10 Awesome WWE Matches You Might Have Missed In 2017

9. Randy Orton Vs. Luke Harper (Elimination Chamber 12/02)

Mark Andrews Moonsault Senton
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February's Elimination Chamber is largely remembered for its eponymous main event, in which Bray Wyatt captured world title gold for the first (and, if we're being realistic, perhaps last) time.

Meanwhile, Luke Harper's brief involvement in the WrestleMania 33 number one contendership scramble is largely remembered for his appearance in a battle royal on the following week's SmackDown, wherein he and AJ Styles conspired to eliminate one another at precisely the same time.

As such, his match with Randy Orton has been somewhat forgotten - which is a bit of a shame when you go and watch it back, because it's almost certainly the best singles bout Bray Wyatt's right-hand man has fought since 2014, and arguably the best The Viper himself managed this year.

What's interesting about this match, in hindsight, is the intensity with which Orton goes about punishing his opponent. It's almost as though he was genuinely emotionally invested in exacting revenge on his estranged Wyatt Brother on behalf of the Eater of Worlds.

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