE landscape over the past few years.
Despite how good the match was, it didn't end up being as momentous as all the hype suggested it would be. The deja vu effect of those two men on center stage again hurt it.
Fast-forward to WWE TLC 2014, and Cena remains in the same spot, but the rapidly rising Seth Rollins joins him on the marquee. It's Rollins' biggest singles match to date, a showdown with WWE's benchmark and the third straight time he has main evented a pay-per-view.
WWE's move toward new stars and a future that isn't just a repeat of Orton and Cena is a glacial one, but it's happening.
Beyond the top of the card, TLC is shaping up to be an event centered around newer stars. The other high-profile match pits Bray Wyatt against Dean Ambrose. Theirs is a feud that has been receiving nearly as much attention as Cena and Rollins' has.With the TLC stipulation to aid them and a truncated meeting between them at Survivor Series having whet our appetites, Wyatt vs. Ambrose promises to be a great stage for both men.
Ryback is getting an opportunity opposite Kane. Damien Mizdow will defend the tag team titles alongside The Miz against the most entertaining team in the division: The Usos.
WWE is also hinting at a collision between Erick Rowan and Big Show as well as a Intercontinental Championship match featuring Luke Harper and Dolph Ziggler. That would mark Rowan's first singles match on a pay-per-view. And while it may be a sideways move for Ziggler to be challenging for that belt, Harper has to be thrilled to be carrying the strap and taking on a guy so adept at making his opponents look tremendous.
The TLC card features three guys under 30 in the two biggest matches.
There's a youth movement underway. Roman Reigns will soon be there to take part in it. NXT's top talents are sure to follow him before long.
Source http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2287716-ryan-dilberts-10-count-wwe-tlc-2014-becoming-showcase-of-emerging-stars
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