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Randy Orton is one of those wrestlers who usually wrestles in very safe matches. He does not climb to the top rope for anything other than a Superplex, and his RKO is also an excellent but safe Finishing move.
The Viper is one of those wrestlers in WWE, whose style does not endanger anyone. He has received a lot of negative feedback from the fans due to his excessive use of rest holds during his matches, and he has even had Twitter Battles with the likes of Bubba Ray Dudley, over diving in the Independent Scene. The way he has been portrayed by the company is a 'methodical, slow-paced' wrestler, who dismantles his opponents regularly.
Unfortunately, despite being one of the safest wrestlers in the company, Orton has injured himself in some of the weirdest possible ways. In this article, we will look into four of the weirdest ways the Viper has injured himself.
Without any further ado, let's get into it.
#4 The Foot in a Hole
Randy Orton and announce tables don't have the best relationships. More often than not, his RKOs hit the announce table with a sudden snap, and the table does not break. While this has irritated the Viper in the past, what happened in 2011 went to another level altogether.
Possibly one of his more light-hearted injuries on this list, Orton was facing Demon Kane. Kane had cleared the announce table and tried to Chokeslam the Viper on top of it. Orton somehow managed to reverse it and landed on it feet first. He kicked away Kane, but the very next moment his foot went down a hole in the announce table.
The table overturned, and Orton was left hurt and in pain, but he shook it off with a maniacal laugh, but the grimace that followed made it obvious how badly hurt he was.
#3 Randy landing on TV Monitor
Randy Orton and his history of altercations with announcing tables continue in the second point of the article as well.
Randy Orton, Batista, and Daniel Bryan faced each other in what would be a historic main-event match at WrestleMania 30. Bryan would go on to win and make his break-through finally winning the title and getting his big moment in the biggest stage of wrestling.
However, the reason that the match features in this article, is for another, less wonderful reason. During the match, at one point Randy put Daniel Bryan through an announce table, in an RKO Batista Bomb Spot. While doing so, he landed back first on a tv monitor which had not been cleared.
The sharp edge of the monitor gashed his back, and he had contusions there for the rest of the show.
#2 The Thigh Tear
The most recent injury on this list took place at Hell in a Cell 2018 when the Viper faced Jeff Hardy. The two had been feuding for quite a while, with Orton saying that he was using Hardy to teach a lesson to the WWE Universe by taking out one of their icons.
The match itself was full of brutal spots, including one where Orton inserted a screwdriver through Hardy's ear piercing, mangling it by twisting it. Hardy would later jump from the top of the cell onto an empty table, that spelt the end of his night, as Orton was able to pin him moments afterwards.
However, the reason this match is on this list is because of what happened to Randy Orton. While being attacked by a chair, a sharp edge of the steel chair would cut into Orton's thigh, hurting him visibly. He later posted a photo on Instagram of his bleeding thigh with skin torn off it.
#1 The Ground Pound
Ending this list on a lighter note is one of the more inexplicable injuries suffered by the Viper. During a match at WWE's Over the Limit pay-per-view, Orton faced Edge in a match that had been long awaited.
At one point, Edge was down on the ground, and in his signature style, Orton was setting up for the RKO by pounding the ground. While hitting the ground, it was evident that something went wrong very fast.
Orton had suffered a shoulder dislocation, as his shoulder had blown out from him hitting the mat too hard. There had been rumours of an injury previously, and he exacerbated them by pounding the mat at the pay-per-view, which was the last straw for his injured shoulder.
This was one of the most hilarious yet obviously painful moments, as while no injury is funny, it was weird to think that the Viper had dislocated his own shoulder because he hit the mat too hard.
