Need of new feud
Putting Orton in a feud with Brock Lesnar and Batista wouldn’t be a good thing as pointed out earlier. And he has already locked horns with Bryan and Cena in the recent past leaving Sheamus as the only fresh opponent for the Viper.
If Orton is to win the chamber match and retain the title, this potential feud won’t be materialized and Orton will be dropped into the same situations that we’ve seen.
So the best way to book Orton will be to make Sheamus eliminate him unleashing the vicious side of Orton that has stayed hidden inside him for so long.
Saving Orton from the title scene for the WrestleMania season will work this way as the part timers could take center stage. After the feud with Sheamus, Orton could be reinserted as a title contender when all the part timers go back into hibernation.