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#3. Hope is true: Randy Orton's plans to work with NXT talent at WWE SummerSlam

Randy Orton will be facing Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam 2020. It's the perfect match given the current circumstances, but there were previous reports from Louis Dangoor of WrestleTalk that Randy Orton pitched working with NXT talent.

Tom Colohue confirmed on Dropkick DiSKussions that Randy Orton had, in fact, pitched working with NXT talent, particularly Tommaso Ciampa, after knowing that Edge would be out due to an injury:

"Well, the discussions started pretty much immediately after the Greatest Wrestling Match Ever when it became clear that Edge was out. Now, at the time, McIntyre vs. Lesnar was still the plan, so they considered giving Orton something new and something different. Orton, for example, was interested in working with Tommaso Ciampa in NXT, then more travel issues came in. There were a lot of issues preventing people from traveling into or out of the US, and the chances for having an audience at SummerSlam got smaller and smaller. So the actual firm decision was only made a week or two ago, but the discussions started right after Backlash."

We hope this is true because it would be good for a top WWE name like Randy Orton to help elevate NXT Superstars.

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