It took just seconds of the hideous House Of Horrors match at Payback 2017 match for fans to feel the unease and terror Bray Wyatt had spoken of in the weeks leading up to the event, but catching glimpse of Randy Orton sporting school trousers in a catered limousine wasn't perhaps the ugliness the 'Eater Of Worlds' had foretold.
With that spooky start cast aside, the pair did battle in a grotty little cottage until it was time to end things...with a pinfall in the arena.
No stranger to looking a f*cking idiot and long beyond keeping up appearances, Bray cut an Onslow-like figure as he mindlessly grinned along in his mucky vest before realising Orton had somehow beat him back to the building. The remainder of the match was relentlessly rubbish, topped off by Jinder Mahal cheaply affording Wyatt a token win.
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