In regards to Bray vs Orton, this is what the Observer had to say about that potential match and the Rumble winner being the biggest wildcard left on if Mania plans get another big change or not.
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Originally Posted by Observer
The key is the Rumble winner is likely, although they could swerve, to be the person who will challenge for either the Universal title or WWE title.
The only Smackdown match on that list is Orton vs. Wyatt, and it’s not a secret that Wyatt was scheduled for a title run in 2017. That immediately puts both of them in contention, and if one wins, the other would be favored to win the Chamber match. There’s a story that just started going around about Orton winning the Rumble and Wyatt winning the Chamber match. If that doesn’t happen, it would be because plans changed. Even though historically the booking before Mania always gets out and it almost never changed (it changes for other reasons, such as injuries or guys quitting, but that’s usually known as well), with the increase in social media, my feeling is nothing is a lock until it happens. I doubt we’ll see major destination changes, in the sense the top of the card will probably be pretty close to as is slated now, but how to get there could change."
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Even if neither win the Rumble, WWE can still use the Chamber match to trigger that feud into a WWE title feud.