Later, during the Royal Rumble, Orton entered the namesake contest as the penultimate entrant, scoring two eliminations before being eliminated by eventual winner Brock Lesnar. He wrestled in local training promotions in St. Louis where his father and uncle had working relations with. On the November 11 episode of SmackDown, Orton lost a match to Barrett after Barrett poked Orton in the eye. This led to Orton facing Shane in a No Holds Barred match at No Way Out, which he won. Randy Orton is a 6'5 professional wrestler, more than 112 pounds. At WrestleMania 21, Orton lost the heavily hyped match. 99. On the February 3 episode of SmackDown, Orton defeated Barrett in a No Disqualification match to end the feud. [175] Orton returned on the December 31 episode of Raw, helping Ryback and Sheamus fend off The Shield. [281][282] As part of the 2019 WWE draft, Orton was drafted to Raw. After this, Orton experienced another push, becoming general manager of the Raw brand for a week following a match stipulation at Survivor Series where he picked up the win for his team by last eliminating Triple H in a four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match. [citation needed] When wrestler Jake Roberts advised Orton not to underestimate The Undertaker, Orton performed an RKO on Roberts as well. The diamond is the symbol of purity, innocence, eternity and courage. [27] He has a younger brother named Nathan, who is a stand-up comedian,[28][29] and a younger sister named Rebecca. [17][18] He formed the group The Legacy with Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Jr. in 2008. [275] At the Royal Rumble pay-per-view on January 27, 2019, Orton entered the namesake match at number 29, eliminating Mysterio before he was himself eliminated by Andrade. He had a guest role as James Richards, a former Navy SEAL and leader of a militia group, in a December 2016 episode of the USA action series Shooter. Legend Killer. [27][32] He previously had a Marine tattoo on his left arm, but covered it up after receiving his bad conduct discharge. [274] At TLC, Orton lost to Mysterio in a chairs match. [citation needed], Orton then produced a copy of SmackDown! Christian spat in Orton's face, causing him to lose control of his temper, kick Christian in the groin and get disqualified, resulting in Orton losing the championship. [1], Orton attended Hazelwood Central High School, where he was an amateur wrestler. In the match, Orton was the last remaining wrestler in the match for the third straight year, as he pinned Shawn Michaels to get the victory for Team SmackDown!. [227] On the July 26 episode of SmackDown Live, Orton interrupted Intercontinental Champion The Miz during his Miz TV segment before defeating Miz in a non-title match. [106] The following night on Raw, Orton and Legacy attacked Batista and injured his arm, forcing him to vacate the title. [231], On the August 23 episode of SmackDown Live, Orton spoke about his match against Lesnar and declared that he and Lesnar would cross paths again before Bray Wyatt interrupted him, therefore resuming their feud. [276] Orton competed in the Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber, where he eliminated AJ Styles before being eliminated by Kofi Kingston. The next night on Raw, Orton faced Shane again in an unsanctioned match, which ended in a no contest when he punted Shane in the head, thus rendering him unable to continue the match. Orton joined NJPW in 1987, where he teamed up with his brother Barry under the ring-name Billy Gasper. 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[297] On the following episode of Raw, The Fiend attacked Orton again and a match between them was scheduled for WrestleMania 37. The Miz, Elias, and Jaxson Ryker", "2021 WWE Survivor Series results, recap, grades: Champion vs. Champion matches steal stacked show", "Raw recap & reactions (March 7, 2022): Erroneous for dummies", "WWE Summerslam 2022 main event in jeopardy due to Randy Orton's injury? He's even said that his retirement plans entirely hinge on her; Randy trusts Kim to be the one to tell him whether or not he's still got it or he's become a parody of himself. [36] Soon after, Orton became a face and was placed in a series of matches with Holly. He is a third generation WWE superstar, he is the son of Bob Orton Jr, who is also a wrestler as well. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 1 April 1980; Randy Orton Family: Randy Orton was born to a well-known wrestler family in America. On January 25, Orton won the Royal Rumble match, last eliminating Triple H.[21] The next night on Raw, Orton claimed that he suffered from IED, and that he was not responsible for his actions towards Mr. McMahon, claiming that he suffered a "loss of control" because of the disorder. [37] Within weeks of his debut on the Raw brand, Orton suffered a shoulder injury,[citation needed] leaving him sidelined for months. At the start of No Mercy, Mr. McMahon awarded Randy Orton the WWE Championship, which John Cena had vacated due to injury. [324], Orton married Samantha Speno on September 21, 2007. [288] Orton would go on to revive his Legend Killer gimmick over the next few weeks, attacking legends such as Christian, Shawn Michaels, and Big Show, while becoming more unhinged. Rollins won, and Orton attacked The Authority before being attacked by The Authority, which ended with Rollins executing a Curb Stomp onto the steel steps on Orton. [193] The following night on Raw, Orton was endorsed as the "face of the company" by Vince McMahon and the newly formed Authority (Triple H and Stephanie McMahon). At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 20, Orton defeated The Fiend in a Firefly Inferno match before setting his body on fire. [119] At Fatal 4-Way in June, Orton competed in a fatal four-way WWE Championship match involving champion Cena, Edge, and Sheamus, who won the title after interference from The Nexus. The group was pushed on Raw from 2003 to 2004, with the height of their dominance occurring after Armageddon in 2003 when all of the men's titles on Raw were held by Evolution members. His full name is Randall Keith Orton. As Randy was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, the United States, his birthplace is also there. [39], After his injury healed, Orton joined the Evolution stable, which consisted of Ric Flair, Triple H, and relative newcomer Batista. They both competed in the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania, but the match was won by Mr. Kennedy. [293] Despite his victory over the Fiend, Orton would deal with the repercussions by dealing with Alexa Bliss (who aligned with The Fiend earlier) over the following weeks. [323], In October 2014, he became a popular figure on Vine and the internet, when a trend began of clips of a superimposed Orton performing his signature RKO move on internet "fail" victims. He is of Italian (father) and French-Canadian and English (mother) descent, and is the grandson of baseball player Tony Lupien. [91] Instead of taking his title shot at WrestleMania XXIV, as Royal Rumble winners typically do, Cena took it at No Way Out and defeated Orton, who intentionally got himself disqualified by slapping the referee to retain the title. [207][208] On the June 9 episode of Raw, The Authority automatically granted Orton a spot in the 2014 Money in the Bank ladder match for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship, but he failed to win. Orton however, still became involved with wrestling, on an amateur level while attending Hazelwood Central High School.Orton graduated from high school in 1998 and then joined the United States Marine Corps. [153] Barrett and Orton continued their feud on the December 23 episode of SmackDown, where they brawled backstage and Orton hit Barrett with an RKO onto a car. Orton made his film debut in 2011 in the film That's What I Am (2011) as the father of a school bully. [185][186] Three days later at Payback, Orton and Bryan unsuccessfully challenged for Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins' WWE Tag Team Championship. [229] The following night on SmackDown Live, Lesnar attacked Orton during his match, delivering an F-5 to Orton. Cena suffered a legitimate injury during a match with Mr. Kennedy on the October 1 episode of Raw, after which Orton attacked Cena with an RKO. [85] Michaels was chosen by fan voting over Jeff Hardy and Mr. Kennedy to meet Orton for the WWE Championship at Cyber Sunday, where Orton was disqualified after low blowing Michaels, but retained the title. [14][15] With this win, he departed from Evolution and a feud with his former stablemates began. [325][326] The couple had a daughter together. 0. 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[3] There, he was trained by both the staff of the promotion and his father, Bob Orton Jr.[27] He wrestled for the promotion where he performed with wrestlers such as Ace Strange and Mark Bland. [310] He has said numerous times that he prefers playing the villain, as it is easier and more natural for him. It was later announced that Harper was also champion under the Freebird Rule. 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[citation needed] At New Year's Revolution, Rated-RKO defended the World Tag Team Championship against DX, but the match was declared a no-contest when Triple H suffered a legitimate injury during the match. From 2013 to 2015, he was aligned with The Authority, who named him the "face of the WWE". [257] On the September 5 episode of SmackDown Live, Orton lost to Shinsuke Nakamura in a number one contender's match for the WWE Championship. [12] He became a member of the stable Evolution shortly after his WWE debut, which quickly led to an Intercontinental Championship reign, his first championship with the company. His Finishing move, The RKO, is not a name devised after long meetings of the coaches or the story writers, but is simply named after the initials of his birth name 'Randy Keith Orton.' As a tribute to her daughter, Orton has tattooed her name on his left forearm. [76] After losing the tag team titles, both Edge and Orton focused on the WWE Championship, causing friction between them. [197] Orton once again challenged Bryan for the vacant championship at Hell in a Cell, where he was successful in regaining the WWE Championship after the special guest referee Shawn Michaels hit Bryan with Sweet Chin Music for attacking Triple H.[198] On November 24 at Survivor Series, after retaining the title against Big Show, Orton was confronted by World Heavyweight Champion and long-time rival John Cena. Randy Orton is legitimately injured right now, and in a truly heartbreaking update, he could be out of action for some time Worrying news for WWE, as it has emerged that Randy Orton could. [320] He also had supporting roles in the comedy-drama film Changeland (2019) and the romantic comedy film Long Shot (2019). At a time when Randy Orton was under fire for making some shots at independent wrestling and Bully Ray, the outspoken Batista stepped in to support Orton. Randy Orton", "Team SmackDown def. 's victory. [258] On the September 19 episode of SmackDown Live, Orton defeated Aiden English; after the match, he was challenged by Rusev to an impromptu match, which he lost in 10 seconds after a distraction from English. His younger brother, Nathan, is a stand-up comedian. [111], Orton then began a rivalry with Kofi Kingston, whom Orton blamed for him losing the WWE Championship due to Kingston interfering in his match with Cena to chase away Rhodes and DiBiase. [199] The following night on Raw, Cena suggested that there should only be "one champion" in WWE, so Triple H stated there would be a unification match at the TLC pay-per-view. [90] He then feuded with Jeff Hardy, during which he punted Hardy's brother Matt in the head and Hardy performed a Swanton Bomb off the Raw set onto Orton. The win gave Orton and Riddle each their second Raw Tag Team Championship reign and Orton's fourth tag team championship reign overall. on June 16, announcing that he was the second pick in the 2005 draft lottery. American Alpha in a SmackDown Tag Team Title No. [154] This led to a Falls Count Anywhere match on December 30 episode of SmackDown, in which Barrett pushed Orton down a flight of stairs,[155] resulting in a herniated disc, which sidelined Orton for four weeks. [298] On Night 2 of the event on April 11, Orton defeated The Fiend after Bliss seemingly turned on The Fiend by distracting him, allowing Orton to land the RKO and pin him for the win.[299]. On the November 16 episode of Raw, Orton and Kingston engaged in a brawl that ended with Kingston putting Orton through a table in the crowd. The two defeated DX at Cyber Sunday with help from special guest referee Eric Bischoff, becoming the first team to defeat DX since their reunion in June and they quickly dominated the Raw brand's tag team division to become World Tag Team Champions by defeating Ric Flair and Roddy Piper on the November 13 episode of Raw. [211] At Hell in a Cell, Orton lost to Cena. Barry Orton is the younger brother of WWE Hall of Famer "Cowboy" Bob "Ace" Orton Jr., son of Bob Orton Sr., and uncle of current WWE Superstar Randy Orton. [40] In 2003, Orton spent much of his time helping Triple H overcome challenges for the World Heavyweight Championship. [citation needed] A month later, Orton lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Triple H at Unforgiven after interference from Flair, Batista, and Jonathan Coachman. Together, they held the World Tag Team Championship. [261] During the match, Orton eliminated Finn Blor and survived until only he and Team SmackDown captain Shane McMahon remained, but was eliminated by Braun Strowman. [252] SmackDown commissioner Shane McMahon later returned the belt to Orton. Orton made his debut the following year in 2002 at WrestleMania X8 (2002) Fan Axxcess, defeating Tommy Dreamer. [77] Their alliance was effectively ended once Edge joined the SmackDown! [238], That same night, Orton and Wyatt were revealed as members of Team SmackDown for Survivor Series. [278] In July, Orton feuded with Kingston over the WWE Championship, having matches at SummerSlam[279] and Clash of Champions, where Orton did not win the title. The O.C. In the main event, RK-Bro teamed with Ezekiel and Cody Rhodes to defeat the team of the Usos, Seth Rollins, and Kevin Owens, after Orton delivered four RKOs. Well, in Denver and Houston, at least.. He also claimed that WWE knew of the condition, but did nothing, and threatened to sue WWE for that reason, and also, if Stephanie were to fire him, threatened a second lawsuit for breach of contract, due to the fact that he was legally entitled to compete at WrestleMania because he won the Royal Rumble. In 2004, Orton appeared on the talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! [2] Early life [ edit] [19] Orton has held the WWE Championship[b] 10 times and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship four times. [183][184] On the June 14 SmackDown, Orton teamed with Bryan and Kane to end the Shield's unpinned and unsubmitted streak in televised six-man tag matches. [41][42][43] He joined Triple H in an Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam, involved primarily to secure Triple H's title defense, and was eliminated by Goldberg, but the stable managed to fulfill its purpose and Triple H went on to eliminate Goldberg and retain his title. [citation needed] On the SmackDown! [4][5][6][7][8][9], Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Bob Orton, father Bob Orton Jr., and uncle Barry Orton were all wrestlers. [142][143][144][145] At Night of Champions, Orton lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Henry,[146] and failed to regain it two weeks later in a Hell in a Cell match at Hell in a Cell. [81] After the match, Cena's father, who was again at ringside, kicked Orton in the head, which led to a match the next night on the September 17 episode of Raw, in which Orton defeated Cena's father by disqualification, then hit him with an RKO while Cena was handcuffed to the ropes. [171][172], On the December 3 episode of Raw, Orton began a feud with The Shield, after he was attacked by them following a victory over Brad Maddox. Michaels later teamed with WWE Champion John Cena to defeat Rated-RKO to win the World Tag Team Championship the following night on Raw. [32], Orton made his wrestling debut in 2000 at the Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling (MMWA-SICW) in St. Louis, Missouri, an offshoot of the historic St. Louis Wrestling Club headed by Sam Muchnick. Birth Name: 4/1/1980 12:00:00 AM. 8. [300] They would defeat AJ Styles and Omos at SummerSlam to become the Raw Tag Team Champions, their first reign each. Randy Orton", "WWE Champion Jinder Mahal def. [citation needed] In the weeks leading up to WrestleMania, Orton became more defiant and unafraid of The Undertaker, taunting and assaulting him in the ring following distractions from his father, "Cowboy" Bob Orton. Randy Orton is a muscular man with dark brown hair, and his eyes are blue. [88][89] Orton then began a feud with the returning Chris Jericho, who challenged Orton for the WWE Championship at Armageddon, in which Jericho won by disqualification after interference from SmackDown! He then appealed to Mr. McMahon, who offered him the shot if he "proved himself". Early Life of Nathan Orton Nathan Orton is the younger brother of Randy Orton. While Batista had Orton propped on his shoulders in elation, Triple H gave him a pleased thumbs-up and then abruptly changed it to a thumbs-down, which was followed by Batista dropping Orton to the mat. [181][182] The feud between Big Show and Orton led to an Extreme Rules match at Extreme Rules, which Orton won. The couple remained together up until 2013 and even welcomed a daughter during this time. The Viper also told the story of how he got . The Orton boys took after their father's legacy . [169][170] Orton defeated Del Rio at Hell in a Cell in a singles match and represented Team Foley as his team lost to Team Ziggler at Survivor Series in a traditional five-on-five elimination tag match. On 1st April 1980, Randy Orton was born in Knoxville City of Tennessee. [1][10] After graduating in 1998,[31] he enlisted with the Marines.