The 2016 edition of TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs is in the books, and the Superstars of WWE SmackDown Live had Twitter abuzz Sunday night with chatter, opinions and critiques of the annual December extravaganza.Championships changed hands, feuds came to a conclusion and a shocking heel turn capped off the night's festivities.Which Superstars in particular were the topic of discussion on the social media platform'Take a look with this unique recap of Sunday's most significant matches and moments. New Tag Team ChampionsThis year's show kicked off with a championship change as Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt of The Wyatt Family defeated Heath Slater and Rhyno to capture tag team gold.The win marked the first championship win in Wyatt's up-and-down WWE career, as everyone from ESPN to WhatCulture's Adam Blampied to radio host Sam Roberts was quick to point out:Curt Hawkins, a loser in the night's Kickoff Show match, appeared thankful he was no longer a competitor in the tag team division:Orton put an exclamation point on the night's opening festivities with a visual representation of the hell that awaits anyone seeking championship gold in the foreseeable future:The match was short, almost too short to mean anything, but featured the right outcome. There is more storyline potential with the titles on The Viper and Eater of Worlds than Slater and Rhyno, whose characters have faced creative bankruptcy in recent weeks. Another Intercontinental Title ClassicAfter an instant classic at No Mercy, Dolph Ziggler and The Miz wrote the final chapter of their feud Sunday night in a ladder match. The Hollywood A-Lister successfully retained his title, as captured by WWE's official account:Writer Justin Henry, WrestlingInc.com and Travis Wakeman praised the selling of both Ziggler and The Miz throughout the match:The Fan's Podcast had the best reaction to Ziggler's selling of his knee as The Miz targeted the joint:Former Bleacher Report on-air talent Dan Pecoraro approved of the champion's extraordinary heel work:The Miz dedicated his victory to SmackDown general manger Daniel Bryan, which generated interest and excitement in WhatCulture Pro Wrestling's Adam Pacitti:The match was another outstanding battle between two guys whose in-ring chemistry is undeniable. The selling of the knees by both competitors was so realistic that it was easy to believe that they were legitimately hurt.The storytelling was significantly more important to the match's success than crazy bumps, and the result was one of the smarter-wrestled ladder matches in recent memory. A Blissful VictoryAlexa Bliss ended Becky Lynch's 84-day reign as SmackDown women's champion Sunday, putting her through a table with a powerbomb to win her first championship of any kind under the WWE umbrella.The win drew tweets of congratulations from everyone from NXT alumni to her current significant other, former NXT tag team champion Murphy:Triple H, like a proud papa watching his child grow up, tweeted his congratulations:B/R's Mike Chiari made a controversial claim post-match, while Ryan Dilbert looked forward to the fallout this Tuesday night:Almost as significant was the post-match promo featuring Lynch, whose frustration and disappointment led to her briefly snipping at the interviewer:Could the loss be the straw that breaks the camel's back, the emphasis for a more intense and focused Lynch' Perhaps a heel turn is on the horizon. Whatever the case may be, the SmackDown women's division is a more interesting one with a heel on top than it was with Lynch, no matter how great The Lass Kicker may be. Why Ellsworth, Why'AJ Styles successfully retained the WWE World Championship Sunday night, defeating Dean Ambrose in a Tables, Ladders & Chairs match after a shocking heel turn from lovable loser James Ellsworth.The internet understandably was split down the middle, some appreciating the storyline development and the others scathingly denouncing the move:Scott Fishman, veteran wrestling writer, took a humorous approach to the topic, as did WWE Creative Humor:The turn was a major, newsworthy event that will shape the future of SmackDown's main event scene for the time being. Did it make sense within the context of the story told' Yes, to a degree. The real question will be whether or not WWE Creative can resist the urge to overexpose Ellsworth, killing his novelty act in the process.
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