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#1 Hope is true: The man responsible for the Randy Orton injury angle

The Randy Orton-AJ Styles storyline on RAW has garnered more interest than it did earlier this year. Heading into WrestleMania 35, Styles was the babyface and Orton was the heel. The match didn't deliver and with the roles reversed, the story has taken a new life - given more time to build.

The most recent happening in the storyline was where WWE reported Randy Orton to be "injured" and he even went as far as walking in the ring with crutches. AJ Styles confronted him and even kicked a crutch off, but Orton did what he does best and hit Styles with a smooth RKO - confirming that he faked his injury.

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According to WON, Paul Heyman is the man responsible for the storyline. We hope this is true, but what we hope isn't is the rumor that management was unhappy over the angle being leaked and fans figuring out that Orton being injured was a work.

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Rohit Nath is a content writer from Bangalore, India. A former full-time employee of Sportskeeda, Rohit was a part of building Sportskeeda's WWE section in its rapid growth. His work has been featured in both Sportskeeda and Wrestlezone.

Some of the big names interviewed by Rohit are AJ Styles, Jinder Mahal, Jimmy Uso and Sasha Banks. Some of his popular weekly features include RAW Preview, "X things Subtly told us" and "Wrestling rumors we hope are true and those we hope aren't".

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