10 WWE Matches of 2017 that didn't live up to the expectations

#1 Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt, House of Horrors Match (Payback)

WWE managed to outdo its own vaunted standards in stupidity with this contest.

I've been watching wrestling on and off since 1996. I can honestly say that this was the dumbest match I've ever seen. Even in a genre where stupidity is often the norm, even the grease behind its wheels, this stood out. The promo alone got you laughing at how atrociously hilarious this thing was going to be. Then there was the car, the music, and the tractor moving on its own. From that point, you knew you were getting Scary Movie rather than The Thing. Professional wrestling operates on the suspension of disbelief, and it had all dissipated in a few minutes.

Once Orton went inside the house, we basically got an unsuccessful attempt at a rerun of some old hardcore matches in the Attitude Era, with lots of screaming, tacky music, and stupid props thrown in the long intermissions between the action, notably mutilated baby dolls hanging from the ceiling.

Anyway, Bray Wyatt dropped a refrigerator on Randy Orton and left the house, demanding to be driven to the arena. One would think that should make him the winner, but our own horror at seeing this match wouldn't end so easily because for some reason the match had to end in the ring... where Randy Orton was waiting for Bray. He would eventually win, but not without the help of Jinder Mahal and the Singh Brothers, making clear what we had already known for a long time - Bray Wyatt can dump a "major appliance" on someone and still not be good enough to win on his own.

A confusing, convoluted cluster with tacky production values, no possible way to suspend your disbelief, and whose only accomplishment was pissing off the audience that paid to attend, House of Horrors takes the Golden Raspberry for worst match of 2017.