10 most overrated matches in WWE in 2017

2017 saw some great matches in WWE, but not all of them hit the mark.
2017 saw some great matches in WWE, but not all of them hit the mark.

#3 Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt, WrestleMania 33

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The Orton-Wyatt showdown wasn't worthy of WrestleMania.
The Orton-Wyatt showdown wasn't worthy of WrestleMania.

In the lead up to WrestleMania 33, Bray Wyatt was quoted telling reporters that he wouldn’t want to follow his WWE Championship match with Randy Orton. The implication was that the match would be so good, anyone forced to wrestle after it would be fighting an uphill battle by way of comparison.

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While not every WWE Championship match at WrestleMania has been a good one, Orton-Wyatt this year put itself on the short list for worst of all time. The in-ring action was uninspired, all working around Wyatt mystically having the production team project pictures of bugs on the mat. I suppose we’re supposed to assume that the projected images were really there, or else the images were more magically manifested by Wyatt’s powers (begging the question why he never used these powers before or since).

Breaking Vince Russo and Jim Cornette update HERE.

In any event, the whole match came across as C-level horror movie garbage—poorly used special effects that did nothing to cover a below average match. When people think of WWE Championship matches at WrestleMania, they think of Steve Austin vs. The Rock, Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels, and Hulk Hogan vs The Ultimate Warrior. Now they’ll need to think of this dud, too.

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Edited by Shruti Sadbhav
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