8 Big Concerns Heading Into WWE TLC 2017

4. Another House Of Horrors

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The poster above tells you everything you need to know about Bray Wyatt vs. Finn Balor. One man looks like a human jack-o'-lantern, and the other resembles a swamp-dwelling black metal bass player. The optics are hideous, and while both are capable wrestlers, there's little chance of their clash being anything other than a complete shambles.

The Wyatt/Balor feud hasn't delivered between the ropes, and their latest bout becomes a guaranteed flop when you throw the supernatural hokum into the mix. Morbid curiosity is the only reason to look forward to it: this match is going to suck, and there's a good chance they'll spend more time trying to spook each other out than actually wrestle.

WWE haven't slapped a wacky stipulation onto the bout yet. This might be its only saving grace, and should prevent a repeat of Bray's disastrous House Of Horrors match with Randy Orton, but you never know with Wyatt. The lack of gimmick won't prevent him from, say, projecting insects onto the ring, or summoning a ghostly hologram like he did against Dean Ambrose a few weeks ago. Expect nonsense, basically.

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