TSC Evaluation #60: Randy Orton

[mrken12]

when was his feud with christian ?

2011.

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

2011.

i dont remember that shyt at all
was this on smackdown? when it was on Thursdays?

 

[mrken12]

i dont remember that shyt at all
was this on smackdown? when it was on Thursdays?

Yeah. I'll post the matches over the weekend.

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

Yeah. I'll post the matches over the weekend.

nah, im good

 

[mrken12]

nah, im good

I was going to post them anyway. It was during Christian's peak WWE years.

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

I was going to post them anyway. It was during Christian's peak WWE years.

why would you do something like that to christian?

 

[Slic Ric]

Was gonna come through with a complete write-up, but I'll just add to this. Orton was most interesting when he broke his arm doing those RNN update vids, as Legend Killer Orton (favorite matches were Evolution vs Rock & Foley, vs Undertaker), during his feuds with Christian and mark Henry in 2011, and during Bryan's rise, which was only cause he LOOKED like a champion holding 2 belts, but he was mostly HHH's bytch. That makes up about 4-5 years out of FIFTEEN year career. That is an awful ratio for a guy who's had such a massive spotlight. He's mostly been a terrible face, and a more than decent heel, and more than decent was basically all his Legend Killer stuff. Can't front on that, that was money. Most people have said how awesome his punting phase was, but even that was some weak shyt. So damn overblown. And Legacy....Jesus Christ, that was one of the most worthless stables of all time, and the only thing it managed to do was expose how much Cody and Ted Jr weren't ready to be showcased yet. Funny enough, Orton has had some bad matches and unmotivated times, but his current run may be the worst of his career. Dude didn't bother to change his appearance as a Wyatt member, ended up feuding with Bray in a WOAT story-line with a WOAT WM match, mentally sandbagged the entire story-line with Jinder (until the best match they had on SD, clearly motivated cause he was winning) and just overall looks like he'd rather be anywhere else but wrestling. 15 years of Orton, and he amounts to a guy that's had a cool theme, cool entrance, cool taunt, cool finisher and flat-lines at everything else. Decent mic skills, decent look (basically the best CAW you can make), good in the ring when matched up against good-great people, and lazy when matched up with people at or below his level. I originally voted him a 7, but I feel like I should really go lower. That 7 is mostly for his finisher, theme, taunt, and his general success, even if that success was mostly inflated. Similar to Edge, but I was more favorable in my Edge assessment. A bit of a positive I'll add is that Orton took quite a few losses before he had turned heel during that era of Bryan's rise. He was eating all kinds of pins before Cena during that time.

This was probably a top 5 Orton match for me, due to how much Cesaro obliterated Orton in the last 30 seconds. shyt looked like something from Marvel vs Capcom.

great write up, it's insane how little "moments" he has for someone who's been pushed to the stars too so much in a company. Another crazy thing about him is idk if anyone "big time" wrestler recently has more matches that don't hold up more than he does. I've come to legit think NOC 2011 vs. Henry is his best match in the company ever and it's pretty much a Henry Carryjob

Also I went back and watched some 2009 stuff, gosh the "viper" stuff was extremely cringeworthy acting most of the time

 

[King Ka$h]

I only like Psycho Orton or Legend Killer Orton,no in between

 

[Heelish]

when was his feud with christian ?

2011.

i dont remember that shyt at all
was this on smackdown? when it was on Thursdays?

Yeah. I'll post the matches over the weekend.

nah, im good

: deadmanny:

 

[g-ice]

why would you do something like that to christian?

Because they were really good. Orton and him had tremendous chemistry.

 

[2CT]

Orton about to score lowest on the leaderboard

 

[TheGodling]

Once them rose glasses came off, its fukk randy orton.

Not only is he a racist good ol boy, he isnt good, outside of the astetics of wrestling, he is awful.

• Promos are canned and boring as fukk. F-
• Personality he mails it in terribly. Its so obvious when he doesn't give a fukk or is losing.... F.
• Ring work - jesus...every orton match is slow as shyt...all he has is a super plex and a finisher. How can you have a formulaic moveset that SUCKS? Every orton match is a D+

Overall i give a 1. He is Terry Taylor with better friends in the business. He was eclipsed by cena, batista, brock, lashley, jericho, and given more chances than all of them, and mania main events that flopped. Orton is garbage...almost jeff jarrett status but thats negative territory.

Rose glasses? You were the biggest Randy Orton stan/apologist on the Coli for years.

@ it taking until 2017 and some questionable racist stuff to realize that Orton is one of the laziest b*stards to ever set foot in the biz.

 

[mrken12]

Orton about to score lowest on the leaderboard

Based on how the scores are looking it won't be the lowest but definitely in the bottom 5.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

I'm crying at "nah I'm good" the Orton vs Christian matches were good, it's just that they mostly served to make Christian look stupid. That extreme rules (?) match where he jumped off the turnbuckle straight into an RKO was

 

[Slic Ric]

I'm crying at "nah I'm good" the Orton vs Christian matches were good, it's just that they mostly served to make Christian look stupid. That extreme rules (?) match where he jumped off the turnbuckle straight into an RKO was

They actually don't hold up for me at all, even the OTL 2011 match I used to love

vs. Henry NOC, HIAC, the SD Cody match, and Mania 27 vs Punk do tho