10 Best WWE feuds of 2018

#5 Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy

Heel Orton is best Orton.

At the beginning of the year, Randy Orton was one of the stalest acts in WWE. He comes to the end of it having done some of the best work in his career.

The heel turn in the summer made all the difference, and he set his sights on an old rival, Jeff Hardy. He vowed to tear Hardy down and anyone else that the fans loved. Sometimes, he seemed to mean that literally.

In a series of ghastly segments, Orton tried his best to harm Hardy's psyche and identity. At Hell in a Cell, he faced down the daredevil in his natural environment and mutilated him with a screwdriver in one of WWE's most shocking images of the year.

Orton came out of this feud reborn, having gone from a stale act to one of the most exciting guys on the roster.