The entire reason AJ Styles and Luke Harper had a match on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live was to determine a number one contender to Bray Wyatt’s WWE championship. That was necessitated by Randy Orton’s refusal to challenge the leader of The Wyatt Family after winning the chance to at Royal Rumble.
He changed his mind.
He did so seemingly out of nowhere but for all the obvious reasons. His chosen method of revealing as much was a pre-taped video that showed him burning down the resting place of Sister Abigail, where he struck his pose as the flames rose up into the sky:
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.... The #WyattCompound is no more. @RandyOrton @WWEBrayWyatt #SDLive pic.twitter.com/jO9RhsaUhl
— WWE (@WWE) March 1, 2017
Wyatt was so distraught he was throwing his head into the barricade and sobbing uncontrollably, rocking himself against the announcer’s table at ringside.
We don’t yet know what this means for Styles, but it looks like Orton vs. Wyatt is on. Perhaps a triple threat is in order?
Stay tuned!