Randy Orton now a 10-year WWE veteran

 

The date April 25, 2012 marked an important milestone in the history of WWE, standing as the decade anniversary of The Viper!
Long before Randy Orton became The Legend Killer, WWE’s Apex Predator, an intregral member of Evolution or a nine-time World Champion, the serpentine Superstar emerged under the iconic SmackDown fist set for the first time to battle Hardcore Holly.
Even then, the WWE Universe could tell that the electrifying third-generation Superstar was on the fast track to greatness. Relive his first monumental moment in the squared circle now.

SmackDown results: Six-Man Main Event sent London 'Strong Man' falling down

 Big Show replaces an injured Great Khali to team with Sheamus & Randy Orton against Daniel Bryan, Cody Rhodes & Mark Henry in the main event of SmackDown.

Bob Orton injured in Kane attack; will need arm cast for years

After suffering a beatdown from Kane, Bob Orton's left arm will need to be in a cast for the foreseeable future.

The cold-blooded backstage attack by Kane on “Cowboy” Bob Orton left the veteran wrestler with a broken arm that will require a cast for at least a few years.
Though a broken arm typically heals in about six weeks, doctors say Orton’s forearm will require a much, much longer rehabilitation period.
“The bones in Mr. Orton’s arm are very unusual,” said WWE medic Dr. Bob Ponovich. “It seems his body cannot produce marrow and calcium at a normal rate, drastically slowing the healing process.”
The injury is particularly devastating to Orton because he suffered a similar injury in the early 1980s, which resulted in an extremely long healing period.  Courageously, he continued to wrestle with the injury.
Dr. Ponovich says Orton’s case is unusual, but not unprecedented: “I remember a similar case with Iron Mike Sharpe,” he said.

Randy Orton def. Kane (Falls Count Anywhere Match)

 

CHICAGO –In an all-out brawl that went all over the sold-out Allstate Arena, Randy Orton gained a measure of retribution over Kane in a Falls Count Anywhere Match, vanquishing The Big Red Monster with a vicious RKO onto a steel chair.
The rules of this contest were designed to be simple, yet brutal. Pinfalls and submissions could be counted anywhere inside the arena, leaving both Superstars to their devices. Orton had vowed to show Kane how sick and twisted he could get and did just that.
It didn’t take long for things to get extreme, as Kane grabbed a lead pipe, setting off a brawl that saw the Superstars batter each other with all sorts of objects as they went out into the WWE Universe and backstage.
The match at Extreme Rules seemed to be the only way to settle things between the two. After Kane’s victory over The Viper at WrestleMania XXVIII, matters between the two Superstars intensified. Orton survived a vicious steel chair attack by Kane, defeating him in a No Disqualification Match on SmackDown. That same chair served as the tool to seal Kane’s end on pay-per-view.
The Big Red Monster took things to an extremely personal level soon after, attacking the father of The Viper, WWE Hall of Famer Cowboy Bob Orton, with a lead pipe on SuperSmackDown Live.
WWE’s Apex Predator tried to retaliate several weeks later on Raw SuperShow by locking Kane’s father, Paul Bearer, in a freezer. The Big Red Monster, however, could not have cared less, as he removed Bearer from the chilly enclosure for a spell, then putting him back on ice. The coldest blow, however, would come at Extreme Rules.
The end of this cruel contest brings the rivalry between Orton and Kane full-circle. During a Street Fight last summer on SmackDown, it was also a chair-assisted RKO that felled the giant. On that evening, Kane shook the hand of The Viper, a rare show of respect that sent The Devil’s Favorite Demon on a journey to shed himself of any humanity. Since returning to SmackDown, Kane has set his sights on Orton, aiming to exercise any trace of decency left in his demonic body.
In his continuing effort to make hatred the prevailing emotion in WWE, Kane targeted Orton, trying to bring out the real Viper and make him an instrument of destruction. The Big Red Monster may have succeeded, but unfortunately, Orton set out to destroy Kane.
At Extreme Rules, there was neither respect nor humanity between the two Superstars, just animosity. When all was said and done, it was Randy Orton who walked away from the carnage.