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

#4 Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton, Punjabi Prison (Battleground)

A half hour (plus entrances and more) that we'll never get back.

There were only two Punjabi Prison matches in WWE history prior to this one and neither was received well. A big part of that is because it's difficult to actually see what's going on behind the bamboo bars...on TV, let alone as an attendee in the arena.

So when the Punjabi Prison was set to return at an already poorly-built Battleground, nobody was excited. Add Jinder Mahal and Randy Orton to the mix, who had been stinking up the joint all year, and you had the recipe for a perfect disaster.

We got a seemingly never-ending string of completely unremarkable "action" as Randy Orton and Jinder Mahal tried to get through the first three doors of the Punjabi Prison but were unsuccessful each time. To put it into perspective, the lifeless John Cena vs. Rusev match earlier was faster-paced...until it left the ring, that is, but we'll get to that shortly.

The attempts at using the prison as a weapon just felt boring. The crowd agreed, as "CM Punk" chants began to serenade the arena. Clearly, some prison bumps weren't going to save this thing.

Then Orton called for the fourth door after hitting a second rope DDT on Jinder, and with a clear advantage...he didn't walk out because our torture needed to continue. Jinder Mahal gave him a knee to the face for his efforts, only to receive an RKO when going for the Khallas.

Then the Singhs appeared from under the ring (you knew they would) to pull Jinder through the door, and he began to climb the outer structure like a snail for no other reason than to further prolong this monstrosity. Randy climbed up the inner structure and moved onto the outer one where he battled and got the better of Jinder, with the Singhs pulling him down afterwards, resulting in a brawl.

After more endless plodding, Orton began to climb the prison, with Samir Singh harassing him from the outside. We then saw the spot of the match, where Samir was punched off the structure, falling through the announce table. So we got one cool moment in exchange for a 30-minute borefest, as Jinder Mahal came back and things got supremely terrible yet again.

Much like the next item on this list, the feeling that this match should have ended 10 minutes ago was palpable throughout its latter half. Eventually, the Great Khali would come to put us out of our misery, which would be an oxymoron in any other context. Thankfully, this would be Khali's only appearance of the year.

But you know what's even more horrifying? This wasn't even the worst match that night!