10 Last-Minute WWE No Mercy 2016 Rumors You Need To Know

7. Luke Harper Returns

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The Wyatt Family is currently in a shambles. Braun Strowman is over on Raw, while on Smackdown, Erick Rowan has made an ineffective underling for "The Eater of Worlds." Now, Rowan is out of action for several months due to a torn rotator cuff... but Bray Wyatt might have one more trick up his sleeve.

Luke Harper, Wyatt's most loyal acolyte, has been on the shelf with a knee injury since just before WrestleMania. It's been reported for nearly a month that he's been ready to get back in the ring, and last week, that's just what happened - the former Intercontinental Champion teamed with Kevin Owens at a Raw house show in Chile. We'll definitely be seeing him on television soon.

Harper's house show appearance points to him joining the Raw brand, but nothing's set in stone - it's just a non-televised match, and he could easily end up on Smackdown. Given that Wyatt was locked in a storage closet on Smackdown last week and a mysterious, unseen force released him, Harper's reintroduction could have already been written. It's far from definite, but Harper would fit seamlessly into No Mercy.

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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