Ladies and gentlemen, WWE TLC 2019 has been underway for about two hours as I type this. We have now just witnessed the Miz going one-on-one with Bray Wyatt. Specifically not the Fiend and specifically not for the Universal Championship.
This was setup with some rather cheese segments, most notably the one in which several puppets invaded Miz’s home, making “Firefly Funhouse Puppets Invade Miz’s Home” an actual headline of an article that I wrote as a result. Also there’s a creepy doll that’s done up to look like the Fiend.
So the Miz wanted to get revenge against Bray, and also find out where Daniel Bryan is. Bryan has of course been taken hostage by the Fiend, and seemingly had all the hair ripped from his head. There was thus much speculation as to whether Bryan would make his return for this match.
You can see an excerpt of my recap of the match below:
Miz Clothesline! But Bray grabs him for the Sister Abigail! Pulls him for the corner and goes for it, but Miz hits the Skull Crushing Finale!
Savvily, he’s not trying to pin, grabbing Bray by the hair and slamming his face into the mat. Bray has his tongue out, smiling madly. Crowd legit does not seem to know how to respond to this. Miz now wants the Pentagon armbreaker seriously? Oh no, he’s Pete Dunne, grabbing the hand and singling out the fingers. Bray says “Do it!” and Miz indeed does the Pentagon Armsnap! Bray bails and just rams his shoulder into the barrier over and over until it goes into place! Chant of “Let Him In!” Miz with a baseball slide dropkick, slams Bray into the announce table! Miz slams him into the steps, then into the opposing ones. This is certainly a unique match. Miz charges, Bray sidesteps and sends him over the barrier! Takes him by the head, Draping Sister Abigail onto the floor! Bray rolls into the ring, ref counts Miz out, makes it to 9 and Miz barely rushes into the ring. Bray asks for Miz to please stop, pulls him up, Sister Abigail and that’s that.
Winner: Bray Wyatt
Bray afterwards looks sad as if he regrets this. This breaks down into laughter. Says he’s sorry for what he did. Rips the title away from the ref all angry.
Bray Wyatt indeed won as one might expect, in a very unique match to say the least. It was as though he only begrudgingly ever wanted to attack Miz.
However, that was not all! I’ll be covering the post-match up next…
