Randy Orton: And it's not arrogance, it's destiny.
Randy: I am the FUTURE!
Randy: Shut up, I'm trying to talk!
Randy: The only true phenom.....is me.
Randy Orton: (To Kurt Angle after accepting his challenge at ECW One Night Stand) At One Night Stand I'm going to kill your legend Kurt!
Randy Orton: I just want everyone to know that even though Hogan won at Summerslam I still pinned him 1, 2, 3.
Randy Orton: I'm going to take the legend of Hulk Hogan and kill it!
Randy: I entered this ring Randy Orton, legend killer when all was said and done I left as Randy Orton, Legend.
Randy: Follow the Intercontenental Champ, we're going for a walk!
Randy: Greatness has entered the ring! Thank you very much you may bow at will!
Randy: I pride myself on being a legend killer.
Randy: My accomplishments are endless.
He participated in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match at Wrestlemania 23.
In real life he is friends with Johnny Nitro.
Randy will be in the money in a bank match a Wrestlemania23.
One of Randy's first matchs in the WWE was against Billy Gunn on May 6, 2001 on Sunday Night Heat.
His former valet was Lita In the team Rated RKO.
On November 5, 2006 at Cyber Sunday, Randy & Edge beat DX with Erirc Bishoff as the guest referee.
On the October 23, 2006 edition of RAW, Randy beat Triple H after he gave him a chair shot to the head.
On October 2, 2006, Randy beat Carlito on RAW.
Randy Orton defeated Carlito at Unforgiven 2006 after Carlito jumped off the top turn buckle and Randy caught him in an RKO on the way down. Then Randy got the pinfall.
Over some episodes of RAW (September 2006) Randy Orton and Carlito have attacked each other causing Randy to lose his No. 1 Contenders match for the Intercontinental title against Jeff Hardy.
Randy Orton's entrance music, "Burn In My Light" by Mercy Drive, was one of the most requested songs on the internet.
On October 3, 2005 at RAW Homecoming, Randy Orton interrupts Piper's Pit and gives "Rowdy" Roddy Piper an RKO.
Randy returned from his suspension on the June 5, 2006, episode of RAW, attacking Kurt Angle and accepting Angle's open challenge for a match at ECW One Night Stand 2006.
Randy's heel turn was drawn out over several months before Wrestlemania 21. While sidelined with a separated shoulder after Wrestlemania, Orton launched the Randy News Network. a weekly vignette which featured Orton explaining the current status of his shoulder. He also provided an e-mail address by which fans could contact him to express their support.
At No Way Out, Orton defeated Mysterio, earning himself a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 22. However, on the following episode of SmackDown!, General Manager Theodore Long readded Mysterio to the match, turning it into a triple threat match between Orton, Mysterio and World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle.
After losing to The Undertaker on an episode of SmackDown!, Randy and The Undertaker began taunting each other using caskets. This led to Randy and his father facing The Undertaker in a handicap casket match at No Mercy 2005.
After the World Heavyweight Championship was vacated on December 13, Orton was chosen to face Triple H, Chris Benoit, Edge, Batista and Chris Jericho in an Elimination Chamber match at New Year's Revolution 2005 on January 9, 2005, to determine a new champion. Triple H managed to win the match, thus keeping their feud active for a longer period of time.
After successfully defending the belt against Benoit on RAW the next night, Orton and Evolution celebrated the win. During the celebration, Batista had Orton on his shoulders and Triple H gave him a thumbs-up; which then turned into a thumbs down. Orton was then brutalized by Batista, Flair, and Triple H. He was thrown out of Evolution the next week on RAW after he refused to hand his World Heavyweight Championship over to Triple H when requested, instead spitting on Triple H and striking him in the face with the belt.
Randy Orton was trained by such wrestlers as Ron Powers, Gary Jackson, Mark Bland, Jeremy Lightfoot, Phil E. Blunt and promoter Tony Costa as well as his father, "Cowboy" Bob Orton.
On a special live episode of SmackDown! on November 29, 2005, Orton placed The Undertaker on the trunk of one of Eddie Guerrero's lowriders and reversed the car through the SmackDown! stage, setting it on fire and the car to "explode".
Randy Orton feuded with Triple H over the World Heavyweight Championship for a month before losing to Triple H on September 12, 2004, at Unforgiven 2004.
At Summerslam 2003, Randy Orton competed in the Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship against stablemate and defending champion Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Bill Goldberg, Chris Jericho, and Kevin Nash. Orton held his own in the match, though he basically was in it to help Triple H keep the title.
In July, at Vengeance 2004, Edge defeated Orton to win the Intercontinental Championship ending Orton's seven month reign as champion.
On April 12, 2006, WWE stated that Orton had suffered a broken ankle at the hands of Kurt Angle during the previous night's SmackDown! taping, shortly after losing to Angle in a King of the Ring first round match. In July 2006, Orton revealed that he had been suspended for smoking marijuana backstage at a SmackDown! taping. While suspended, Orton spent four weeks at an anger management clinic in Atlanta, Georgia.
Throughout July 2006, Orton would involve himself into a feud with WWE Legend Hulk Hogan by flirting with Hogan's 18 year old daughter Brooke. This feud would culminate in a match at SummerSlam 2006.
At Survivor Series, Orton took Eddie Guerrero's place on "Team SmackDown!".
The feud with The Undertaker saw Orton hitting the RKO on Jake "The Snake" Roberts, who had warned him about facing The Undertaker.
Orton debuted on WWE programming on the April 25, 2002, episode of SmackDown!, defeating Hardcore Holly. He made little impact as a face on SmackDown! before being drafted to RAW.
Randy Orton graduated from Hazelwood Central High School.
On the July 26, 2004, episode of RAW, Orton won a twenty-man battle royal last eliminating Chris Jericho to become the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship.
Two weeks after Armageddon, Orton agreed to represent an injured Booker T in the fifth match of his "best of seven" series with Chris Benoit over the WWE United States Championship.
Randy Orton's finishing move the RKO is a modified Jumping cutter. He also uses an elevated version from the top rope.
During the Inter-gender 6 Man Tag Match on September 4, 2006,on RAW with Randy, Lita & Edge were against John Cena, Carlito & Trish Stratus, Randy delivered an RKO to Trish helping Lita pick up the win with a pinfall.
August 7, 2006- Randy beat Jerry "The King" Lawler on RAW.
July 17, 2006- Randy beat Eugene on RAW.
July 10, 2006- Randy beat Val Venis in two moves on RAW.
June 26, 2006- Randy beat Kane on RAW.
Orton has a younger sister, Becky, and a younger brother, Nathan.
Randy was in the PWI Top 500 ranked number 29 (2005)
The name of Orton's finishing move (the "RKO") is presumably an acronym referring to the initials of his full name (Randall Keith Orton).
June 7, 2006- Randy made his first appearance as a RAW superstar again at WWE vs ECW.
Randy's wrestling debut was in 2000.
(October 2004) Randy defeated Ric Flair at WWE Taboo Tuesday in a steel cage match after he hit Flair with the RKO.
On Sunday, April 3, 2005 at WrestleMania XXI, Randy challenged the Undertaker looking forward to ending his 12-0 winning streak. During the match, he injured his shoulder which caused him to lose his match making the Undertaker 13-0 at WrestleMania.
On April 2, 2005 (the night before Wrestlemania 21), Randy had the honor of inducting his father, the legendary "Cowboy" Bob Orton, into the WWE Hall Of Fame.
Every Tuesday, Randy goes to his parents house to have dinner with his family and so his father can talk about his matches on RAW the previous night.
In reality, Randy is actually good friends with wrestler John Cena.
On March 1, 2003 at a WWE live event, Batista & Randy Orton teamed up to face the Dudley Boyz. This was famous for being a match that nearly no one walked away from unhurt. Batista tore his bicep, Randy Orton broke his leg and Bubba Ray Dudley injured his back.
Randy is the eldest of 3 children. Younger brother and sister, Nathan and Becky Orton.
Randy is the grandson of Bob Orton Sr.
Randy is 245 lbs.
On the July 26, 2004 episode of RAW, Orton won a 20-man battle royal to become the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship. On August 15, 2004 at SummerSlam 2004, Orton defeated the World Heavyweight Champion Chris Benoit by pinfall following an R.K.O. to capture his first World Heavyweight Championship, making him the youngest ever World Heavyweight Champion in the WWE at the age of twenty-four.
Randy is a former member of Evolution, a dominant group on WWE Raw.
Randy is a third generation WWE superstar, being the son of "Cowboy" Bob Orton and grandson of Bob Orton, Sr.
Randy is the 2001 PWI Rookie of the Year.
Randy is the nephew of Barrymore Barlow.
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