Daniel Bryan felt the wrath of the Great Redwood tonight
#1 Don't call the Viper "Randall"
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Not surprising, Randy Orton wasn't in a good mood on SmackDown Live
SmackDown Live started, officially, with a six-man tag team match where the New Day battled Randy Orton and the SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Revival. It didn't take long for Orton to get nasty, laying Woods out on the announcer's desk with a trio of back drops.
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However, the anger that Orton is known for went into overdrive tonight when the Atlanta, GA crowd began chanting "Randall" in the direction of the future Hall of Famer. Orton immediately grabbed a mic, exclaiming that the only person allowed to call him that was his mother. As the crowd continued to chant, Orton went a more obscene rout, calling the entire crowd a**holes.
Woods grabbed a mic at this point, defending his home town and turning it around, claiming that Orton and The Revival were, in fact, the a**holes in this situation.
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Woods demanded that Orton get inside the ring so he could properly defend his friends and family by beating the snot out of him. In a move that most expected, Orton tagged out to Dash Wilder instead, not wanting any of the UpUpDownDown creator.
Greg is a pro wrestling writer at Sportskeeda. He has been an avid wrestling fan since he was able to do elbow drops off bunkbeds at the age of three. He's gone through the highs and lows of the Attitude Era, Ruthless Aggression, and PG eras and lived to tell the tale, with his favorite wrestler of all time being Diamond Dallas Page. His other favorite star is the late great Bray Wyatt.
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