10 worst WWE feuds of 2017

#4 Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal

Please, Vince, save us.

Many questioned the wisdom of Randy Orton's title victory over Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania. It felt like a totally unnecessary title reign following an atrocious match and feud. The fact that his reign only lasted about a month and a half, where he would then drop the title to Jinder Mahal of all people, made the first few months of 2017 feel like a total waste - why would WWE put us through such a monstrosity if that was what it was going to do with Orton's reign?

Unfortunately, the contractual rematch clause, cancer to creativity, guaranteed the extension of this feud, which was the start of SmackDown's darkest period. Both characters were terribly out of place. Randy Orton, by his own admission, is much better as a heel than a babyface. Meanwhile, Jinder Mahal was the third foreign heel on the show including Kevin Owens and Rusev, and he was the least talented of the three.

The promos were dreadfully dull, the matches were dreadfully boring, and this dragged on for months. It all culminated in the truly terrible Punjabi Prison match at the worst event of the year at Battleground. The fact that the WWE title was involved in a feud like this should be an embarrassment.