WWE RAW - 5 Reasons why Randy Orton turned on his mentor Ric Flair before SummerSlam 2020

#3 It is easy to root for Randy Orton, and WWE needed all the heat that they could get on him before SummerSlam 2020

This celebration isn't over...#WWERaw @RandyOrton @RicFlairNatrBoy pic.twitter.com/zuid9RyAnX

— WWE (@WWE) August 11, 2020

No, nothing that Ric Flair said about Randy Orton on WWE RAW to hype up the SummerSlam 2020 match with Drew McIntyre is a lie. Randy Orton may just be the best performer in the world at this point in time, who has not only had a career worthy of making him a candidate for the WWE Hall of Fame, but Randy Orton has many more great years ahead of him as a performer on WWE RAW and SmackDown, irrespective of whether or not Randy Orton becomes the WWE Champion at SummerSlam.

"You don’t get to invest into these matches because they are just boom, boom, boom, boom..."While talking to @SKProWrestling's @rdore2000, @RandyOrton sent out a message to @NXTCiampa and the entire #WWENXT roster! #WWE #NXTTakeOver Full interview: https://t.co/VVGncIrJ41 pic.twitter.com/E6nJdzZeMu

— Sportskeeda Wrestling (@SKProWrestling) June 10, 2020

By attacking Ric Flair, Randy Orton ensured that the audience, that is usually hungry for an RKO in all his matches, will be rooting for Drew McIntyre to knock his head off clean with a Claymore at WWE SummerSlam 2020. Ric Flair is an all-time great and to attack him so mercilessly may have earned Randy Orton heel heat before WWE SummerSlam 2020 comes around.