The Randy Orton Appreciation Thread
 

Randy orton has worked hard these last few years and deserves some credit.

He has been my favorite superstar to watch in ring and out.

Always entertaining always extending and thriving to do better.

Randy has turned Critics to crickets this year especially.

Remember when everyone said Orton is done when he was babyface? Now look at him. Atop the WWE main-eventing WWE's HIAC pay per view against John Cena.

John Cena requested this match against Orton because he seen progress and how hard he has worked this few years.

Keep up the good work Orton.

#Living Legend.

True he's seems to be back on form but

Hey STD that's not a thing.

Yes, it is.

Disco Fever! Disco Fever! Disco Fever Ya ya ya ya!

..../...../.../ ~~~~~ .../ .../ .../

The local inuits warned me about you STD. Beware.

Did they put it intu u?

There he is slithering!

RKO OUTTA NOWHERE!

Orton as a character is really boring to me. I remember a couple years back making a thread asking "Why is Orton a face?" because, kayfabe-wise, it does not make any sense for us to cheer him. What has he done that was worthy of our praise? No personality on the mic at all.

I love Evolution though and RKO is my fav finisher. I just think Orton is a bland character but fuck y'all all y'all if y'all don't like me blow me

Exactly. He is boring as hell.

My son watches and even calls him boring, hehe. Pretty bad when a child can point it out.

How are any of those three even comparable to Orton's character?

I've always liked Orton's ring work, but yeah his "character" is goddamn boring.

All 3 are similar to what orton has done. Only orton is the better wrestler

Their characters are nothing like Orton's.

That's debatable

Debate it then. Provide your argument.

Orton has been extremely boring ever since he ditched the psychotic Viper persona, and stopped punting people in the head.

That's debatable

You still didn't answer my question. C'mon, it's a slow work day and I'm taking the bait.

He was better as the occasional loose canon tturned face. His run in the Smackdown main event scene was some of his best work. His character is obscenely boring at the moment and his character has been botched since his heel turn last year. Not entirely his fault.

He’s desperately trying to make the best of a bad situation lately, that’s for sure, but right now he just can’t polish up the turd that is his character that he has been given enough to make anyone really care about him.

Sad, really.

I care for Randy.

Handsome, Intellegent, In-shape everything you want and need.

So when’s the wedding?

True

His promo last Monday was nice. I'd like to see his current frustrations with his situation and status in the company come through during his promos. Gives him a fresh take and possibly build fan reaction and some momentum. Might also make his promos interesting.

I thought I was just hallucinating the audience turning into crickets whenever Randy is on screen, glad you posted this.

No, that's a fact.

I'm infallible, you see.

His matches with Daniel Bryan and with Christian in 2011 were fantastic. The guy can put on five-star matches with the right guys.

His ring work is usually good but always felt he seems more comfortable playing a heel than as a face the majority of the time. Something about his face runs that usually either fall flat or get boring really quickly.


Yeup and I'd argue he meshes well in the ring with a lot more guys and styles than Cena overall.

Why are you watching him outside of the ring? You some kind of perverted stalker!? Huh?

This pretty much sums it up. Even when he was a face on Smackdown and NOT involved in anything, the crowd was eating up just watching him destroy midcard heels in meaningless matches. He was money. And his title runs were great too. Not just his matches with Christian but his matches with Mark Henry were pretty great textbook old school "face champion vs heel monster" storytelling.

His character since they threw him back into the title scene and turned him heel again though has been absolute shit.

Ortons promo monday was pretty good but thats about it.

They need to let Orton loose on the mic.

Just let him vent his current frustrations.

He just got a new contract that lets him do part-time. What's he got to be mad about?

If what the dirtsheets are saying is true, an Orton/Rollins feud leading up to Orton facing Lesnar at the Rumble would be great. It'd help solidify Orton as a face again, and I think Orton and Rollins will def be able to have some five-star matches, which will help regain Orton's popularity with the mature/male audience.

Orton should be a Tweener RKOing everybody (out of nowhere)

Nooe can fuck with the viper. He's more dangerous than ever before.

He can't be stopped. Not even by a 15 time world champion.