Rumor Roundup: Former champion quit WWE because of mental health issues, Brock Lesnar purposely injured top name because of backstage heat?(6th July 2021)

#4. Backstage details on Brock Lesnar injuring Randy Orton in WWE

Former WWE champions Brock Lesnar and Randy Orton had a match at SummerSlam in 2016. The match ended in a technical knockout - something very rare in WWE - after Lesnar bludgeoned Orton via elbow strike.

Though the match ending was not a shoot, it is widely believed that Lesnar went a tad bit too far with his repeated strikes to Orton's forehead busting him open. Speaking to James Romero of Wrestling Shoot Interviews, former WWE referee Mike Chioda revealed that Lesnar might have tried to purposely injure Randy Orton for personal reasons or because Orton had backstage heat at that point.

Brock gashed him open and I could tell there was something going on, but I didn’t know if it was really Brock towards Randy or if it was just Brock listening to what the office wanted him to do,” Chioda said. “Randy had a little bit of heat at that time. He gashed him open real bad over the forehead. You could tell he was going for it because he was just elbow to forehead. I was kind of shocked that they would do that because concussion protocol was still strong at that time.”

What do you think could be the reason for Brock Lesnar's vicious strikes to Randy Orton?