10 Best WWE Randy Orton Matches

#3 Randy Orton vs. Ric Flair - Taboo Tuesday 2004

An overlooked gem

When fans look at the best matches of Ric Flair's 2001 - 2008 return to WWE, everyone will talk about his last WWE match with Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 24 as being the best. And while that may be true, it wasn't the only excellent match he had. In fact, he had several, with this one being the second best of the bunch.

This Steel Cage match, voted for by the fans at Taboo Tuesday, was one of the more shorter pay-per-view main events in history, at just 10 and a half minutes, but they certainly made the most of every second. After some back and forth chops and punches from both men, Flair whipped Orton hard into the steel cage, which busted Orton open, after just 2 minutes. As Flair continued to beat Orton, he would reverse and send Flair into steel, making him bleed too.

After some classic Ric Flair bumps and cage escape attempts, Flair went for a chair shot to the head of Orton, but Orton ducked that and nailed the RKO for the pinfall. Despite Flair being heel and with Evolution and Orton being the groups opposing babyface threat, the two still shook hands and hugged after the match.

This surprisingly great match is absolutely worth 10 minutes of your time.