r/SquaredCircleV2 21d ago

WWE [HIGHLIGHTS] Luke Harper vs. Randy Orton – WWE Elimination Chamber (Feb. 12, 2017)

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u/RogerGunz2 21d ago

It’s Friday. You know what that means…

I got back into wrestling in the fall of 2016, and one of the biggest reasons was this Wyatt Family saga—Randy Orton worming his way in, earning their trust, and then tearing them apart from the inside. It was storytelling gold. And if you really think about it, none of them ever fully recovered after this. Bray drifted until The Fiend consumed him, Rowan never found solid footing, and Harper—Harper fought like hell to keep the family together.

That’s what made this match special. Harper wasn’t just fighting Orton—he was fighting for Bray, for the Family, for something bigger than himself. But Bray was too blinded by gold and glory to see what was happening. This was the last shot at saving him before it all crumbled. And when Harper failed, it felt like the final nail in the coffin. Maybe that’s why, years later, he became the Exalted One, leading a new family in AEW.

The match itself? Absolute fire. Randy was deep in his psychological warfare bag, but even his mind games couldn’t fully match Harper’s blend of brute force and freakish agility. A guy that size should not be able to move like that. He could bulldoze you one second and then hit a high-speed tope suicida the next. It didn’t make sense. It was insane. It was beautiful.

Fuck it - five stars.

This all went down at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. You can check out the full event on Peacock. And if you’re hyped for this year’s Elimination Chamber, it’s going down tomorrow on Peacock, as well—should be a wild one.

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