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Old 03-30-2010, 01:22 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Mr. Pierre View Post
I think as long as they don't have Orton shaking hands with babyfaces and playing to the crowd too much, that he's going to be their huge star. I think they just have to be really careful with his character.

I never got that though..whenever a heel gets good reactions, the writing team thinks "Okay lets capitalize", and then proceed to completely change their character from what the people fell in love with in the first place. I just really hope Orton's not a victim of this, because he has huge potential as a face.
This is true. I've had an on-again/off-again relationship with Randy Orton as a fan. When he started, I thought he did well as the generic blue-chipper babyface. When he did his RNN reports, I thought he had great cocky potential. Evolution was great, and then he won the World Heavyweight Title. All good. Then his face run was awkward, watered-down, and he turned heel again. He has had some good moments since, but I've never really gotten into him except an odd feud here and there. I legitimately marked out for him at WrestleMania, though. He was played his role perfectly, didn't pander, but had complete crowd control. It was very Stone Cold-like.

I hope the WWE have not forgotten how his last face run went, and that they don't change Orton, and just let him be Orton who gets cheered. He will be fine, will sell t-shirts, and everyone will be happy. I think it will be great for his ring work, too. For some reason, intense Orton as a face is someone I can imagine having some classic matches. And while it may not be a popular choice -- if they draft Orton or Cena to SmackDown!, keep them apart for a year, or only tease the occasional confrontation (like they did on RAW), a WrestleMania match between the two next year could be cash. It'd remind me of Austin/Rock from X-7, where I was firmly behind Austin even though both were faces.
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