11 Must-See WWE Matches, Moments & Segments This Week (Oct 14)

You would have to forgive a seasoned veteran of pro wrestling analysis for thinking that Smackdown's booking and writing team were sick last Sunday and asked their counterparts from Raw to take over for them at the last minute. What other, more logical explanation exists for a staff that had paid so much glorious attention to the little details since brand split 2.0 began taking a sharp and sudden turn toward lousy, oddball decision-making at No Mercy?

Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton was a heatless feud that had more than a few wondering aloud in recent weeks about the competency of whoever was deciding their storyline's direction. It had no business being the main-event at a PPV. As nice as it was to see Wyatt so prominently positioned again - his last and only previous PPV main-event was TLC 2014 - it would have been nicer had it culminated a saga worthy of that spot. Instead, it came across as an afterthought and, though they had a solid outing, very few by that point seemed to care.

On the bright side, it was a much-needed win for Wyatt fuelled by the marginally-anticipated return of Luke Harper; the pair could be revitalised on Smackdown and could quickly become a major threat in the main-event scene.

The match watches better separated from the rest of the show; it was a cerebral effort that teased signature offense repeatedly before delivering it. It's status as the show-closer, however, serves as an example of what not to do with match ordering in the future.