Randy Orton's WWE Title Reign - the Age of Orton

[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by Loose Cannon I'm a big Randy Orton fan. Have been for about 5 years now. Most of you who were part of the boards a couple years back knew how much I loved the guy. But I'm going to be honest. His run has been ok. Not great, not awful, but ok. It's a couple years late and it came after a couple horrendous years he's had. The guy had no direction for so long after his program with Trips in 2004/2005. He was lost in the shuffle for a while and was never protected. He jobbed a lot before his title reign, which kind of killed his heat in a way. I still think he's got a long way to go to get the heat back he had in 2004. But the good thing is that he's still young. The storylines today are so boring and dull that it's hard for any run to be really entertaining. I never got the whole kicking in the head thing because Orton does not come off as some crazy psycho who wants to hurt people. That's a Kane gimmick. Orton has a pretty boy face and attitude about him. He should be The Model, The Ravishing One, The Narcassist and The Great One all rolled into one. He shouldn't try to be a tough guy. He's not one. That's my whole problem with his character right now. Too much worrying about beating his opponents and not too much worrying that he's going to miss his flight to Vegas because he's got a main event match. That's the character Orton plays best.

I'd like to see an uber-cocky Randy Orton that snorts cocaine before his match and when confronted about violating the WWE's wellness policy, he just laughs and asks "What are they going to do? Fire someone as good as me?"

Of course, that was more a metaphorical example of what his character could be like, but he should have that attitude he apparently has backstage. He's the future, the future is now, and now is his; why the fuck shouldn't he be an arrogant cock?