Wrestlemania XXXIII: WWE Championship - Bray Wyatt (c) VS Randy Orton

Well, it's official. As of a few minutes ago, Randy Orton defeated AJ Styles on SmackDown Live to secure his spot in facing Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania for the WWE Championship.

While I appreciate having Bryan & Shane out to explain why this match is coming about, due to their respective disagreements, I'd have still preferred Wyatt vs. Styles as I think it'd be a stronger match. Both Wyatt and Orton have slower, methodical styles and it could potentially make for a dull match. It might be a great match, I'm hoping it is at least, but we know that Wyatt vs. Styles would leave no doubt.

I'm not sure who comes out with the win, but I'm hoping it's Wyatt as I've no interest in yet another Randy Orton WWE Championship run. Like Cena, there's just not really anything remotely fresh about it because Orton is someone who no longer needs to be champion to be viewed a main event level talent.

I see no reason for it to be A.J. Styles v Bray Wyatt. They haven't even feuded, and A.J. didn't win either the Royal Rumble or the WWE Title in the Chamber.

This feud has been booked poorly since EC. I don't like Bray turning face (especially last week, as he looked like a crybaby), and Orton acts like he is some genius. Why the hell would he say that he won't challenge Bray, allow a Battle Royal, and a possible third contender, and then decide to challenge after all? Orton had the match against Bray, and a GUARANTEED title shot. Yet he allowed a third person to enter the match, and decreased his odds of winning the belt. That was dumb.

The things that have sucked about this feud this year:-

-This match doesn't need the belt involved. Orton and Bray could fight without the belt.

-Teasing a third man to be in the match. Orton decreased his chances of winning by revoking his right to challenge, and then taking it back. Why revoke it if he was just going to turn on Bray anyway?

-A.J. Styles has had no association with either Bray or Orton. He has been in totally different programs, and haven't even crossed paths. Having Luke Harper win the Battle Royal, and then lose the match to Orton on SD would have made more sense, since Harper had issues with both Orton and Bray.

-Face Bray and Heel Orton. Bray's character works as a heel. I can't see it working as a face, but Orton works as either. I would have rather had Bray turn on Orton than the other way around. Bray looked like a wimp at the end of SD last week.

Look, by comparison at the simple booking of another friends-turned-enemies feud, Chris Jericho v Kevin Owens. Owens turns on Jericho, Jericho costs Owens, Jericho challenges Owens at WM33, and Owens wants a title shot. Match on. No nonsense, no confusion. This is how Orton-Bray should have been booked, instead of all the red herrings, just because they have four extra weeks of TV to fill (this is one of the reasons I hate the brand extension).