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7. Luke Harper Attacks Randy Orton

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It seems like Bray Wyatt is going into his match with Randy Orton alone... but with Wyatt, things are rarely as they seem.

Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton first crossed paths - literally - on the episode of Smackdown before SummerSlam. They simply walked past each other on the entrance ramp. Later, when Erick Rowan lost a match to Dean Ambrose, an exasperated Wyatt walked out on his acolyte. Rowan hasn't been seen since.

The next week, the feud started in earnest, with Wyatt interrupting a promo by Orton. Since then, he's been doing his tired shtick, all building to a singles match at Backlash.

Since Orton is coming off a major loss to Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam, he won't be losing here - but as the feud looks to continue past Backlash, he doesn't necessarily have to win. Wyatt can one-up "The Viper" without actually beating him, just as he did with Roman Reigns last year - via interference from Luke Harper.

Harper suffered a knee injury just before WrestleMania that has kept him out of the ring for almost six months. Reportedly, though, he's just about ready to come back. Even though Wyatt has supposedly dissolved The Wyatt Family, a returning Harper could easily fit into "The Eater of World's" plans.

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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013