Is Randy Orton over? He certainly doesn’t seem to think so… but he does know what his legacy in professional wrestling really is.
Randy Orton was a guest on The Ring Wrestling Show podcast to discuss all things WWE. When asked about the imprint he’s made on the wrestling business, Orton believes that his longevity in WWE will be his legacy and that he’s not really over like people try to claim he is.
“I have left my imprint on this business, and that’s not something — I don’t know if humble is the word to describe me,” Randy Orton began. “But I would always hear from the guys, and I’m closest with that I have a hard time accepting the fact that I’ve had an amazing career and I know I’ve had an amazing career, but both guys will say ‘Oh, you’re so over. Wow, what does it feel like to be over? Wow, that reaction you got. Oh my god, you did this, and it was a bigger reaction than that whole match or this sequence of false finishes that these two guys did. This little facial expression you did is so much more than that.’ And I think that being around so long and whether you love me or hate me, whether you think I’m boring because I work a headlock for 20 minutes, like just being a household name because I’ve been around so long is why I get that reaction.
“When I came in, if you were over, that meant that everybody in that arena was wearing your T-shirt. If you were over, that meant you were Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Triple H, Stone Cold Steve Austin, John Cena, that’s over. Randy Orton ain’t over. I’ve had more matches on TV than any other WWE Superstar in the history of the company. That’s my legacy, the longevity. Being able to say that I’ve worked with the Undertaker’s, the John Cena’s, the Daniel Bryan’s, Seth Rollins, AJ Styles, Kofi Kingston, the list goes on. I think those accolades for me are why I would be considered over in the wrestling business. When I hear the fans happy to see me, no mistakes about it. When I remembered that deafening pop that occurred when that glass broke on Stone Cold’s entrance, man, you can’t compare. That’s over.”
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