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3 things WWE got right at TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs, and 2 things they got wrong

Flair, Lynch and Asuka stole the show in the main event.
Flair, Lynch and Asuka stole the show in the main event.

WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs is officially in the history books, and the show was a fitting send off to 2018.

The final WWE pay per view of the year, the show saw an epic Triple Threat Match main event, as well as the finals of Season 2 of the WWE Mixed Match Challenge.

But with the show now in the history books, the men and women of RAW and SmackDown Live now look forward to the Royal Rumble, with the number 30 entrants for both the men's and women's Rumble matches already being confirmed.

In what has been a huge year for WWE (both good and bad), TLC was a very appropriate representation of the year as a whole, with a lot of positives and some negatives.

Here are three things the WWE got right at TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs, as well as two things that could have done better.

#3 Got It Right: Asuka finally becomes Champion

Asuka finally won the title she first tried to capture at WrestleMania 34.
Asuka finally won the title she first tried to capture at WrestleMania 34.

Since losing her first match at WrestleMania, Asuka has fallen down the company's totem pole, losing repeatedly to then-Women's Champion Carmella, and only re-entered the title picture weeks ago.

But at TLC, the Japanese sensation reasserted her position as the Empress of WWE, dethroning Becky Lynch, in a TLC match that also featured Charlotte Flair: the woman who ended Asuka's streak.

Now as Champion, it will be interesting to see how Asuka runs SmackDown Live, and who will dethrone her.

After all, the Empress still holds the record of the longest reigning NXT Women's Champion, a reign that only ended after she forfeited the title, due to beating everyone.

But Asuka winning the Gold may have been overshadowed by something bigger, but we'll get to that.

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