Who was on the phone with Randy Orton on Raw?
WWE.com and Pat McAfee Show contributor Mark Kaboly comes up with who simply may need been on the phone with Randy Orton throughout final week’s episode of Raw that steered that he is likely to be the one that put The Viper as much as assault Cody Rhodes.
THE SETUP
Last week on SmackDown, Randy Orton produced one among the most stunning and brutal betrayals of a buddy in current reminiscence throughout a WrestleMania 42 contract signing with Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. Then on Raw, Orton took half in a mysterious cell phone dialog. Who was on the phone? To whom The Viper mentioned “appreciated you doing this,” and “I’ll see you soon.” This identical particular person “with a brain” apparently reminded Orton of who he’s, what he’s, and why he did what he did. Mark Kaboly has some guesses on the topic.
1. “Cowboy” Bob Orton: The WWE Hall of Famer, and Randy Orton’s father, is the most sensible alternative, particularly with Orton saying, “wrestling has more than one Royal Family” simply moments after the name. Well, the Ortons may not be in the identical ballpark as the Anoa’i Family, however their historical past is simple, together with Randy’s grandfather The Big O’ Randy Orton Sr, his uncle Barry Orton and his legendary father. There is little question that the Orton identify to be in synonymous with the enterprise since the Fifties. It all is sensible, however what places this at the high of the checklist is what The Viper mentioned throughout his phone name: “It was good seeing you a couple of weeks ago, too.” Orton made an look on “The Pat McAfee Show” in Indianapolis a few weeks in the past forward of Elimination Chamber in Chicago. Bob Orton lives outdoors of St. Louis – a brief one-hour flight from (or to) Indianapolis or Chicago. Hmmm.
2. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson: We have not seen The Rock in additional than a yr. However, he does match the description of who may very well be on the phone, one other Royal Family who additionally had a big half in Cody Rhodes’ final two WrestleMania appearances. The Final Boss had a primary function in John Cena’s “bad guy” flip final yr. Could he be concerned in turning one other well-loved legend? It makes full sense and possibly the most sense of all.
3. Ric Flair: If Orton would hearken to anybody, you need to imagine it could be The Nature Boy. Flair took a younger Orton below his wing twenty years in the past, relationship again to Evolution, guiding him to his first World Championship, so, in fact, he would hearken to something Flair would inform him. Flair may very well be one among the dirtiest gamers in the recreation when he wished to, so to fill Orton will probably be the considered him getting again to The Legend Killer standing and taking what’s his and turning into a 15-time World Champion. You may see that Flair would nonetheless be grumpy about Cena breaking his file final yr and turning into the 17-time World Champ – yet another than Flair’s 16. And if you wish to discuss a couple of Royal Family? Who is extra royal than Ric Flair and his 14-time World Champion daughter, Charlotte Flair, who may very well be the key cog in all of this?
4. Kevin Owens: We are likely to fixate on the phrases: “There’s more than one Royal Family,” and base our choices on that. Maybe that is only a smokescreen to throw us all off the scent? Who had extra beef with Rhodes than Kevin Owens, though earlier than Owens’ unlucky damage has saved him out of competitors for a bit over a yr now? Remember, Owens did nearly the identical factor to Cody that Randy did at the finish of 2024, which additionally received Orton concerned. It was hinted many instances throughout their beef between Owens, Orton and Rhodes that The Viper was going to snap, but it by no means occurred. Now, it is unknown when Owens will probably be again, however that does not imply that Orton did not take a name for KO to offer him recommendation, congratulate him, or counsel that what he did was finest for everybody.
5.Randy Orton: Say what? So, Randy Orton was on the phone with Randy Orton? How in the world does that make sense? It would not, which piqued my curiosity since everyone knows that Orton generally hears these voices in his head, and it certain seemed prefer to me that the cell phone wasn’t truly related with somebody throughout the Michael Cole interview phase on Raw. So, possibly he was listening to these voices in his head however masked it by pretending to make use of a phone. Who is aware of how a madman thinks. Orton certain seemed disturbed after his actions on SmackDown, and it wasn’t a lot better on Raw. We have all seen earlier than that Orton might be unstable every now and then, and this, regardless that unlikely, must be thought-about.
Wildcards: Rikishi, Haku, Batista, John Cena, Pat McAfee
