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Hey.
Hey wrestling news.
Do you mind just calming down for a little bit?
Thanks.
On top of the madness from the last few days, we’ve got more bad news to pile on top of
it.
Fightful Select is reporting that Randy Orton might be sidelined from wrestling for the
rest of 2022.
The reason for this is that Orton has reportedly been suffering from a back injury for quite
a while now, to the point where he “had work done” to help improve his condition
ahead of the tag title unification match with The Usos.
But unfortunately, things have reportedly gotten worse for Orton, and WWE fears that
he might need to get surgery to rectify it.
If he does, he’ll most likely be out for the remainder of 2022.
The report goes on to say that Randy Orton isn’t factored into creative plans for WWE
right now, when originally he was slated for a huge role this summer facing Roman Reigns.
This spot has now instead reportedly been given to Riddle.
As of the last month, Orton had reportedly been heavily pitched and figured into SummerSlam
plans, but that’s not the case anymore.
The report concludes by saying that there hasn’t been confirmation of a surgery as
of yet, and crazier things have happened than a shock recovery, but WWE have already put
new creative in place.
Which doesn’t sound good for Orton’s chances of non-surgery.
Though there may a glimmer of hope in that regard as Bob Orton, Randy’s father, has
commented on Randy’s injury when speaking to Sportskeeda, sounding optimistic about
whether or not he will require surgery: “I think they’ll take care of everything
with rehab and everything.”
Fingers crossed!
This comes at such a bad time for Orton, who was organically one of the most over wrestlers
in WWE right now, if not the most.
But hopefully WWE can pivot and take some of that goodwill and transfer it to Riddle
for his big programme with Reigns, where the two of them are fighting for the titles on
tonight’s SmackDown.
So maybe we should assume some sort of non-conclusive or dirty finish
to
set
up a rematch.
Best wishes
to Orton
with
his recovery.