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Honestly, number 2. I could at least keep dinner down when RKO was a heel. As a face, he is my version of upper-midcard X-pac heat. I think if they have Orton come close as humanly possible to beating "The Phenom" he will be more over for it. Yeah, he may lose but he can say nobody has EVER put up as much of a fight against the Undertaker as he did. Yeah, it may not be the BEST option as far as what will keep him over but why waste a record that could really propel somebody who could get over again just being a cocky heel. Damn it, RKO couldn't carry the heat Mick f'n Foley gave him for more than 2 months. He beat Mick Foley in HIS match. He beat the king of the japanese deathmatch, he beat the hardcore legend, he beat one of the greatest of all time, AND IT DIDN'T LAST 2 MONTHS.
Why waste it? Obviously, it would work but I don't think it would give him nowhere as much heat as the Foley storylines did and if that didn't last long enough to make it to SummerSlam. How far will beating the Undertaker last before he ends up beating up HBK again?
Like I said, have him go toe-to-toe with the Undertaker. But have Undertaker have to give Orton 2 or 3 tombstones to finish him. Make it look like Orton was THIS close. Then have Undertake0r offer to shake the hand of Orton, then Undertaker starts to leave the ring BUT Orton smirks like a bitch and BAM RKO!
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