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RANDY ORTON AND LUKE HARPER WWE UPDATES

Several sources have confirmed with PWInsider.com that a shoulder injury that took place last week resulted in Randy Orton being "attacked" off camera by The Wyatt Family. We do not have a confirmation on exactly what the injury was or how long Orton is scheduled to be out of action. He was not at Raw last night.

Luke Harper, however, is not out due to injury. PWInsider.com has confirmed that he was not at Raw last night and is not scheduled for tonight's Smackdown taping. He did work the weekend tour of Mexico as he and Braun Strowman wrestled Undertaker and Kane. I was told a creative decision was made to replace him with Erick Rowan yesterday and nothing more has been said in regard to that decision that we have heard. Where that leaves Harper remains to be seen. There was a theory floating around this morning that since a photo featuring a number of WWE stars all wearing Harper t-shirts was Tweeted out and later deleted by Chris Jericho, that perhaps it ended up getting Harper some heat. That seems a little ridiculous to me personally, but one never knows. It's a weird situation on the surface since he's always been one of the performers who had good showings even when he wasn't spotlighted.

If and when we have additional updates, we'll post here.

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