TLC: Tables, ladders and chairs

The 2009 TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs was the inaugural TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown and ECW branded divisions. The event took place on December 13, 2009 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. It replaced WWE's annual December PPV, Armageddon . It was the only TLC event to feature the ECW brand, as it was disbanded in February 2010.

The concept of the show was based on main card matches, each of which used tables , ladders and chairs as legal weapons. The main card matches included Christian defeating Shelton Benjamin in a ladder match for the ECW Championship , Sheamus defeating John Cena in a Tables match to become the new WWE Champion , the current World Heavyweight Champion , The Undertaker , defeating Batista in a Chairs match .to retain the World Heavyweight Championship and the main event , where D-Generation X ( Triple H and Shawn Michaels ) defeated Chris Jericho and Big Show in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match for the WWE Unified Tag Team Championship . Other bouts on the card included John Morrison versus Drew McIntyre for the WWE Intercontinental Championship, Michelle McCool versus Mickie James for the WWE Women's Championship and Randy Orton versus Kofi Kingston. The PPV drew 228,000 buys.