He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. ", The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Randy_Orton&oldid=984307206, NWA/WCW/WWE United States Heavyweight Champions, The Authority (professional wrestling) members, Wikipedia temporarily semi-protected biographies of living people, Wikipedia pending changes protected pages, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2020, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Ranked No. [1][4][5] He is sometimes considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all-time. [177] The following night on Raw, Orton and Bryan faced off in a No Disqualification match, which Orton won via referee stoppage after Bryan suffered a legitimate nerve injury. [191] On February 23 at Elimination Chamber, Orton defeated Cesaro, Christian, Daniel Bryan, John Cena, and Sheamus to retain his WWE World Heavyweight Championship and secure his position in the title bout at WrestleMania XXX against Royal Rumble winner Batista. [260] At Hell in a Cell, Orton defeated Hardy in a Hell in a Cell match. [247] On the September 5 episode of SmackDown Live, Orton lost to Shinsuke Nakamura in a number one contender's match for the WWE Championship. [228] At the event, Team SmackDown defeated Team Raw, where Orton and Wyatt became the last two surviving members of their team. [178] Four days later on SmackDown, Orton was defeated by Bryan in a singles match via countout. [189] The following night on Raw, Cena suggested that there should only be "one champion" in WWE, so Triple H stated there would be a unification match at the TLC pay-per-view. On December 15, Orton defeated Cena at TLC to unify both titles, and becoming the first WWE World Heavyweight Champion as well as officially being recognized as the final World Heavyweight Champion. [169] The following night on Raw, Orton and Sheamus faced off in a match to earn a match with Big Show, however, the match ended in a no contest after Show interfered. [252] At the Royal Rumble, Orton entered Royal Rumble match at #24 and eliminated NXT Champion Andrade "Cien" Almas before later being eliminated by Roman Reigns. [299], In October 2014, he became a popular figure on Vine when a trend began of clips of a superimposed Orton performing his signature RKO move on internet "fail" victims. [159][160] Orton defeated Del Rio at Hell in a Cell in a singles match and represented Team Foley as his team lost to Team Ziggler at Survivor Series in a traditional five-on-five elimination tag match. 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Team SmackDown ultimately went on to lose. On the April 30 episode of Raw, they competed against each other in a singles match, which Edge won. [202] On the October 27 episode of Raw, Orton attacked Rollins, turning face in the process. During Orton's 8th reign, the championship was called the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. [186] Orton and Bryan faced off for the vacant title on October 6 at Battleground, but the match ended in a no contest after Big Show interfered and knocked out both men. [196] At Extreme Rules and Payback, Evolution lost to The Shield. He successfully defended the title against Hardy at the Royal Rumble. 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After a three-month hiatus, Orton returned at Fastlane on February 22, 2015, by saving Dolph Ziggler, Erick Rowan and Ryback from a post-match beatdown of Rollins, Big Show and Kane. The next night, he competed in a tournament to crown the 2009 Superstar of the Year, defeating The Undertaker by countout in the first round after interference from Legacy to advance to the finals later that night, where he lost to Cena. [citation needed] Heeding Graham's advice, Orton said he would set himself apart from all other wrestlers by ending The Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania.

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