WWE Hell In A Cell 2017: Power Ranking The Matches

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6. Randy Orton vs Rusev

To be fair to both guys, this entire program has been one of the most lazily booked feuds in recent memory. If you track all the way back to the beginning of August when these two superstars were first beginning to feud, the future looked bright. After all, this was a former 13-time world champion entering in a fresh rivalry with a younger guy who has some star potential, although that does seem to fade on a weekly basis. However, any heat the two generated before their showdown at SummerSlam was instantly negated when “The Viper” defeated Rusev in just ten seconds at the company’s second biggest show. We get it, guys. The “RKO Out Of Nowhere” is entertaining but when it hurts a guys career, it’s a problem.

So yes, most of the blame for why their excruciating 17 minutes at HIAC can be blamed on bad writing but at the same time, they’re the professionals. And at the end of the day, bad writing or not, it’s their jobs to perform in the ring and sorry, but they didn’t. It was a one-dimensional plodder of a bout that lacked any chemistry or electricity. And you could tell the fans felt the same way as the Detroit arena was dead silent for about 99% of the bout. It also didn’t help that the duo went on  right after the tag title HIAC match. Tall about a crowd hangover.

So will this be the end of the Orton/Rusev feud? Let’s hope so. Two months has felt like a year between these two and in order for either one of them progress it’s best that they are kept far away from each other. Just as along as that doesn’t mean that Aiden English falls into obscurity. He’s been the only good thing about a program that had great potential but was buried by execution.