4 WWE Superstars Randy Orton requested to work with and 2 he did not

#2 Randy Orton did not request to work with Kofi Kingston

The Kofi Kingston versus Randy Orton storyline in 2019 largely revolved around the real-life tension between the two men that began in January 2010 when Orton allegedly made a complaint to WWE management about Kingston.

At the time, the up-and-coming Kingston looked on course to potentially win the WWE Championship, or at least stay in the main-event picture for long enough to be viewed as a legitimate World Championship contender.

Unfortunately, the future New Day member botched a finish to a Triple Threat match on RAW against Randy Orton and John Cena, prompting the former Evolution member to repeatedly shout “Stupid! Stupid!” towards him on live television.

Kingston confirmed in a 2019 interview with FOX News that rumors of Randy Orton derailing his push were accurate.

"It was a very real thing, not a storyline thing, when Randy Orton didn't want me to get to a certain point in WWE. As you saw ten years ago, I was kind of on the rise and logic would suggest that I would have become Champion based on the run I was having at the time and Randy Orton put a stop to all of that."

Up until the conclusion of that 2009-2010 rivalry, Randy Orton had faced Kingston in 19 matches in WWE, including live events. However, following that storyline, they only went one-on-one on another three occasions before their rivalry was revisited in 2019.