10 Most Anti-Climactic WWE Moments Of 2017

10. Orton Wins The Rumble

This is the first of three moments in the Randy Orton-Bray Wyatt storyline that will feature on this list, which perhaps tells you everything you need to know about their feud and how disappointing it ended up being after some early intrigue.

Perhaps we'd regard Orton's Royal Rumble triumph in a different light if it led to a more accomplished match at WrestleMania - but, then again, there were plenty of groans at the time at the decision to plump for such a safe choice, particularly when so much of the build-up had been centred around Lesnar, Goldberg and 'Taker.

Granted, none of those three were any younger or more deserving than the Viper, but at least they each represented something exciting, the Beast Incarnate being in the midst of an identity crisis, Goldberg back in the ring for the first time in a decade, and The Deadman perhaps preparing for his last ever 'Mania match.

By comparison, Orton had already won the Rumble in the not-too-distant past, and his opponent in Orlando was already pretty obvious to anyone who had been paying attention to the last few weeks of WWE programming. It made sense, of course, but perhaps a little too much.