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#1 Orton turns on Nakamura

After they lose to Owens and Zayn at Night of Champions this weekend, Randy Orton will turn his attention to Shinsuke Nakamura. It’s been quite a while since Orton has been a bad guy, and according to what he has said in interviews, he prefers to be a heel. The time spent with the Wyatt Family doesn’t count in my eyes, but for a brief period of time, he seemed a bit interesting and different. It was a welcome change, and a full-time turn would be even more welcome.

He will take Nakamura out with an RKO out of nowhere, leading to a feud that sees Orton use underhanded to tactics to become #1 contender for AJ Styles’ WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble. He won’t win, but Nakamura will win the Rumble match and go on to take on Styles at WrestleMania.

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I got my first big break writing for 411Mania back in 2004. I did a small spot in a big weekly piece that was written by one of the site's top writers. I quickly added the duty of being the live recapper for episodes of SmackDown, and in 2005 was given my own weekly column, which I did for a few years. I gave up writing (mostly) to start a family but got back into it, still at 411, a little over 3 years later. For another couple of years, I wrote 2-3 columns per week for the website before finding paid work elsewhere, and eventually wound up at SportsKeeda.

I am also the co-founder of the RBR: Weekly Wrestling Talk podcast, which started in the summer of 2005 and is still going strong today, almost 15 years later. Due to school, work, and family commitments, I left the team in 2011 but still remain a part of the family.

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