10 biggest missed booking opportunities by WWE in 2017

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#2 Luke Harper should have challenged for the WWE title

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Luke Harper was vital to the Wyatt Family storyline

The WWE Championship match between Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 33 was the most disappointing on the card, and it could have been so much better had Luke Harper been added to the match.

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The three men had been feuding since the Wyatt Family lost their SmackDown Live Tag Team titles in December 2016 and reports suggested it would culminate in a Triple Threat match at “The Show of Shows”, where all three remaining Wyatts would battle for the biggest prize in WWE.

Instead, despite his increasing popularity at the time, WWE decided not to put Harper in the match, which could have potentially main-evented the whole pay-per-view, and he appeared in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal on the kickoff show.

It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Harper, now one half of the Bludgeon Brothers, and he may never get another chance to fight for the WWE Championship, let alone on the grandest stage.

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