10 Things about Randy Orton that you may have forgotten

Call him a duck champion or call him stale but you can never ignore the fact that Randy Orton is one of the top dogs in the professional wrestling business at the moment. Orton has an immense talent of attracting hate from all around the world and he has been showcasing these skills for almost a decade now. Though he had many face runs, Orton still stands out in his heel gimmick.Throughout his career, Orton has made many controversial moves that brought his personal life into the limelight. However, being in a kayfabe business has always come to his aid and the WWE has managed to bury all this and project Orton as something else.So let’s spend some time digging into Orton’s controversial past and refresh our memories with things about the Viper that we may have forgotten.

#10 Pranks on Divas

Well the word “Prank” would be a niche for the things that Orton did to the emerging Divas back in the time.

Back in 2005 when WWE was conducting Diva searches every now and then, Orton had a reputation of sneaking around the ladies locker room and making chaos with his tasteless pranks.

Orton was reported to have excreted in the bags of Amy Webber who was a diva in WWE for some time. Meanwhile another former diva Rochelle Loewen (in the pic) recalled that Orton had some real issues with beautiful women and classified him as pathetic in an interview given during that time.

It’s an old tale now and Orton hasn’t been reported of doing such things after that which itself is a great thing to know.

#9 Abusing Kofi Kingston

A prime example of Orton’s short temper, the Viper had a match with Kofi Kingston back in 2010 where he verbally abused Kingston after he did a wrong move.

Orton was seen shouting Stupid twice on National television when Kofi tried to get on his feet instead of staying down according to the script. Though Kofi pulled out something he wasn’t supposed to do, it was clearly unprofessional from the part of Orton to abuse his coworker in front of the whole WWE Universe.

However, the problem between the two seems to have ended right there as both men had matches after that which showed no signs of any personal rivalry.

#8 Getting Mr. Kennedy fired

Ken Anderson had a great push during his time in WWE which saw him get wins over many former champions and winning the Money in the bank. However, those pushes eventually led to his firing which was a courtesy of Randy Orton.

Orton and Anderson were having a tag team match back in 2009 when Orton claimed that Anderson did a move which left him in a precarious situation.

“He made such a big stink about supposedly dropping him on his head. He literally blew up in front of all the talent including Vince and Stephanie and began to lecture me about how I had to be careful and his health was very important. It just doesn’t make sense to me. Randy jumped really, really hard. In wrestling it’s give and take….It was a matter of either I drop him on his head or I help him through this. His neck never even touched the mat which makes me wonder why he even went to the trainer’s room to get his neck taped up. He was so injured that he went on to wrestle three nights in Mexico.” Anderson remarked in an interview in PWRshow.com.

It clearly suggests that Orton was the catalyst to his firing which is something that the company wouldn’t want the fans to know about. Anderson then went to TNA and is still stuck there and with Randy Orton he might never come back as well.

#7 RKOing Stacy Kiebler

Back in 2005, Orton was in the middle of a heated feud with Undertake and the Legend killer was poised to end the streak of Undertaker.

At the same time Orton was involved with the ever hot Stacy Kiebler, with whom Orton had many segments. However, one night Orton and Stacy ended up in the same ring and Orton kissed her.

But what followed was more shocking as the WWE, in an attempt to stamp Orton as a vicious heel, made him RKO Stacy. It was a nice move from the creative to be precise but the violence depicted against women was something Orton didn’t want.

It came in the same year in which he caused problems to the Diva search contestants and all these made Orton look like someone who hates women in the first place.

#6 Orton had two different kayfabe wives

Having kayfabe wife is something that the WWE wrestlers are used of. But mostly this angle is employed if the women have a big role in the storyline.

However, as far as Orton is concerned he had two actresses depict the character of his wife and both of them barely had an impact. The fact that WWE made us look like fools as a result makes things weirder.

This first incident came in the famous feud between Triple H when the Game got into Orton’s house and threw him out of the window. Second actress came by in 2011 when Orton feuded with CM Punk and Punk was seeing blowing kisses to Orton’s second kayfabe wife.

For the record, Orton was really married for six years from 2007 to 2013 with a woman called Samantha (in the pic)who apparently wasn’t good enough for the WWE to play those small roles.

#5 Eddie Guerreros death in storyline

Eddie’s death was a great loss to professional wrestling and the fans as he was one of the most talented guys in the business when he left.

His death however was used in some pathetic angles by the WWE and putting Orton into the centre stage with the same was clearly uncalled for.

Orton was feuding with Rey Mysterio after Eddie’s death and Rey was getting a lot of sympathy from the fans as he lost his best friend. The WWE made Orton push that button and used Eddie’s death to taunt Rey into a match at WrestleMania 22.

One of the lowest points of that feud was Orton saying that Eddie is in hell which was a disgrace to the whole company.

#4 Getting suspended due to anger issues

Apart from the pranks he had with the Divas, Orton was suspended for various other unprofessional conducts as well.

In 2006, he got a two month suspension thanks to his anger problems. WWE wrote him off the television by causing a Kayfabe ankle injury and Orton had to attend anger management classes due to that.

Reportedly, his actions included smoking joint and verbally abusing his fellow workers. Orton only attended that anger management for one week after which he apologized and ended the restrictions.

However the next year, Orton made damages worth $50,000 in a hotel at United Kingdom, which he had to pay from his pocket and was sent back home immediately in between the WWE’s tour to UK.

#3 His First World Title win

In 2004, Randy Orton became the youngest ever world champion beating the former record of Brock Lesnar.

Though we hear this a lot from the WWE and Orton’s mouth, one thing that we rarely hear is his opponent that night. And the reason for it is because Orton won the match against Chris Benoit.

WWE and Vince McMahon doesn’t want Orton to come out and say “ I became the youngest ever world champion by beating Chris Benoit” since Benoit went on a double murder and suicide scandal which rocked the whole wrestling world.

It was a great milestone in the career of Orton as he split from the Evolution after that and started to make a name for himself.

However, recalling back on his history, Benoit will be leaving a gapping whole which the WWE clearly doesn’t want us to remember.

#2 Getting suspended for Drug issues

Apart from his suspensions due to his anger issues, Orton also has a record of getting suspended thanks to drug usages.

Orton was suspended no less than four times because of these usages with the last one coming in at 2012. It all started back in 2006 when Orton violated the wellness policy the first time which brought him a one month suspension.

Then a year later, eleven other superstars and Orton was involved in a drug firm was busted which led to the suspension of everyone except Orton since he already served suspension in 2006.

The 2012 incident came as a big blow for Orton who got a 60 day suspension when he was having a good run as the top baby face in the company.

#1 Orton spent time in Military Prison

Orton was supposed to star in the third installment of the Marine series but was replaced by Miz thanks to his history with the US military.

Orton was court martialed and sent to military prison for more than a month prior to his WWE career which caused nationwide criticism.

One of the most notable comments was that of Cpt. Mike Vinn who remarked as follows.

“I am disgusted that his face and the word Marine are being used next to each other real or fake because of the fact that he quit us, the country, and the Marine Corps. He in the role of a Marine is a disgrace to those that have worn and are wearing that uniform,”

Many incidents like this led to the backing of WWE and Orton was subsequently removed from the movie.