Major Update on the WWE Championship Match at WrestleMania

 By being victorious in the “Royal Rumble” match this year, Randy Orton punched his ticket to be in the main event of WrestleMania and compete for the WWE Championship.

Or so we thought.

Last Sunday at “Elimination Chamber,” Bray Wyatt defeated five other superstars to capture his first WWE Championship. After the match, “The Viper” came out, and the realization set in that the two Wyatt Family members were on a collision course for “The Granddaddy of them All.”

However, in the final segment of “Smackdown Live” tonight, Orton pledged his allegiance to “The Eater of Worlds,” and said that he refused to face him for the title at WrestleMania:

As a result, on “Talking Smack” tonight, General Manager Daniel Bryan said that because Orton will not face his master, a battle royal would take place on “Smackdown Live” next week to determine a new No. 1 contender for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania:

BREAKING: @WWEDanielBryan announces a #1Contender #BattleRoyal NEXT WEEK on #SDLive to replace @RandyOrton, who refuses to face Bray Wyatt! pic.twitter.com/f9WCD4D6Tz

— WWE (@WWE) February 15, 2017

Editor’s Note:

Could this be the way to get Luke Harper into the championship picture? I could very easily see a Wyatt Family triple threat match at Mania for the strap.

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